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There are two ferry points (called jetties) in Ernakulam, the Ernakulam Jetty and the High Court Jetty, about 1½km (1 mile) north of Ernakulam Jetty.

The state owned KSWTC operate frequent daily service from the Ernakulam Jetty.

Ferry Timings: The first boat leaves around 6 am and the last boat leaves around 9pm. Between the first and last service to Fort Cochin, expect a service every 15-30 minutes.

In case if you want to travel between Fort Cochin and Ernakulam after that last service, look for a bus connection. There are frequent private bus services between Fort Cochin and Ernakulam, till around 10'ish in the night. Beyond that you've to depend on taxi or auto-rickshaw.

Ernakulam Jetty

So how to reach Ernakulam Jetty? This is located at the south most periphery of the so called Marine Drive, facing the Cochin backwaters (Vembanad Lake).

There is a KSRTC bus station right next to the boat jetty, from where where the local KSRTC services operate .

Or get on to one of those red colored city buses crisscrossing the ernakulam city. You can get bus from Ernakulam Junction (called South railway station) as well as from the Ernakulam Town (called the North station) . Ask for bus via the the Ernakulam Jetty bus stop.

Jetty is about 3km from either of the railway stations.

Fort Kochi Jetty

There are two ferry points in Fort Cochin, the Fort Kochi ferry station and the Fort Kochi-Vypin Junkar jetty. From ernakulam you'll be dropped at the  Fort Kochi ferry station. The jankar ferry about 1km away is the boarding point for the jankar (barrage) service to Vypin Island.

As you walk out of the jetty, you are on the Calvathy Road. Auto-Rickshaws wait in a queue right next to the jetty entrance. Or you can also get a local city bus to places in Fort Cochin.

Ferry Ticket: Ernakulam to Fort Cochin one way ticket cost Rs4. Tickets are sold at the counter in the ferry station building. At Ernakulam Jetty , get into the ferry station building. There are two counters. The counter on your left issues ticket to Fort Cochin, Willington Island and Mattancherry.  The one on the right issues tickets to Vypin. Queues are typically long during the peak hours.

Ferry Route: The boat crosses Cochin Backwaters, right through a busy shipping channel and the harbors. The route goes around the Willington Island and reaches  Fort Cochin, which is the first stop from Ernakulam. The boat then continues to Mattancherry Jetty (near the Jew Town) via a stop at Willington Island (Embarkation Jetty) .