Kerala’s western coastal belt is relatively flat, and is networked with interconnected brackish water lakes, estuaries and rivers, known together as the Kerala backwaters.Backwaters provide the romantic lovers a golden opportunity to do dalliance with a benign Nature.

Kovalam:  A sheltered natural bay of surf-washed sands, cool winds, and rocky promontories, Kovalam is on the southern part of Kerala. It reveals its best kept secrets on moonlit night with its ethereal charm rarely found elsewhere. White cascades of Ocean sheets continuously kissing the serrated rocks give the eye a cool effect one is unlikely to forget for a lifetime. You can mooch about and get lost in the numerous cavernous hideouts. Star hotels like Leela to ethnic, lowly lodges with Ayurveda cure and herbal massage facilities add on to the value vacation.

Varkala  Varkala beach, 54 kilometres from Kovalam, throws a surprise at you. A high rocky cliff there ends abruptly as if it’d suddenly changed its mind to lay out a stretch of clear sand bed that extends to the sea. The contrast between the cliffs, sand, and sea lends Varkala Beach a striking look. It is also less crowded and gives many solitary spots for you to amble about.

Alleppey   A backwater tourist centre offering marvelous houseboats and canoes. With the Arabian Sea on the west and a vast network of lakes, lagoons and several freshwater rivers crisscrossing it, Alappuzha is a district of immense natural beauty. It has a 150-year-old pier that extends to the sea. Home-stays and home-food are amply available. Houseboats are honeymooners’ favorite.

Cherai Beach  Just 15 km of long golden beach is 30 km from the Port City Cochin. It’s a very clean, shallow, that enable safe swimming and sunbathing. This is one of the few places where you can see the lagoon and ocean separated only by a few hundred meters. One of the main events in this beach is the tourism fest during December

Bekal/Kappil   Situated on the northern Kerala coast, Bekal offers both the old and the new. A mystical charisma and facility for Ayruvedia rejuvenation of mind and body make Bekal beach an exhilarating combination. Six kilometers from Bekal lay Kappil beach, a little known secluded spot unsullied by the modern hustle. Further 3 km from here is Kanwatheertha which has a swimming pool-like formation of the sea on the vast beach.

Kappad Welcome to the sun and sand of Kappad beach where history snores with the tales of the Great Explorer Vasco da Gama who landed with his 170 men in 1498, thus paving the way for European conquest of this subcontinent. Rocky beach with swaying palms, sunshine and sea breeze invite you to spend your time in a time-warp.

Fort Cochin One of the finest natural harbors of the world, Cochin or Kochi has many tourist attractions, one of which, is Fort Cochin beach—a serene, secluded sun n sand, close, yet a world apart from the thriving metropolitan Cochin City. Cochin also has a chain of brackish lagoons lying parallel to Arabian Sea. The City also offers historical and heritage monuments of Portugese, British, Dutch, Jews.