Indicative entry fees and opening hours for the ticketed and timed places in Kollam. These change — always confirm with the official operator before you go.
PlaceEntry feeTimingsBest time
Ashtamudi Lake There is no entry fee to see the lake; you pay only for boat trips. Shared ferries such as the Kollam–Alappuzha service and Munroe Island canoe cruises are inexpensive, while private houseboat day cruises and overnight kettuvallams cost significantly more and vary by season.The lake is open water and can be viewed at any time; cruises operate to fixed schedules. Full-day houseboat cruises typically run about 10am to 5pm, and the Kollam–Alappuzha ferry departs around 10:30am. Sunset is the most rewarding time on the water.October to February is the best season — cool, dry and calm. Avoid the heavy monsoon (June–September) for cruising, though the scenery is lush. Late afternoon into sunset is the finest time of day.
Munroe Island There is no entry fee to reach or walk around the island. You pay only for the boat experience. DTPC Kollam's published rates are ₹600 per person for the country-boat canal cruise and ₹400 per person for a kayak or canoe, lasting about two hours over roughly 10 km of canal; the DTPC Munroe Island canoe booking office is on 091883 55625. Homestays and independent boatmen set their own rates.There is no gate or fixed opening time for the island itself. DTPC Kollam runs its canal cruises twice daily, at 9 am and 2 pm. Homestays and independent boatmen run their own trips, most memorably in the early morning and again in the late afternoon for cool light and active birdlife (confirm timings with your boatman or homestay locally).October to March is the dry, cool window, with November to February the sweet spot for birds. The monsoon (around June–September) brings lush green scenery but heavier rain and prolonged flooding, during which the piped drinking-water supply is suspended and Pattamthuruth ward can be cut off from the rest of the island for want of a road and a railway overbridge. The Kallada boat race falls on the 28th day of the Onam season, in the Malayalam month of Kanni — late September or October, not during Onam week in August–September, which is a common and costly misreading. Note that the usual advice to plan around the tide table does not hold here: NCESS measurements found that even the highest spring tide does not flood the island, and the flooding that does occur has no established schedule, so ask locally on the day.
Jatayu Earth’s Center ₹450 per adult and ₹405 for senior citizens, plus 9% CGST, 9% SGST and 1% Kerala Flood Cess — about 19% on top, so an adult pays roughly ₹535 all in and a senior about ₹482. Children up to 90 cm in height enter free. 🔑 The ticket is one price whichever way you go up: cable car, walkway, and walkway-plus-zipline are a choice on the booking form, not price tiers, so the widely repeated claim that walking up is cheaper is wrong. A valid photo ID with age proof is mandatory and visitors are turned away without one, and the booking form requires you to accept that there are no refunds once booked (operator's own booking engine, observed 15 August 2026).The operator does not state one consistent time. Its homepage gives 9:30 am to 5:30 pm Monday to Friday and 9:30 am to 6:00 pm at weekends; its contact page gives 10:00 am to 5:30 pm daily; Kerala Tourism publishes 10:00 am to 5:00 pm; and the booking engine sells a 5:00 to 8:00 pm slot that runs past all of them. No weekly closing day is published anywhere. Book a slot online and treat the arrival time on your booking as the authority (observed on the operator's own site, 15 August 2026).October to March, the cooler, drier months, are most comfortable for the hilltop climb and outdoor activities; avoid the peak monsoon (roughly June to September) when rain can affect the ropeway and adventure zone. Early in the day is best to beat heat and crowds.
Thenmala There is no single gate ticket — each attraction is priced separately, all rates inclusive of 18% GST. Adult rates observed on the operator’s own tariff page on 14 August 2026: children’s park ₹30, aquarium ₹30, deer rehabilitation centre ₹50, butterfly safari ₹70, Adventure Zone elevated walkway ₹70, Leisure Zone ₹70, soft trekking ₹130, musical fountain with light and sound show ₹155, boating with the sanctuary entrance fee ₹300. Child, school-excursion and international rates differ for each. ⚠ ‘Child’ is defined by height, not age: 137 cm and above pays adult, 76–137 cm pays child, under 76 cm is free.The park is open all days, roughly 9:00 am to 8:00 pm, and the facilitation centre and ticket counter run 9:00 am to 7:30 pm — every ticket, for every attraction, is sold at that one counter. The musical dancing fountain (Nature’s Dance) is one 30-minute show a day, between 7:00 and 7:30 pm, and there is NO SHOW ON MONDAYS; the operator also states it may not run if too few visitors are present.Roughly September to March, the cooler and drier months, is the pleasantest time to visit; the reservoir and forest look their lush best just after the monsoon, though heavy rain can limit adventure activities.
Shendurney trek Per group, not per head, and every figure includes 18% GST. WALKS: 1 Hr ₹1,180 for five (₹177 per extra head, max 10) · 3 Hr ₹2,360 for four (₹354 extra, max 10) · 6 Hr ₹8,850 for five (₹1,180 extra) · Birder's Trail 2 hr ₹2,360 for five · Nature Walk (students) ₹1,180 for ten, ₹118 extra, max 40. Water: Boat Safari ₹1,770 (30 min) or ₹2,950 (1 hr) for five · Idimuzhanganpara Boating ₹5,900 for five · coracle ₹354 (2–3 pax) or ₹590 (4 pax). Vehicle: Kalamkunnu Safari ₹885 for seven · Rosemala Safari ₹3,540 for seven, max 24 · Rosemala View Point ₹83 per Indian head, ₹236 foreign — the only genuinely per-head line in the tariff. CAMPS (15:00 in, 11:00 out): Pallivasal ₹6,300 for four (₹4,200 without vehicle) · Idimuzhanganpara and Rockwood ₹7,875 for two · Kalamkunnu ₹3,675 suite / ₹3,150 normal for two. Foreigners pay exactly double at every line except the students' walk. ⚠ Kerala Tourism's widely copied '₹2,000 per person' and '₹7,500 for two' are pre-GST base rates printed as though per head.Walks 09:00–16:00. 🔑 The Birder's Trail is the only dawn slot, from 06:30. The 6 Hr trek must start between 09:00 and 10:00 — there is no later departure. Boat safaris and coracles 09:00–17:00; Idimuzhanganpara boating to 16:00; camps check in 15:00 and out 11:00.October to March, matching our sanctuary page. 🛑 Access is widely said to be 'restricted or closed in the southwest monsoon'. The operator's own data contradicts that: read on 15 August 2026, mid-monsoon, every trekking, boating and safari slot was live with no seasonal closure encoded. The only blackout dates in the system were 15, 16, 25, 26 and 27 August 2026 on Idimuzhanganpara Camping, marked 'Not available'. It remains a rainforest, leech-heavy roughly June–November, and access can be suspended without notice.
Thenmala trekking Adventure Zone (the elevated walkway) ₹70 adult / ₹55 child / ₹45 excursion / ₹100 international — one ticket for the whole zone, named on the tariff after the walkway alone. Soft trekking ₹130 on the tariff table, ₹125 on the soft-trekking page and ₹60 in the operator's own FAQ; minimum five trekkers or the equivalent payment (₹625, or ₹300 on the FAQ's older generation), maximum twenty. One Day Trekking is a single tariff line at ₹10,000 for eight — a party rate, not per head, with no route or duration published. ⚠ 'Child' is by height: 137 cm+ pays adult, 76–137 cm child, under 76 cm free. 🛑 NO per-activity price exists for rock climbing, mountain biking, river crossing or any rope element.⚠ The operator gives two answers on one domain: its home banner says the park runs 09:00–20:00 all days, its season-and-timings page says 09:00–17:00. Soft trekking window 06:00–16:00 per the operator, 09:00–16:00 per Kerala Tourism; the operator's own best-time advice is 07:00–10:00 (or 15:00–16:00) and both its package itineraries schedule the trek at 06:45. No weekly closing day for the park — Monday kills only the two evening shows.November to February for comfort — that is our recommendation, not the operator's, which says the season is throughout the year. Rainfall averages 2,600–3,000 mm; SW monsoon May into September, NE monsoon late September–November. Trails are wet and leech-heavy through the monsoon (our own advice; the operator says nothing about leeches). Busiest at weekends, public holidays and school vacations.
