There are 6 ways to get from Colombo to Lakkad by plane, car, bus, ferry, or train
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Fly to Darbhanga Airport, drive
best- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Darbhanga Airport (DBR)CMB - DBR
- Drive from Darbhanga Airport (DBR) to Lakkad
6h 54m$214–605Train, ferry
cheapest- Take the train from Colombo Fort to Kankesanturai
- Take the ferry from Kankesanturai to Nagapattinam
- Take the train from Nagappattinam to Arakkonam
- Take the train from Arakkonam to Darbhanga Jn
- Take the train from Darbhanga Jn to Jaynagar
2d 22h$94–243Bus, ferry, drive, train
- Take the bus from Pettah to Kankesanturai
- Take the ferry from Kankesanturai to Nagapattinam
- Drive from Nagapattinam to Mayiladuturai J
- Take the train from Mayiladuturai J to Khurda Road Jn
- Take the train from Khurda Road Jn to Jaynagar
2d 11h$103–192Fly to Janakpur Airport
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Janakpur Airport (JKR)CMB - JKR
5h 53m$198–569Fly to Tribhuvan International Airport, drive
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM)CMB - KTM
- Drive from Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) to Lakkad
8h 2m$263–446Fly to Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport (PAT)CMB - PAT
- Take the train from Patliputra to Jaynagar
14h 19m$221–615
Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Darbhanga Airport (DBR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Colombo to Lakkad is to bus and ferry and drive and train which costs $100 - $200 and takes 2 days 11h.
The fastest way to get from Colombo to Lakkad is to fly which takes 5h 53m and costs $190 - $600.
The distance between Colombo and Lakkad is 2313 km.
It takes approximately 6h 54m to get from Colombo to Lakkad, including transfers.
Lakkad is 15 min ahead of Colombo. It is currently 8:43 PM in Colombo and 8:58 PM in Lakkad.
There are one+ hotels available in Lakkad.
What companies run services between Colombo, Sri Lanka and Lakkad, Nepal?
SriLankan Airlines, Buddha Air Ltd, and three other airlines fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Janakpur Airport (JKR) twice daily.
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- Website
- goindigo.in
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Darbhanga Airport via Hyderabad
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–550
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Darbhanga Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–550
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Darbhanga Airport via Madras, Hyderabad
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–550
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport via Madras
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport via Hyderabad
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport via Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–600
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–420
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–450
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport via Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–550
- Website
- buddhaair.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Janakpur Airport via Tribhuvan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Janakpur Airport via Delhi, Tribhuvan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–500
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–440
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–700
- Website
- spicejet.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Darbhanga Airport via Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–600
- Website
- starlightairline.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Darbhanga Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–650
- Website
- yetiairlines.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Janakpur Airport via Bengaluru, Tribhuvan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–480
- Phone
- 14646
- care@irctc.co.in
- Website
- irctc.co.in
Train from Mayiladuturai J to Khurda Road Jn
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $7–55
- Website
- https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search
- Sleeper Class
- $7–9
- Third AC (3A)
- $18–23
- Second AC (2A)
- $26–35
- First Class (1A)
- $40–55
Train from Khurda Road Jn to Jaynagar
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $5–40
- Website
- https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search
- Sleeper Class
- $5–6
- Third AC (3A)
- $13–16
- Second AC (2A)
- $18–23
- First Class (1A)
- $30–40
Train from Patliputra to Jaynagar
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2–17
- Website
- https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search
- Sleeper Class
- $2–3
- Third AC (3A)
- $5–8
- Second AC (2A)
- $8–10
- First Class (1A)
- $13–17
Train from Nagappattinam to Arakkonam
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $2–22
- Website
- https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search
- Sleeper Class
- $2–4
- Third AC (3A)
- $7–10
- Second AC (2A)
- $10–14
- First Class (1A)
- $17–22
Train from Arakkonam to Darbhanga Jn
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $12–90
- Website
- https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search
- Sleeper Class
- $12–14
- Third AC (3A)
- $29–40
- Second AC (2A)
- $40–55
- First Class (1A)
- $70–90
Train from Darbhanga Jn to Jaynagar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–12
- Website
- https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search
- Sleeper Class
- $1–2
- Third AC (3A)
- $4–6
- Second AC (2A)
- $5–7
- First Class (1A)
- $9–12
- Phone
- +94 11 4 600 111
- Website
- seatreservation.railway.gov.lk
Train from Colombo Fort to Kankesanturai
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $4–45
- Website
- https://seatreservation.railway.gov.lk/mtktwebslr/
- 2nd Class Fare
- $4–7
- 3rd Class Fare
- $5–6
- Air Conditioned Saloon
- $9–45
- Phone
- +94 76 714 8292
- ncgexpress@gmail.com
- Website
- ncgexpress.lk
Bus from Pettah to Kankesanturai
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9
- Schedules at
- https://ncgexpress.lk/
- Website
- shipindia.com
Ferry from Kankesanturai to Nagapattinam
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $73
- Schedules at
- shipindia.com
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