Locality in Kerala, India

Kumbalam

Kumbalam is a region of Kochi city, in the state of Kerala, India, that includes Vembanad Lake.

Every way there

Calicut → Kumbalam
160 km · quickest by road, 4h 4m · ₹1,160–1,450
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Coimbatore → Kumbalam
142 km · quickest by road, 3h 35m · ₹1,230–1,540
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Thiruvananthapuram → Kumbalam
173 km · quickest by road, 4h 9m · ₹1,290–1,620
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Kumbalam, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Kumbalam has

YScheduled flightsKochi (COK), 30 km
YMetro and city busesKochi Metro, Kochi buses and boats, timetables compiled in-app
YTrains and coachesTransitous carries 2 timetable feeds for this country, 1 with real-time
YFerriesKumbalam, 2 km; sailings estimated
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter shareno share feed known
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known.

9.900°, 76.310°

It is situated around 9 km (5.6 mi) from Vytilla Junction.

How locals move

Getting around Kumbalam the local way

Get aroundApart from tourist houseboats, regular ferries operated by Kerala State Inland Navigation Company (KSINC) and traditional country-side canoes also operate in the region.

From Wikivoyage: Kerala Backwaters, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-07.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.