Mandarmani , a virgin beach near
Digha and Shankarpur. It is almost
180km from Kolkata Airport on the
Kolkata-Digha route and just 14km
from Chaulkhola . If you come by
bus get down at Chawalkhola and
you can hire private vehicles from
here to take you to your destination.
Even the resorts / hotels have car
pick-up facilities from Contai/Chawalkhola.
Contact them earlier to avail the
same. Take a left turn from Chawalkhola
and follow the village road till
it ends. It is around 8km. This
village road ends into a green beautiful
sea side village called 'Dadon-Patro-Bar'.
Here there are number of hotels
/ resorts newly created and some
coming up, providing tourist a warm
and fascinating stay within lush
green landscape overlooking the
sea-shore. This is the first group
of resorts of Mandarmani. You can
plan staying still further to experience
an exciting drive ahead. As this
road concludes, you can drive down
from the road onto the wet beach
and drive forward for 6km or so
along this lonely stretch to reach
another group of resorts of Mandarmani.
If you choose the second option,
donot drive after 9 pm on the beach
since it would be pitch dark, and
there is no one in the vicinity
till you reach your resort. So you
should start well in time. Enthusiasts
please note that Mandarmani boasts
of her truly virgin, 14km long motorable
beach, longest in India. Total drive
time from Kolkata to Mandarmani
would be 3.5 hours. Also take prior
information of high tides (only
in the rainy season), because during
high tides water may reach upto
the motorable stretch of the beach.
