Chase the Monsoon

Duration: 02 nights / 03 days

Itinerary:
Day 01: Arrive Sawantwadi | Amboli

Arrive Sawantwadi Railway Station or bus stand and you will be transferred to Amboli. En route visit Satam Maharaj Math (temple) and Nagzari… A medicinal value cold water stream flowing 365 days of the year.
Arrive Amboli and check in at pre-arranged hotel.
After lunch visit to Hiranyakeshi Temple, Kavlesad Point, Nangartas waterfall & the Amboli waterfall. Late evening, enter the Amboli forest for a leisurely nature walk.
Overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 02: Amboli | Chowkul Sightseeing

After breakfast proceed for a excursion to scenic Chowkul Village. Arrive and trek to a huge waterfall in Chowkul.
Lunch is organized at a Strawberry Farm.
Later visit a flowering plateau and some natural caves. Evening proceed to the hotel for dinner.
After dinner, proceed for a drive through thickly wooded Amboli Forest. Halt at Mahadevgad Point to stand amidst the clouds in mid of a night. The ‘King of the world’ feel you get here is unbeatable.

Day 03: Depart Amboli

After breakfast check out the hotel and proceed to Sawantwadi.
Arrive Sawantwadi and visit the Sawantwadi Palace & Chitar Aali to buy wooden toys.
Later you shall be dropped at Sawantwadi Railway Station for onward journey.

Tour Cost
For minimum 4 paying adults travelling together:
Economy Package – Rs 3650 per person
Standard Package – Rs 4300 per person
Luxury Package – Rs 4950 per person

Cost Includes:
•Transfers & sightseeing by AC Car ex Sawantwadi
•Accommodation
•Guide for hiking & sightseeing (3 days)

Tel: +91 2367 231400 / 231 888
Email:sindhudurgguide@gmail.com

Chase the Monsoon

Duration: 02 nights / 03 days
Itinerary:
Day 01: Arrive Sawantwadi | Amboli

Arrive Sawantwadi Railway Station or bus stand and you will be transferred to Amboli. En route visit Satam Maharaj Math (temple) and Nagzari… A medicinal value cold water stream flowing 365 days of the year.
Arrive Amboli and check in at pre-arranged hotel.
After lunch visit to Hiranyakeshi Temple, Kavlesad Point, Nangartas waterfall & the Amboli waterfall. Late evening, enter the Amboli forest for a leisurely nature walk.
Overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 02: Amboli | Chowkul Sightseeing

After breakfast proceed for a excursion to scenic Chowkul Village. Arrive and trek to a huge waterfall in Chowkul.
Lunch is organized at a Strawberry Farm.
Later visit a flowering plateau and some natural caves. Evening proceed to the hotel for dinner.
After dinner, proceed for a drive through thickly wooded Amboli Forest. Halt at Mahadevgad Point to stand amidst the clouds in mid of a night. The ‘King of the world’ feel you get here is unbeatable.

Day 03: Depart Amboli

After breakfast check out the hotel and proceed to Sawantwadi.
Arrive Sawantwadi and visit the Sawantwadi Palace & Chitar Aali to buy wooden toys.
Later you shall be dropped at Sawantwadi Railway Station for onward journey.

Tour Cost
For minimum 4 paying adults travelling together:
Economy Package – Rs 3650 per person
Standard Package – Rs 4300 per person
Luxury Package – Rs 4950 per person

Cost Includes:
•Transfers & sightseeing by AC Car ex Sawantwadi
•Accommodation
•Guide for hiking & sightseeing (3 days)

Tel: +91 2367 231400 / 231 888
Email:sindhudurgguide@gmail.com

“The Sindhudurg Guide” is one of its kind private initiatives launched for tourism industry in Sindhudurg to be sustainable. The program is launched to form a consortium or a community of tourist service(s) providers. The initiative aims:

1. To provide desired supplemental income sources and economic growth to the natives.
2. To increase the quality of life with a variety of activities and services through expanded community development amenities.
3. To develop tourism industry, but not at the cost of the pastoral, serene, relaxing standard of living.
4. To offer environmental sustainability so that Sindhudurg’s incredible assets can be enjoyed by future generations of residents and visitors.
5. To empower residents to offer professional assistance to visitors.
6. To outline strategies that will contribute to the residents’ vision of their district’s economic, cultural and environmental future.
7. To build a consortium or community for the development of tourism industry in the district.

The Beginning
The Sindhudurg Guide program was launched in February 2012. We began with, what any other tourism development corporation would do, training. The exclusively designed entrepreneurial training and workshops for the youth of Sindhudurg district, are far different than the job oriented programs conducted in metro cities of India.

These training programs are designed,

• To understand the perspective of operating The Sindhudurg Guide program
• To learn the basics of tourism
• To learn to develop tourist product
• To communicate with guests & service providers (verbal & non verbal communication skills)
• To Handle visitors professionally & courteously
• To understand visitor’s needs from tourist services provider
• To learn geographical & historical background of Sindhudurg
• To gather information on attractions & experiences in the district (field trips are organized by course conductors).

Besides training them on generic topics mentioned above, the conductors also brief them on parallel activities one can offer while working as a tourist guide.

• tourist taxi operators
• tourist accommodation (bed & breakfast / serviced apartments)
• agro tourism concept development
• tourist services booking facilitators (hotel booking / car booking)
• activities facilitators (snorkeling / water sports booking)
• packed local cuisine (homemade food)
• auto rickshaw tour packages

The insights are provided, on operating such parallel businesses, for free. The aim is to support as many entrepreneurs & small scaled businesses as we can for the development of tourism as an industry in the district.

The Sindhudurg Guide has trained 60 guides so far. Almost half the force is actively working on field and catering to tourists. Rest of the team supports day-to-day operations of the organization.

Our USP’s

• Son of soil Program: Considering resident’s knowledge of twisted lanes / by lanes, curvy roads, people, cuisine, hidden scenic treasures, the tourists are in safe hands and get to see more of Sindhudurg with the son of its soil.
• One of its kind programs: India has observed no other program or initiative launched by a political leader in the interest of developing region as a tourism destination & empowering entrepreneurship.
• Our non-commercial approach makes us a complete destination management company who has built a community of service providers on regional level. Once full-fledged & fully developed, it can work as a sole entity to the benefit of tour operators, event management companies & film units from India & abroad.
• The uniforms: The specially designed & tailored uniform makes our crew stand out in the crowd. Its been observed that the visitors prefer uniformed guides more than the local guides dressed in civil attires.
• Our interactive portal is working towards being a consortium bringing hotels, guides, car rental services, attractions, agro tourism sites from all over the district to offer it to visitors at a single mouse click. Again one of its kinds, bringing privately run individual entities from a single region to be offered as a tourist product in world wide web scenario.
• Forthcoming airport can act as a major pull to bring foreign charters to explore unexplored attractions & experiences.
• Forthcoming sea world can divert major tourist traffic to the destination.
• A combination of attractions & experiences can make this destination a 365 days destination.