Indicative entry fees and opening hours for the ticketed and timed places in Kozhikode. These change — always confirm with the official operator before you go.
PlaceEntry feeTimingsBest time
Kozhikode Beach Free to enter the beach and promenade; adjacent attractions such as Lion’s Park may charge their own small admission.Open public beach and promenade, accessible through the day; evenings around sunset are by far the liveliest.October to March for pleasant, dry weather; visit in the late afternoon for the sunset. June–September is monsoon, with a rough sea.
SM Street / Mittayi Theruvu FreeFree to walk; shopping and food charged.Shops typically from mid-morning to evening; busiest in the evening.—
Beypore There is no entry fee for the Beypore beach or the Pulimutt breakwater. The uru shipbuilding yards are private working sites and may require permission to enter or be viewed only from designated areas; a local guide or a small courtesy arrangement may apply.The beach and Pulimutt breakwater are open public spaces accessible through the day, with late afternoon to sunset being the most popular and pleasant time; the shipbuilding yards are working sites best visited during daytime working hours.October to March offers the most comfortable weather and the clearest sunsets; the monsoon months of roughly June to September bring rough seas and rain that can make the breakwater hazardous.
Chaliyam Nothing here is ticketed. The fort site is a public beach, the railway well is village ground and the promenade is free.Everything at Chaliyam is open public ground with no gate and no timings — the beach and the Oceanus walkway, the harbour quay, the railway well. The fish landing is busiest in the early morning. Puzhakkara Palli is a working mosque, so visit outside prayer times and ask before entering or photographing. The Forest Department's medicinal-plant garden is gated and we could find no published opening hours.October to March for the beach and the crossing. Early morning at the harbour for the landing; late afternoon on the beach and the Oceanus walkway, when the light is on the laterite and you can see Beypore's urus across the water. The June–September monsoon makes the river mouth rough and the jankar crossing less pleasant.
Kappad Beach No entry fee to the beach is generally charged; parking or minor local charges may apply.Open daily, best enjoyed in daylight; late afternoon to sunset is ideal.October to February for cool, dry weather and calmer seas; avoid the monsoon (roughly June–September) when the sea turns rough.
Tusharagiri Waterfalls A small entry/eco-tourism or guide fee may apply for the trails (confirm locally).Daytime; go early for the longer treks.September to December, just after the monsoon, when the falls are fullest.
Kakkayam Dam Modest ticket, commonly around ₹20–₹40 for Indian adults, ₹10–₹20 for children and about ₹60 for foreign visitors; treks and boating are charged separately.Generally daytime only, commonly around 10:00 to 17:00, with a Forest/KSEB checkpost on the approach road.Roughly October to March for clear, cool weather and safe trekking; avoid the heavy June–September monsoon for walking, though the falls are fullest then.
Mananchira Square FreeFree public park.Open through the day into the evening; the musical fountain runs on scheduled evenings.—
Mishkal Mosque Free — it is an active place of worship, not a ticketed monument. Any donation to the mosque is voluntary.Open broadly through the day as an active mosque, structured around the five daily prayer times; casual visitor access is easiest between prayers and outside the main Friday congregational prayer. There are no fixed tourist hours — plan around prayer times and confirm locally before visiting.The cooler, drier months from roughly October to March are the most comfortable for exploring Kuttichira on foot. Mornings and late afternoons between prayer times are the calmest for a respectful visit; the June–September south-west monsoon brings heavy rain to the coast.
Thali Temple Darshan is generally free; specific poojas, offerings or vazhipadu are ticketed at the temple counter.Typically open for darshan in the early morning and again in the evening, with a midday closure — commonly around 5.00–11.00 am and 5.00–8.00 pm.October–March is the pleasant, drier season and coincides with the Thulam festival period; visit at dawn or dusk for lamp-lit atmosphere and cooler temperatures.
