Aqua Tourism in Kottayam

Kottayam’s trademark backwater stretches and pristine paddy fields have won over traveller’s hearts for centuries. Its lush landscape is adorned by many a picturesque picnic spot and one need travel no far to find a place to simply sit and relax in the loving embrace of nature. Surrounded by the majestic Western Ghats on the East, the mighty Vembanad Lake and Kuttanad’s rustic paddy fields on the West, Kottayam boasts of many an option for aqua tourists. You will find many quaint rivulets interspersed around the area. A majority of them empty into Vembanad Lake, where boating and fishing are added incentives to the simply stunning visuals on display there. A cruise here will help you come across the rare avian life on display at the legendary Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary with its Siberian Storks, egrets, darters, herons and teals eagerly awaiting you.