Kottayam Backwater

The natural beauty of Kerala and its backwater charm is best expressed in Kottayam. Kottayam – “the land of lakes, latex and letters”, that’s what it is popularly called, tourists coming here will surely have unlimited fun cruising over the sparkling backwaters. Interspersed with a network of canals and lakes, Kottayam is like a small island of unique characteristics, bordered by the mighty Western Ghats on the east, the Vembanad Lake and the paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west.