Rosemala trek 🔑 ₹83 per Indian head and ₹236 per foreign head for the Rosemala View Point, from the Kerala Forest Department's own booking system (eco-centre 89, read 15 Aug 2026). This is the only genuinely per-head line in the whole Shendurney tariff — everything else in this forest is priced per group — and its daily allotment is 100. Rosemala Safari, a 3-hour departmental vehicle safari, is ₹3,540 for seven (₹413 per extra head, max 24, allotment 50); foreigners ₹7,080. ⚠ Published entry figures elsewhere range ₹20 (DTPC Kollam) to ₹40 (aggregators) to ₹70 Indian / ₹200 foreign (a Dec 2024 ride report) — the last of those is simply our ₹83/₹236 before the 18% GST the department adds, and ₹20 is an older generation. Pay at the counter and expect ₹83.Counter 09:00–17:00; ticket sales stop at 17:00 and the viewpoint itself stays open to about 18:00. Offline, on-the-spot ticketing (DTPC Kollam). Be off the mountain by dusk regardless of what the gate allows.October to February for the road and the reservoir view. June to November is greener with full streams, at the cost of the surface — there are stream crossings in the monsoon. Both windows are defensible and sources give each.
Thenmala Dam The dam is a separate ticket from the ecotourism zones, sold by the Irrigation Department at the Kallada Irrigation Project gate — its own booth, its own visiting-time and vehicle-fee boards. ⚠ Neither the rate nor the hours are published online by the Irrigation Department, and the ecotourism site does not describe the dam at all; figures circulating on travel sites are unverified and we will not repeat them. Ask at the gate. The ecotourism attractions alongside are priced individually (Adventure Zone ₹70 adult / ₹55 child / ₹45 excursion / ₹100 international on the operator's own tariff, August 2026), and boating is a third arrangement again.The ecotourism park is open all days, roughly 9am to 8pm, with the ticket counter to 7.30pm. Dam-gate hours are set by the Irrigation Department and are not published online.November to February is the most comfortable window, and the reservoir is fullest after the southwest monsoon. ⚠ The counterweight: the level is an irrigation decision, not a weather report, and the lake is drawn down hard through the hot season — in late April 2026 it was at 34% of capacity, 98.46 m against a full level of 115.82 m, with wide bands of exposed red bank. A March-to-May visitor sees a much smaller sheet of water than the photographs show.
Aryankavu Free. The Sastha temple takes no entry charge; specific offerings are priced separately.—November to February is the most comfortable. The Sabarimala pilgrimage season brings very large numbers through this route.
Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary ⚠ Unresolved, and we would rather say so. We could not find an official current fee schedule from the Kerala Forest Department, and our own sibling pages have carried two contradictory accounts — one saying permit fees apply and differ for Indians and foreigners, the other saying there is no entry fee for the sanctuary itself. The 'no entry fee' formulation traces to tourism aggregators, not to the department. 🆕 2026-08-15: there IS now a hard source for the PROGRAMME tariffs, though not for a bare sanctuary entrance fee — the Forest Department's own live booking platform catalogues Shendurney as eco-centre 89 with twenty priced products. See the Shendurney trek page. It also decodes the figure everyone quotes: Kerala Tourism's ₹7,500 for two, ₹1,500 per extra head, is a PRE-GST base rate — ₹7,500 × 1.18 = ₹8,850, exactly the operator's current 6 Hr trekking price, while camping for two is ₹7,875. Treat ₹7,500 as quoted and stale, not current. Confirm at the office.⚠ We could not source opening hours from any Forest Department document, so we no longer publish a window as though it were official. Entry is by permission arranged in person at the forest section office at Thenmala; programmes are timed to morning and late afternoon. Note this is not day-visit only — camps inside the sanctuary, including Idimuzhangan about an hour by boat from the dam catchment, are part of the department's own programme.October to March, when the weather is cool and dry; avoid the heavy south-west monsoon (roughly June to September).
Munroe canals Private and homestay boats are usually priced per boat, not per head: around ₹1,000 for a three-hour canoe seating up to six was observed in August 2026, ₹1,500–₹2,500 with resort access or food added, and ₹2,500–₹3,500 for a two-hour covered 'roof boat' seating up to twelve. DTPC Kollam runs its own boating and is reported at about ₹400 per person for a kayak or canoe and ₹600 for a country boat over roughly two hours and 10 km; book on +91 474 2745625 or +91 474 2750170. Rates are set locally and change.Trips run through daylight hours, with the early morning departure the one worth taking. Operators set their own times.November to March is the most comfortable for cruising. Water levels change through the year and determine which of the narrow canals a canoe can actually enter. ⚠ Do not plan around the tide: NCESS measurements (three tide gauges, four locations, three seasons) found the inland tidal range almost identical at spring and neap tides and the flooding here unrelated to the open ocean's spring tide. There is no high-tide window. Season and the hour of day are what matter.
