| Baga and Arpora area - I |
| Baga/Arpora I - Baga/Arpora II - Siolim - Morjim - Carambolim - Maem - Bondla/Backwoods - Zuari River |
I spent two weeks in Goa in the second half of November 2007, along with fellow photographer and skilled
birder Kit Day (www.kitday-uk.com). We stayed at the Riverside Regency Hotel on the Baga River, close to
Baga Beach. The hotel is basic but comfortable, small and friendly with extremely helpful staff. The food here
and elsewhere in Baga/Arpora is excellent and very cheap. Two other hotels that are popular with birders are the
Marinha Dourada and the Beira Mar in Arpora.
The terrace and balconies of the Beira Mar overlook the Baga fields and marshes, which hold some prize birds
such as Greater Painted-snipe, Slaty-breasted Rail and Cinnamon Bittern to name but three. Apart from this
obvious advantage, any other reasonable-looking hotel in the Baga/Arpora area should be fine. There are cheap
taxis everywhere, so getting around is never a problem. The Riverside Regency Hotel is ideally placed to walk to
the Baga fields and woods within minutes. We would certainly stay there again. The popular breakfast stop and
watering hole known as the Lila Cafe is just a few hundred metres down the road.
birder Kit Day (www.kitday-uk.com). We stayed at the Riverside Regency Hotel on the Baga River, close to
Baga Beach. The hotel is basic but comfortable, small and friendly with extremely helpful staff. The food here
and elsewhere in Baga/Arpora is excellent and very cheap. Two other hotels that are popular with birders are the
Marinha Dourada and the Beira Mar in Arpora.
The terrace and balconies of the Beira Mar overlook the Baga fields and marshes, which hold some prize birds
such as Greater Painted-snipe, Slaty-breasted Rail and Cinnamon Bittern to name but three. Apart from this
obvious advantage, any other reasonable-looking hotel in the Baga/Arpora area should be fine. There are cheap
taxis everywhere, so getting around is never a problem. The Riverside Regency Hotel is ideally placed to walk to
the Baga fields and woods within minutes. We would certainly stay there again. The popular breakfast stop and
watering hole known as the Lila Cafe is just a few hundred metres down the road.
| Riverside Regency Hotel |
| Indian House Crow Corvus splendens and Jungle Mynah Acridotheres fuscus |
| White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster |
| Black Kite Milvus migrans |
| Black Kite Milvus migrans |
| Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus |
| Green Bee Eater Merops orientalis |
| Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis |
| Indian Spotted Eagle Aquila hastata |
| Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus |
| White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa |
