Tarkarli Beach: A Paradise for Beach Lovers and Adventure Seekers

Tarkarli Beach

📍 Tarkarli Beach, MaharashtraView map ›

🗓 Best Time To Visit:November to February

⏰ Open Hours:24 hours

🏖 Things To Do:Scuba diving, Snorkelling, Parasailing, Dolphin-spotting, Boat rides

💰 Budget:N/A

🧳 Traveller Types:Families, Couples, Adventure Enthusiasts, Nature Lovers

🔍 Known For:Crystal clear waters, Scenic beauty, Water sports, Dolphin spotting

📍 Distances:Nearest airport - Dabolim Airport (129.5 km), Nearest railway station - Kudal Railway Station (45 km)

🏨 Nearby Accommodations:MTDC Resort, Blue Water Resort, Fantasea Beach Resort

🍽 Local Cuisine:Malvani cuisine, Known for seafood

🏞 Unique Aspects:Only beach in Maharashtra offering scuba diving

💡 Tips:Avoid visiting during monsoon due to high tides and rough seas

Are you looking for a perfect getaway to enjoy the sun, sand, and sea? Do you want to experience the thrill of scuba diving, parasailing, and water sports? Do you want to explore the rich history and culture of the Konkan coast? If yes, then Tarkarli Beach is the ideal destination for you!

Tarkarli Beach is a beautiful beach located in the Malvan region of Maharashtra. It is famous for its clear blue water, white sand, and coral reefs. It is also one of the few places in India where you can indulge in scuba diving and see the underwater life. Tarkarli Beach offers a variety of activities and attractions for all kinds of travelers, from nature lovers to adventure seekers. In this article, we will provide you with a guide on the best things to do in Tarkarli Beach and make your trip memorable.

Things to Do in Tarkarli Beach

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Scuba Diving

Scuba diving is one of the most popular and exciting activities in Tarkarli Beach. It is a unique opportunity to witness the colourful and diverse marine life of the Arabian Sea. You can see various fish, corals, turtles, dolphins, and even sharks while scuba diving in Tarkarli Beach.

Parasailing

Parasailing is another thrilling activity that you can try in Tarkarli Beach. It is a form of adventure sport where you are attached to a parachute and towed by a speedboat. You can soar high in the sky and enjoy the breathtaking aerial view of Tarkarli Beach and its surroundings.

Water Sports

Water sports are another fun activity that you can enjoy in Tarkarli Beach. There are many types of water sports that you can choose from, such as jet skiing, banana boat ride, bumper ride, kayaking, etc. You can feel the excitement and enjoyment while doing water sports in Tarkarli Beach.

Places to Visit Near Tarkarli Beach

Sindhudurg Fort

Sindhudurg Fort is a historical attraction near Tarkarli Beach. It is a 17th-century fort built by the Maratha king Shivaji on an island in the Arabian Sea. It is one of the largest and strongest forts in India, with a circumference of about 3 km and a height of about 9 m. It is also one of the few forts that have a temple dedicated to Shivaji inside it.

Devbagh Beach

Devbagh Beach is a serene attraction near Tarkarli Beach. It is a secluded beach located at the confluence of the Karli River and the Arabian Sea. It is famous for its calm and clear water, golden sand, and greenery. It is also known as the Mini Goa of Maharashtra, as it resembles the beaches of Goa.

Tsunami Island

Tsunami Island is a unique attraction near Tarkarli Beach. It is a small island formed by the sand deposited by the tsunami waves in 2004. It is surrounded by shallow water that changes its level according to the tide. It is also a hub for water sports and adventure activities.

Where to Stay and Eat in Tarkarli Beach

There are many types of accommodation options available in or near Tarkarli Beach, such as hotels, resorts, homestays, cottages, camps, etc. You can choose from a range of price, facilities, and ratings according to your budget and preference. Some of the best accommodation options in or near Tarkarli Beach are Blue Sea Resort and MTDC Tarkarli Resort.

Tarkarli Beach is a paradise for beach lovers and adventure seekers. It offers a variety of activities and attractions that can make your trip unforgettable. Whether you want to scuba dive in the coral reefs, parasail in the sky, or explore the historical forts, Tarkarli Beach has something for everyone.

Also read: Tarkarli - Getting intimate with the sun & sand

So what are you waiting for? Plan your trip to Tarkarli Beach today and experience the beauty and thrill of this amazing place!

