Cannanore Transportation

As we came here from Alleppey (Alappuzha), it was a sensible thing to take the Cannanore Express for this cc. 350km journey which starts from Alleppey (departure station) at 15:00 in the afternoon and arrives at Cannanore at 23:15 in the evening (end station). As the train is not an overnight train, it is cheap and comfortable at the same time. The best class is A/C chair coach which costs about 300-350.- Rs/person.

Leaving Cannanore in the direction of Mysore/Bangalore is not a simple task. As Kerala is separated from Karnataka by the large mountain range called Western Ghats, there are no railway connection between the two states. Bus services are poor, buses are slow, crowded and not efficient.

We took a taxi. As the shortest road was closed down for repairs during our stay, we had to detour via Sultanbatheri. The 300km trip (not more that 180km without the detour) was covered in a little more than 5 and a half hours and cost 4000.- Rs. The detour REALLY was worth the extra money because the mountainous road is very scenic (tea and spice plantations) and we traveled through the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary where if you're lucky (we were) you'll see wild elephants as well as deers, antelopes, monkeys, etc.