Bekal Travel Guide

Bekal, a peaceful and delightful spot lies at the southwestern tip of India, is situated on the shoreline of Pallikkara town in Kasaragod region. Located 16kms south of Kasaragod town on the National Highway, Bekal is popular for its biggest and best safeguarded posts in Kerala. This tranquil spot is celebrated as the place where there are divine beings, ocean-kissed strongholds, lofty slopes, streams and a charming beaches.
Bekal is a great place to explore the extensive beaches, various estuaries and backwaters and the unexplored virgin environs all qualify Bekal as a site with gigantic potential to wind up a global traveler destination.

Why visit Bekal?

• Bekal is an India’s first planned beach destination created without disturbing the eco-parity of the region. The shallow Bekal beach offers a fantastic perspective of the Bekal fort – the biggest and protected forts in Kerala and has a lot of facilities for diversion.
• Bekal Fort is the largest and best-preserved fort in Kerala. It provides a wide view of the surrounding landscape. The fort is embellished with elevated observation towers, gun emplacements, a water repository with a long flight of steps and a magazine for putting away ammo.
• You can see numerous holes on the outer walls of the fort that are particularly intended to defend the fort in an effective way. The holes are made at top of the fort space which was made to denote for targeting at the utmost points; and the holes are made below for pointing the position of the enemy when they came nearer and the holes positioned below where enabled attacking them the enemy was very near to the fort. The spectators can see the intelligent technology used at that point of time as this fort is a remarkable example of defense strategy.

Tips and Recommendations

• While visiting the Bekal Fort you can also have a good time over the back waters and enjoy the various water sports on the various rivers of Kerala.
• Do not forget to visit the Bekal Aqua Park where you can enjoy paddle boating here and also watch out for various hill stations of Kasargod.

How To Reach Bekal

By Air:  Nearest airport to Bakel is Mangalore domestic terminal, which is about 50 km from Bekal. Taxi charge for the travel from Mangalore to Bekal is about Rs 800. Nearest International airport is Karipur (Kozhikode), which is 180 km away from Bekal.

By Train: Nearest major railway stations are Kasaragod and Kanhangad, both are about 12 km away from Bekal. Taxi charge will be about Rs 250 from Railway station to Bekal.

Location Map Of Bekal

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