Kallada river Free. The river is open, and any charge is for a boat rather than for access.—November to March. The river runs high and fast after the southwest monsoon and the lower reaches can flood.
Coir villages Free to see from the canals and lanes. Canoe trips that include a stop at a coir unit are priced as part of the trip.—October to March for comfort; the monsoon changes canal water levels and closes some channels. Spinning goes on year-round — this is work rather than a season. Come early: the light is better and, more to the point, people who do physical work in Kerala do it before the heat, so the middle of the day is when you will see least.
Ashtamudi backwater viewpoints Free. These are open shoreline and roadside outlooks.—November to March. Sunset is the hour worth planning for.
Chadayamangalam hill views Free. The open high ground and rock outcrops around Chadayamangalam carry no charge — this is the landscape around the ticketed Jatayu park, not the park itself.—November to February for comfort and clear air. The laterite country is at its greenest just after the monsoon, and hazy in the hot months.
Local temple trails FreeFree, and free in two different senses worth separating. Kottukkal is a Kerala State protected monument in active worship — a public monument with no ticket, not a village shrine that happens not to charge. The Kadakkal temples take no entry charge either. Offerings and vazhipadu are priced separately at the temple office. ⚠ No fee schedule is published by the Department of Archaeology or DTPC Kollam for any of these (observed 15 Aug 2026). Do not confuse this with the Jatayu park nearby, which is ticketed at ₹450 plus ~19% tax.🛑 UNPUBLISHED BY EVERY OPERATOR, and we will not invent them. We checked the Department of Archaeology, Kerala Tourism and DTPC Kollam and none of the three gives timings for these temples. The Kerala convention — stated as a convention, not as fact — is roughly dawn to mid-morning and again from late afternoon to about 20:00, with the sanctum shut through the middle of the day. Go early.November to February for the driving and the walking. For the festivals, Kumbham (February–March): Maha Shivaratri at Kottukkal, and the ten-day Kadakkal Thiruvathira. 🔑 The Thirumudi Ezhunnellathu runs on a twelve-year cycle — 2002, 2015, and next due 2027.
Palaruvi Waterfalls ₹70 adult, ₹35 school children, ₹30 children — a round trip ticket from the counter to the falls and back, inclusive of 18% GST, as reported at the May 2026 reopening. Parking: bus ₹200, mini bus ₹150, car or jeep ₹60, auto ₹25, two-wheeler ₹25. ⚠ DTPC Kollam's own page still publishes the older ₹25 adult / ₹10 child and 'offline booking only' — the district tourism body is itself out of date, and that is where our previous figures came from.08:00 to 16:00, all days, per DTPC Kollam — the district's own tourism council. (Some sources say 8 to 5; we go with DTPC.) Access is under forest-department control and can be suspended.Strongest flow June to January. 🔴 THE CLOSURE RUNS THE OTHER WAY FROM WHAT EVERY TRAVEL SITE TELLS YOU. In 2026 Palaruvi closed on 15 February because summer heat had reduced the water, and reopened on 25 May when the monsoon restored the flow — fourteen weeks shut, in the dry season. Do not plan a February-to-May visit on the assumption the falls will be running.
Thangassery Lighthouse Buy a lighthouse visitor ticket at the station; camera charges may be separate.Use the DGLL-announced visiting session. Confirm it before arranging the climb.An open visitor session on a clear day; severe wind or rain can affect access.
Sasthamcotta Lake There is generally no entry fee to visit the lakeside or the temple. Boat and pedalo rides carry a small charge, usually priced per ride or per person.The lakeside and its shore are open through daylight hours, and boating typically operates during the day (morning to evening). The Sasthamcotta Sree Dharma Sastha Temple generally follows morning and evening darshan windows, closing in the midday interval as most Kerala temples do.October to February, in the cool, clear post-monsoon months, is the most pleasant time to visit — bright skies, comfortable temperatures and calm water for boating. The temple is at its liveliest during the ten-day Utsavam festival around February–March.
