The Alappuzha district is blessed with the huge amount of backwaters. The backwater tourism of Kerala owes a lot to this famous district in Kerala. There are a number of tourist attractions in the district apart from backwaters. Alleppey backwaters comprised of a network of rivers, criss-cross canals, lagoons, green paddy fields, beaches etc. In order to enjoy backwaters here, tourists can depend on houseboats, motor boats and Shikara boat Alleppey. Shikara boats are wooden small country boats specially designed to travel in backwaters, especially in the network of canals present here. Alleppey shikara tours takes one back to another era of simplicity combined with luxury and a sense of elegance.The roof and walls of Shikara are carved with bamboo sheets and are beautiful handicraft work in the elegant Kerala style.