My Karnataka trip - stage 2
Stage 1 was Mysore to the coast, via Sravanabelagola, Belur, Sringeri, & Agumbe to Malpe beach, where I stayed for several days, at Silver Sands Holiday Beach Resort. (Half a dozen cottages, 200 m from the beach. Tariff Rs 600 to 1800 high season; discount for longer stay. Very helpful and friendly host Sunil; mobile 98860 91616. www.freewebs.com/silversands )
Malpe beach is about 2 km north of Malpe port. The upscale Paradise Isle Beach Resort dominates the beach. (Tariff Rs 1200 to 8500.) Silver Sands is another 500 m north.
I took the ferry boat over to St Mary's Island for the day. Very beautiful and peaceful place. Well worth a visit. The ticket office for the ferry is at the far end of the paved road into the harbour area, quite a hike from the bus stand. Tickets are Rs 70 return. The office opens at 9:30am, and the first sailing is by 10:30am, or sooner if they fill the boat. It's a half hour to get to the island, and the ferry stays one hour. You can go back on that sailing, or wait and return later. I stayed until late afternoon. There are three boats, which go when they are full. The last sailing from the island is by 5:00pm or so. You can buy bottled soft drinks on the island, but no food.
Next I'll head up the coast, turning inland to Kollur; back to the coast at Maravanthe; on to Murudeshwar; then to Gokarna. All these will be overnight or longer stops.
Malpe beach is about 2 km north of Malpe port. The upscale Paradise Isle Beach Resort dominates the beach. (Tariff Rs 1200 to 8500.) Silver Sands is another 500 m north.
I took the ferry boat over to St Mary's Island for the day. Very beautiful and peaceful place. Well worth a visit. The ticket office for the ferry is at the far end of the paved road into the harbour area, quite a hike from the bus stand. Tickets are Rs 70 return. The office opens at 9:30am, and the first sailing is by 10:30am, or sooner if they fill the boat. It's a half hour to get to the island, and the ferry stays one hour. You can go back on that sailing, or wait and return later. I stayed until late afternoon. There are three boats, which go when they are full. The last sailing from the island is by 5:00pm or so. You can buy bottled soft drinks on the island, but no food.
Next I'll head up the coast, turning inland to Kollur; back to the coast at Maravanthe; on to Murudeshwar; then to Gokarna. All these will be overnight or longer stops.
posted by IndiaJP at 6:25 AM
1 Comments:
hello !!
Thank you so much for the information on Malpe. I was searching through for a stay in malpe .. came across your post in Indiamike about silversand. . very useful .. I would be visiting somewhere near november or late october , any recommendations ? :)
Thank you again :)
And hope India is treating you well :)
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