Vacation in Tarkarli

View from the Cottage at Tarkarli during Sun Set.

I got the snaps for my winter vacations at Tarkarli a few days ago. I felt that other should also know about this place and hence blogging about the same.

Tarkarli is situated 6 kms south of Malvan and 546 kms away from Mumbai on the coast of Maharashtra. The major attraction here is the long and narrow stretch of clean, virgin beach, with its pristine water. On a clear day, you can see the sea bed through a depth of 20 ft. The beaches are very less crowded. During my 4 days stay, max crowd seen would be less than 200 people on the beach. During early afternoons, there was hardly a soul roaming on the beach.
Then, of course there are the forts, Singhudurg, one of Maharashtra’s more popular and an important sea fort, built in the 17 th century and the famous Padmagarh fort.

We took Konkan Railway train from Mumbai for Kudal in the night and reached our destination Kudal, the next morning. From there went to the local bus stand for bus to Malvan, which is around 35 kms from Kudal. It took us around an hour to reach Malvan from Kudal. Getting down at Malvan, we saw a Sugarcane juice stall. The stall was very clean, unlike the ones seen in Mumbai. The sugarcane juice was really amazing and I had 2 glasses of the same. Post that we took auto for the MTDC resort at Tarkarli. The fare 50 INR.

The MTDC guest house is located on the beach front and huts are beautiful. The stay is comfortable even though you might not find the staff to be to customer centric.

The food served in Malvan is just superb. Non vegetarians can freak out on the sea food. The "Sol Kari" prepared by the locals is amazing in taste and the taste of it still lingers on.
Have attached fews snaps taken during our trip. I do plan to visit this place again. Hope you will also visit it.

The view of the beach and sea from the cottage

Sky line during sun set at Tarkarli. The Beach Restaurant at MTDC Resort

The Beach at Tarkarli. In the background one can see the Sindhudurg Fort.

The Cottage in which we stayed

Nature at work. Water leaving its mark on the sands of time.

The Reception at MTDC Resort

Cottages at MTDC Resort






Men going for Fishing in their Boats

Coming back home with catch

Sewing up the torn Nets for the next day at Work

Clean Virgin Beach at Tarkarli.









Beach at Tarkarli


Can you see any people on the beach?

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