Kanyakumari Travel Guide: India's Southern Tip

Kanyakumari sits at India's southern tip, where the Vivekananda Rock Memorial stands on its own island offshore. It is usually the last stop of a deep-south temple trail, following Madurai and Rameswaram.

• The Vivekananda Rock Memorial, on its island off the coast
• The meeting point of India's coastline at the southern tip

A night is typical, as the final stop of a ten-day-or-longer deep-south itinerary.

November to March is the season: warm, dry and festival-rich. April to June is intensely hot.

Kanyakumari is reached by private car, continuing on from Rameswaram as the final leg of the deep-south loop.