Kanyakumari travelogue

KanyaKumari :

Places to see in kanyakumari :
1. Vivekananda rock memorial
2. Valluvar statue
3. Bhagavathi Amman temple
4. Beach point (sun rise/sun set point)
5. Gandhi Mandapam
6. Our Lady of Ransom Church
7. Fish aquarium





Places to see near kanyakumari :
1. Suchindaram (Hanuman temple)
2. Vattakottai fort.


started to kanyakumari after lunch time in bus from nagercoil. Journey isless than around 45 minutes. You can drop before one stop of bus stand (Ask conductor for boat jetty services or temple stop).

The 7 places are all near by and are in walkable distance. 

Remember the boat/jetty services to Vivekananda rock memorial has timings and might end around 4 P.M.  Price is 30/- per member. 
They will drop you at Vivekananda rock memorial first. As soon as you get down , you need to take 10rs ticket to enter the vivekananda temple. I didnt understand their logic of having a separate entry ticket again as there is nothing to see there with out taking that ticket.
After that you will be taken to next rock again in boat where you find huge Valluvar statue which is immediately next to Vivekananda rock memorial. Here entry is free. You can have nice view on both the rocks. And you will be dropped again back to the same point where you started.
with this single trip, you spend time in boat, Vivekananda rock memorial, Valluvar statue.  And it all might require an average time of around 1-2 hours.You can spend more time too.

And there next is a 'Bhagavathi Amman temple' near by to beach and is again walkable from jetty service.We skipped entering the temple. And then reached beach spot .spent some time and waited till sunset. The crowd will be increasing during sunset time.
There will be hawkers selling so many things around too. You can spend some quality time over there.

Next is Gandhi Mandapam which is again walkable from beach. It has free entry. have few photos of gandhiji from his earlier days. And you can go to top of the mandapam to have some good view.

From there we went to 'Our Lady of Ransom Church' which is around 10 mins of walk from the mandapam. It was a huge and nice church. Nice place to have a glance once.

And then we returned back to nagercoil in bus again. All in all we skipped few places, but visited must watch things of sunset and rock spots.

Suggestions/Hints:

1. Kanyakumari Railway staion is also pretty near by to all these spots. But the trains for kanyakumari are very less. Do check out them if you want to come to kanyakumari directly by train. We booked a hotel in nagercoil and we came from there by bus.
2. No need of hiring a cab to roam only in kanyakumari as all the places are nearby and walkable.
3. For going to suchindram and vattakottai , you can use bus services as they are in 5-10 kms radius from kanyakumari. And hiring a cab depends on your budget and time frame.  Suchindram is a place in between nagercoil and kanyakumari.
4. There are 3-4 hotels which i saw as 'sea view' hotels...they do have see view and so if you want them specifically, better to book them and confirm with hotel resources before. And they do come with a premium than normal rooms price.
5. Budget hotels are available too in kanyakumari and you  need to check them. Prices vary depending on the season and demand in most of the hotels over there. You can try TTDC (tamilnadu tourism) hotels too.