The village of Betalbatim has 2 main beach accesses: Thonwaddo, on the south, and Ranwaddo on the north. They are only 300 m away from each other.
They are spots of this wonderful 26 km (about 16 miles) beach of South Goa. Thonwaddo or Ranwaddo, Betalbatim beach is peaceful, not many beach shacks here, and people coming to Thonwaddo beach are either people living here or customers of the resorts around.
Let’s see how Thonwaddo beach looks like.
A view of Betalbatim Thonwaddo beach access
Below is a map showing the location of Betalbatim Thonwaddo beach.
The north side of the beach, and its lifeguard tower. Notice how the beach is narrow on this part.
The beach tends to be narrow in Betalbatim, especially on the Ranwaddo access, and I’ll show you pictures of what the government is attempting to do to protect the beach. What happens here in Betalbatim is that the land level is higher than the sea level, and during monsoon, when the sea becomes rough, it destroys the sea shore, digs the sand and damages the trees.
And a view of the south side of the beach. The shore is broader on this side, and it is really peaceful!
The back side of the beach, borded with nice trees. One specificity of Betalbatim beach is that you mainly see pine trees.
And more inside, a view of the pond.
HOW TO GET TO BETALBATIM THONWADDO BEACH?
The sign on the main road, indicating the beach way
Quite simple. There’s a road running in parallel along this 26 km (16 miles) beach.
If you come from the south side, that is Colva, the turn to the beach is about 2,5 km after the Colva roundabout. You have to look on your left for the boards on the picture above.
Coming from the north side, just after the village of Betalbatim, there’s a Y junction, as you can see on the photo below. Take the road on the right and follow the Nano Resort board direction. Nanu Resort is located just before the beach access. This is the sign to follow to reach the beach.
Main road on the left, and on the right the road leading to the beach
Nanu resort on the way to the beach.
View over the small bridge to cross on the beach way
Only one stall before the beach selling some fruits and some clothes and tourist stuff. It’s really a peaceful place here!
The other side of the pond behind the beach
Now, let’s go and see how looks like the other beach access of Betalbatim: Ranwaddo.
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