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Backwaters & Boat Cruises

Let the water set the pace

Some of India's best travel happens at a drift. Kerala's palm-lined canals, Kashmir's Dal Lake and the hill lakes of the south are all best experienced from a deck, not a shoreline — slow, quiet and unhurried by design.

Overnight houseboat cruise

Overnight houseboat cruise

Alleppey, Kerala 4.7
Safe 4.6
Vembanad Lake houseboat cruise

Vembanad Lake houseboat cruise

Kumarakom, Kerala 4.6
Safe 4.6
Dal Lake houseboat stay

Dal Lake houseboat stay

Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir 4.7
Safe 3.8
Naini Lake boating

Naini Lake boating

Nainital, Uttarakhand 4.5
Safe 4.4
Ooty Lake

Ooty Lake

Ooty, Tamil Nadu 4.5
Safe 4.4