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SIGHT SEEING FROM THE LAKE SIDE OF KUMARAKOM
Beautiful Sun set can be experienced from the lake side of Kumarakom, Watch the house boats, motor boats, speed boats, country boat and fishermen’s boat sail past. Unique scenery, through out the day, and also the breeze and the waves of the beautiful lake. Joyous sights of the sunset, stars, moon set. Watch the beautiful sight of the lights and fire works on the western side of the lake and the stars in the sky during the night. Enjoy the rainy season by experiencing the rain coming from far away and also the breeze and the waves of the lake, natures live sound and light show of thunder and lightning at night. Vellavaley--fishermen catching the pearl spot fish by the bare hand.

PATHIRAMANAL ISLAND
Pathiramanal is a beautiful island in the Vembanad Lake it lies on the boarder of Kumarakom.There is only 30 minutes journey in a Motor Boat and only 10 minutes journey by a Speed boat from Kumarakom to Pathiremanal, and from Alappuzha it will take more than 2 hours to reach Pathiramanal by motor boat and 45 minutes in a speed boat .The Island covers an area of 68 Hectares (168 Acres)

BIRDS SANCTUARY
There are 180 species of birds are found in the Kumarakom bird sanctuary, the story of the bird sanctuary begins in the year 1847,when Mr Alfred George Baker started developing a vast area of Vembanad Lake shore at Kumarakom.he planted Mangrove bushes and created a green belt on the lake shore to protect his land and crops. He also kept an area of about ten acres of land with mangroves to accommodate local as well as migratory birds coming from far off regions. No one was allowed to enter the area to disturb the birds. A permanent Bird sanctuary was thus formed which may be the first of its kind in the country.

THANNEERMUKKHAM SALT WATER BARRAGE
This is only 12 Kms. away from Kumarakom by road, and it is on the north west of Kumarakom, only 15 minutes in a Speed Boat, one and half hour in a House Boat or in a Motor Boat. Its length is 1400 meters and have 62 shutters at both ends ,470 meter long reclaimed portion in the middle and the western and eastern portion with 470 meters each at both sides with 31 shutters on each side were completed in 1967.The construction of the remaining middle part was completed in 1977.These 62 shutters were fitted on the northern side of the bridge to control the entry of saline water from Arabian Sea to the southern part of the barrage to facilitate two crops of paddy in a year.

FISH SANCTUARY
North eastern side of the lake Vembanad near to the bird sanctuary, in Kumarakom, a protected fish sanctuary for pearl spot fish ( Karimeen),(Etroplus suratensis)the first of its kind in India, was established in Open vembanad Lake,on an experimental basis. A variety of nest and reef substrates were deposited on the floor of the lake to provide artificial nesting surfaces for karimeen.Half split coconut shells,large boulders of laterite blocks ,specially designed cement concrete tetra pods and piles of coconut trees were used as paaru and reefs simulating breeding habitats for fish in this open lake sanctuary.

DRIFT WOOD MUSEUM
Bay Island Driftwood Museum, is on the northern side of Kumarakom and close to Birds sanctuary, is a thrilling experience for the explorers,since 2001. It is owned, designed, established and operated by a woman artiste. It displays beautiful blend of nature’s creativity and rarely seen objects. She painstakingly recovered these rare objects from the Andaman Seas, The artifacts created and sustained by the sea waves for millennia weighing many tons big and small collected improvised are exhibited over here. Government of Kerala awarded its prestigious most innovative tourism project award in 2004.

REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION, KUMARAKOM
The Coconut Research Station, Kumarakom was established in the year 1947 to cater the research needs of coconut in the reclaimed alluvial soils of Kuttanad. 24 hectares of land required for establishing the station was obtained from the R.B.A. Baker. This was upgraded the status of a Regional Agricultural Research Station in 1982.The total geographical area of the farm attached to the RARS is 45 hectares’.

VELLAVALI—UNIQUE TYPE OF FISHING.
One of the very strange way of fishing in these region is Vellavali, and only one type of fish called, Karimeen (Pearl spot) is caught by bare hand by fishermen by this way of fishing called Vellavali. Karimeen is a popular fish and is generally found in the Backwaters of Kerala. It is a very tasty fish and usually it may grow more than 200 grams and the general size will be the size of a human palm, but it is having bones also.

KUMARAKOM BOAT RACES
Kumarakom, is very famous for it’s Boat clubs and the Boat Races. Sree Narayana Jayanthi Public Boat Race and Kavanattinkara Public boat Race are held during the Kerala’s festival of Onam holidays. More over there is Kottayam Boat Race is also held every year during the Onam Festival.Many types of Boats including Snake Boats participate in the race.

KUMARAKOM BOAT CLUBS
Kumarakom Boat Club and Kumarakom Town Boat Club are the most popular Boat Clubs, in Kerala which won many trophies in many boat races and also they got the Nehru Trophy for the Snake Boat Race held every year in Alappuzha ,consecutively for many times.