Cherai Beach, the best beach in Kerala
Cherai Beach is one of the very beautiful beach tourism destinations of India situated in the northern tip of Vypin island of Ernakulam district in Kerala state.
About Cherai beach
Cherai Beach one of the very beautiful natural beach tourism destinations of India situated in the northern tip of Vypin island of Ernakulam district in Kerala state. It's just 45mnts drive from the Cochin International airport (Nedumbassery) and 25 Km from Kochi (Cochin) the business capital of kerala. The nearest railway station is 20 km away and the sophisticated Cherai city is 1.5 Km far from the golden beach. The Mussiris beach (Munambam Beach) is adjacent to the Cherai beach that encircled by Kodungallur sea port (The finale of river Periyar that she join the Arabian Sea).
The Cherai beach is the one-only in its kind that give an experience of Sea and the lagoon artfully separated by a narrow ground that landscaped by coconut palm. The 10 Km golden beach is fresh and ideal for swimming and sunbathing.
There are hundreds of accommodation facilities available in Cherai beach ranging from four star hotels and resorts to economy home stays. The local sea food restaurants, scattered all around are rich with verities of the Arabian Sea and outstanding fish delicacies of its own lagoon.
Best season to be there is November to May but one would like to experience the rainy monsoon the ideal period is June to October.
The main event in Cherai beach is the beach fest that rolls out in the end of December and concludes with the new-year eve. The religious festival at the Bhuvanaswary temple (Hindu Goddess Temple) is in April and the Christians celebrate fiesta (Perunnal) of newly renovated Velankanni church in September. Places to visit near Cherai beach
The nearest pilgrimages for Hundu worship are the Gureeswara temple (Lord Muruka) Varaaha Shetram (Vishnu –Varaha moorthy) and the Cristain famous place for worship is Majumatha (Lady of Snow) pallippuram.
The historically important Douche fort is 5Km far from Cherai beach and the birth pace for Sahodaran Iyyappan is 3 Km drive fron the beach.
Yup its a superb beach in kochi............