Kashmir House Boat

HouseBoat
Floating on a picture perfect lake or moored by the edge of Srinagar's lakes, Kashmir's famous houseboats is the way to see how this place earned the name, "The Venice of the East". The silent atmosphere, breathtaking view and homely comfort gives freshness and renewed energy to any exhausted traveler.

The tourist can choose from the wide variety of houseboats according to their needs & requirements. The grand "Firdous" has three double bedrooms with attached bathrooms, hot and cold water, living room. "Khushal" has two double bedrooms and all other desired comforts as above. "Nishat" and "Kushdil" are both the favorites of newly wedded honeymooners, as they have one double bedroom and all the comforts of privacy, facing the lake with it's beauty.

The Dal Lake is famous for the comfortable houseboats as well as the Shikaras. Each houseboat has anything between two and four bedrooms in it with attached bathrooms and a common sitting and dining room. The charges of a houseboat always include all meals and a certain number of crossings by shikara to and from the houseboat.

Water - powered peddlers sell everything from saffron to paper mache deer to the houseboat door. Ride a Shikara - a Kashmiri gondola - to the watery vegetable markets and see the mountains mirrored in the lakes.

The wonderful houseboat provide the homely comfort, food of your taste and has many options open to your choice such as a shikara ride, sunbathing on the houseboats top-deck, shopping, trekking, relaxing, reading and just being served whatever desired.