Karwar - the quietest get away

I planned to tarvel to karwar - just because we were not feeling so safe to travel to Goa after the Mumbai attacks and wanted to do a beach holiday. The best option was karwar or Gokarna. But due to the lack of staying options at Gokarna - have had to shelve it for two season now - i liked the Swaswara resorts - but its way off my budget for these trips.

The stay was booked at Riveredge Paradise resorts - and the only option to choose was tents - since I booked using Make My Trip - they did not have the option of Cottages or the Log huts - my wife was a bit petrified with the thought of staying in a tent in a mangrove forest near a river. That brings me to the location of Riveredge - its a nice property belonging to the J R Paradise Adventure Resorts Private Ltd. You can get details about all their resorts at http://www.paradiseresorts.info/. They specialise in eco tourism with lot of adventure sports thrown in. The resort at Karwar or more specifically at hankun has the options for Canoeing, Kayaking, Rafting, Tubing and Windgliding. I being a total fool in water sports due to my lack of knowledge of swimming and my 90 Kilo frame - is not meant for most activities - but loved the kanoeing. The best part about the stay at Karwar was getting an upgrade to the log huts. The manager at Riveredge, Mr. Sateesh is a very jovial human being and made the stay very pleasurable - also shahbaz the help at the resort was really good. The other best part for people like me who get bored with food in Bangalore was the food on offer - I had heard about the food at karwar but didnt like the options we got in the city - but the food spread at the resort was ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm..... finger licking good - if i am allowed to use a copyrighted caption from KFC.

The other best part was meeting Anil Naik - the local driver - who used to be a panchayat member - he was big help on both days when we had to travel to Karwar town.

The best food at Karwar town was on offer at the Open Air Cafe near the war ship located next to the Ravindranath tagore beach.

The details about the karwar town and beach will follow in the next post.

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But i cannot complete without thanking Sea bird tourist - our travel provider - may be since it was my first travel on a sleeper coach - really enjoyed the travel except for the 2 - 3 hours near Karwar - which had horrible turns which kept me felling like humpty dumpty about to have a great fall.

But laughs apart - the travel was much less tiring than a sitting arrangement in the best volvo buses.