Six staterooms with petrified-wood baths and brass-lit mirrors — the fullest expression of the fleet, for a reunion afloat.
Reserve your dates✳HB6/U04Six staterooms, a chef aboard.
The overnight cruise
Your cruise, confirmed shape
- Board
- 12:00 noon
- Ashore
- 09:00 next day
- Sleeps
- 12 guests
- Bedrooms
- 6
- Length
- 112 ft
Whole boat, one party — always.
From ₹72,000/ night
off-season · +5% GST
Life aboard HB6/U04.
The gallery · 10 photographs
Six staterooms with petrified-wood baths and brass-lit mirrors — the fullest expression of the fleet, for a reunion afloat. A chef is aboard for every meal — welcome drink to sunrise breakfast — and the boat is never shared: one party, the whole vessel, always. Your captain, chef and deck crew stay with you from board to ashore.
The vessel
HB6/U04, in figures.
- Staterooms
- 6, en-suite
- Sleeps
- 12 guests
- Length
- 112 feet
- Crew
- 4 — captain, chef, two stewards
- Tier
- Ultra Luxury
- Private jacuzzi
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- Boards / ashore
- 12:00 noon / 09:00
- Meals aboard
- Breakfast · lunch · tea · dinner
Signature to this vessel
- Private chef
- Designer baths
- Sundeck
- Dining hall
On every vessel of the fleet
- Air-conditioned staterooms, 24 hours
- En-suite baths, hotel linen & toiletries
- Lounge & dining saloon
- Fully equipped galley & chef
- Life jackets & safety gear for every guest
- Government-licensed, insured hull
Aboard HB6/U04
Everything, taken care of.
A chef aboard, every meal
Welcome drink, lunch, evening tea, dinner and breakfast — cooked fresh on board. Veg, Jain, halal and vegan menus on request.
The whole boat, one party
You never share your vessel. Single-party privacy is the rule of the fleet.
A dedicated crew
Captain, chef and deck crew — a butler on the Ultra Luxury boats — with you for the whole cruise.
A/C staterooms & hotel linen
Air-conditioned bedrooms with attached baths, fresh linen, and toiletries.
A curated route & sunset anchorage
A sightseeing route through Vembanad and Kuttanad, canoe side-trips, and the regulation sunset anchorage.
Licensed boat & safety gear
A government-licensed, insured vessel with life jackets and buoys for every guest.
Hour by hour
Your day aboard.
Noon to nine the next morning — the shape every cruise follows, give or take the light and the water your captain reads.
- 12:00Board & welcome
Check in at Punnamada jetty. A tender-coconut welcome, cool towels, and a walk-through of your boat and crew before you cast off.
- 13:30Lunch on the water
A Kerala lunch served as you cruise — karimeen fish, avial, thoran and rice on a banana leaf. Veg, Jain, halal and vegan menus on request.
- 16:00Village walk & canoe
The boat noses into the narrow canals. Step off for a coir-and-toddy village walk, or take a country canoe where the houseboat can't follow.
- 17:00Evening tea
Chai and hot snacks — banana fritters, bonda — on the sundeck as the light turns gold.
- 17:30Anchor for sunset
By backwater regulation every boat anchors before dusk. The engine stills and the water mirrors the sky — the quietest hour of the trip.
- 20:00Dinner under lanterns
A multi-course dinner cooked fresh by your chef, served on deck under lantern light. Bring your own bottle — no corkage.
- 08:00Sunrise & breakfast
Wake to mist on the water. Appam and stew, puttu, fresh fruit and filter coffee on the sundeck as the boat gets underway.
- 09:00Ashore, unhurried
Cruise back to the jetty and disembark by nine — or extend on toward Kumarakom and the bird sanctuary.
Beyond the boat
What the water carries you to.
Shikara & canoe rides
Glide the narrow canals the houseboat is too broad to enter.
Fishing, cook-your-catch
Line fishing off the stern — whatever comes up, karimeen most evenings, goes straight to the galley.
Village & coir walk
Coir-spinning, mat-weaving and toddy-tapping in the paddy villages.
Kayaking the paddy canals
A two-seat kayak off the stern, mornings only — flat water and mist.
The chef at the market
Pick the evening's karimeen and spices with your chef at dawn.
Cycling through Kuttanad
Bicycles on the bund roads — flat, green, below sea level, an hour before breakfast.
Kathakali & folk music
Lantern-lit performance on deck at anchor — Mohiniyattam or a Kalaripayattu bout by arrangement.
Cooking with the crew
Chutney on a grinding stone — an unhurried lesson in the galley, or a village kitchen.
Ayurveda massage
A therapist aboard for a backwater Ayurveda treatment.
An hour ashore
The Ambalapuzha temple and its payasam, or Marari's empty beach at dusk — the captain times the mooring.
A swim off the boat
Where the lake runs clean — early morning or late light; the crew knows the spots.
Kumarakom bird sanctuary
Extend the route to Pathiramanal Island and the bird sanctuary.
Add-ons, on request
- Honeymoon décor — cake, flowers, candlelight dinner
- Celebration décor & cake — birthdays, anniversaries
- Candlelight dinner on the open deck
- Kumarakom route extension
- Ayurveda massage on board
- Airport & jetty transfers (Kochi)
- Fresh seafood from the fishermen — lobster, crab, prawns, karimeen
- Extra-person charge
- Festival-date surcharge (Onam, Christmas–New Year)
All rates +5% GST. Peak season (Oct–Mar) and festival dates quoted on request.
Before you board
Asked, answered.
The questions every party asks before the jetty. The full list — food, kids, monsoon, payment — lives on one page.
All questions, answered20% holds the boat
The balance is due before boarding — never on the jetty.
Full refund, 30 days out
Tiered to 7 days; festive dates are non-refundable.
Weather never strands you
If the water closes, we reschedule or refund — your choice.
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