Kollam Backwater Tourism
 
 
 

Kollam backwater tours with the travel website Kerala Tours takes you to a very special emerald green world that sparkles with the crisscrossing streams, cannals and waterways. Kollam is located at a distance of 71 kilometers north of Thiruvananathapuram in Kerala, India.

Kollam formally known as Quilon in Kerala, India is one of the very popular destinations for Kerala backwater tours. Kollam in Kerala, India lies on the edge of the Ashthamudi Lake. This part of Kerala, South India is known as the gateway to the very beautiful and romantic Kerala backwaters.

While on your Kollam backwater tours to Kerala, South India you get the perfect opportunity to enjoy a traditional Kerala lifestyle as you embark on a houseboat cruise along the Kollam backwaters. You cruise past the local villages and smile at the local children waving to you from the banks, sweep past water lilies and lotus blooms that ornament the picturesque Kerala backwaters and chew cashew nuts while you let the constant activity of the water birds transport you into a world of dreams and lazy calm.

     
 
While on Kollam backwater tours to Kerala, South India you can go on tours to the Mata Amrithanandamayi Ashram and the Thangasseri Fort that are popular tourist attractions of this area.
 
             
 
       
 
Alappuzha has the peculiar geographical feature of having the water in level with
the land. This gives the advantage of getting
  
 
       
Kumarakom is situated 15 km
from Kottayam on the Vembanad lake is best described as a picturesque clean village like most places in Kerala.
 
       
 
The backwaters around Kollam, which extend from the Ashthamudi Lake, are exceedingly beautiful.
 
   
 
       
 
The southernmost district of theState,Thiruvananthapuram is bounded by the wooded highlands of the Western Ghats