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Nagoa Hoka Palm Grove
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Nagoa Hoka Palm Grove

Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India

4.1 (0)
Overview

The branching Hoka palm — found in India only on Diu — shading the lanes behind Nagoa, an African import of the Portuguese centuries and the island's botanical signature.

Why visit: A tree that grows nowhere else in India, at Diu's most famous beach.

Things to do
  • ›Branching Hoka palms
  • ›Grove lanes
  • ›Nagoa beach
  • ›Toddy lore
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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Mar

Entry fee

Free

Est. budget

₹100–300

Duration

1 hr

Nearby attractions

Within
1.1 km
🏖️ Beach
4.3

Nagoa Beach

Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

Diu's showpiece crescent — a palm-and-hoka-fringed horseshoe of calm turquoise water, safe for swimming and busy with parasails, jet-skis and banana boats, backed by shacks serving fresh seafood and Diu's famously relaxed vibe.

Oct–MarHalf dayExplore
1.1 km
💎 Hidden Gem🐅 Wildlife
4.0

Fudam Bird Sanctuary & Creek

Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

The tidal creek and mudflats behind Fudam where flamingos, herons and winter waders gather — Diu's quiet birding corner near an old riverside chapel.

Nov–Feb; low tide2 hrsExplore
1.4 km
💎 Hidden Gem📍 Museum
4.2

Sea Shell Museum, Diu

Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

A retired merchant-navy captain's lifetime of shells from every ocean — rare conches, corals and giant clams, lovingly labelled on the Nagoa road.

Oct–Mar1 hrExplore
1.9 km
🛕 Religious
4.4

Gangeshwar Temple

Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

Five Shivalingas set among sea-rocks at Fudam, washed by the Arabian waves at high tide — a Pandava-legend shrine where the ocean performs the abhishek.

Oct–Mar; Shivaratri1–2 hrsExplore
3.3 km
🏖️ Beach
4.4

Ghoghla Beach

Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

Diu's longest and cleanest strand on the mainland side — Blue Flag standards, lifeguards, jet skis and gentle swimming sands facing the fortress town.

Oct–MarHalf dayExplore
5.1 km
🏖️ Beach
4.2

Chakratirth Beach & Sunset Point

Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

A cove beach beneath a hillock temple with Diu's best westward sunset deck and an open-air auditorium above the surf.

Oct–Mar; sunset2–3 hrsExplore
5.3 km
💎 Hidden Gem🏖️ Beach
4.2

Gomtimata Beach

Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

The island's far-western white-sand sweep near Vanakbara — big open surf, a small shrine and near-empty sands for those who drive out.

Oct–Mar2–3 hrsExplore
5.9 km
💎 Hidden Gem🍲 Local Experience
4.1

Vanakbara Fishing Village

Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

The island's western tip — a working harbour of painted trawlers, a lively dawn fish auction, a small church and the ferry point to Kotda on the mainland.

Oct–Mar; early morning2–3 hrsExplore
5.9 km
🏛️ Historical
4.4

INS Khukri Memorial

Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

A hilltop memorial to the frigate lost in the 1971 war — a scale model under glass, the sea it sank in below, and a sweeping town-and-coast panorama.

Oct–Mar; sunset1 hrExplore
6.1 km
🍲 Local Experience
4.1

Diu Seafront Promenade & Water Sports

Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

The town's breezy seaface of cafés and cycle-hire, launch point for parasailing, banana boats and the round-island scooter loop past every beach and fort.

Oct–MarHalf dayExplore
6.4 km
🏖️ Beach
4.1

Jallandhar Beach

Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

A curving town beach below the Jallandhar hillock shrine and a Chakratirth temple — calm shallows, a stepped promenade and easy sunset strolls.

Oct–Mar2–3 hrsExplore
6.6 km
📍 Museum
4.2

Diu Museum (St Thomas Church)

Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

A deconsecrated Gothic church turned museum of Diu's Portuguese age — wooden saints, stone inscriptions, shadow-lit nave and a rooftop that catches the sunset.

Oct–Mar1 hrExplore