Name: Xandari Riverscapes
Address: Near Pallathuruthy Bridge, 688003 Alleppey, India, Near Pallathuruthy Bridge, Kerala, 688003, India
Price range: Prices for upcoming dates start at £678 per night (We Price Match)
Rating: 9.1

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Xandari Riverscapes

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Near Pallathuruthy Bridge, 688003 Alleppey, India –

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Its a great experience and the food is also amazing.

Aparna, India

Food was amazing including extra little treats. Staff were wonderful. Spec of the boat outstanding as we had read on previous reviews.

Alan, United Kingdom

The facilitates, the crew were fantastic. So friendly and so hospitable. Anything we wanted was there for us. Calming, relaxing, insightful. Would highly recommend!!

Andy, United Kingdom

OMG this was an experience and a half! Wonderful staff and gorgeous scenery! I went with Xandari due to the great reviews. No doubt you could shop around for houseboats forever but the reviews were good. The only mistake we made was just doing an overnight trip. 2 days is better in my opinion. The staff at reception and the staff on board were great and the food was amazing!!! A travel must!

Kate, United Kingdom

We liked everything. The people are incredible and the boat is really nice. The rooms are very comfortable with air conditioning and the food is expectacular! I can really recommend this trip with them.

Karin, Hong Kong

The staff were excellent, very welcoming and friendly. Lots of space on board and in the bedrooms. The food was delicious, so much of it we couldn’t eat it all.

Heather, United Kingdom

The staff was great, the food was great, the whole experience was top notch.

Catherine, Austria

Food cooked on order was really well made and to our liking.

Namita, USA

Some of the better looking boats (al least from outside).

A, USA

Everything! The meals were superbly cooked and presented. The staff were lovely and it was a very classy operation. Zanderi boats were some of the most attractive and well designed of the many varied boats available. We were very happy with the whole experience.

Maz, Australia

9.5

Excellent location!

What guests loved the most:
“Its a great experience and the food is also amazing.”

Aparna India
“Food was amazing including extra little treats. Staff were wonderful. Spec of the boat outstanding as we had read on previous reviews.”

Alan United Kingdom
“The facilitates, the crew were fantastic. So friendly and so hospitable. Anything we wanted was there for us. Calming, relaxing, insightful. Would highly recommend!!”

Andy United Kingdom
“OMG this was an experience and a half! Wonderful staff and gorgeous scenery! I went with Xandari due to the great reviews. ”

Kate United Kingdom
“We liked everything. The people are incredible and the boat is really nice. The rooms are very comfortable with air conditioning and the food is expectacular! ”

Karin Hong Kong
“The staff were excellent, very welcoming and friendly. Lots of space on board and in the bedrooms. The food was delicious, so much of it we couldn’t eat it all.”

Heather United Kingdom
“The staff was great, the food was great, the whole experience was top notch.”

Catherine Austria
“Food cooked on order was really well made and to our liking.”

Namita USA
“Some of the better looking boats (al least from outside).”

A USA
“Everything! The meals were superbly cooked and presented. The staff were lovely and it was a very classy operation. ”

Maz Australia

One of our top picks in Alleppey.

Xandari Riverscapes are a fleet of house boats which sails along Vembanad Lake and in the backwaters of Alleppey. The houseboats are docked near Pallathuruthy Bridge.

The traditional houseboats, called "kettuvallams" have wood harvested from local jackfruit tree plantations, hand-stitched by local craftsmen with coconut fiber rope.

The boats have one, two or three air-conditioned bedrooms. All have an open-air living area and a fully-equipped kitchen. Guests can enjoy the views from the viewing deck, or through the bedroom's picture window.

Suites have an attached bathroom with toiletries and hot water supply. A desk and wardrobe are provided. Each has both air conditioning and a fan. Laundry services and a doctor-on-call are available for guests’ convenience.

Guests can relish a delectable meal of classic Kerala cuisine cooked on board.

The houseboat docks in the evenings by the side of the lake. Guests can enjoy a ride on a canoe through the backwaters or play indoor games in the houseboat.

Cochin International Airport is 55.9 miles away.

This property also has one of the best-rated locations in Alleppey! Guests are happier about it compared to other properties in the area.

Couples particularly like the location — they rated it 9.4 for a two-person trip.

