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You'll find numerous jet-ski and parasailing operators on Calangute and Baga beaches.
Parasailing costs around ?650 per ride, jet-skiing costs ?1000 per 15 minutes.
Barracuda Diving
( 2279409, mobile 9822182402;
www.barracudadiving.com
; Sun Village Resort, Baga; courses from ?4500)
This
long-standing diving school offers a range of dives and courses, from two-day Discover
Scuba (?4500) to four-day PADI open water (?20,000). It's also exceptional for its 'Pro-
ject A.W.A.R.E', which undertakes marine-conservation initiatives and annual underwater
and beach clean-ups.
DIVING
Yoga & Ayurveda
Ayurvedic Natural Health Centre
( 08322409275;
www.healthandayurveda.com
; Chogm Rd, Saligao; 7.30am-7.30pm)
This highly respec-
ted centre, 5km inland at Saligao, offers a range of massages and other ayurvedic treat-
ments lasting from one hour to three weeks. Herbal medicines and consultations with an
ayurvedic doctor are also available. Professional courses are given here in ayurveda, yoga
and other regimes; enquire well in advance. For the more spontaneous, drop-in yoga
classes (?300) are held daily.
AYURVEDA, YOGA
Boat Trips
Local fishers congregate around northern Baga beach, offering dolphin-spotting trips
(?500 per person), visits to Anjuna Market (?300 per person) and whole-day excursions to
Arambol and Mandrem (?1100 per person).
Tours
9am-5.30pm Mon-Sat Nov-Apr)
runs a variety of trips around Goa, including two weekly to
Dudhsagar Falls (?1330), overnight houseboat trips (?5300 per person) aboard a Keralan-
style rice barge, and a sailing trip through the mangroves of the Cumbarjua River (?1650).
GTDC tours can be booked online (
www.goa-tourism.com
)
or at
Calangute Residency
MAP
24hr)
, by the main entrance to the beach.
2276024;