Kollam Beach No entry fee for the beach; the adjacent Mahatma Gandhi Park and the Tangasseri Lighthouse may charge a small ticket, with extra fees for any rides or camera use.Open daily, 24 hours as a public beach, though the pleasant window is roughly early morning to about 10 pm; the adjacent Mahatma Gandhi Park keeps its own fixed hours, typically around the afternoon and evening.October to March offers the clearest, most comfortable weather; the June to September monsoon brings heavy rain and rough seas. Late afternoon into sunset is the finest time of day.
Thirumullavaram Beach No entry fee to the beach; any parking or small local charges are payable on site.Open public beach, accessible through the day; daylight hours are safest and sunset is the highlight. There are no permanent lifeguards, so avoid the water after dark and in rough conditions.October to March, when the weather is dry and pleasant, is generally the best window; late afternoon into sunset is ideal. The June–September southwest monsoon brings rough, unpredictable seas and heavy rain, so avoid entering the water then.
Thevally Palace Not applicable — this is not a ticketed public monument; access is restricted rather than paid.The palace is not an open, ticketed monument. It is a government-held property (PWD) widely reported to serve as the NCC (National Cadet Corps) Group Headquarters for Kollam district, so it is a working defence-affiliated establishment and general public access is restricted — it is typically viewed only from outside or from the Ashtamudi Lake rather than entered.The cooler, drier months from roughly October to February are the most pleasant for viewing the palace from the lakeside or on a backwater cruise, with clear skies and calm water. Early morning and the golden hour before sunset give the best light on the waterfront façade. The June–September monsoon brings heavy rain but a lush, dramatic lakescape.
Oachira Parabrahma Temple Free. There is no gate and no ticket counter.As an open, un-walled ground rather than a sanctum-based shrine, the site is generally accessible through the day; there is no conventional idol-darshan queue with fixed sanctum opening and closing. Specific ritual and office hours can vary, so check locally if you want to catch a particular ceremony.The two marquee times are Oachira Kali, staged in the paddy flat around mid-June (Malayalam month of Mithunam), and Panthrandu Vilakku, the twelve-day Twelve Lamps festival in roughly November–December (Vrishchikam). Both are spectacular but crowded. The cooler, drier months of roughly November to February are the most comfortable for an ordinary visit.
Kulathupuzha Sastha Temple FreeDarshan is free. Meenoottu — the fish-feeding offering that is this temple's speciality — and other vazhipadu are at posted rates at the counter, where the puffed rice and roasted peanuts are also sold.05:00–12:00 and 17:00–20:00 daily (DTPC Kollam). ⚠ Kerala temple timings shift during festivals and on special days; confirm locally if you are travelling far for a particular hour.October to March is the comfortable season in the forest belt. The Tiruvutsavam runs the 5th to the 14th of the Malayalam month of Medam, and the Vishu Mahotsavam around the Malayalam new year in April is the big one, with a procession that fills the village. 🛑 No Gregorian date is printed here — Medam moves. ⚠ DTPC's page writes "Vishnu Mahotsavam"; the Kerala government writes "Vishu", which is what is meant.
Anandavalleeswaram Temple FreeFree. Darshan carries no charge; vazhipadu offerings are at posted rates at the counter.Published pooja times run roughly 05:00 to 11:00 in the morning — nada thurakkal about 05:00, usha pooja about 06:30, ucha pooja about 10:30 — and about 18:30 to 20:00 in the evening, with deeparadhana around 18:30 and athazha pooja around 19:30. ⚠ These come from a temple-listing site, not from the temple, and Kerala Tourism publishes no timings at all. Treat as indicative and confirm locally, especially during the Meenam festival.October to March is the comfortable season in Kollam. The ten-day annual festival falls in the Malayalam month of Meenam — March into April — opening with the Thrikodiyettu flag-hoisting. 🛑 We do not print a Gregorian date; it moves with the Malayalam calendar. Shivaratri, Navaratri and Mandala Makaravilakku are also observed. Evening deeparadhana is the best hour on an ordinary day.
