🐅 Wildlife📍 Family📍 Nature

Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary & Zoo

Ponda, Goa, India

4.0 (0)

Overview

Goa's family jungle — a small forest zoo, botanical gardens, deer safari park and nature-education trails in the Ponda hills.

Why visit: The easiest wildlife outing with kids in the state.

Things to do

›Mini zoo
›Deer park
›Rose & cactus gardens
›Forest cottages

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Mar (closed Thu)

Entry fee

₹20–100

Est. budget

₹300–800

Duration

Half day

Nearby attractions

Within

10.5 km

💎 Hidden Gem🏛️ Historical

4.0

Safa Masjid, Ponda

Ponda, Goa

Ibrahim Adil Shah's 1560 mosque — the finest surviving pre-Portuguese Islamic building in Goa, with its arcaded masjid tank intact.

Oct–Mar1 hrExplore

10.9 km

📍 Nature

4.3

Ponda Spice Plantations

Ponda, Goa

Peppercorn vines and nutmeg shade at Sahakari, Tropical and Savoi — guided walks, banana-leaf lunches and betel-country hospitality.

Nov–MarHalf dayExplore

11 km

💎 Hidden Gem🍲 Local Experience

4.3

Feni Distillery & Cashew Trail

Valpoi, Goa

GI-tagged heritage spirit at its source — cashew-apple stomps, copper-pot lambics in orchard clearings and urrak season's cult following.

Feb–May (distilling season)Half dayExplore

13.2 km

💎 Hidden Gem🛕 Religious

4.1

Brahma Temple, Brahma-Karmali

Valpoi, Goa

One of India's rare Brahma shrines — a superb 12th-century black-stone trimurti-crowned idol carried here from Karmali centuries ago.

Oct–Mar1–2 hrsExplore

13.3 km

🛕 Religious

4.6

Shanta Durga Temple, Kavlem

Ponda, Goa

The peace-making goddess who parted Shiva and Vishnu's war — a russet-and-white 1738 complex of domes, chandeliers and a golden palanquin.

Year-round; jatra (Jan–Feb)1–2 hrsExplore

13.4 km

🛕 Religious

4.6

Shri Mangeshi Temple

Ponda, Goa

Goa's most visited Shiva shrine — a white seven-storey deepstambh, Peshwa-era courtyards and the family deity of the Mangeshkars.

Year-round; Mangeshi jatra (Jan–Feb)1–2 hrsExplore

14 km

🛕 Religious

4.3

Ramnathi & Nagueshi Temples, Bandora

Ponda, Goa

Two jewel-courtyards of Bandora — Ramnath's silver-doored sanctum and Nagesh's tank of 1413 with its painted wood mahamandap.

Year-round; jatras (Nov–Feb)2 hrsExplore

14.5 km

🛕 Religious

4.5

Mahalasa Narayani Temple, Mardol

Ponda, Goa

Vishnu's mohini form in fierce silver — famed for its 21-tier brass samai lamp and the giant bell that swore truth-oaths.

Year-round; jatra (Feb)1 hrExplore

15.4 km

🦌 National Park

4.4

Bhagwan Mahavir Sanctuary & Mollem

Mollem, Goa

Goa's biggest protected forest — gaur and hornbill country around the Dudhsagar line, Devil's Canyon and the Tambdi Surla trailheads.

Oct–MarFull dayExplore

15.8 km

💎 Hidden Gem🏛️ Historical

4.6

Tambdi Surla Mahadev Temple

Mollem, Goa

Goa's oldest building — a perfect 12th-century Kadamba basalt shrine that outlived every invasion by hiding deep in Mollem's jungle.

Oct–Mar; ShivaratriHalf dayExplore

17.5 km

💧 Waterfall

4.1

Harvalem Waterfall & Rudreshwar Caves

Sanquelim, Goa

The Arvalem drop beside 6th-century rock-cut caves of Buddhist-Shaiva debate — plus the Rudreshwar temple's terraces over the pool.

Jul–Jan2–3 hrsExplore

18.7 km

💎 Hidden Gem🐅 Wildlife

4.2

Cumbarjua Canal Crocodile Safari

Cumbarjua, Goa

Muggers basking on brackish banks between the Mandovi and Zuari — canoe safaris past mangrove crocodiles worshipped at the annual Mannge Thapnee.

Nov–Mar; low tideHalf dayExplore