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How To Reach Thekkady

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Nov - Feb
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How To Reach Thekkady

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While Thekkady is an important and popular destination while travelling through Kerala, it does not have the best connectivity to the rest of the country. If you are wondering how to reach Thekkady, then read on to find out the best way. Lacking an airport and a train station both, getting to Thekkady is an exercise requiring some amount of planning but it is definitely worth it. This is a write-up explaining how to reach Thekkady, this beautiful, remote paradise.

By Air

The nearest domestic airport to Thekkady is Madurai airport, which is about 136 km away. There are flights connecting Madurai to various important Indian cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata. From Madurai airport, travellers can take cabs to reach Thekkady and Periyar.

The closest international airport to Thekkady is the Cochin International Airport. With flights coming from various Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian cities and countries, the airport is accessible to a number of international travellers. There are flights to and from Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Singapore and Bangkok among other cities from the Cochin International Airport. There also cabs available to take visitors from the airport to Thekkady.  

By Train

Thekkady also lacks a train station which means that directly reaching the city by train is out of the question. The nearest train station is in Kottayam which is roughly 110 kms away. Connected to other big junctions in the area, you can reach Kottayam from any Indian city including the ones that are fairly far like Delhi and Kolkata.

There are many trains to Kottayam from Ernakulam as well. From Kottayam, cabs are an option to take visitors onwards to Thekkady. State run buses are also available from Kottayam to reach Thekkady.

By Road

By road is the main and only approach that takes you directly to Thekkady. The two options when reaching by road are by bus and by car. There are Kerala State Department buses to Thekkady from a bunch of cities, including important travelling destinations such as Kochi, Kottayam and such. These buses are usually fairly comfortable and easy to travel in.

Thekkady can also be reached in cabs and self driven cars. With respect to cabs, they are also available from a number of places and cities in Kerala. However, they tend to be a little expensive. going by road to Thekkady is not a bad idea as the routes into this heavily forested area are scenic and worthy of travelling. By road, it’s a 4-5 hour journey from Kochi, around 160 kms. A drive from Bangalore is also possible as the route is roughly 9 hours long and some 510 kms long, coming through Karnataka and passing towns like Dharmapuri and Dindigul.

There are other routes available as well. However, they are both at least 50-60 kms longer. When driving to Thekkady, it is advisable to carry a certain amount of petrol/diesel with you as there are not that many fuel stops around. Also, inside Kerala, the roads can be tricky as they are in dense forest and rural areas. This is also something that needs to be noted when driving there.

By AirBy RoadBy TrainBy Sea
Alleppey to Thekkady-4.0 hours3.5 hours-
Bangalore to Thekkady-12.0 hours10.0 hours-
Trivandrum to Thekkady-5.0 hours2.0 hours-

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    Venkateshraju

    Chennai

    Venkateshraju's 2 days trip to Thekkady

    It was good experience with travel triangle, got better deals and a reliable travel agent. Would choose travel triangle again in future.
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    Jagan Nathe

    Nashik

    Jagan's 5 days trip to Thekkady

    Houseboat kumarakom, sapphire club cherai these hotels , we had a poor experience . In houseboat you said they will give us ride of 5-6 hours but they gave us ride of only two hours . And meals were also bad . In sapphire club cherai . The bathroom pipeline was a type of chok up and the room service
    was very poor . You should give us more nice hotels according to 3-4 star ratings Hotel elephant route was a good experience . The room was also neat and clean . The hotel was also very near from the main point . We also enjoyed elephant safari and other activities there. The aurum resort munnar was also good experience . The room was clean and room service was also very nice . The meals were also very good
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    Venkatheart

    Chennai

    Venkatheart's 3 days trip to Thekkady

    First of all thank you for travel triangle & comfort destination for planning this trip wonderful. We had great experience with the Resort And food is tasty. Pickup and drop is well planned.
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    Abazharkhan

    Chattisgarh

    Abazharkhan's 5 days trip to Thekkady

    We thoroughly enjoyed our Kerala trip through Kochi, Munnar, Thekkady, Alleppey organized by the Travel Unbounded. Even though we went during Pre monsoon ,Miss Mamta was our trip planner she kept her word with ethics and Aneesh kumar was our driver and guide. He took good care of us and made us fe
    el comfortable in every way possible. highly recommended
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    Sachin Deshpande

    Bengaluru

    Sachin's 4 days trip to Thekkady

    It was a good experience. The driver was professional with good knowledge of all the places. Overall a decent trip for us.
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    Surendra Kamat

    Mumbai

    Surendra's 6 days trip to Thekkady

    It was a wonderful experience with travel triangle This is our 3rd trip.The driver Mr Ashraf was very polite,really decent person and cooperative in every aspect and cab was very well clean and well maintained. Hotels provided were good could have been better .The services of the agent were very pro
    mp and fantastic.He helped us in every possible way.Booked flight tickets for us after it got canceled and changed hotel too as per our convenience.Thamk you so much travel triangle looking forward to another memorable with you in our next future tours. Allepey Houseboat was lovely experience
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    Ajeetsingh Devra

    Indore

    Ajeetsingh's 5 days trip to Thekkady

    In itinerary deluxe room was mentioned and paid for same but on check in it was standard room at dehlia resort at varkala House boat
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    Varunraj

    Chennai

    Varunraj's 4 days trip to Thekkady

    Everything was fine but the pending amount was settled to hotel on time even after I notified the agent the day before. I was supposed to checkout at 8:30 am but due to this pending amount it got delayed. It got me a little frustrated
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    Uday Raj

    Uday's 6 days trip to Thekkady

    I agree with all services, but tell in all detail Which is i observed that in sum places like in Ervykulam national park boating entry should be done online in advance, All r good memories but in cheari u can give to your costumes better than mareblu
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    Pooja Boral

    Hyderabad

    Pooja's 4 days trip to Thekkady

    Superb Experience with Namaskaram Travels. We visited Munnar/ Kochi through them and would recommend my other South Indian trips through them. Thanks Neha for so responsive, I think most of the other agents of TT fails. Superb negotiations by Neha(agent)

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