Vypin Island - Island in Kochi - Ernakulam, India

Vypin Island is one of the group of islands which form the city of Kochi and Ernakulam. It is just north of Fort Kochi and easily accessed by ferry or road. It is an elongated island, about 27 km long and less than 2 km wide at its widest. It is connected to mainland Kochi by a series of bridges known as the Goshree Bridge which is about 3 km long and touches two other islands. Another way to reach the south end of Vypin Island is by a ferry. There are ferries from Fort Kochi, Bolghatty Island and Ernakulam on the mainland. All the ferries offer scenic rides on the Vembanad Lake backwaters. We crossed over on the Vypin-Fort Kochi 'Jankar' ferry with our car, and the crossing took barely 10 minutes, although we had to wait for about 15 minutes to board it. The drive along Vypin Island is very scenic, although it is supposed to be one of the most densely populated islands in the world. One the western side is the Arabian Sea, and on the east is the scenic backwaters. Both sides are lined with pretty palm trees. There is a lighthouse and some pristine beaches lining the seaside, Cherai Beach and Kuzhupilly Beach being the most popular. There are many seaside resorts and restaurants as well on the beach front. On the backwaters side one can see many small fishing vessels and some Chinese fishing nets. It is worth taking a ferry trip to Vypin Island if you are visiting Kochi or Ernakulam for sight-seeing.

I really like this island, with beautiful scenery and environment

Technically, a part of the island (near the boat jetty) is part of Ernakulam city, but the area is out and out rural in nature. The connectivity was solely through water transport earlier to the metro in the east but the villages in the northern side were connected by means of exceptionally narrow roads right up to N. Parur (now North Paravur). Severe shortage of fresh water and very very high density of population was a paradox of this place. You have sea on one side and backwaters on the other which is great for views in early mornings and late evenings. Nice place to roam around during free time. The poeple retain the rural friendly attitude which would be a great help at any point of time. The area is dotted with several tiny but well maintained places of worship predominantly Christian and Hindu.

Excellent place to sit and watch sunrise and sunset

Good place to enjoy the nature. It's an island , previously accessible only by ferry or road ride through north paravur. Now it's well connected to Ernakulam by bridges. Vypin fishing harbour is a great place to get fresh fishes. The Chinese nets are good to have a experience and buy fresh live fishes. I will not miss that. You can see so many ferry, fishing trawler, small fishing boats and ships crossing near the Chinese nets area. Just awesome experience and I feel like a kid to watch that . Early morning with tea is superb. Not at all crowded in the morning. We can have a walk and walk on the sides of Chinese nets. Splendid experience. Wow. Cool.

Very nice place, mostly private ferry tours or hub.

Very good place with surrounding river ( from there we can see small islands, one side sea) and the other side sea.Ernakulam,Fortkochi and Willington island is the other side . Evening we can see the sun set