Tarkarli Beach Reviews

Riya Mukherjee

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Tarkarlihas got almost the whole lot of what the travel freaks have got in the check list before drawing the travel plan to a beach destination. It have virgin beaches, white sand, clear turquoise water, a range of water-sports(Scuba Diving, Snorkelling, Parasailing & many more!!), Backwaters, intact culture, great sea food and lot more!! This particular part of Maharastra is relatively unexplored. Perfect for visit with acquaintances!! (If you are looking forward for a trip to Tarkarli for water-sports mainly you must plan the trip during the months of October – February when the sky is clear & sunny.) HowWeGot There: Tarkarli is very close to Goa. Hence, that makes Tarkarli nearest to Dabolim airport, Goa. It is well connected with Mumbai& Goa by roadways as well. However we preferred to board a train from Mumbai for Kudal (Which is nearest railway station to Tarkarli)to ensure Comfortable & Time/Cost effective Journey. Accommodation: A decent number of hotel options are readily available. However, we preferred a Home-stay to get along even better with locale. It is recommended to choose the Home-stays close to MTDC Resort Tarkarli which is sort of junction between Tarkarli and Devbaug. Getting Around: Private Cabs should not be hired at the very first go to get around in view of the fact that it would occur pretty good amount. Moreover, liberty of allocating time to various attractions would be compromised to a great extent. To nullify all the hindrances we choose to hire Scooty to roam around!! And trust me this particular decision made our trip even more awesome!!! ITINERARY WE FOLLOWED Day : 1 Boarded Matsyagandha Express from Chhatrapati Sivaji Terminus at around 2200 HRS Overnight journey to Kudal. Day: 2 Early morning arrival at Kudal Station. Hired a vehicle to Tarkarli. Checked In to the Accommodation at around 1200 HRS. Freshen up and lunch. Post lunch visit to beach adjacent to MTDC Resort. Hired a Scooty meanwhile for two days and proceed towards SindhudurgFort for Scuba Diving. Post Scuba Diving it was almost 1700 HRS. So the ferry service to the fort was closing. Hence we decided to proceed toward Malvanbeach after that. (It was my very first experience of Scuba Diving but I found it so very soothing that I took a pledge to Dive at least once in a year now onward!!) After spending some time at Malvan beach we started with exploring local market and local delicacies (Sea food are in abundance and they all are yummilicious!!). Overnight Stay. Day: 3 After breakfast we proceed towards Sindhudurg Fort. It is obligatory to mention here that this fort is located in the middle of the sea (approx 2km from sea shore) and one have to avail ferry service to get there. The fort offers some spectacular Views. After getting back we rushed towards Devbaug. It looks like Keralato a huge extent thanks to backwaters. We hired a Private Boat here which took us to Tsunami Island, which was formed during devastating tsunami. Here a wide range of water sports are available. We choose to do Parasailing. Indeed a good experience it was. After Devbaug we headed towards Nivati Beach and it was just another beach, not that great. Post that we moved to market to pack some delicacies back home!! [if !supportLists] (Must try Jackfruit Chips, Aamrush, Banana Chip) And after that we took the train at around 2130 HRS from Kudal to get back to Mumbai. This is how the trip concluded and blissful memories remain!!

Ratan Tatikonda

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I had travelled from Mumbai, so from Kankavli one needs to go its bus depo which is 1km from railway station. Board Malvan bus which is usually departs every hour. Travel time 1.5 hours. On arrival, get in touch with nearby shops (water sports). Book your water sports activity which includes Parasailing, Scuba diving, Banana ride, Bump ride and other two rides. Cost : 2000 Rs (max) /head which includes all water sports. Duration : 1 day (Morning to evening) I would like to recommend to start with Parasailing first, then scuba diving. Morning hours, sun will be bright and where we feel sea fresh. So let's start experience "LIFE 👉 under SEA" 🌊This is how it started, I was with a group of 10 people. We all were in a large boat, queuing up for our turn eagerly. One went, I was second. Trainer will be there to assist each person. He makes us to wear scuba diving jacket which then on waist steel ring chains with weight are put on. Oxygen cylinders are put on back and then instructed to jump in water using stairs to get down from boat. Take a head dip 2-3 times to feel the sea, its calmness. Training session will start then on oxygen intake and it's process. A mask with eyeglasses will be put up on face where nose will get block and unable to breath. Breathing can be done from mouth (inhale and exhale). Trainer will put knob on our mouth which is usually a pipe tied with oxygen cylinder for oxygen intake. So dip down n out several times to practise oxygen intake and exhale. One your sure then :👌 sign for All Ok(Good) 👍 Sign for not OK. Remember this, these are the signs to be used under sea to give your status to Trainer. Dipped under the sea now, Feel was amazing, blue blue everything, calmness of sea, peace and purity was experienced. Felt like in a different world although. Started to see fishes, coral rocks, touched and felt fishes, going here and around. You will find our body is surrounded by fishes, coral rocks. Trainer will take pics and videos and he will make us swim around and again entry back to normal life 🌊. Once you come out of it👉 "our body, mind, soul feels as one. Complete calmness, feeling of within, talking to self and believing in you, why you are in this life" all answers you get and experience it. So go and enjoy, live your life..... "LIFE Under SEA" Thanks to you giving your precious time to read and experience my journey.

