Beach leisure tours are organized privately for Individuals, couples and small families. Main highlight of beach tours are weeklong leisure on the golden beaches of India, if it is an exclusive beach program. However, for a first time traveller, we suggest to combine the beach holidays with other short theme tours to experience India’s culture, history and nature in Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Varanasi, Khajuraho, Kerala, Odisha, Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Rajasthan etc..
Beach tours in India can be arranged either exclusively or part of any theme tours. There are many quiet and pleasant beaches in India out of which we list below some of the finest beaches for those who love to be on SUN-SAND and SURF:
(Region – West India)
Holiday at Goa beaches can be organized either exclusively or along with the visits to nearest tourist places like Hampi, Aurangabad, Aihole, Pattadakal, Badami. An extension of tours to Delhi – Agra – Jaipur is also possible.
Overview: The state of Goa is famous for its beaches and places of worship. Relatively small in size, Goa state is situated on the western coast of India, between the borders of Maharashtra and Karnataka states of India. It is better known to the world as a former Portuguese enclave on Indian soil. Influenced by over 450 years of Portuguese and Latin Rules, Goa presents somewhat a mixed culture. Apart from a beach destination, Goa is also famous for its historical Monuments like Bom Jesus Basilica, Fort Aguada, Convents which are world heritage sites notified by UNESCO. Goa’s beaches cover nearly 125 kilometers of its coastline.
(Region – Odisha, East India)
Leisure at Gopalpur beaches can be organized along with the visits to nearest tourist places like Konarak, Puri, Bhubaneswar. An extension of tours to Gangtok – Pelling – Darjeeling – Shillong – Kaziranga is also possible.
Overview: Gopalpur is a town on the Bay of Bengal coast (currently called Bengal coast) in the southern part of Odisha (Orissa). Once a commercial port, it is now a tourist destination. From an obscure little fishing village, Gopalpur became a prominent trading port during the days of British East India Company. The Company built large Warehouses for the trade with Burma and it became a trading point for cargo movements. The old jetty in Gopalpur is a tourist attraction, which was a major point for trade and commerce in medieval period. The sailors in ancient times started their journey from this jetty to Indonesia and Rangoon across the Indian Sea. The virginity of the beach lies on the fact that it has got a lovely seashore that is absolutely deserted with a quiet, relaxed atmosphere. The only sign of life that one gets to see is the fishermen on the shore with their catches and the associated women workers to carry them away for selling in the markets.
(Region – South East India)
Mamalapuram beach tour can be organized along with the visits to nearest tourist places like Chennai, Kanchipuram, Puducheri (Pondicherry). An extension tour to Trichi – Tanjore – Madurai is also possible.
Overview: Mamallapuram, also known as Mahabalipuram, is a small town near to Chennai at a distance of 60 kilometers. It is an ancient historic town and was a bustling seaport during the time of Periplus (1st century CE) and Ptolemy (140 CE). Ancient Indian traders who went to countries of South East Asia used to sail from this seaport. By the 7th century it was a busy port city of south Indian Pallavas dynasty. It has a group of sanctuaries, which was carved out of rocks along the Coromandel coast in the 7th and 8th centuries such as “Rathams’ (temples in the form of chariots), Mandapas (cave sanctuaries), giant open-air Rock Reliefs such as the famous Descent of the Ganges and the Shore Temple with thousands of sculptures to the glory of Shiva. The Monuments here also have been classified by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites.
(Region – Kerala, South India)
Leisure at Marari beaches can be organized either exclusively or along with the visits to nearest tourist places like Alleppey- Cochin- Wayanad. An extension tour to Trichi – Madurai – Thekkady is also possible.
Overview: Marari or Mararikulam is a village in the district of Alleppey in Kerala. Moderate and balanced tropical climate throughout the year is a specialty of this region. Marari is also a nature lover’s paradise. One can find about 100 species of butterflies, more than 350 species of endemic plants, few varieties of turtles, and even 10 to 15 kinds of variety frogs. Marari is considered as a virgin beach with the very limited population, mostly fishermen. It opened its door to the tourism world only few years back with an atmosphere of crystal clear waters to swim and clean beach for sunbath.
(Region – Kerala, South India)
Holiday Leisure at Cherai beaches can be organized along with the visits to nearest tourist places like Cochin – Kumarakom – Munnar. Also an extension of tours to Wayanad, Belur, Mysore, Halebid is possible.
Overview: Cherai beach is one of the longest beaches in Vypin island, one of the group of islands that form Kochi (Cochin) city, in the state of Kerala. The island is about 27 kilometers long and is connected to mainland by a series of bridges. The walk or a couple of minutes drive to the beach through the motorway along the roads flanked by low-lying paddy fields and palm-fringed backwaters is a delightful experience. The Cherai beach has calm waters and clean surroundings perfect for swimming and sun bathing for all categories of beach lovers. It opened its door to the tourism world only few years back in the category of “virgin beaches of Kerala” that found mention as a beach lover’s destination.
(Region – Kerala, South India)
Leisure at Kovalam beaches can be organized either exclusively or along with the visits to nearest tourist places like Cochin – Alleppey – Thekkady. Also as an extension of tour to Madurai – Trichi – Pondichery.
Overview: Kovalam, is a beach town on the coast of Arabian Sea near to Trivandrum, the capital city of Kerala. It is an internationally renowned beach with three adjacent crescent beaches. Kovalam means a grove of coconut trees and true to its name, the village town offers an endless sight of coconut trees. It has been a favourite haunt of tourists, especially Europeans, since 1930s. A massive rocky promontory on the beaches have created a beautiful bay of calm and shallow waters stretching for hundreds of meters ideal for swimming and sun bathing.
Kovalam first received attention when the Regent Maharani Sethu Lakshmi Bhayi of Travencore Kingdom constructed her beach resort- ‘Halcyon Castle’ towards the end of 1920s. Thereafter the place was brought to the public notice by her nephew. The European guests of the then Travancore Kingdom discovered the potentiality of the beach as a tourist destination in the year 1930.