This property is also rated for the best value in Alleppey! Guests are getting more for their money when compared to other properties in this city.

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+ Max adults: 3 Max children: 1 (up to 5 years of age)	One-Bedroom Houseboat 1 single bed and 1 large double bed	Show prices
Start of dialog content 댴 Private bathroom Room size 200 ft² Suite with one bedroom offers a balcony overlooking the lake. It has an en suite bathroom with free toiletries and hot water supply. Both air conditioning and a fan are provided. Air-conditioning will be provided only from 6 pm to 6 am. Air-conditioning for the entire day is available at an extra cost of INR 2500 payable at the time of check-in. Room facilities: • Shower • Air conditioning • Desk • Seating Area • Free toiletries • Fan • Toilet • Private bathroom • View • Hardwood/Parquet floors • Wake-up service • Wardrobe/Closet • Lake view • River view • Towels • Linen • Entire unit located on ground floor • Upper floors accessible by stairs only • Toilet paper • Board games/puzzles Please select everything you’d like to know more about (Your response helps provide better information for travellers) Beds Bathroom Kitchen Breakfast Room capacity Room view Room facilities Parking Smoking Other What do you want to know about the selected options? Enter your feedback Submit Cancel Thanks for your time! Your feedback will help us improve, so you can book more easily next time. Close We're sorry, but there was an error submitting your response. Please try again. Retry Missing some information? Yes / No Great! Thanks for your response. Check-in date / / Check-in date Check-out date / / Check-out date Rooms Adults Children End of dialog content
× 7 + Max adults: 7 Max children: 1 (up to 5 years of age)	Three-Bedroom Houseboat 1 single bed and 3 large double beds	Show prices
Start of dialog content 댴 Private bathroom Room size 600 ft² Suite with three bedrooms offers a balcony overlooking the lake. It has an en suite bathroom with free toiletries and hot water supply. Both air conditioning and a fan are provided. Air-conditioning will be provided only from 6 pm to 6 am. Air-conditioning for the entire day is available at an extra cost of INR 2500 payable at the time of check-in. Room facilities: • Shower • Air conditioning • Desk • Seating Area • Free toiletries • Fan • Toilet • Private bathroom • View • Hardwood/Parquet floors • Wake-up service • Wardrobe/Closet • Lake view • River view • Towels • Linen • Entire unit located on ground floor • Upper floors accessible by stairs only • Toilet paper • Board games/puzzles Please select everything you’d like to know more about (Your response helps provide better information for travellers) Beds Bathroom Kitchen Breakfast Room capacity Room view Room facilities Parking Smoking Other What do you want to know about the selected options? Enter your feedback Submit Cancel Thanks for your time! Your feedback will help us improve, so you can book more easily next time. Close We're sorry, but there was an error submitting your response. Please try again. Retry Missing some information? Yes / No Great! Thanks for your response. Check-in date / / Check-in date Check-out date / / Check-out date Rooms Adults Children End of dialog content
× 5 + Max adults: 5 Max children: 1 (up to 5 years of age)	Two-Bedroom Houseboat 1 single bed and 2 large double beds	Show prices
Start of dialog content 댴 Private bathroom Room size 400 ft² Suite with two bedrooms offers a balcony overlooking the lake. It has an en suite bathroom with free toiletries and hot water supply. Both air conditioning and a fan are provided. Air-conditioning will be provided only from 6 pm to 6 am. Air-conditioning for the entire day is available at an extra cost of INR 2500 payable at the time of check-in. Room facilities: • Shower • Air conditioning • Desk • Seating Area • Free toiletries • Fan • Toilet • Private bathroom • View • Hardwood/Parquet floors • Wake-up service • Wardrobe/Closet • Lake view • River view • Towels • Linen • Entire unit located on ground floor • Upper floors accessible by stairs only • Toilet paper • Board games/puzzles Please select everything you’d like to know more about (Your response helps provide better information for travellers) Beds Bathroom Kitchen Breakfast Room capacity Room view Room facilities Parking Smoking Other What do you want to know about the selected options? Enter your feedback Submit Cancel Thanks for your time! Your feedback will help us improve, so you can book more easily next time. Close We're sorry, but there was an error submitting your response. Please try again. Retry Missing some information? Yes / No Great! Thanks for your response. Check-in date / / Check-in date Check-out date / / Check-out date Rooms Adults Children End of dialog content

