Cochin Carnival 2023 | Must See Festival of Kochi

Cochin Carnival is the largest annual tourist draw in Kerala

Inspired by the UN International Year of youth the Cochin Carnival has been nurtured on the centuries old legacy of celebrating the New Year in Fort Cochin. The three original UN slogans of the youth year, Peace. Participation. Progress. and the two local slogans Environment and Adventure still find resonance in every throb of the festival.

Waking up from Covid-induced slumber, the 39th edition of the Cochin Carnival promises to be a gala involving all communities settled in the city. It’s time for Kochi’s darling year-ender festival — the Cochin Carnival.

How to reach FortKochi by boat;

There are two ferry points (called jetties) in Ernakulam, the Ernakulam Jetty and the High Court Jetty, about 1½km (1 mile) north of Ernakulam Jetty. Fort Cochin (Fort Kochi) is 15 minutes away from Ernakulam by ferry.

Ferry Timings: The first boat leaves around 6 am and the last boat leaves around 9pm. Between the first and last service to Fort Cochin, expect a service every 15-30 minutes.

In case if you want to travel between Fort Cochin and Ernakulam after that last service, look for a bus connection. There are frequent private bus services between Fort Cochin and Ernakulam, till around 10'ish in the night. Beyond that you've to depend on taxi or auto-rickshaw.

So how to reach Ernakulam Jetty? This is located at the south most periphery of the so called Marine Drive, facing the Cochin backwaters (Vembanad Lake).

There is a KSRTC bus station right next to the boat jetty, from where where the local KSRTC services operate .

Or get on to one of those red colored city buses crisscrossing the ernakulam city. You can get bus from Ernakulam Junction (called South railway station) as well as from the Ernakulam Town (called the North station) . Ask for bus via the the Ernakulam Jetty bus stop.

Jetty is about 3km from either of the railway stations.

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Cochin Carnival 2023 | Must See Festival of Kochi