The villege
Tondavli in Malvan tehsil is situated between Kalaval creek at east and Arabian
seas at west. Tondavli is 22 Kms. from Malvan and 45 Kms. from Kankavli.
Lower Tondavli is Talashil wadi. Tondavali has clean virgin beach and from
Talashil you can walk along the sea to Achara which is 9 Kms. away. This is a
unique experience. Being near the Kalaval creek Tondavli has many water-sports
options such as Sailing in the creek, riding water-scooter, Banana-ride etc.
Here you can do 'Dolphin-sighting' without going in far into sea.
You can visit
twin islands Khot-Juva(area 4 acres) and Paan-khot Juva (area 10 acres) by
manual boat in Kalaval creek. There is also a Sangam point (Confluence point)
where Kalaval creek joins Arabian Sea. Tondavali sea-shore has lush green
Cyprus orchard and taking a siesta here is soothing experience. You can have a
direct view of 'Kavada rock' in the deep sea from here.
Tondavli has two
main temples worth visiting. Shri Vagheshwar, a village-deity and Shri Datta
Mandir.Talashil has Shri Gopal-krishna Temple with beautiful carvings. Keen and
enthusiastic anglers can have the ultimate joy of fishing from Kalaval Bridge
and patiently wait for the catch.
The main
occupation of Tondavli villagers is fishing and one can test variety of local
fish (Bangada, surmai, Paplet, Kolambi, Tarli) here. Beyond The Kalaval bridge
in Revadi village [Famous as late Macchindra Kambli (great name In Marathi
theatre's) village] Bhadrakali temple is worth visiting and you can visit this
temple by boat from Talashil. At the south of
Tondavli Sarjekot port is being developed while at the North World-class
'sea-world' project is proposed to take shape in near future.
Getting There:
By Air: Dabolim,
Goa
By Rail: Kankavli
On Konkan Railway
By Road: Malvan 20
KM
Near by
places:
Rameshwar
temple
Jayganesh
Temple
Sindhudurg
Fort
Tarkarli beach