Trip to Murud / Karde (near Harnai ) from Mumbai

kARTIK IYER · 3rd January 2008, 20:41

Hi ,

I just couple of days back made a trip to a virgin beach called Harnai near Dapoli and found the place to be amazing and quiet and great place to unwind .

I stayed at a place called murud / karde ( not the murud Janjira one ) where all hotels have musroomed which is close to Harnai . The place is not so developed as a tourist destination but the place is awesome . Clean beaches , less of crowd , clean water and great homecooked seafood in malvani style .

Murud / Karde has alot of resorts and small time family run places which is very close to the beach . Harnai is about 4-5 kms from here a drive in between the villages . Harnai is a fishermens adda with auctions happening for fishes on a daily basis but no resorts to stay. Our resort owner said that alot of tourist buy variety and then get it cooked at hotels , few take it home in ice boxes .

Things to do : Laze around at the beach at Murud , Harnai . Go for a early morning boat ride to watch dolphins ( we had luck and saw a few but not the jumping and dancing types , just a peek ) Drive down to Anjarle a secnic drive which takes you to a famous ganesh temple . The entire strech is very secnic .

The place( Harnai , Murud / Karde ) does not offer big tourist activities incase you are looking at a comercialised locale . Infact the place is quite silent and tranquil. I am told that weekends and holidays is packed with punekars .

Dapoli is full fledged minitown with ATm facilities .

Route : Mumbai - Goa road NH17 - Mahad - Khed Junction to daploi and then left to murud / karde or straight to harnai anjarale . It may take you around 4 hours .

Road is not so good beyond Dapoli , but manageable .

Hotels to stay . Murud and karde offer standard and good hotels and resorts , i stayed at a family run place called saniya resort which is a 5 room place run by a family and is simple , neat , cheap one with good service.

Enroute from mumbai you can have breakfast at Hotel vithal Kamat at Mahad , good place to stop and go .

Petrol Bunks : You have alot of Reliance and PSU petrol bunks enroute .

You can read about this place in the Outlook weekend traveller book , my bible till i get a better one . Any suggestions

Regards.. Kat

spadival · 4th January 2008, 09:53

Photos ..mate.. photos !! So far Outlook 52 weekend getaways from Mumbai has been spot on.

Meer · 16th October 2008, 15:48

Hi Kat,

Any contact details of a good place to stay there?

regards,
Meer

arpandiv · 25th February 2009, 13:19

+1 to the homestay mentioned here - Saniya Sea resort.
Went there over the extended weekend.
Here are two pictures

Trip to Murud / Karde (near Harnai ) from Mumbai-birds1.jpg

Trip to Murud / Karde (near Harnai ) from Mumbai-resort_trees2.jpg

Route : while going : Mumbai-Panvel- Mangaon-Mahad-Right turn off the NH17 state highway for 94 km to Dapoli. Awesome country roads with zero traffic.
While coming back: Dapoli - Mandangad - Goregaon-Mangaon - Panvel-Mumbai.
Dapoli-Goregaon strech is via statehighways, Mandangad-Goregaon strech road is not too good.

PrasadWad · 18th March 2009, 13:02

Do you have the contact number for the resort you stayed in??

ASHISHPALLOD · 18th March 2009, 16:10

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Originally Posted by PrasadWad

Do you have the contact number for the resort you stayed in??

at karde, there is hotel kinara.
its nice hotel, i had stayed there.
phone no--02358234633

PrasadWad · 24th March 2009, 14:34

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Originally Posted by ASHISHPALLOD

at karde, there is hotel kinara.
its nice hotel, i had stayed there.
phone no--02358234633

Thanks for the contacts Ashish, I've already booked lotus resorts (initially known as Kamat's beach resort) since I got quite a few good reviews about them as well.

For the benifit of all, here are the details for the resort:

Website: Lotus luxurious Resort Murud Harnai, Aronda Beach Resort, Baroda Lakeview Resort, Silvassa Resort, Family getaway, business travels holidays and honeymoon vacations packages Goa
Phone: (02358 ) 234708 / 234709 / 234582
fax: ( 02358 ) 234828

I will be driving down on the 27th long weekend, and will be taking the Tamhini-Lonere phata-Goregaon-Ambet-Dapoli-Harnai route...

more upon my return...

vikrantj · 10th August 2009, 09:14

I stayed in Lotus resorts. It is owned by Kamat's. And since I am a food freak we ate at a small place called Sai Savali. It is home restaurant. Amazing fish man and pretty cheap as compared to Mumbai/Pune.
But we went to Dapoli by a diffrent route before Mahad at station called Veer (on kokan railway) take a right and follow that road to Dapoli. It saves around 40kms as compared to Khed. But the road is a bit patchy at places but 95% of road is good and scenic.

ASHISHPALLOD · 10th August 2009, 09:18

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Originally Posted by vikrantj

we went to Dapoli by a diffrent route before Mahad at station called Veer (on kokan railway) take a right and follow that road to Dapoli. It saves around 40kms as compared to Khed. But the road is a bit patchy at places but 95% of road is good and scenic.

please, more info about this route.
does this route pass through Mandangad?

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@vikrantj-Yes it passes through Mandangad.

oh, then that saving in km does not materialize in time saving. road condition is patchy, narrow and not safe.

vikrantj · 10th August 2009, 09:24

Yes it passes through Mandangad. Thanks Ashish, I was just trying to remember the name of the place.

vikrantj · 10th August 2009, 11:05

Well I tend to disagree with Ashish. I had gone in Feb 2009 in my santro. We started off from Mumbai at about 7am from Borivali and reached Dapoli at about 11.30 -12pm. Which is pretty decent. We were 4 people in th car and I did not feel the road to be unsafe. Yes it is patchy in the places near villages but overall it is a good road.

