Backwaters of Kerala
Breathtaking Backwaters of Kerala - South India
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Kerala is also known as ‘God’s own country’ as it portrays divine beauty consists of sea, sky and land at its best natural form that make Kerala Backwaters Tour an ultimate travel experience in India. Trip to Kerala backwaters are great attraction for tourists. The tranquil beauty of these backwaters lures millions of international tourists. The serene waterways and quaint inlets, far away from hustle and bustle of daily life provide a rejuvenating experience for the tourists. Kerala backwaters Tour serves the purpose of leisure travel in India consist of excitement of boarding the snake boats and houseboats in Kerala.
Kerala's backwaters is the most popular tourist attraction of Kerala. The backwaters of Kerala is a unique product of Kerala and is found nowhere else in the world. The green, sinuous, palm fringed backwaters of Kerala are unique in themselves. The backwaters of Kerala are a self supporting eco-system teeming with aquatic life. Backwaters are a network of lakes, canals and estuaries and deltas of 44 rivers that drain into the Arabian sea, and it stretches to almost 1,900 kilometers.
Plenty of clean water, refreshing greenery, amazing scenery around and a silence broken only by chirping of birds and waters moving below the boat - this is what you will definitely get on your Backwater trip to Kerala. Remote places that are otherwise disconnected from main areas seem to sail past like a dream. Fishing villages, tribal hamlets, people carrying on with their day to day work - scenes like this will be abundant.
A touch of legendary folklore is also interesting here according to which the land of Kerala sprung up as a result of the throwing of axe in the sea by the sage warrior, Parshurama. The distance covered by the axe dried up to give way to land which today is known as Kerala. So the link between Kerala's land and water is invariably strong and the water still takes care of and nourishes it unfailingly.
The Backwaters of Kerala are also a venue for the annual boat races that take place in the different parts of the state. If you happen to visit during this season (which is around July to September), you can also witness the enthusiasm of the Backwaters as huge boats rush past each other to win the competition amidst loud cheers from the spectators.
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