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Property surroundings –

Closest landmarks

Nehru Trophy Boat Race
2.5 miles
Mullakkal Rajarajeswari Temple
2.5 miles
Nehru Trophy Finishing Point
2.6 miles
Alappuzha Railway Station
3 miles
Alleppey Lighthouse
3.4 miles
Ambalapuzha Sree Krishna Temple
5.7 miles
Vembanad Lake
9.5 miles
Athreya Ayurvedic Hospital
11.5 miles
Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary
12.2 miles
Mannarasala Sree Nagaraja Temple
13.4 miles

Natural beauty

Vembanad Lake
0 miles

Closest airports

Kochi International Airport
47.8 miles

What travellers love about this location

“Beautiful houseboat with fabulous upper deck with padded seating/viewing area. Food was great, lunch particularly was amazing. We also loved the canoe trip.”

Carol Mayes

United Kingdom

“It was excellent location, staff was friendly and very accommodating.”

sreenivas

India

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Children and beds

Children are welcome

0 - 5 years	Can use a cot upon request	FREE
6 years	Can use a cot upon request	FREE
6 years	Can use an extra bed upon request	Rs. 2,500 per child, per night
7 - 12 years	Can use an extra bed upon request	Rs. 2,500 per child, per night
13+ years	Can use an extra bed upon request	Rs. 3,500 per person, per night

The maximum number of extra beds, cots and children allowed in existing beds is dependent on the room you choose. Please check your selected room for the maximum capacity.

Pets

Pets are not allowed.

Xandari Riverscapes accepts these cards and reserves the right to temporarily hold an amount prior to arrival.

The fine print

Please note that the air-conditioning will be provided only from 6 pm to 6 am. Air-conditioning for the entire day is available at an extra cost of INR 2500 payable at the time of check-in.

Please note that the property will be hosting a mandatory Gala Dinner on 24th and 31st December. The charges mentioned below are to be paid directly at the hotel.

December 24th:
Adult: INR 3000/- per person
Child (05 - 12 yrs): INR 1500/- per child

December 31st:
Adult: INR: 4000/- per person
Child (05 - 12 yrs): INR 2000/- per child

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Reviewed: 10 August 2018

Sulaiman
Saudi Arabia
10

Exceptional
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Two-Bedroom Houseboat
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
눇 Very good staff and nice food

Stayed in August 2018
Reviewed: 18 June 2018

Aparna
India
9.2

“It was a great experience overall”
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • One-Bedroom Houseboat
- • Stayed 1 night
눉Post dinner there wasn't anything to do(dinner had to be early(7 PM) because of insects at night). It wouldve been better if there were some activities or board games etc.
눇Its a great experience and the food is also amazing.

Stayed in June 2018
Reviewed: 12 June 2018

Alan
United Kingdom
10

Exceptional
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • One-Bedroom Houseboat
- • Stayed 1 night
눇Food was amazing including extra little treats. Staff were wonderful. Spec of the boat outstanding as we had read on previous reviews.

Stayed in May 2018
Reviewed: 11 June 2018

Andy
United Kingdom
10

Exceptional
- • Leisure trip
- • Group of friends
- • Three-Bedroom Houseboat
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
눉Nothing. The whole experience was perfect! Even beyond already high expectations
눇The facilitates, the crew were fantastic. So friendly and so hospitable. Anything we wanted was there for us. Calming, relaxing, insightful. Would highly recommend!!

Stayed in May 2018
Reviewed: 27 May 2018

Pavan
India
7.5

Good
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Two-Bedroom Houseboat
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
눉Everything is fine

Stayed in May 2018
Reviewed: 23 May 2018

Preeti
India
10

“Awesomeness undefined”
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • One-Bedroom Houseboat
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
눉If we could rome more in boat and see more places that would be an add on
눇I liked the place, food specially

Stayed in May 2018
Reviewed: 12 April 2018

Kate
United Kingdom
10

“Fantastic - people who love to travel need to do this at least once in their lives!”
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Three-Bedroom Houseboat
- • Stayed 1 night
눇OMG this was an experience and a half! Wonderful staff and gorgeous scenery! I went with Xandari due to the great reviews. No doubt you could shop around for houseboats forever but the reviews were good. The only mistake we made was just doing an overnight trip. 2 days is better in my opinion. The staff at reception and the staff on board were great and the food was amazing!!! A travel must!