Alumkadavu FreeNone, and there is nothing to buy a ticket for. Alumkadavu is a working village, and the boatyards are private property along the bank — there is no gate, no counter and no staff. People do stop and watch and builders are generally relaxed about it, but you are a guest on someone's worksite. Ask before you walk in, ask before you photograph anyone, and stay clear of anything being moved. For a guaranteed and welcome look, arrange it through DTPC Kollam or the resort on the bank.🛑 NONE PUBLISHED, AND WE WILL NOT INVENT ANY. There is no operator and no opening time. Practically, boatbuilding is daytime work: mid-morning to late afternoon on a weekday is when there will be something to see. Sunday is quieter.November to February is the comfortable season on this coast. The yards work year-round and are under thatch, so rain does not stop them, but the bank is muddy in the monsoon. If you want to arrive by water, the DTPC Kollam–Alappuzha boat runs to a published schedule — check it is operating before planning around it.
Kottukal Cave Temple No entry fee is charged for this protected monument and shrine. Any offerings or poojas are voluntary.Broadly open through the day with a likely midday break, as is common for Kerala temples under the Travancore Devaswom Board — expect roughly morning and evening darshan windows.November to February, the cooler and drier season, is the most pleasant for the drive through the midlands and the short climb to the rock. Maha Shivaratri (February–March) is the festival highlight but also the busiest time.
Punalur Suspension Bridge FreeFree. No ticket, no gate and no staff — pedestrians only, with a concrete bridge alongside for traffic.No gate, so effectively open at any hour. It is floodlit at night and has benches at both ends, so evening is a genuine visiting time — Kerala Tourism records 'ample lighting around it at night'. For the carved 1877 datestone and the Travancore conch on the tower face, come with low side light: early morning or late afternoon.—
Kumbhavurutty Waterfalls ⚠ No official forest-department tariff is published. DTPC Kollam lists ₹50 per adult and ₹25 per child with offline booking only, while Onmanorama's report on the 25 June 2026 reopening gives ₹60 and ₹30 with online booking. Older ₹25/₹10 figures date to a 2002 board. Carry extra cash and check the payable amount before entering.DTPC Kollam publishes 08:00 to 16:30 daily. 🔴 Our previous '08:00–17:00' was, we now believe, transcribed from a hand-painted tariff board at the samithy office citing order No. 18/2002 dated 2.4.2002 — a twenty-four-year-old signboard. The earlier 'weekend slots around 10:00–12:00 and 16:00–18:00' had no source we could find and is removed. Access is under forest-department control and can be suspended.Flow is strongest late in the monsoon and just afterwards. Onmanorama reported low water at the June 2026 reopening. Unlike Palaruvi, this site has no published fixed seasonal closure, but it has experienced long closures; check the current access status before travelling.
Achankovil Sastha Temple FreeFree. Darshan carries no charge, as at Travancore Devaswom Board temples generally; vazhipadu offerings are priced at the counter. No entry fee is published by the Board, by Kerala Tourism or by the Kerala government's Sabarimala portal, and none is charged.🛑 UNPUBLISHED BY EVERY AUTHORITY, and we will not invent them. We checked the Travancore Devaswom Board, Kerala Tourism and the Kerala government's Sabarimala page: the last gives the festival month and says nothing about the daily schedule. The Kerala convention — stated as a convention, not as fact — is roughly dawn to mid-morning and again from late afternoon into the evening, with the sanctum shut through the middle of the day, and the photographs of this temple show exactly that closed door in the early afternoon. Go in the morning. 🔑 The one documented exception is the reason the temple is famous: for a snakebite the bell may be rung at any hour and the shrine will open at night, after the Athazha Puja.November to February is the most comfortable for the drive. The main festival runs the first to the tenth of Dhanu (December–January) and is the Kerala government's own dated statement; Revathi Puja falls in Makaram (January–February). ⚠ This road is a Sabarimala approach — through the season, roughly November to January, the whole valley carries very heavy pilgrim traffic and the village feels entirely different.
Neendakara FreeFree to visit the harbour area and bridge.Best at dawn for the fish landing; the harbour is busy through the morning.October to March; avoid the trawling ban (roughly June–July).
Paravur Pozhikkara FreeFree to walk; no ticket, and no services of any kind — no lifeguard, no changing rooms, no toilets, no documented parking.Daytime; late afternoon is best.October to March.
