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Netravali (Savari & Mainapi Waterfalls)

Sanguem, Goa, India

4.4 (0)

Overview

The deep-south sanctuary of bubbling lake mystery ('budbudyanchi tali'), twin jungle falls and cashew-forest trails past Nirankal's spice slopes.

Why visit: Goa's wildest waterfall day — guides, streams, no signal.

Things to do

›Savari falls pool
›Mainapi trail
›Bubbling lake
›Netravali village lunch

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Feb

Entry fee

₹50–150 + guide

Est. budget

₹800–2,000

Duration

Full day

Nearby attractions

Within

13.1 km

💎 Hidden Gem🏛️ Historical

4.3

Usgalimal Rock Carvings

Sanguem, Goa

Mesolithic petroglyphs on the Kushavati's laterite bank — bulls, dancers, labyrinths and a 'mother goddess' cut maybe 10,000 years ago.

Oct–Mar2–3 hrsExplore

15.5 km

💎 Hidden Gem🏛️ Historical

4.0

Rivona Buddhist Caves

Sanguem, Goa

7th-century monk cells cut into laterite by a spring — 'Rishi's vann' where Buddhism paused in Goa before history moved on.

Oct–Mar1–2 hrsExplore

15.6 km

💎 Hidden Gem🏛️ Historical

4.2

Curdi (The Vanishing Village)

Sanguem, Goa

A village drowned by Salaulim that surfaces every May — chapel and temple plinths, house stumps and homecoming feasts on cracked mud.

Apr–May (exposed)Half dayExplore

17.7 km

🛕 Religious

4.2

Damodar Temple, Zambaulim

Sanguem, Goa

The Kushavati-bank Shiva refuge of Margao's exiled deity — famous for Gulal, Goa's own Holi surge of pink powder and river dips.

Oct–Mar; Gulal (Mar)2–3 hrsExplore

18.3 km

💎 Hidden Gem🐅 Wildlife

4.2

Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary

Canacona, Goa

Towering slender-tree forest behind Palolem — treetop watchtowers over waterholes, giant squirrels and dawn birding on quiet jeep tracks.

Oct–Mar; dawnHalf dayExplore

20.5 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Nature

4.0

Salaulim Dam & Botanical Gardens

Sanguem, Goa

The duckbill-spillway reservoir that waters south Goa — terraced gardens, a drowned-temple story and heron flats along the shore road.

Oct–MarHalf dayExplore

20.7 km

💎 Hidden Gem🛕 Religious

4.2

Shri Mallikarjuna Temple, Canacona

Canacona, Goa

The 16th-century forest shrine of advat-country — carved wooden pillars, sixty deity 'associates' and the wild veerabhadra fire rituals.

Oct–Mar; Shigmo rituals1–2 hrsExplore

21.8 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Heritage

4.4

Palácio do Deão, Quepem

Quepem, Goa

A 1787 dean's palace restored with love on the Kushavati — Hindu-Portuguese garden philosophy and legendary book-ahead Goan lunches on the verandah.

Nov–Mar (reserve meals)Half dayExplore

22.4 km

💎 Hidden Gem🏖️ Beach

4.4

A tiny half-moon of gold hidden behind a forested headland north of Palolem, reachable only by boat or a jungle scramble — butterflies drift down from the hill, dolphins arc offshore, and at low tide you may have it entirely to yourself.

Nov–Feb2–4 hrsExplore

23.3 km

🏖️ Beach

4.6

Palolem Beach

Canacona, Goa

South Goa's perfect palm crescent — a mile of gentle surf between rocky headlands, coco-hut villages under the palms, kayaks nosing to Monkey Island and dolphin boats at dawn. Lively but never Baga-loud; the sweetest all-rounder on the coast.

Nov–Feb2–4 daysExplore

23.4 km

💎 Hidden Gem🏖️ Beach

4.5

Galgibaga & Talpona (Turtle Beaches)

Canacona, Goa

Goa's strictest turtle sanctuary sands — casuarina silence, ridley hatcheries and the famous Surya's crab thali between two river mouths.

Nov–MarFull dayExplore

24.1 km

🏖️ Beach

4.4

Patnem & Rajbag Beaches

Canacona, Goa

Palolem's calmer neighbour — yoga-retreat headlands, gentle surf schools and Rajbag's near-private sweep by the Talpona river mouth.

Nov–Mar2–3 daysExplore