Arippara Waterfalls DTPC Kozhikode lists adults ₹10 and children ₹5, with offline booking.DTPC lists daily visiting hours of 10:00–17:00, subject to local restrictions.—
Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary Free⚠ TWO DIFFERENT TICKETS FROM TWO DIFFERENT AGENCIES — never average them, which is how the aggregator figures went wrong. KAKKAYAM DAM SITE, operated by Kerala Hydel Tourism (KSEB), from the operator's own tariff table: entry ₹30 adult / ₹15 child; jeep two-way pass ₹350; still camera ₹50, professional camera ₹600, video camera ₹1,000; parking ₹10 for a two-wheeler up to ₹100 for a big bus. Boating is ₹750 per boat per trip, up to five passengers plus a driver — not per person. URAKKUZHI TREK, operated by the Divisional Forest Office, Kozhikode, as listed on the state tourism site: ₹40 Indian adult / ₹20 child / ₹60 foreigner. ⚠ The ₹20/₹10/₹60 figures on aggregator sites match neither table and are not a GST variant of either. The Forest Department's own booking platform could not be reached from this connection; if it disagrees with ₹40, the department's own site wins.The sanctuary itself has no visiting hours because it has no visitor access. The two fringe products do. The Kakkayam dam site runs in two sessions, 09:00–13:00 and 13:00–17:00, with the afternoon entry-pass slot shown as 13:30–16:30 and camera slots in two-hour blocks between 09:15 and 17:15. The Urakkuzhi trek runs 10:00–17:00 (as listed by the operator — confirm locally).No official season statement exists. What is documented is that entry to all Kozhikode eco-tourism centres, Kakkayam included, is banned outright during IMD red alerts — a recurring district-wide order. Plan for June to September disruption, and for the Forest Department's own condition that programmes run subject to climate and other conditions.
Regional Science Centre and Planetarium Operator's published tariff: science centre only ₹50 individual / ₹25 organised school group / ₹10 government school; entry + planetarium ₹75 / ₹30 / ₹15; entry + 3D show ₹65 / ₹30 / ₹10; planetarium separately after entry ₹55 / ₹20 / ₹10; centre + planetarium + 3D ₹100 / ₹45 / ₹25; science demonstration lecture ₹15 general public, ₹10 school groups; night programme ₹200 per head for pre-booked groups of 25+. Free for children under 5, ICOM members, people with disabilities and uniformed service personnel. NO separate child rate above 5 and NO foreigner rate. No camera or photography charge is published anywhere, and there is no online booking. ⚠ With the planetarium suspended, expect the ₹75, ₹55 and ₹100 tickets not to be on sale; the operator has published no revised tariff. Phone ahead.10:00 to 18:30, all seven days — the operator publishes a day-by-day table listing Monday identically to Sunday. 🔑 Ticket sales close at 17:55, which is the hardest deadline here. The office keeps Monday–Friday hours, 09:30–18:00, but the galleries do not close. The only full closures the operator names are Onam and Diwali, both movable.Any time of year — this is an indoor-and-outdoor city attraction, and the classic reason to come is rain. ⚠ But note the centre's own advice, which inverts the obvious: it asks school groups wanting a full day to come between June and September, which means the monsoon months are peak excursion season. A weekday afternoon or a Sunday is the workable window, because mornings are usually full of school groups.
Sarovaram Bio Park ₹30 per person, attributed to DTPC Kozhikode and observed in August 2026 on an undated page. Historic reviews show a phased, tiered structure — ₹10 for one phase, ₹20 for both — and free entry for the early-morning walking window. There is no operator-published tariff.The district tourism body gives 09:00 to 20:00 daily. That is an aggregator figure, not the operator's: there is no park website, and Kerala Tourism's own page declines to state times at all. It also conflicts with a long-standing local practice of free entry for morning walkers from around 6 am. No closed day could be established either way, so do not assume it is open every day.October to March. Early morning is the local habit and the best time of day, for the light through the canopy and for the birds.
Muchundi Mosque Free. It is an active place of worship, not a ticketed monument.No published hours exist. The mosque has no website, and Kerala Tourism's own destination page for it carries no address, hours, fee or entry rules. It is an active mosque, so assume it is open around daylight hours and visit between the five daily prayer times. Unusually, there is no Friday congregational prayer here, so there is no Friday closure spike. The one figure circulating online (5.00 am to 9.00 pm) comes from a single aggregator and looks inferred from prayer times rather than observed — we do not repeat it as fact.October to March is the most comfortable window for walking Kuttichira's lanes. Mornings and late afternoons between prayer times are calmest; the June–September south-west monsoon brings heavy rain to this coast.
Pazhassi Raja Museum A small ticket (around ₹10–20); confirm on site.About 09:00–16:30 with a midday break.Year-round.
Peruvannamuzhi Dam A modest entry ticket is usually charged, with separate charges for boating (speed boat, row boat or launch) and for the crocodile farm and island attractions; expect a small per-head amount plus per-ride costs.Generally open daytime hours, commonly around 9 am to 5 pm, with the last boat rides earlier in the afternoon.October to March for clear skies, pleasant weather and a calm, full reservoir; the June–September monsoon greens the hills dramatically but can bring heavy rain and interrupted boating. Early morning is best for birds and still water.
