Here's your ultimate travel guide to help you swap the Goa buzz for Gokarna's barefoot beaches, secret sunsets, and laid-back coastal vibe. Goa monsoon season: If you think Goa's just for sunburn and ...

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Goa is one of India’s most popular tourist destinations. And for someone like me visiting Goa for the first time, the level of excitement was sky high: I wanted to partake of everything that it had to ...

The monsoon season in India brings with it the much-loved activity of trekking around India, that nature lovers embark on with the first rainfall. While Maharashtra is famous for its trekking trails, ...

Devoid of their usual carnivalesque atmosphere, Goa's beaches offer abundant visual drama as heaving grey clouds meet an animated sea at the horizon. (Photo by Josh Sorensen) They say monsoon is the ...

Take a day trip from Panaji to this island on the Mandovi river for some birdwatching, otter spotting, and more The mangrove island of Chorao or Chodan, a day-trip from north Goa, offers a quiet ...