If my understanding is correct, Manori is a small island close to Mumbai. It is very close to the suburb Malad west. For those who do not know most of Mumbai is divided in two parts- East and West and getting from one to the other is quite difficult so if someone does try to visit Manori based on this post, please remember that I wrote 'Malad West'
I offered it to visiting kids of my sister in law. They chose 'Manori' over a trip to 'Gateway of India' . We did the car to Marve, jetty, bus to the village, through Manori village, beach and back in about six hours. The kids loved it.
There are two ways of getting there as far as I know. One is to take the land route. Please do your own research on this. Apparently you really have to take a long way and go to Bhayandar etc to reach there directly by road. The other way is to reach Marve jetty and take a ferry from there. Marve is close to Malad station, if you are on a shoestring budget you can take a bus from the Malad or Kandiwili West stations to Marve, you could also take auto rickshaws from the two stations or else you could travel by car or in a cab/auto rickshaw on the new link road reach a place called Mid chowky, take a left, cross the Malvani fire brigade station which falls on your right and then go straight. After some distance is traversed there is a right turn you need to take to reach Marve , if you keep going straight you will reach Aksa beach. Best is to ask local shop keepers for the way.
From Marve beach you take a ferry which takes 10 Indian rupees as the fee and takes you to Manori in about 10 minutes or less. The ferry is fairly safe and so are the people. Once you get down at Manori there is a bus, auto rickshaw or a horse driven cart that you can take to the Manori village and from there it is about a five minute walk through this 'fishing community' village to the beach.
The sights it offers are wonderful.
There is not much here to do except for just sit and gape at the visuals nature offers you.
When the clouds split, Sun seemed to be in an orange bloom
Yes, like anywhere else human beings have messed up with this small yet more or less virgin beach. I think the weekend crowd that comes here really dirties the beach. There are no waste baskets to throw any waste in but even so, sure that the place could be kept cleaner.
There are some resorts here where you could stay the night. It is quite calm and peaceful.
Just one disclaimer, unlike JUHU beach there is nothing much to buy to eat at least on weekdays. So if you do intend to do a day trip on a week day to Manori, please make sure you are carrying your own food.
From Marve beach you take a ferry which takes 10 Indian rupees as the fee and takes you to Manori in about 10 minutes or less. The ferry is fairly safe and so are the people. Once you get down at Manori there is a bus, auto rickshaw or a horse driven cart that you can take to the Manori village and from there it is about a five minute walk through this 'fishing community' village to the beach.
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| At Manori Island |
The sights it offers are wonderful.
There is not much here to do except for just sit and gape at the visuals nature offers you.
When the clouds split, Sun seemed to be in an orange bloom
Yes, like anywhere else human beings have messed up with this small yet more or less virgin beach. I think the weekend crowd that comes here really dirties the beach. There are no waste baskets to throw any waste in but even so, sure that the place could be kept cleaner.
There are some resorts here where you could stay the night. It is quite calm and peaceful.
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| I am told there is a resort called Manori bel which is located in a coconut plantation. It looked quite enticing.You can step on to the beach from the resort through a gate. |
Just one disclaimer, unlike JUHU beach there is nothing much to buy to eat at least on weekdays. So if you do intend to do a day trip on a week day to Manori, please make sure you are carrying your own food.
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