Malvan- A crown jewel of Konkan

Malvan a town in the Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra has everything to offer, from beautiful beaches, to historic monuments, to adventure activities, amazing food and much more. Owing to this Malvan attracts tourists and travelers from around the globe.

Today Malvan is a popular tourist attraction and is highly commercialized with hotels, restaurants and what not. Malvan was a pioneer destination for scuba divers in India. Currently you can opt for Scuba diving at a handful of locations in India like, Pondicherry, and some places in Kerala.

I wanted to strike Scuba diving off my bucket list so Malvan was my first choice. There are other attractions here so I decided to take my family along. We boarded the bus to Malvan from Mumbai. All the tourist attraction here is well connected by the bus service. Our room was near the Malvan beach and it was a 20 mins ride from the bus depot.

Sindhudurg Fort

This is a historic fort that occupies an islet in the Arabian sea. This fort was made by Shivaji Maharaj. Due to the history attached,this monument is well protected by the government. You have frequent boats plying from the Malvan beach to the Sindhudurg fort.

The fort is really huge and a guide can help you understand the fort in a detailed manner. This place is an amazing picturesque destination.

Malvan Beach

This beach is not something you can relate you when talking about untouched beaches. The beach is very crowded, has fish market, eateries, boat services to the port and you can book water sports including Scuba diving at one of the beach side shacks. Its not really necessary that you do diving here. Tarkarli beach offers a much better experience.

Tarkarli Beach

You can take a direct bus from the malvan bus depot to Tarkarli beach. This ride is nothing but amazing. Bus passes through the beach cost line. This bus ride is highly recommended.

This is a really gorgeous beach with captivating white sands. Tarkarli is paradise for water sports lovers. Scuba diving and snorkeling are popular activities along this sandy stretch, among other water sports.

Rock Garden

Rock garden offer tourists a fairytale view of the sunset. You can sit here and relax in the tranquilizing aura of this place. Unlike other gardens this garden is unique in its nature since there is no sand but a carpet of huge rocks and green lawns.

From the malvan beach this garden is at a walkable distance.

If you have more days in hand you can visit other nearby tourist attractions. The amazing mouth watering food here needs a special mention. You can try your hand at all type of seafoods here. The people here are really helpful in nature. You would not really find any issue moving around here.

All in all this was an amazing trip. The Scuba diving experience could not be expressed in words. The world under water is really mesmerizing. But a word of caution, if you have done scuba any where out of India, you would not really find this amazing. The water condition is not that great and has limited visibility.

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