Asramam Adventure Park A modest park ticket, commonly quoted at around ₹95, with boating, parasailing and the adventure activities charged separately. ⚠ Aggregator figure, not an operator source — confirm at the counter.Commonly quoted as about 10:00 to 18:00. ⚠ That figure comes from aggregator listings rather than from the Kollam Municipal Corporation or the DTPC, so confirm on the day; individual activities may close earlier than the park.October to March is the comfortable window. Late afternoon into sunset is the best time on the lake side and for the walk through the sculptures; the park is busiest at weekends and on holidays.
Kottankulangara Devi Temple FreeDarshan is free; vazhipadu offerings at posted rates at the counter.Morning and evening darshan sessions with the sanctum closed through the middle of the day, as at most Kerala temples; we could not find timings published by the temple itself. Festival nights run late and are a different proposition entirely.October to March is the comfortable window. Chamayavilakku falls on the 10th and 11th of the Malayalam month of Meenam — March or early April. 🛑 We do not print a Gregorian date; check a current Malayalam calendar or ask the temple. Outside those two nights this is a quiet neighbourhood shrine.
Poruvazhy Peruviruthy Malanada FreeNone. Darshan is free; vazhipadu offerings are paid at posted rates.⚠ No timings published by the temple that we could verify. The structure is an open pillared mandapam with no sanctum to open or close, so the usual Kerala morning/evening darshan pattern applies loosely at best. Assume a morning and an evening presence and confirm locally.October to March is the comfortable window. Malakkuda, the annual festival, falls on the second Friday of the Malayalam month of Meenam, in the second half of March. 🛑 We do not print a next-festival date — check a current Malayalam calendar or ask the temple. Pallipaana comes only once every twelve years: last 24 Feb–7 Mar 2023, next due 2035.
Kottarakkara Sree Mahaganapathi Temple FreeDarshan is free. Vazhipadu offerings, including the unniyappam the temple is known for, are paid at posted rates at the counter.Darshan is typically offered in a morning session from early morning to late morning and again in the evening, with the sanctum closed through the middle of the day, as at most Kerala temples. We could not find published timings from the temple itself, so treat any specific hours you see elsewhere with caution.October to March is the comfortable window. Early morning and dusk are the best times both for darshan and for the tank, which is the most photogenic part of the site.
British Residency, Asramam Do not expect a public museum ticket or unrestricted entry to the compound.This is a government guest-house property, not a palace museum with walk-in visiting sessions.Daylight, with any visit agreed in advance.
Vattathil Waterfalls FreeFree, and free because nobody is collecting. DTPC Kollam states there is no entry fee. There is also no ticket counter, no gate and no staff of any kind, so there is nothing to pay and nobody to pay it to.🛑 NONE PUBLISHED, AND WE WILL NOT INVENT ANY. This is open riverbank with no gate — DTPC Kollam publishes no timings and there is no operator to publish them. Treat it as a daylight-only site: the approach is an unlit laterite track through a rubber estate and the rock is genuinely dangerous in the dark.June to September for the strongest flow, but this is deliberately not a monsoon-only site: the entire photographic record of the place was made on 13 April 2025, at the end of the dry season, and it shows white water across the full width of the apron and a deep pool below. November to February is the most comfortable for the walk. 🛑 Do not go onto the rock during or straight after heavy rain.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Police Museum ₹20 for adults and ₹10 for children, published by DTPC Kollam, offline booking only. ⚠ Other listings in circulation give ₹50. Kerala Tourism publishes no fee at all. Carry a little more than any figure you read online, including this one.DTPC Kollam publishes 09:00 to 18:00 daily and gives NO weekly closing day. 🔴 THIS IS A REAL DISAGREEMENT AND IT MATTERS: other listings state the museum is open every day EXCEPT SUNDAYS. Kerala Tourism publishes no timings whatsoever. If you are making a special trip, and particularly on a Sunday, ring ahead — this is a police compound and someone will answer.Any time of year — it is indoors and it is two minutes from the railway station. Mornings are quieter.
Port of Kollam FreeNone. There is no admission counter for the breakwater or the shore, and no booking channel exists.The breakwater is open shore and has no gate, no counter and no published hours; it is used most heavily in the late afternoon and evening. The operational wharf is a working cargo facility of the Kerala Maritime Board and is not open to visitors.October to March is the comfortable window on this coast. Late afternoon into sunset is when the breakwater is at its best and busiest. 🛑 Avoid the breakwater in rough weather and through the southwest monsoon — it is an unrailed rubble-mound arm with open sea on one side.
