Kappad Beach

Location: 16 kms from Kozhikode, Kerala
Commonly Known as: Kappakadavu
Main Attraction: A Sprawling Rock that Protrudes into the Sea
Significance: Vasco da Gama landed here in 1498

The beach, 16 km from Kozhikode, stranded on the shore of history with the landing of Vasco Da Gama on 27th of May, 1498.

Even after 500 years of the epoch-making mooring of the maverick navigator, Kappad remains calm, as if cataclysmic changes had just scrubbed around this spot. The beach, strewn with country fishing boats, is still in pristine beauty. The shore, bereft of concrete monstrosities, is in perfect silence ever since Gama left for other destinations.