It is a beautiful and enchanting backwater town in the states of Kerala. Here
you will find backwater, houseboat facilities, bird sanctuary which offers great opportunity for recreational amusement and the Vembanad Lake are some of the top attractions of this town. Thought small in area, it has lots of tourist interest and delights enticing thousands of tourist almost every year including the honeymooners and holiday makers. Unbeatable attraction of tourist to this place is proof enough that reaching in this place is very easy and hassle-free giving a wonderful chance for every nature lover and adventure seekers.
Even for transport, Kumarakom is easily accessible from different directions and it also possesses good services for different modes of transport. Here are some of the possible routes of how to reach Kumarakom from different sides with different routes.
Air routes
By plane if you are coming from different station whether from within or outside the country, it can be accessible from Cochin. Cochin is the nearest airport city from this town. It is an international airport which is about 85 km away from the town. This international airport is well connected with many major cities and towns and it even provide facility directly to the gulf countries. From this port you can either take up passenger bus or hire taxi to this town. Another international airport lying close to this town is Thiruvananthapuram internationals airport which is about 133 km and others are Bengaluru international airport and Chennai international airport are also give a wonderful services for tourist travelers coming from abroad who are looking forward to enjoy the amazing backwater world of Kumarakom.
Rail routes
The nearest railway station from this town is Kottayam and it is about 16 km travel route. For those who wish to come by train, Kottayam railway is well connected with most of the major cities of the country and thus can be taken from any destinations within the country. But still you need to book taxi and the common charges for taxi are mostly around 3500 rupees which will carry you directly to the place of your destination.
Road ways
There are many routes possible for road transport but still Kottayam is the main road junction which is about 14 kms from the town and is the nearest place that can be easily access by bus. There are private deluxe A/C buses plying from here which are mainly reserve for tourist. You can book any of them and even if you prefer to travel unstop or continues direct journey if you are staying nearby, Kottayam is connected with many cities mostly those of the south like Chennai, Mangalore, Bangalore and Trivandrum. So you can even take up direct buses from these places and reach safely without any change of station from it. Thus Kumarakom has lots of entry side from different sites. Make sure to visit it once a while to refresh your holiday
