Thumba
Thumba is a coastal area of Thiruvananthapuram city, the capital of Kerala, India.
Thumba is a coastal area of Thiruvananthapuram city, the capital of Kerala, India.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Thumba
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Veli Lake
Veli Lake or Veli Kayal is a freshwater lake in the state of Kerala and is situated in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. lake is 8 km from Kerala's capital city, Thiruvananthapuram.
2.5 km · Freshwater lake in the state of Kerala and is situated in Thiruvananthapuram. · Wikipedia - 02Kolathukara shiva temple
Districtwise Hindu temples in Kerala include:
2.9 km · temple in India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Thumba
- Airports
- Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 7 km · Cochin (COK), 189 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 280 km
- Stations
- Thiruvananthapuram North Railway Station, 3.3 km · Veli railway station, 1.9 km
- Kochi → Thumba171 km · quickest by road, 4h 19m · ₹1,280–1,600
- Coimbatore → Thumba275 km · quickest by air, 5h 48m · ₹4,730–7,270
- Calicut → Thumba325 km · quickest by road, 8h 11m · ₹2,390–2,990
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Thumba
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Thumba. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIt has direct flights from the Middle East, Singapore, Malaysia, Maldives, and Sri Lanka, as well as seasonal charter flights to Russia, the UK and less frequently to other parts of Europe.
- Get aroundAuto-rickshaws, or simply "autos", are a cheap way of travelling between attractions.
- Get aroundThe minimum charge for the autorickshaw is ₹25 and the running charge per km is ₹12 (as of Dec 2021).
- Get aroundThere are pre-paid autorickshaw counters available near the airport and the railway station.
- Get aroundComplaints related to auto-rickshaws in Thiruvananthapuram can be made to RTO Trivandrum, .
From Wikivoyage: Thiruvananthapuram, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Thumba – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Thumba
Thumba is 10 km from Thiruvananthapuram, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.