Day trip to Global Vipassana Vailankani church and hidden beaches of Mumbai

Day trip to Global Vipassana Vailankani church and hidden beaches of Mumbai

This tour covers the countryside of the outskirts of Mumbai, the drive-through the salt pans, forests, old villages is mesmerizing. You get to explore fishermen village in this tour which is inhabited by the Kohlis the originals locals of Mumbai.

The Global Vipassana Pagoda is a beautiful Buddhist meditation centre near the island of Gorai. It is a dome hall and has a capacity to seat around 8,000 meditators at once. The Pagoda serves as a monument of peace and harmony.
The next stop on the tour is the Vailankani church, The beautiful church right on the beach is delight, click some amazing instagram worthy pictures at this place.
Just beside the church is the Hidden beach of Vailankani also known as Virgin beach, is a beautiful and clean beach unlike any other beach of Mumbai. The beach has two sides, one the clean beach and other side the rocks, where one can sit for hours and enjoy the tranquility of the beautiful sea.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Global Vipassana Pagoda, Near Essel World Next to Esselworld, Gorai Village, Mumbai 400091 India

Largest meditation center in the world where around 8000 people can meditate at a time. Its traditional Burmese design is an expression of gratitude towards the country of Myanmar for preserving the practice of Vipassana. The shape of the pagoda is a copy of the Shwedagon Pagoda (Golden Pagoda) in Yangon, Myanmar. It was built combining ancient Indian and modern technology to enable it to last for a thousand years.


Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Vailankanni Church, Mira Bhayandar 401107 India

Vailankanni church is one of the most important church for the locals of Uttan, a small village located in the outskirts of Mumbai. The village is old fishermen village resembling any coastal village of Goa

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Velankanni Beach, Mira Bhayandar, Maharashtra 401106, India

Also known as virgin beach as its been discovered recently, the beach is clean and hardly has visitors, unlike any other beach of Mumbai. The beach is visited mostly by the locals and gives a decent opportunity to capture the sea.

Duration: 30 minutes