Kayaking on Kochi’s bioluminescent backwaters

Kayaking on Kochi’s bioluminescent backwaters

Bioluminescence or sea sparkle, locally called ‘Kavaru’, at Chellanam | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT It is that time of the year in Kochi, when the shrimp farms along the backwaters are sparkling in blue shimmer. ‘Kavaru’ or bioluminescence, the environmental phenomenon that gives the waters an electric blue backlight, is now a looked-forward to event […]

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Bioluminescent nights in Kerala’s Kumbalangi

Bioluminescent nights in Kerala’s Kumbalangi

Bioluminescence witnessed in Kumbalangi  | Photo Credit: Vivek Udaya In Kochi, all roads currently lead to Kumbalangi. The postcard-pretty fishing village, approximately 15 kilometres from Ernakulam, has been hosting a natural neon party. The vast stretches of shrimp farms lined along with the backwaters have been shimmering in bioluminescence, a phenomenon that makes it glow […]

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