The first time I visited Benaulim beach was when we were staying at Zuri White Sands resort on Vanca beach. Benaulim is close to Varca beach of Goa. When I started writing about Benaulim today, I realised that I never wrote about Zuri White Sand resorts and I should, given it was a lovely stay in Goa. May be soon. In this Blogpost, we will quickly know about Benaulim Beach, it's location, things to do, food/drink paces, watersports opportunities and some secret hide-aways etc. Let's check out..
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Benaulim Beach is at around 30km from Panjim on south side of Goa. Benaulim Beach is a long stretch of soft white sand backed by verdant palm trees is a picturesque setting and relatively peaceful place to hang around.
If you want to try out some watersports, one can explore options for snorkelling, parasailing, windsurfing etc around Benaulim beach.
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Benaulim Beach is also well-known for its fishing and hence you get fresh seafood in almost all restaurants around the beach.
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This is also that part of Goa where you can also find Dolphin tours, for which one needs to go deep into the ocean in boats and if you are lucky you can Dolphins in wild. I haven't tried this in Goa but have done Whale watch tours in US with no success.
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There are some very beautiful properties around benaulim beach including home-stays. Taj Exotica is one of the popular ones in this area.
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During the recent visit, I couldn't connect that I have been there and when I came back, started looking at old Goa blogs. I realised I have been there and suddenly I felt how the same place can look so different during 2 different visits. I can relate to the reasons, but it was good to be back at Benaulim and we had lot of fun here with #Sumologic friends.
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