Soul Travelling

Soul Travelling

Goa, India

  • Rural
  • City
  • Forest
  • Culture
  • Foodies
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Offbeat Goa trails run with villages, fishers and festival communities

Soul Travelling runs small group trails across Goa that skip the beach clubs entirely. The team works with island and hinterland communities, from Divar and Chorao out to the villages below the Western Ghats, building each day around whoever knows the place best: bakers, fishers, farmers, potters, feni distillers, and the caretakers of old churches and temples. Trails run daily in north and south Goa, alongside longer themed journeys and group departures.

Take your pick of heritage walks through Latin quarter lanes, home kitchen visits and Goan cooking sessions, monsoon jungle trails to Tambdi Surla and the hidden cascades at Dabal, birding on the mangrove backwaters, and cultural events such as Bonderam, the flag festival on Divar Island. Everything is bookable as a set trail or built from scratch, and corporate, family and school groups are all catered for. Guides are local, fees stay in the villages visited, and groups stay small enough for a household kitchen to host them.

Sustainability

Climate & conservation

  • Low impact travel, Small groups move by boat, ferry and on foot around the islands and villages.

Community & culture

  • Community led, Trails are designed and delivered with island and hinterland households.
  • Keeps money local, Fees go to the cooks, guides, fishers and farmers hosting each day.
  • Protects cultural heritage, Feni distilling, pottery, baking and festival traditions are central to the itineraries.

Commercial

  • Owner run, A small independent Goan operator rather than a resort desk agency.

In brief

Price bracket
£
Type of tour
Offbeat walking/village/culinary tours in Goa
Tour length
Typically 2-4 hours (some longer)
Activities
Cultural visit, Cookery, Hiking, Birdwatching, Photography
Setting
Rural · Urban

Best time to visit

  • Jan
  • Feb
  • Mar
  • Apr
  • May
  • Jun
  • Jul
  • Aug
  • Sep
  • Oct
  • Nov
  • Dec

October to March is dry, warm and best for village and heritage trails. June to September brings the monsoon, the season for waterfalls and jungle walks. Bonderam falls in August.

Kids

Family friendly, with short village and heritage walks and cooking sessions that suit children.

Accessibility

Varies by trail, with village walks mostly flat and easy while jungle trails cross rough ground.

Goa, India

£pp / night Visit website

Guide price · £ <£100 · ££ £100–300 · £££ £300–800 · ££££ £800+ pp / night