Gorai Beach
About Gorai Beach
Far From City: 21 kms from city center
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About Gorai Beach
Weather:
Time Required:2 - 3 hrs
Open Time:24 hrs
Cost:No Entry Fee
Activities at Gorai Beach
1. Spend some quality time with your loved ones by just strolling around in the perfect beach sands.2. Try out the water sports for the adventure enthusiast in you. Go for camel rides, boat rides, bullock cart rides and horse rides at the beach front.3. Taste the impeccable chana masala, barf golas, vada pao from the local vendors.4. If you like seafood, fresh caught and cooked pomfrets are a must try dish.5. If you have time at hand, check out the Essel Water World and Water Kingdom, both of which are just at a distance of 3 - 4 kms from here.
Festivals at Gorai Beach
Mumbai is popular for its Ganesh Visarjan and Holi festivals. Also called as the Festival of Colours, Holi is mostly celebrated in the beach areas. Gorai Beach hosts enormous holi celebrations. With crowds of people singing and dancing to the tunes of ?Rang Barse?, both the venue and the festival are a favourite among the Mumbaikars. Other than Holi, Ganesh Visarjan is an elaborate affair with the immersion of the idol of Lord Ganesha in the waters. The tenth day of Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated with a lot of zeal and fervour on the beach.
Best time to visit Gorai Beach
We agree that any time is good for beach time but if you are looking for a crazy night of drinking, loud music and similar shenanigans, we recommend you to visit Gorai Beach at any full moon night, when they organize crazy parties. You can either party and return back to your accommodation or you can simply rent any luxury or budget hotels right there near the beach.
How to Reach Gorai Beach
Located at a distance of around 40 kms from Mumbai, you can drive down to the beach through Uttan Road. Or you take a ferry from ?Gorai Ferry Point?, 3 kms from Borivali. Hire a local rickshaw or take a bus to reach the ferry point from Borivali station.
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Tips
1. Avoid visiting the beach during the day in the months of April, May, June, July and August. It might get really sultry and you might get bad sun burns.
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