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Carambolim Lake & Rail Wetlands

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Carambolim Lake & Rail Wetlands

Old Goa, Goa, India

4.0 (0)

Overview

A lotus-quilted tank beside the Konkan rail line where whistling ducks raft in thousands — Old Goa's birding secret.

Why visit: Ten minutes from the basilicas, a thousand wings at dawn.

Things to do

›Whistling-duck rafts
›Lotus flats
›Rail-side hides
›Old Goa combo

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Travel Information

Best time

Nov–Feb

Entry fee

Free

Est. budget

₹100–300

Duration

2–3 hrs

Nearby attractions

Within

2 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

2.2 km

💎 Hidden Gem🌄 Viewpoint

4.3

Our Lady of the Mount, Old Goa

Old Goa, Goa

The hilltop chapel where Albuquerque watched his 1510 battle — now the finest overview of Old Goa's domes and the Mandovi, concert-lit each Monte festival.

Nov–Mar; Monte Music Festival (Feb)1–2 hrsExplore

2.9 km

📍 Church

4.6

Basilica of Bom Jesus

Old Goa, Goa

Old Goa's baroque crown and India's most famous church — laterite walls, a gilded high altar and the silver casket holding the miraculously incorrupt body of St Francis Xavier, displayed to millions at each decennial exposition. UNESCO World Heritage.

Nov–Feb2–3 hrsExplore

2.9 km

🛕 Religious

4.6

Se Cathedral, Old Goa

Old Goa, Goa

Asia's largest church — 76 years in the building for the Portuguese golden age, with the 'miraculous' Cross of Miracles and the great Golden Bell.

Nov–Mar1–2 hrsExplore

3 km

🛕 Religious

4.3

St Cajetan & Old Goa Riverside

Old Goa, Goa

A little St Peter's of Rome on the Mandovi — corinthian dome, the sealed 'well' of a Hindu tank beneath, and the lone Viceroy's Arch by the ghat.

Nov–Mar1–2 hrsExplore

3.5 km

🏛️ Historical

4.4

St Augustine Tower & Nunnery Ruins

Old Goa, Goa

The 46-m broken finger of a vanished 1602 church — Goa's most romantic ruin on Holy Hill, beside St Monica's convent and the Museum of Christian Art.

Nov–Mar; golden hour1–2 hrsExplore

4.4 km

💎 Hidden Gem🛕 Religious

4.3

Saptakoteshwar Temple, Narve

Bicholim, Goa

The Kadamba royal deity rebuilt by Shivaji himself in 1668 — a European-dome shrine in betel-palm country across from Divar's old temple site.

Oct–Mar; Gokulashtami2–3 hrsExplore

4.4 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Cultural

4.5

Divar Island

Old Goa, Goa

The Mandovi's time-capsule island — ferry-only access, whitewashed Piedade hill church, empty paddies and August's flag-waving Bonderam festival.

Nov–Mar; Bonderam (Aug)Half–full dayExplore

6.1 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Cultural

4.1

St Estevam Island & Viewpoint

St Estevam, Goa

The 'island of green chillies' — a whitewashed hill church, fort-knoll panorama over paddies and the Mandovi's calmest village lanes.

Nov–MarHalf dayExplore

7.2 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

8 km

💎 Hidden Gem🛕 Religious

4.1

Pilar Seminary & Zuari Viewpoint

Pilar, Goa

A 1613 hilltop seminary over the Zuari — Fr Agnelo's shrine, a museum of Kadamba finds and the harbour panorama toward Mormugao.

Nov–Mar2 hrsExplore

8.1 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Nature

4.1

Salim Ali Dawn Canoe & Ribandar Causeway

Ribandar, Goa

The 1633 Ponte de Linhares — one of the oldest causeways in Asia — running Panaji to Old Goa past salt pans, herons and canoe put-ins.

Nov–Mar; dawn2–3 hrsExplore