Ferry to the Memorial is a short journey. Go early in the morning to avoid any line ups. the meditation room is very peaceful. Have a book store also on sight. It's a beautiful place to be surrounded by water, if it is sunny and not windy. Could spend an hour or so on in this place and then return back by ferry to the main land.
This is a beautiful place. The sunrise and sunset at this place are awesome. We woke up 6 A.M in the morning and went to rocks to sunrise and it's a life time memory now. If you go to memorial rock through steamer and spent some time in evening it would be really great. Very calm , very heavenly and very devine place.....
Nice and calm place, offers a sense of serenity and the sun set was just out of this world! too crowded in the evenings though..but well worth a visit to the southern most tip of mainland India!
One of the clean spiritual place. Where wind flows from all sides and sea try to engulf it. Elating experience and scary while cruising towards it from the boat.
Vivekananda Rock Memorial is a a popular tourist monument in Vavathurai, Kanyakumari, India. The memorial stands on one of two rocks located about 500 meters east off mainland of Vavathurai, India's southernmost tip.
Views back to the shore are good. Good for photographs. Fortunately through the guide we had priority seating on the boat as the queues were horrendous! Would not have liked the +hour wait for the return journey, although they do provide shade.
No one gets to know about them as they join a half kilometre long line for ferry tickets. Just go to the gate and inquire about slightly expensive tickets and you can visit quickly if you're in a hurry. I missed out the visit because of the long line and my ignorance about the special tickets.
Little tiring to stand in the queue. Wearing of Life jacket is must in the launch, but ridiculous as there is nobody to check whether it is properly done. These are also not cleaned. Authority charges again at the Rock. This could be avoided or collected together with the launch ticket. Otherwise all are ok. Good time to spend, take snaps. There could a food stall.
Its a must tourist point. Has a faire service rs 34 per person for whole trip to vivekanada memorial. Rs 20 entry fee per person for Vivekananda's memorial. Start at 7:45 am but line starts forming at 7:00 am. Takes about 1 hr 30 minutes for whole trip but whole it.MUST GO AS THE VIEW IS AMAZING AND GIVES VERY SCENIC VIEW OF INDIAN OCEAN.
Very calm, clean and beautiful place. The ferry to the rock memorial has a special entry ticket for which you dont have to stand in the long queue. This board is not placed at the entrance. It is near the ticket counter.