Kariyathumpara ₹30 per person, and the same ticket also admits you to the adjacent Thonikkadavu boat jetty — the two are administered as one centre. Confirmed by Onmanorama on 11 November 2025, restating Madhyamam of 21 February 2022. 🛑 THERE IS NO FOREST PERMIT HERE and none is needed: the Kakkayam ticket point is 1.6 km north at 63 m and this site lies below and outside it, on Irrigation Department land. A ₹20 adult / ₹10 child split circulates in Malayalam search results and could not be attributed to any page — we do not print it.⚠ NO OPERATOR HAS PUBLISHED HOURS. Aggregator sites uniformly give 09:00–18:00 daily and they copy one another; the only first-hand indication is Madhyamam's report of the 21 February 2022 reopening, in which visitors were cleared at 17:00. Treat the hours as unconfirmed and check locally before travelling.Roughly November to May, when the river is low enough for the bedrock shelf to be exposed and walkable. ⚠ The centre CLOSES on heavy-rainfall warnings, and this is documented rather than assumed: it was shut on 24 June 2024 on a rain warning and reopened that July on the District Collector's authorisation, and it had been closed for about four months before the February 2022 reopening. Monsoon visitors must check first.
Koyilandy FreeNothing to pay. The harbour, the beaches, the mosque complex and the temples are all free and open.The town is a town — always open. The fishing harbour is a working fish-landing centre with two busy moments: the dawn landing and the evening auction. Come for one of those or the harbour is simply quiet boats on still water.October to March for comfortable coastal weather. The June–September south-west monsoon is heavy here, though the offshore mud banks that made this a medieval all-weather anchorage still flatten the surf in patches.
Thikkoti Lighthouse A small lighthouse ticket (plus a camera fee) may apply; confirm locally.Open only for a few hours in the afternoon — check current timings before travelling.December to March, when clear air gives the best chance of picking out Velliyamkallu on the horizon.
Lokanarkavu Temple Darshan is generally free; specific poojas, vazhipadu offerings and sevas are paid at posted rates at the temple counter.Darshan is typically offered in a morning session from around early morning to late morning and again in the evening, with the sanctum closed midday, as at most Kerala temples.October to March is the pleasant, drier window; the Mandala lamp season (mid-November to mid-December) and Pooram (March–April) are the most atmospheric but crowded times.
Iringal Sargaalaya Entry around ₹50 for adults (₹40 children), plus parking; confirm on site.09:30–18:30.Year-round; the big crafts festival runs across the turn of the year, on dates that vary.
Kunjali Marakkar Museum Around ₹10 for an adult, ₹5 for a child, and ₹20 for a mobile-phone camera. As above, the published figures are undated — treat as indicative and confirm locally.09:00 to 17:00, with ticketing stopping at 16:45. Closed on Mondays and national holidays. ⚠ Sargaalaya, 1.1 km east, is also closed on Mondays — the two cannot be paired that day. The Kerala Archaeology Department's page carries no revision date, so confirm on 0496 2606011 before travelling.October to March is the comfortable season on this coast. The museum is indoors and small, so weather matters less here than for the river and the walk to the mosque. Morning suits the pairing with Sargaalaya.
Kolavipalam Beach FreeNone published, for the beach or the hatchery. There is no admission counter and no booking channel.The beach is open shore. The small Forest Department structure used as an informal turtle interpretation centre has no published schedule and may be unstaffed; ask in the village or at Sargaalaya, 1.5 km east, before planning around it.🔴 THE SEASON IS GENUINELY CONTESTED, so we give the spread rather than pick. Kerala Tourism says November to December; the Kerala Forest Department says September to November peaking in October; both peer-reviewed studies of this beach say early November to March covers more than 95% of nesting activity; one conservation reference says October to March. Releases follow 45–60 days after laying, so they can fall as late as April: the 2025-26 clutch was laid around 21 February 2026 and released on 13 April. ⚠ Timing is now erratic and cannot be planned around. October to March is the pleasant weather on this coast in any case.
Thusharagiri Waterfalls trek The Forest Department lists waterfall entry at ₹50 for an Indian adult, ₹25 for an Indian child below 15, and ₹125 for a foreign visitor. Trekking is a separate programme: choose the named route and obtain its applicable total from the counter or confirmed booking.The Forest Department lists waterfall admission from 8:30 am to 5 pm. Longer guided routes have their own reporting and return arrangements; the gate’s closing time is not a late-afternoon trekking start.—
Vellarimala trek DTPC lists no entry fee for the general destination. A current Vellarimala forest-trek tariff and permission arrangement are not established by that listing.DTPC publishes 08:00–16:00 for the destination listing; these are not confirmed trekking entry and exit hours. Use the conditions of a specifically authorised forest route.—
