Sailing Tour De Tiswadi, Goa
You will start from Dona Paula and sail up the Zuari river, past the Zuari Bridge, to Marcaim. There, you put down the sails and motor up the Cumbarjua River, which links the Mandovi and Zuari Rivers. This is a place with lots of mangrove forests, where crocodiles sun themselves on the mudflats during low tide. You emerge into the Mandovi river and stop at Old Goa, where you can see the churches of the medieval city of Goa. Then, you motor past Panaji. There, you hoist sail and sail around the Cabo Raj Bhawan back to Dona Paula.
You will have circumnavigated the province of Tiswadi, also known as ‘Ilhas’ or the ‘Island of Goa’, which the Portuguese conquered in 1510, 16 full years before the Mughal emperor Babur conquered Delhi.
You will have traveled in the Zuari and the Mandovi, Goa’s two biggest rivers. You will also go through the Cumbarjua River and the Arabian Sea. You will see birds and if you are lucky, crocodiles and dolphins. You will see the churches of Old Goa. It’s a full day well spent on the water.
