Chinese Fishing Nets

The iconic Chinese fishing nets, view is beautiful when the sun sets. The place gets crowded during weekends/holidays.

Loved seeing the fishermen at work. Located in one of the busiest areas and the place not that clean yet there was something about it that made it beautiful.

Very close to Fort Cochin ferry.we can sit and watch how the people fishing using the Chinese fishing nets. We can also buy the fresh fish from them.
From here you can see the boats and ships coming and going through the water

Extremely dirty place, roads are broken and there's so many bad smells and garbage everywhere. Nothing to see here. Spend your time in another place.

One goes to see the nets just for curiosity sake. Plus they give good photo ops. Evening/sunset time is best.

A very postcard worthy spot in Fort Kochi. Perfect to see the sunset.
Local fishermen around will show you how the Chinese fishing nets work. (They'll charge so ask beforehand.)

Great photo spot early morning or evening.

Leisure time to spend with a small pack, away from the busy life. Used to go there for a quiet time with mom and sis.
Beautiful sunset views.

A wonderful area in Fort Kochi for an evening chit chat, can enjoy some yood snacks, tea and beautiful sunset.watching some ships pass by.

Locally known as" Cheena Vala" these huge cantilevered fishing nets are believed to have been brought by sometime between 1350 and 1450 by traders from the court of Kublai Khan, some others say Chinese explorer Zhang He introduced the nets to Kochi shores.  While some accounts mention that the nets were set up by the Portuguese from Macau, an erstwhile Portuguese colony.  Irrespective of who brought them first, they are one of the most significant symbols of the rich exchange of culture and ideas that existed in the Indian subcontinent at the time.

Was amused to see this place. This place has so many fishermen catching fish. I got a chance to witness the live catching. Every time they lowered the nets, there were many catch.

We even managed to buy few tiger prawns from the local shop and had a tawa fry prepared by the local shop guy.

It was fresh and tasty.

One the most visited spots in the Fort Kochi area.

A famous spot among the locals as well during sunset to spend some leisure time by the beach, and also enjoy the breeze.

It is a historic place. Lots of Forts and church nearby.
Chinese fish nets are traditional type fishing net operated manually by group of people.
Its a good sight.
Can buy fresh fish from there.

You can learn more about fishing using big Chinese nets. Also, it's a nice place to walk around.

These nets are manually operated catapult nets. It goes down, catches fish and then brought up to collect. The fun thing for me was the fact that when the nets are up with fish and fishermen are collecting the fishes, a lot of birds also come and have feast.

It's a good place to enjoy during the walk. They'll let you see the fishes you caught if you pay them a little tip.

Good place to visit, you can take photo from long of these chinese fishing net. If u want close photo they charge per person rs 100

The condition of nets is not good now.
But the surrounding area is awesome.
There are many stalls for food and some of for toys for children's.

Other places near this
Indo-portugal museum
Indian naval museum

Best time to visit sunset.

Visit Chinese fishing nets before noon. They are rarely in operations in the afternoons. The cannon ball tree is just on the opposite side.

Awesome but lil touristy if you want to see working fishing nets cross the vypin island take a jetty boat there right opposite to the current fishing nets it's good over there and less people go.thete

You can enjoy the sunset at this place. Really beautiful. One of the few places having these type of fishing nets. They are operational. Fishermen will show you how it works and also you can buy freshly caught fish from them. The place is easily accessible through buses and even ferries. The place has a walkway surrounded by huge trees. The place is colorful with vendors having beautiful products.

In obvious need of a fishing quota system. Did you know that chicks hate nothing more than a fishing quota system?

Very dirty beach, litter, plastic, food and you name it scattered everywhere. Stray dogs feasting on everything remotely edible. 'Fishermen' only seem interested in ripping off tourists that wander onto their pier. To add to the apocalyptic scene two distant ugly oil refineries spoil what could be a good view. As it is this place is highly overrated and you will have to be very creative to get a good photo or a master of photoshop! Do yourself a favour and avoid, you haven't missed anything.

Though traveled a lot but this type of fishing I enconterd at Kochi only.
It's a unique experience to witness. Such nets are used in coastal southern China and Indochina and may be were brought here by a Chinese visitor. These nets are worth watching and are surely a unique tourist attraction.

