Goa Monsoon Trip: Kesarval Waterfall

On Sunday, me and my wife decided to go to a waterfall. Our original destination was a waterfall near my home. Unfortunately, we couldn’t reach there and we ended up getting chased by 3 dogs! We changed our destination to this wonderful Kesarval falls.

A lot of waterfalls form during rains in Goa. We both took my father’s motorbike and went to the waterfall which is just 3 kms from my house. Upon reaching there we found a board prohibiting anyone from going to the falls 😥.

We clicked a few photos and then decided to go down to the lake which is formed from the waterfall. Google map wasn’t showing any route to reach the lake. So, we started on an adventure trip and started exploring.

We reached someone’s private property. It was a plantation farm and we walked into it. The path was very narrow and we made our way down the plantation.

3 healthy dogs suddenly appeared and started barking at us. I was terrified, convinced the dogs would catch us. Shivering with fear, I froze in place, unable to run. Luckily, our savior appeared as a lady. She shooed the dogs away.

We asked her about the route to the lake. She told us that it is a long trek. The dogs had already instilled enough fear not to continue my adventure. I was speaking to her only to calm my nerves.

We slowly left the place and the dogs kept their eyes trained on us all through the way.

We were determined to take bath in a waterfall. After being chased away by the dogs we found the Kesarval Waterfall in the map.

After traveling 40 mins we reached the waterfall. Some people returning from the fall informed that the waterfall is accessible.

The waterfall was not very crowded. Water was at the perfect temperature to take bath as well. We dipped our feet in and were immediately surrounded by lots of fish. It was a free fish spa!

Without wasting any more time we jumped into the fall. The water falling on the head gave a nice head massage. It was initially a bit painful but later I enjoyed it.

Overall, the waterfall was fun. We spent over an hour there before returning home. We took a ferry on the way home.