You reach the boat house and take a ride to the Paradise Beach. Nothing much to do in the boat house. Prices are pretty high. Its taken over by the Govt. of Pondy, Its a beautiful place but maintained very badly. It really needs some renovation. All said and done, its still worth being there with kids and family, spend quality time with family, friends and kids.Final verdict, lots to complain about but dont forget to enjoy your time out there at the beach.
This is a popular picnic spot and boat house of Puducherry. This is located on the south end of the city, 8 km away on the river Chunnambar. The backwaters and luxuriant greenery on both sides of the river, provide an idyllic setting for boating.
This Boathouse is not that good and the place is still under construction. It is very much outside the city limits. It is not worth visiting. I didnt find anything at the spot around 7 PM.
Although we waited for sometime, but enjoyed the boat ride, nice and clear water and nice boat with cooperative staff.
We had to buy tickets for the park, pay for camera & parking in the entrance. All we did this was to go into the park and get the ticket for getting to paradise beach. We thought we would come back and see, but were quite tired after playing in paradise beach. Pondy government should auction parking separately and make the park a free entry. I do not know why they charge for a camera while everyone carries a camera in mobile phone. Not worth but cannot escape this if you are headed to Paradise beach which is worth visiting..
Awesome place .. One shouldn't miss this ! This beach is super clean and isolated from the general public !
Send times here with family and friends.. esp in the island of the beach... plan it in advance so that u can be there by 10 am till 5 pm.... speed boats and normal boats are available.
This place on the way to paradise beach. A little deviation to your left before the bridge. This place has a lot of fees to pay for :P Yes 1. You will have to pay a parking fee which is Rs 10 for each bike. 2. Entry fee of Rs 20/40 for each person dont rem it well. Now once you enter thr is a big display of all the rides that are available and the price list. We went for a ride to island in a motor boat and this cost Rs 200 each person and it includes a ride to island, drop off and pickup and drop you back to the main land. The guy at the counter was way too harsh and in hurry to jus push us of into the boat that was about to leave, One question and all he did was shout on us. However the island is a great place :)
Chunnambur boat house, one of the main attractions of pondi...its almost 6-7 km away from town.its a boat house, take an up and down ticket and secure your seat in boat, they will start only when the boat is almost full, so leave some time for this one, don't plan a lot while you're here, speed boats also available. The main attraction is the paradise beach, nice beach, you will get refreshments there, can spend some tym there, neat beach and return to boat house. Altogether a nice place for the couples here..Of course others also! !!
You need to park your car in the sun, in a very muddy and potholed parking field, the boat travels real slow, there is no one to give touristy information, the island is all sand and beach, 2 or 3 dingy toilets with no running water, we had to heave a bucket with water that we drew from a well (yes!) to wash off after dipping our ankles in the sea. They wont let you swim but I saw a few foreigners swimming away to glory quite far from the coast. Theres terrible food to buy in the counter. Visit ony for the average boat ride and beach