It is a must do if in fortkochi but don’t have high expectations, the place is not well taken care. Unfortunately you will see a lot of garbage in the beach. My pictures have a good angle, excluding most of the garbage!

The fishing nets themselves are amazing and worth a visit. Especially at sunset, they are an iconic frame. Those are usually surrounded by fishermen. Yet, the beach is covered with litter around the nets. This is so distracting and the experience diminishes completely as regards it.

Good views. But the scenes would have been much more awesome if the area is more clean and live.without any plastic junk.

Interesting to see it on first time. So many tourists from various parts of the world. Wide markets and good for shopping for kids.

Good place to spend some pleasant time.plan for evenings as sunset will be treat to watch.fishing won't happen frequently though.

Genuine experience. Fish is caught eoth this very ancient method and sold on the spot by local male population. It seems though water is quite polluted.

One of the tourist attractions in Cochin. It is located on the Arabian Sea and one can see big container ships passing by. Good place to buy different kinds of fish. The fishing nets are themselves a sight to behold.

Chinese Fishing Nets. കൊച്ചിയുടെ മുഖമുദ്രയായ ചീനവലകൾ ലോക ചരിത്രത്തെ തന്നെയാണ് കോരിയെടുക്കുന്നത്. ചീനവലയുടെ ഭാരം കെട്ടിയിടുന്ന കല്ലിനെ "പദ്രാവോ" എന്നാണ് പറയുന്നത്. കമ്പി പോലുള്ള ഭാഗത്തെ "സവായ" എന്നും മീൻ കോരിയെടുക്കുന്ന ഭാഗത്തെ "ബോൾസ്" എന്നുമാണ് പറയുന്നത്. ചീന വലയുടെ നാലു കാലുകളെ "കളുസാന്തി" എന്നാണ് പോർച്ചുഗീസ് ഭാഷയിൽ പറയുന്നത്. ഇതൊക്കെ സൂചിപ്പിക്കുന്നത് ചീനവലയുടെ പോർച്ചുഗീസുമായുള്ള അഭേദ്യമായ ബന്ധത്തെയാണ്.

Maybe the only place we get to see the old Chinese fishing nets. Some parts are now metal while most of it is still made of bamboo. You can watch how they're catching the fish live and also buy the same at the same time.
It's a unique experience to witness

This place is very nice place and fishing is so nice and saw some dolphins too and it's a nice place

A great place to catch some live fish and eat it too. Sadly only a few remain operational. A proposed water metro jetty is likely to reduce their numbers further.

Seeing these Chinese Fishing nets and the way that they work was a great experience. To be able to see locals at their work, buying fresh fish caught in these nets and going about the daily business of life was quite special. This entire waterline area was alive with action. The fishing nets work on a manual set up, but it works so well. There was also a market area near the fishing nets, which is also fun to have a look around.

Tourism development in this place is very poor. Dirty beach and smelling wind make uncomfortable here. Chinese fishing nets are eye catching scene.

The fishing nets are maintained by the fishermen's in Vypin island and Fort kochi, One of the historic icon of Kochi.

Close to Kocchi fort is the spot where one can see these ancient fishing equipments. Now days there are not only tools to catch fishes but also a spot for photographers to click pictures of the landscape. The best is when you see these in operations and wonder in ancient time how much skill would have been put in to invent these nets. Lined up at shores these remind of history and culture. When in Kocchi it is a must visit place. Specially in evening. In case one is not able to visit in evening second option is early morning.

Love this place. Local fishermen going about their daily routine fishing with the giant fishing nets. Doesn't feel touristy at all. They also have fish market where fishermen will display their daily catch. Buyers ranges from restaurant owners and locals alike. Must visit place when you are in Kerala or Fort Kochi. No entrance fee.

It’s an amazing place to experience the fishing technique of fishermen. It’s a manual device which seems to work like an automatic machine. I went there early morning to see the entire fishing routine. It’s amusing and you could buy some fish then and there itself.

Absolutely special and an Unique experience to watch Chinese fishing nets in action. The setup is so huge! The whole environment is abuzz with action. People catching fish on one side, regulars buying fish directly at the place and even more so by the ease with which the setup is run.

Must experience while in Kochi!

It is a must-see in Fort Kochi. Known as Cheena vala locally these installations have survived the time and tides and still stands as a proud symbol of the yester years.