BOGMALO BEACH
Main Attraction: Diving Adventure
Nearby Attraction: Colva Beach
Best Time To Visit: December To February
Immediately south of the airport, the
Mormugao
peninsula's sun parched central plateau tumbles to a flat-bottomed valley
lined with coconut trees and redbrick huts. The sandy beach at the end of
the cove would be even more picturesque were it not for the monstrous
multi-storey edifice perched above it. Until Oberoi erected a huge five
star hotel here, Bogmalo was just another small fishing village, hemmed in
by a pair of palm fringed headlands at the northern end of Colva bay.
A Former Fishing Village, Today's Tourist Hangout
The village is still present at Bogmalo, complete with a tiny-whitewashed
Chapel and gangs of hogs nosing through the rubbish, but its environs have
been transformed. Pricey café-bars blaring Western music have crept
up the beach, while the clearing below the hotel is prowled by assiduous
Kashmiri handicraft vendors.
Even so, compared with
Calangute
Or Colva,
Bogmalo is still a small-scale resort. As long as one hasn't come to Goa
to get away from it all or party all night, then one'll find Bogmalo
congenial enough. The beach is clean and not too crowded, the water
reasonably safe for swimming, and there are plenty of places to eat, drink
and shop. If, on the other hand, one is looking for somewhere not yet, on
the package tourist map, one'll be better off further south, at the far
end of
Colva
Beach or beyond.
DIVING AT BOGMALO
A small dive school recently opened up in Bogmalo and is one of the few
places in India where one can do PADI-approved Open water diving courses.
Operating out of Joet's guesthouse, at the far end of the beach, the
British run outift also offers half day "Try Dives" for novices,
guided dives to shipwreck sites and coral beds off the coast and tuition
for more advanced qualifications.
For More Information: Contact - Goa Diving, House No. 145P, Chapel Bhat,
Chicalim, Near Bogmalo.
HOW TO GET THERE
Road: Bogmalo can be reached by bus or taxi from Vasco da Gama, 8-km northwest. It's also near enough to the airport for a last minute dip before catching a plane.
PLACES TO STAY
As this is primarily a package tour destination, walk in
accommodation is very limited and best booked ahead. There are few
luxurious option present over here, overlooking the beach. Bogmalo's other
mid range guesthouses, are much more comfortable for short stay purposes.
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