Apart from international cruises, domestic ferry and cruises operate in Kochi. Regular inter-island boat services operated by Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation(KSINC), the state Water Transport Authority, and of private ownership are available from the High Court Jetty and the Ernakulam Central jetty at Park Avenue to various places. The junkar ferry for the transshipment of vehicles and passengers between the various islands are operated between Ernakulam and Vypin, and between Vypin and Fort Kochi. However, construction of the Goshree bridges (which links Kochi's various islands) has made ferry transport less important. Backwaters cruises are one of the most important tourist activities in the city. KSINC operates large luxury cruise vessel called Sagar-Rani for high seas cruise parties. Apart from KSINC, numerous of private operators provide private cruise vessels for short leisure trips across the backwaters. Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) has also launched boat services between Vyttila and Kakkanad as "City Water Bus" recently. The service is expected to be extended to more areas like Thevara soon. Ferries are the fastest form of transport between Fort Cochin and the mainland. The stop on the eastern side of Willingdon Island is called Embarkation; the west one, opposite Mattancherry, is Terminus; and the main stop at Fort Cochin is Customs, with another stop at the Mattancherry Jetty near the synagogue. Ernakulam: There are services to Fort Cochin every 40 minutes (4.40am to 9.30pm) from the main jetty. There are six ferries directly to/from the Mattancherry Jetty (5.55am to 6.45pm). The ticket office in Ernakulam opens 10 minutes before each sailing. Ferries run every 20 minutes to Willingdon and Vypeen Islands (6am to 10pm) -- although with the new bridge to Vypeen these are often empty. Fort cochin Ferries run from Customs Jetty to Ernakulam from 6.20am to 9.50pm. Ferries also run between Customs Jetty and Willingdon Island about 18 times a day from 6.40am to 9.30pm (Monday to Saturday). Car and passenger ferries cross to Vypeen Island from Fort Cochin virtually nonstop from 6am until 10pm. Source: http://www.lonelyplanet.com and Wikipedia This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of tens of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Reach us at rupindang @ gmail . com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com.

• published: 05 Apr 2014
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