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As we are approaching the Houseboat Season in Alleppey and Kumarakom houseboat demands also picking up accordingly. In Kerala House Boat Season Travel starts from Oct 1st every year and it goes till end of March.

Apart from that this year salary and allowance to houseboat staffs revised after the recent strike in Kerala house boat industry.

These all lead to a hike in our tariff from October 1st week even though we have decided to keep it minimum to reduce burden on our customers as always we aim to give best rate in Alleppey and Kumarakom to our clients.

This is our new tariff from Oct 1st

Single bedroom house boats (2 pax)

Non A/c : Rs 6,000/- , A/c : Rs 7,000/-

Double bedroom house boats (4 pax)

Non A/c : Rs 8,000/- , A/c : Rs 9,000/-

Three bedroom house boats (6 pax)

Non A/c : Rs 11,000/- , A/c : Rs 12,000/-

Onam 2010 is almost here… Here is some useful information and pictures about Kerala’s most important Festival : Onam Pookalam, Pictures, Greeting Cards and Orkut Scraps, SMS, Text Messages and Onam Recipes.

More Onam Pictures and Gallery

Onam 2010 Special Section

Onam Greeting Cards and Orkut  Scraps

If you are planning for a house boat travel in Alleppey or Kumarakom then here is some important info about Season and off season in boat house hiring and cruise.

House Boat demand is low normally from April 1st to Sep 30th… So you will get budget, normal and luxury non a/c and a/c boat house at best rates during this time.

But during onam season and nehru trophy boat race period demand picks up for a short period of time.

As said above season starts from Oct 1st and ends at March 31st. Again during this period boat house demand peaks during Christmas and New Year time as more foreigners reach Kerala during these time and they prefer to spend Christmas and New Year in houseboats.

So normally house boat rates will be double between Dec 15th and Jan 10th.

If you are giving more importance to your budget then better avoid this period especially on New Year Eve house boat hiring rates peak to imaginary rates.

Also you can call our sales office to find out more about season and off season rates.

Nehru Trophy Boat Race 2010 Winner : Jawahar Thayangari – Town Boat Club, Kumarakom

2. Payippadan – UBC, Kainakari

3. Sree Ganeshan – Karumadikuttan Boat Club, Kavalam

4. Pattara Chundan – Kumarakom Boat Club, Kumarakom

Nehru Trophy Boat Race is held on the second Saturday of August every year, in Punnamada Lake in Alleppey, Kerala.

This is one of the most popular boat races in Kerala and attracts a lot of tourists from different parts of India and abroad.

Nehru Trophy 2010

This year Nehru Trophy boat race is on August 14th which is happened to be starting of Onam called Atham. Famous Tripunithura Athachamayam also will be held on the same date.

Nehru Trophy 2010 Heats List

Heats No: 1

1 Pattara Chundan – Kumarakom Boat Club, Kumarakom
2 Vellamkulangara – Kakkathuruthu Boat Club, Eramalloor
3 Cheruthana – Vaikom Boat Club, Chungam, Vaikom
4 Champakulam – Thiruvarppu Boat Club, Kottayam

Heats No: 2

1 Aanari Chundan – Town Boat Club, Kollam
2 Pulinkunnu – Devamatha Boat Club, Chennamkari
3 Sree Ganeshan    – Karumadikuttan Boat Club, Kavalam
4 Aayaparampu Valiya Diwanji – Narbona Boat Club, Chembumpuram

Heats No: 3

1 Jawahar Thayangari – Town Boat Club, Kumarakom
2 Illikkalam – Emirates Boat Club, Chennamkari
3 Kavalam – Kavalam Boat Club, Kavalam
4 Karichal – Jesus Boat Club, Kollam

Heats No: 4

1 Payippadan – UBC, Kainakari
2 Devaas – St. George Boat Club, Karunagappally
3 Sree Vinayakan Karuvatta – Kuttanad Boat Club, Mambuzhakkari
4 Karuvatta – Lourde Matha Boat Club, Chennamkari

History of Nehru Trophy

The Nehru Trophy Boat Race was originated in 1952, on the occasion of the visit of the then Prime Minister of India, Pandit. Jawaharlal Nehru to Alapuzha. In the race witnessed by Nehru, ‘Nadubhagom Chundan’ stood first.

Read More about Nehru Trophy Boat Race

Nehru Trophy Boat Race 2009 Photos

Nehru Trophy Snake Boat Race Photos or Onam Boat Race Photos

This is Nehru Trophy 2009 Photos. This year Nehru Trophy vallom kali is on August 14th. To know more visit this page :  Nehru Trophy Snake Boat Race 2010