By road

Kumarakom is 60 km from Kochi and 16 km from Kottayam.

By air

There are daily flights from Mumbai and Chennai and connecting flights from New Delhi and other places in India to Kochi, Kozhikode and Trivandrum.

Kumarakom is 175 km from Trivandrum International Airport and 85 km from Cochin International Airport.

By rail

Kochi is well-connected by rail with Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and with other smaller metros.

Web sites: www.ktdc.com/WaterScapes.htm, www.kumarakom.com/howto.htm

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