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Activities
Yoga
Palolem and Patnem are the places to be if you're keen to yoga, belly dance, reiki, t'ai chi
or tarot the days away. There are courses and classes on offer all over town, with locations
and teachers changing seasonally. Bhakti Kutir offers daily drop-in yoga classes, as well
as longer residential courses, but it's just a single yogic drop in the area's ever-changing
alternative-therapy ocean. You'll find info on daily yoga classes (?200) and cooking
classes (?1000) at Butterfly Book Shop (
Click here
)
.
Beach Activities
Kayaks
are available for rent on both Patnem and Palolem beaches; an hour's paddling will
cost ?100 to ?150, including life jacket. Fishermen and other boat operators hanging
around the beach offer dolphin-spotting trips or rides to beautiful
Butterfly Beach
, north of
Palolem, for ?1000 for two people, including one hour's waiting time. There are so many
outrigger boats around that you should be able to bargain them down.
Trekking
Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary
( 2965601; admission/camera ?5/25; 7am-5.30pm)
About 9km south of Palolem is this beauti-
ful, remote-feeling sanctuary. Don't expect to bump into its more exotic residents (includ-
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