Wangnoo Houseboats

Really good Houseboat. Rooms are big and clean with an awesome washroom decked with bathtub. Food is good and tasty.. Very less disturbance from vendors in the lake. Good hospitality from the owner. Very peaceful and quiet ambience. Bit of issue with Wifi and warm water but rest everything is top notch. If you are fine enjoying houseboat in Nagin lake and not overly fascinated with the idea of staying in more popular and congested Dal Lake, do book your stay here. We took the Shikhara ride in Dal lake however preferred to stay in a less congested and quiet ambience in this houseboat

Wangoo Heritage Houseboats Please only visit if you are ok with these: 1. No proper electricity. 2. No water for even toilet flush 3. No hot water 4. No AC ( they have heating bag and smelly kerosine lamp to give you 1900 era feeling) 5. Dirty carpets ( never seen such dirt everywhere) 6. Dirt in every hidden places such as back of the bed. 7. Non cleaned towels and bedding ( saw them just hanging in sunlight without wash ) 8. Unhygienic things everywhere 9. Some oily breakfast 10. No door locks. Wangoo heritage houseboats are located at Nigeen Lake. The view from houseboats is good but lack very basic requirements. Please make a note it is not single boat these are multiple boats branded under the same name this is to causes very big confusion. The boat which has good reviews gets used for misrepresentation. The actual boats name is what matters. Fortunately I stayed in Wangoo heritage jwel of kashmir for only 1 night and the experience was very poor. These houseboats may have been good in the past based on the reviews on google, however if you sort it by latest most of them are either by Tavel agents for commissions or either bad for above reasons. The gate 1 is used to get shikara ride to reach houseboats once you reach one may need to remove your shoes , boots etc because boats floor is all covered with carpets which never gets cleaned. Once you enter the room door, the door does not have proper lock to ensure privacy and safety. I checked in at about 4 pm and there was no electricity and attending person told us lie it ll be back in about 6pm which never came. Unfortunately we believed and stayed there, same was told for water. Now the time was 9 pm they bring back electricity by generator with few lights on. The boat has no heating system and the fitted AC does not works because they do not have proper electricity connections. The generator only help them to glow some low voltage lights. They also started motors for some time to show the water is there once you believe them and says ok it stops again. I asked attending personal to be frank and tell me whats the condition he told us water will not come until morning. The attending person will be very sweet in talk to distract you. Then We had ok dinner and went to sleep without any proper heating equipment. They provided heating bag and kerosine lamp for heating which we returned happily. They also cut down on electricity when you are sleeping so they reduce use of generator. In the middle of the night I observed they cut down major lights and hence only keep some of the lights. They must have bifurcated the low voltage line and high voltage line to use generator. In the morning finally 1 bucket water we got for bath not to mention shower are for show and does not work on low pressure. We went to oily breakfast and come back to houseboats room. Suddenly about 10.30 am attending person come back and ask when you are leaving because they want us to go soon although the checkout time is 12 pm. We finally happy to left this place at 11:30 pm. Not even worth single rupee and I won’t stay here even if someone offers it for free such a waste of time.