Stayed in April 2018
Reviewed: 12 April 2018

Karin
Hong Kong
10

“Very nice boat and staff!”
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Two-Bedroom Houseboat
- • Stayed 1 night
눇We liked everything. The people are incredible and the boat is really nice. The rooms are very comfortable with air conditioning and the food is expectacular! I can really recommend this trip with them.

Stayed in April 2018
Reviewed: 10 April 2018

Rosemary
South Africa
8.8

“very relaxing”
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Three-Bedroom Houseboat
- • Stayed 2 nights
눉No alcohol or soft drinks were available other than water, tea, coffee or fresh juice with breakfast. For the price paid, we would have expected a bit more
눇Service was excellant

Stayed in April 2018
Reviewed: 9 April 2018

Heather
United Kingdom
8.3

“A lovely experience.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Two-Bedroom Houseboat
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
눉Be careful of of the mosquitoes in the evening, I didn’t put my repellent on early enough & was bitten multiple times. Due to having the a/c on, the sound of the generator is quite noisy at night.
눇The staff were excellent, very welcoming and friendly. Lots of space on board and in the bedrooms. The food was delicious, so much of it we couldn’t eat it all.

Stayed in April 2018
Reviewed: 1 April 2018

Catherine
Austria
10

“Will definitely do that again someday!”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • One-Bedroom Houseboat
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
눇The staff was great, the food was great, the whole experience was top notch.

Stayed in March 2018
Reviewed: 12 March 2018

Namita
USA
9.2

“The boat with second floor deck was the highlight of our excellent experience!”
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Three-Bedroom Houseboat
- • Stayed 1 night
눇Food cooked on order was really well made and to our liking.

Stayed in March 2018
Reviewed: 22 February 2018

Martin
United Kingdom
10

“Surpassed expectations in all respects”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • One-Bedroom Houseboat
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
눉Nothing!
눇Very good food and knowledgable staff

Stayed in February 2018
Reviewed: 21 January 2018

A
USA

5 helpful votes
4.6

Disappointing
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Three-Bedroom Houseboat
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
눉We booked entire three bedroom boat for pricey holiday rates. Ridiculously expensive for what is offered. Poor value for money. - no drinks, not even soft drinks. They wanted stop to buy sodas if we wanted abs charge Rs.60 for each! - they advertise kitchen on board and fresh cooked meals with food of choice, but all food seems to be precooked, and just heated and served on board. - they didn’t ask what we wanted for lunch or dinner, just asked when we want to eat! No welcome, it’s like walking into a workshop. Not very friendly staff. In fact one of crew guys was positively rude. Untrained staff, lack of English skills. House boat does not even enter the Vembanad Lake for its famous sunset viewing. They only operate nearby their office, docking overnight just around the corner from their office drop off point. Huge disappointment because you get up and served breakfast and just dropped off at 9am with no cruising the morning waters! Crew was sleeping the only sitting area (they trapped off entire section- see photo) at 6:30am when we wanted enjoy more sunrise, sights, and sounds of backwaters. They only cleared after we entered a few times. Very unprofessional. No pleasantries, such as good morning, hello, how was your night etc. Just robotic. We had better houseboat experiences previously with relatively cheaper but boutique operators, not large commercial ones like this. They don’t care if it was a special occasion, a romantic honeymoon etc. it seemed you’re just a number for that day. Very disappointed overall. Worse still, they didn’t care for my feedback! Take your money (a small fortune) elsewhere.
눇Some of the better looking boats (al least from outside).

Stayed in January 2018
Reviewed: 19 January 2018

Maz Manning
Australia
Age group: 55 – 64

9 helpful votes
10

“Awesome experience. Loved it!”
- • Leisure trip
- • Group of friends
- • Three-Bedroom Houseboat
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
눉Nothing about Zanderi was bad. However it is sad to see the rubbish in the waterways and obviously poor water quality. Plastic bottles are everywhere!
눇Everything! The meals were superbly cooked and presented. The staff were lovely and it was a very classy operation. Zanderi boats were some of the most attractive and well designed of the many varied boats available. We were very happy with the whole experience.

Stayed in January 2018

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