While coming back I missed the turn to towards this road and ended up towards Khed and my cousin in his car went via Mandangad road. I ended up going Dapoli-Khed-Poladpur-Mahad-Mumbai. And we were off by around 1 1/2 hour from my cousin who went through Dapoli-Madangad-Veer-Mumbai.

ASHISHPALLOD · 10th August 2009, 11:18

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Originally Posted by vikrantj

Well I tend to disagree with Ashish. I had gone in Feb 2009 in my santro.

I went by this route in sept 2008.
May be the road tared after that, good to know it.
Is this route you taken?
veer-ambet-mhapral-mandangad-dapoli.
the route is quite lonely but scenic.

bhaani · 10th August 2009, 11:33

Been there May'09 and the road is quite good, bit lonely though but makes for quick time.
Good home food can be enjoyed opp Mandangad Bus stand.

3rd January 2008, 20:41	#1
kARTIK IYER BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NaviMumbai Posts: 160 Thanked: 14 Times	Trip to Murud / Karde (near Harnai ) from Mumbai Hi , I just couple of days back made a trip to a virgin beach called Harnai near Dapoli and found the place to be amazing and quiet and great place to unwind . I stayed at a place called murud / karde ( not the murud Janjira one ) where all hotels have musroomed which is close to Harnai . The place is not so developed as a tourist destination but the place is awesome . Clean beaches , less of crowd , clean water and great homecooked seafood in malvani style . Murud / Karde has alot of resorts and small time family run places which is very close to the beach . Harnai is about 4-5 kms from here a drive in between the villages . Harnai is a fishermens adda with auctions happening for fishes on a daily basis but no resorts to stay. Our resort owner said that alot of tourist buy variety and then get it cooked at hotels , few take it home in ice boxes . Things to do : Laze around at the beach at Murud , Harnai . Go for a early morning boat ride to watch dolphins ( we had luck and saw a few but not the jumping and dancing types , just a peek ) Drive down to Anjarle a secnic drive which takes you to a famous ganesh temple . The entire strech is very secnic . The place( Harnai , Murud / Karde ) does not offer big tourist activities incase you are looking at a comercialised locale . Infact the place is quite silent and tranquil. I am told that weekends and holidays is packed with punekars . Dapoli is full fledged minitown with ATm facilities . Route : Mumbai - Goa road NH17 - Mahad - Khed Junction to daploi and then left to murud / karde or straight to harnai anjarale . It may take you around 4 hours . Road is not so good beyond Dapoli , but manageable . Hotels to stay . Murud and karde offer standard and good hotels and resorts , i stayed at a family run place called saniya resort which is a 5 room place run by a family and is simple , neat , cheap one with good service. Enroute from mumbai you can have breakfast at Hotel vithal Kamat at Mahad , good place to stop and go . Petrol Bunks : You have alot of Reliance and PSU petrol bunks enroute . You can read about this place in the Outlook weekend traveller book , my bible till i get a better one . Any suggestions Regards.. Kat
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4th January 2008, 09:53	#2
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16th October 2008, 15:48	#3
Meer BHPian Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pune Posts: 264 Thanked: 189 Times View My Garage	Contacts at Karde Hi Kat, Any contact details of a good place to stay there? regards, Meer
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25th February 2009, 13:19	#4
arpandiv BHPian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mumbai Posts: 445 Thanked: 61 Times View My Garage	+1 to the homestay mentioned here - Saniya Sea resort. Went there over the extended weekend. Here are two pictures Route : while going : Mumbai-Panvel- Mangaon-Mahad-Right turn off the NH17 state highway for 94 km to Dapoli. Awesome country roads with zero traffic. While coming back: Dapoli - Mandangad - Goregaon-Mangaon - Panvel-Mumbai. Dapoli-Goregaon strech is via statehighways, Mandangad-Goregaon strech road is not too good.
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PrasadWad Newbie Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Pune Posts: 7 Thanked: 12 Times	Do you have the contact number for the resort you stayed in??
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10th August 2009, 09:14	#8
vikrantj BHPian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pune Posts: 628 Thanked: 568 Times	I stayed in Lotus resorts. It is owned by Kamat's. And since I am a food freak we ate at a small place called Sai Savali. It is home restaurant. Amazing fish man and pretty cheap as compared to Mumbai/Pune. But we went to Dapoli by a diffrent route before Mahad at station called Veer (on kokan railway) take a right and follow that road to Dapoli. It saves around 40kms as compared to Khed. But the road is a bit patchy at places but 95% of road is good and scenic. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by vikrantj : 10th August 2009 at 09:23.
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10th August 2009, 09:24	#10
vikrantj BHPian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pune Posts: 628 Thanked: 568 Times	Yes it passes through Mandangad. Thanks Ashish, I was just trying to remember the name of the place.
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10th August 2009, 11:05	#11
vikrantj BHPian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pune Posts: 628 Thanked: 568 Times	Well I tend to disagree with Ashish. I had gone in Feb 2009 in my santro. We started off from Mumbai at about 7am from Borivali and reached Dapoli at about 11.30 -12pm. Which is pretty decent. We were 4 people in th car and I did not feel the road to be unsafe. Yes it is patchy in the places near villages but overall it is a good road. While coming back I missed the turn to towards this road and ended up towards Khed and my cousin in his car went via Mandangad road. I ended up going Dapoli-Khed-Poladpur-Mahad-Mumbai. And we were off by around 1 1/2 hour from my cousin who went through Dapoli-Madangad-Veer-Mumbai.
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10th August 2009, 11:33	#13
bhaani BHPian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pune Posts: 29 Thanked: 0 Times	Been there May'09 and the road is quite good, bit lonely though but makes for quick time. Good home food can be enjoyed opp Mandangad Bus stand.
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