Local travel facilitator for Pondicherry, Auroville & the surrounding region
About 115 km south of Pondicherry
Tranquebar, or Tharangambadi ("land of the singing waves"), is a fishing town about 115 km south of Pondicherry. It was a Danish trading settlement from 1620 to 1845 and still has Fort Dansborg, colonial streets and old churches on the Coromandel coast.
Tranquebar was leased by the Danish East India Company in 1620 and sold to the British in 1845. The town is small enough to see on foot: Fort Dansborg on the beach, King’s Street and its gateway, the old churches and the fishing harbour.
A guide walks you through the stories of Danish and other European influence and of the fishing town that grew around them. You finish with a meal in a heritage building facing the sea.
It was the main Danish trading post in India. Fort Dansborg, the Danish-era streets and the early Protestant mission churches make it a compact, walkable heritage town on the sea.
The guided experience has a group price of INR 6,500 for 1–5 guests and INR 8,500 for up to 10 guests, with a separate taxi supplement from INR 5,500.
Home base
About 10–12 km north of Pondicherry
About 95 km north of Pondicherry
About 105 km west of Pondicherry
Plan your trip
Share when you’re arriving and what you love, whether that’s heritage, food, the sea or crafts. Venkat will put together a day-by-day plan with clear per-person prices.
