Tarkarli is a village in Malvan taluka in Sindhudurg district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is a beach destination and remote place in southern Maharashtra. Few years ago, Tarkarli beach is declared as a Queen Beach of Konkan region. Monthly, Thousands of tourists are visiting this place to rejuvenate and enjoy thrill of water sports activities. All Watersports activities in Tarkarli are going on as per international safety of standards and under guidance of professional instructor with modern safety equipment. Many scuba diving operators running this activities near Tsunami island, Devbagh because of shallow water and low life risk. The local people in Tarkarli renovate their homes and converted in to bed and breakfast scheme. Some of these are recognized by government agency known as MTDC.. MTDC has own resort in Tarkarli which is located exactly at beach. MTDC has also scuba diving training center. in Tarkarli where various scuba diving courses are conducted. To stay in Tarkarli various options are available. One can refer a website malvancity.com on which visitors can find out contact numbers of hotel owners and more details of home stays, hotels and resorts in tarkarli .
Geography
Tarkarli is south of Malvan and from Mumbai and 410 km from Pune on the west coast of India, at the confluence of the Karli River and the Arabian Sea.
Education
Tarkarli has the following educational establishments:
The nearest airport is Dabolim Airport in Goa. By rail, Tarkarli can be accessed from Sindhudurg and also from Kudal and Kankavli by the Konkan Railway. Tarkarli is easily accessible by road from Malvan by bus and rickshaw. Tarkarli is 475 km and 576 km away from Mumbai. Daily private, luxury and State Transport bus service available from various parts of Goa, Mumbai, Pune to Malvan. Buses from/to Panaji: direct buses run from bus bay #2 at the KTC bus stand in Panaji to Malvan, take 4.5 hours and cost 125 rupees. However, Malvan lies off the national highway so direct buses are infrequent. The faster option is to break the journey in parts - Panaji to Sawantwadi, Sawantwadi to Kudal, and Kudal to Malvan - the total time is thus reduced to 3 hour 15 minutes.
