Karwar
Karwar is a city in Karnataka.
Get in
By Air- You can fly to Dabolim Airport (Goa) and take a taxi. Devbagh is just 2 ½ hours from there.
By Train- Karwar is connected to Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Mangalore, Cochin and other important places through the Konkan Railway. Fast trains do not stop at Karwar; so one has to alight at Madgaon (Goa) or at Ankola and then reach Karwar by road. However, there are quite a few slower trains that stop at Karwar. The journey between Mangalore & Karwar takes not more than 4 hours. Visitors from Chennai can enter via Mangalore. For details, kindly enquire with the Railway authorities. Travelers from Bangalore and Hyderabad should get off at Hubli and proceed by road to Karwar. The road between Hubli & Karwar, is one of the best in Karnataka and passes through thick jungle.
By Bus- Overnight deluxe bus services are available from Bangalore. Buses also ply between Madgaon and Karwar at regular intervals.
Get around
Auto rickshaw, or car. You can also rent a boat to visit some of the islands. Thats Great being in karwar.
Local News and Area Information
The only local online news portal is http://www.karwarenews.com
See
Beaches, Islands and mangrove up on the Kali river
Do
Beautiful beaches, snorkling, banana boating
Buy
Eat
Sea Food and some local restaurants, "Gadbad" Icecream.
Drink
Tender coconut, Soda Sharbath at local cold drinks shop
Sleep
Devbhag beach resort.
http://www.junglelodges.com/resort_location.asp?resort=Devbagh
- Tarang Resorts, [1].
Contact
Karwar eNews - http://www.karwarenews.com
Get out
- Kumta - 75 kms from here.
- Honavar - 95 kms from here.
- Gokarn - 75 kmsfrom here.
This page was last edited at 05:31, on 28 January 2009 by Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel. Based on work by Raghavendra Nayak and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel.