There are a lot of things that you can do in Goa.
Goa is much more than beaches and beer.
There is so much of greenery in Goa.
There are zoo's, wildlife sanctuaries , mountains,ghats(western ghats).
What i advice is instead of visiting all the beaches , its better to visit few selected and unforgettable beaches to manage time .
If you are in north Goa, then i would suggest you to visit Arambol beach( about 37kms from Panjim), i swear you wont forget the beach, you can try paragliding over here too.A little 15mins walk can take you to salt water lake. You can also find a lot of yoga and meditation centres over here.
Since it is a bit far from Panjim , you can find a little less and selected standard crowd over there.
Best time to visit is after September till march .You can find a lot of hippies too! Dont worry about shacks, pubs, and other outlets .
Few kms from arambol , you can find ashwem beach .
If you are in Goa on a saturday , dont forget to visit Saturday night Market in Arpora (one of the best things you can witness,great experience ). Then you can visit vagator beach if you wanna see mountain (elevated area) near a beach!
If you visit vagator then , dont miss hilltop (one of the crazy places to party).
In case you are in south Goa, do visit Palolem beach for some good time kayaking.And yeah for gods sake dont forget to visit silent noise club , where wireless headsets allow those people that want to party to do so, while nobody else is disturbed.
Then about 120kms from there you can reach Gokarna,Karnataka. That is also a very peaceful place with less crowd .
Then there is doodh sagar water fall(Sonaulim), bondla zoo(Usgao-Ganjem), then you can even visit Chorla ghats and amboli ghats (best in rainy season) .
*this is my travel guide for people who hardly have time to stay in Goa and also for people who have visiting Goa in the wrong season i.e during rainy season .
Palolem beach |
bondla zoo |