Mumbai to Goa

Mumbai to Goa, by the coast or by the air.

Goa is about 590 kilometres from Mumbai — ten to twelve hours by road, longer in the monsoon and at Christmas. The house does not drive it in one tired push: it is two days, with a night on the way, or a flight and a car waiting at the other end.

I

By the coast

The Mumbai–Goa highway down the Konkan, a night at Ratnagiri or Ganpatipule by the sea, and Goa the next afternoon. Slower, and the more beautiful road.

II

By Kolhapur

The Expressway and the highway south, a night at Kolhapur, and down the Amboli ghat in the morning. The faster road, and the one the house prefers in the rains.

III

Or fly

A car to the terminal in Mumbai, and one waiting at Mopa or Dabolim when you land — whichever your flight uses. The same standard at both ends, one figure for both.

Which car

For the road, the Hycross or the Innova Crysta for four with luggage, the Carnival for a family, the Fortuner for the ghats in the monsoon; for a wedding in Goa, a Marque car waiting at the airport.

How the house drives a long road

Ten hours, then restA sarathi's day at the wheel ends after about ten hours of driving. A longer road is two days, with a night on the way that the house arranges — or a second driver, written into the figure.
Not between midnight and fiveThe open highway is not driven in the small hours. The house plans the day so the miles fall in daylight and the evening.
Every state, licensedThe car carries a tourist permit for every state it enters, with its papers in the glovebox. Any state's charge at the border is inside the written figure.
One figure, written firstThe car, your sarathi, fuel, every toll, parking, the sarathi's stay and GST — written before you travel. Nothing is added on the road.

Or fly, and be met

When the road is longer than the day deserves, the house takes you to the terminal in Mumbai and has a car waiting at Mopa or Dabolim when you land — a licensed partner the house has vetted, held to its standard, with the chauffeur's name and the car's number sent to you the evening before. The house answers for it as it answers for its own, and the car home from the Mumbai airport is waiting when you return. Ask for it when you reserve; it is written as one figure.

Reserve the journeyChoose Beyond the city. The figure is written first.

Questions guests ask

How long is the drive from Mumbai to Goa?
About ten to twelve hours for some 590 km. The house makes it two days, with a night at Kolhapur or on the Konkan coast.
Can I fly and have a car waiting in Goa?
Yes — a licensed partner the house has vetted, waiting at Mopa or Dabolim, with the chauffeur's name sent the evening before.
Which road is better in the monsoon?
Usually the road by Kolhapur and the Amboli ghat; the coastal highway floods in places. The house decides on the day and tells you why.

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