Shivam Bajare

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We had already booked a cruiser from karad. I was told by my friends that they would arrive at 5 o'clock in morning and yes! It was 6 in the clock and then they arrived. Latelatiffs!! So our journey finally started at 6 o'clock in the morning. Our first stop was for breakfast at a Udupi restaurant just after passing kolhapur. After reaching sindhudurg, we were all hungry so the first thing we did was, had lunch. you will find many home turned into resort as tourism has been one of the main source of income in Malvan. We had lunch in a hotel named fish and fry. Being a vegetarian you get only veg. Thali ranging from 80/- to 120/-. For the non vegetarian the list is long. then we headed towards the Sindhudurg fort. The fare price per person was 100/- to and fro. People were trying scuba diving near the fort area. We were keen to try scuba diving as it was the main motto behind our trip to Malvan!! After exploring the fort we headed to TARKARLI. We booked a room for 9 people in a dormitory called Sumati Sagar near Tarkarli beach. we could easily see the sea shore from our room. They charged us around 400/- per person. We took some rest and then went to the beach. No matter how mature you get, the mighty sea does bring out the small child inside you. We were running all over the beach enjoying our evening. we even played vollyball, got some photographs in the golden hour (that crispy golden filter). Back to the room after taking shower, we headed out for our dinner. Some of my niggas wanted to try chinese food on the land of sea food. Trust me, don't even try! I had my veg thali. After having our dinner we went on the beach. while stargazing we were doing some pranks on two of my friends who are afraid of the dark. But we did saw a shadow walking near the water and its pace of walking increased, and that stuff did scared the shit out of us. And we came back to our room tired and scared ???? .

Shreya More

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You know you need it. Open sky, tall trees and a blue sea that stretches beyond horizon. We all do, I suppose that’s why god created places like Tarkarli. Imagine remote isolated virgin beaches, dolphins, scuba diving, old historic forts and well-cooked prawns, all in one place! Having a family which loves travelling is the cherry on the cake. Indeed, visiting stranger place with familiar faces is a great adventure in itself! So with busy schedules on the run me and my cousins hit the road to reach our destination.Getting to Tarkarli ( Malvan) by road is perhaps the best way. The picturesque town is around 35 km towards west of a town Kasal which is on Mumbai- GoaNational Highway NH-17. Distance from Mumbai is around 540 km while from Kolhapur it is mere 160 kms. Tarkarli beach is one of the numerous and amazingly beautiful beaches spread across the Malvan sea coast overlooking the Arabian Sea in the state of Maharashtra. It is a long stretch of beach with white sand and coconut trees, at any given time of the day a couple of fishing trawlers are always parked at the far end of the beach. The very first view of the beach left me in true astonishment, the euphony of waves with the panoramic view of sea and the sun peeking from the clouds was a fascinating moment. There are plenty of restaurants near the main beach area that serve authentic Malvani food and sea food thalis. Poha, missal pav, prawns thali, jhinga thali, etc are the famous dishes that are served in all the restaurants. Kokam juice is also a famous local drink which is easilyavailable.Sol Kadhi the pink colored appetizer drink made from the kokam fruit and Coconut Milk, often drunk after particularly hot and spicy Konkani/Malvani meal as it is very soothing. Travelers get attracted to Tarkarli because of it’s clean white sand beach, water sports, forts, beautiful sunset and not to mention it has very less crowd. Now it is also famous forwater sports, dophin ride, snorkelling, parasailing and Scuba Diving. YES you heard it right!

Manisha Gouda

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We returned back and had Malvani food in lunch after getting freshened up .The organizers are so sweet to set up the tents by the time we had our lunch. It was 5 PM by that time. Then we went to Beach again and it was the place where we all actually got to know each other via some games (Virtual Volleyball, Dumb Charades etc.) and the sunset scene was marvelous. We were trying to capture the sunset view at the same time was having fun by playing Dumb charades. The cold breeze, clear water was blowing us away into another world. We had some quality time spent together to know each other and that’s when we realized how amazing it is to have people from all over country from Mumbai to Odisha ,Mizoram and Himachal to Kerala in a group sitting in the beach enjoying the sunset together. We returned back to the Camping place and played another game, the followed by Dinner (delicious Fish item) and had some discussions regarding the next day plan (Water Sports at Dandi Beach). The organizers team had allotted the tents GroupWise and explained about the tent stay and all. We kept our bags and all inside the tents .By that time our organizer team had set campfire for us, we sat there for few minutes and preferred going out to the beach again to enjoy the silence moments. Again another amazing time well spent with few people from the group (others slept in the tent as it was around 12 AM ).Walking bare foot on the Cool sand and seeing the moonlight reflection on the sea waves, cold breezes and Music at low volume was simply splendid. We came back at 2.30 AM and went to our respective tents to sleep for few hours.

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