Det sker i Alleppey (Alappuzha), India året igennem

Tætpakket — Christmas and New Year peak, Winter break i India

Intet nyt begynder i januar.

Stadig i gang: Backwater houseboat season (1. nov. – 28. feb.), Christmas and New Year peak (20. dec. – 5. jan.)

Travlt — Chettikulangara Bharani, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Chettikulangara Bharani

  13. feb. – 15. mar. · normaltReligiøs højtidTætpakket

  Temple festival near Mavelikkara, about an hour south by road, where villages haul towering decorated chariots and horse effigies to the goddess. It falls on Bharani day in the month of Kumbham and draws huge crowds. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Backwater houseboat season (1. nov. – 28. feb.)

Travlt — Chettikulangara Bharani, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i marts.

Stadig i gang: Chettikulangara Bharani (13. feb. – 15. mar. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Vishu, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) i India

• Sæson

  Pre-monsoon low season

  1. apr. – 31. maj · normaltLukket uden for sæsonen

  The sticky weeks before the monsoon are the backwaters' low season: houseboat rates drop well below winter prices and the canals are uncrowded, though midday on deck is hard going. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Vishu

  13.–15. apr. · normaltReligiøs højtidTætpakket

  Malayalam New Year. Families wake to the vishukkani arrangement of rice, fruit and golden konna flowers, fireworks go off in the evening and many businesses close for the day. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Summer vacation (north & east) i India

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

Stadig i gang: Pre-monsoon low season (1. apr. – 31. maj (normalt))

Travlt — Summer vacation (north & east) i India, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Sæson

  Southwest monsoon

  1. jun. – 15. sep. · normaltRisiko

  The rains hit the Kerala coast first, usually in the opening days of June, and the backwaters run high and brown. Half the houseboats tie up; the ones still sailing cost a third of the winter rate.

Stille — skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

• Sæson

  Karkidakam ayurveda season

  16. jul. – 16. aug. · normaltMonsun

  The Malayalam month the resorts sell as the right time for a treatment course, on the reasoning that the damp opens the pores. Packages run two weeks or more and are at their cheapest. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Southwest monsoon (1. jun. – 15. sep. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Nehru Trophy Boat Race, Onam

• Festival

  Nehru Trophy Boat Race

  5.–31. aug. · normaltSportsbegivenhedTætpakketBook tidligt

  Hundred-foot snake boats with a hundred rowers apiece, raced across Punnamada in front of a packed pavilion. The date is set only a few months ahead — long the second Saturday of August, lately later in the month. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Onam

  17.–26. aug.SkoleferieLukningerTætpakket

  Kerala's ten-day harvest holiday: flower carpets at every doorway, a sadya eaten off a banana leaf, and village boat races in the canals. Shops and offices close for the last four days. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Southwest monsoon (1. jun. – 15. sep. (normalt)), Karkidakam ayurveda season (16. jul. – 16. aug. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

• Festival

  Champions Boat League

  15. sep. – 10. dec. · normaltSportsbegivenhed

  A league of snake boat races across Kerala from September to early December. Several rounds are held on the Alappuzha backwaters, at Kainakary, Pulinkunnu and Karuvatta, a short ride from town. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Southwest monsoon (1. jun. – 15. sep. (normalt)), Onam (17.–26. aug.)

Travlt — Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) i India, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i oktober.

Stadig i gang: Champions Boat League (15. sep. – 10. dec. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — en helt almindelig måned

• Sæson

  Backwater houseboat season

  1. nov. – 28. feb.TørsæsonBook tidligt

  The canals go calm, the paddy is cut and every kettuvallam on Punnamada is spoken for. The good boats go months ahead and prices roughly double over the turn of the year.

Stadig i gang: Champions Boat League (15. sep. – 10. dec. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Christmas and New Year peak, Winter break i India

• Helligdag

  Christmas and New Year peak

  20. dec. – 5. jan.Jul & nytårTætpakketBook tidligt

  The fortnight the houseboats, the beach hotels at Marari and the flights into Kochi all cost the most. Book it in October or take the first week of December instead. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Champions Boat League (15. sep. – 10. dec. (normalt)), Backwater houseboat season (1. nov. – 28. feb.)