The coast where Maharashtra keeps its best beaches, its Alphonso mangoes and its ancestral homes. Konkan is a place you simply cannot do properly without your own car.
The coast where Maharashtra keeps its best beaches, its Alphonso mangoes and its ancestral homes. Konkan is a place you simply cannot do properly without your own car.
Konkan is not one destination — it is a stretch of coast with beaches, temples and villages strung along it, connected by narrow roads that buses barely serve. Ganpatipule, Ratnagiri, Guhagar and Jaigad are hours apart by public transport and minutes apart by car.
This is also the classic gaavi trip: families going back to an ancestral village for a wedding, a ceremony or the mango season. A round-trip car takes the whole family and the luggage in one go.
~330 km to Ratnagiri, about 7–8 hours — NH-66 via Chiplun, or the Tamhini–Mangaon route. Here is how the journey breaks up.
Two ways down — the Tamhini Ghat route is greener and shorter; the Khed–Chiplun highway route is faster and easier in the rain.
The descent from the Sahyadris to the coastal plain. Breakfast stops are easy around Mangaon or Chiplun.
NH-66 runs parallel to the coast with occasional sea views.
Ganpatipule, Guhagar and Jaigad are all short hops from Ratnagiri — but only if you have a car.
With the car staying with you, these fit into one trip instead of several.
The Swayambhu Ganpati temple right on the beach — the single most visited spot in Konkan.
Thibaw Palace, Ratnadurg Fort and the Lokmanya Tilak birthplace.
A long, clean and unusually quiet beach.
A sea fort at the mouth of the Shastri river.
The scenic coastal stretch between Ratnagiri and Ganpatipule.
Devgad and Ratnagiri Alphonso country, best in April and May.
October to March is the most comfortable. April and May are hot but this is Alphonso season, which is reason enough for many families. The monsoon makes the Ghats spectacular but the coastal roads slow.
Choosing a carKonkan roads are narrow and winding, so a compact car is genuinely easier — the Altroz or Dzire. Larger families should still take the Ertiga; the driver simply takes the wider approach roads.
The route, the number of days, the car you pick and how much local running you do at the other end. We agree one clear figure before the trip — no meter, no hidden charges at drop-off.
Get your fareTell us your dates and how many are travelling — we'll confirm the car, the driver and a clear fare.
It depends on where you are going. Ratnagiri is about 330 km and takes 7 to 8 hours; Ganpatipule is a little further. Chiplun and Guhagar are closer.
Either the Tamhini Ghat route, which is shorter and greener, or the Khed–Chiplun highway route, which is faster and safer in heavy rain. We pick based on the season and your destination.
Yes, and that is the main reason to take a private car. Ganpatipule, Guhagar, Aare–Ware and Jaigad are all short drives apart once you are on the coast.
Yes. Konkan village roads are narrow, so an Altroz or Dzire is often the easier choice. Larger groups can still travel by Ertiga.
April and May. Many families make this trip specifically for the mango season, so book the car well in advance.
Yes. Tell us the village name when booking and we plan the route and the local running around it.
Pune sits in the middle of Maharashtra, so the coast, the hills and the pilgrimage towns are all an easy round trip away.
