Kuttanad
Rice fields farmed below sea level, with canals running higher than the land beside them.
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Best Time
- After the monsoon, when the paddy is green
- Address
- Kuttanad, Alappuzha, Kerala 688501Directions
- Getting There
- Canoe tours and public ferries leave from Alappuzha.
Why Go
This is one of the few places in the world farming below sea level. Small canoes reach the narrow channels that houseboats can't, passing farms, schools and toddy shops.
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