Kerala - God's Country
Trip - Trivandrum - Poovar Island - Kollam Ashtamudi lake - Kanyakumari
Days of Travel - 4
Mode of travel - Road Drive
We were on our annual vacation to our parents home in Kerala. It is strictly a family affair. This vacation onwards we decided to see some unseen parts of Kerala. Hence we picked Poovar near Trivandrum, Ashtamudi lake - South Chavara in Kollam, and Kanyakumari as kids were interested for beach holiday.
Home location : Pandalam
Mode of travel - By road, Maruti 800
Travel Plan - As per the hotel reservation we got.
Pandalam - Poovar - 135 kms - Poovar Island Resort
Highlight - Floating Huts, Backwaters
Poovar - Ashtamudi (South chavara - after Kollam - 110 kms - Clubmahindra Backwater Retreat
One of the largest lake which is around 61 sqkm and is second largest after Vembanad.
Ashtamudi - Kanyakumari - 180 kms - Hotel Sea View.
Way to Resort at poovar, can be reached only by boat.
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Started for Poovar by 8.30 am. MC Road till TVM is great. TVM to Poovar is around 34 kms is single lane and narrow. Reached Poovar by 1200hrs.
Reached the jetty to hire a boat to Poovar Island Resort
Paradise Poovar Island Resort has 14 odd floating cottages and 50 odd land cottages. We opted for land cottage as we were expecting rain, if it rains you will be stranded in the cottage as the distance between the floating cottage to the reception is around 300 meters. I was not too comfortable with stay - floating idea.
They have a large Ayurveda Village, with all facilities. Activites we did is a beach visit, cruise along the island on the traditional kettu vallom (small snake boat) which took around 2 hrs. Apart form these one can visit TVM, Kovalam cities. Facilities are good and food is average.
Pics taken from the speed boat enroute to the island
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