Alappuzha Backwaters
Nine hundred kilometres of linked lagoon and canal behind the coast, worked by rice barges converted to houseboats.
- Where
- Alappuzha, Keralam, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 9.4981, 76.3388
Get the Alappuzha Backwaters stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Alappuzha Backwaters. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Keralam volume with your photos and a note.
Near Alappuzha Backwaters
Alappuzha Beach 2.4 km
A pier from 1862 running out into the sea, half fallen, and the town's evenings.
Marari Beach 12 km
A fishing village that became a quiet resort coast.
Ambalappuzha Sri Krishna Temple 13 km
A temple famous for its paal payasam, and for the chess and rice story about how it began.
Pathiramanal 14 km
A small island in Vembanad whose name means midnight sand, and where the migrating birds come.
Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary 17 km
Fourteen acres on Vembanad lake where Siberian storks and darters come between November and February.
St Andrew's Basilica, Arthunkal 19 km
A Portuguese foundation of 1581 on the Alappuzha coast, with a January feast walked to from far off.
Vazhappally Maha Siva Temple 21 km
One of the oldest temples in Kerala, named in a copper plate of the ninth century.
Thazhathangady Juma Masjid 21 km
One of the oldest mosques in India, on the Meenachil, with carved wood and no minaret.
More hidden gems in Keralam
Questions
Where is Alappuzha Backwaters?
Alappuzha Backwaters is in Alappuzha, Keralam. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Alappuzha Beach (2.4 km), Marari Beach (12 km), Ambalappuzha Sri Krishna Temple (13 km).
How do I get the Alappuzha Backwaters stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Alappuzha Backwaters and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Keralam volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Alappuzha Backwaters before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Keralam volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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