Santa Monica Cruise, Sunset Cruise, Mandovi River, Goa, India: Santa Monica Cruise or Sunset Cruise On Mandovi River is a major tourist attraction of North Goa. The Sunset Cruise is arranged by Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC). This is an hour long cruise on the Santa Monica which takes guests out on a leisurely sail down the River Mandovi from the Santa Monica jetty in Panaji. The Santa Monica Cruise or Sunset Cruise sails past the Secretariat of the Goa Government (formerly known as the Adil Shah Palace). While you sail down the river local boys and girls treat you to some Goa's best known folk dances, the dekhni and the fugdi. They sing mandos and finally give over centre stage to live musicians or a DJ and the guest can then sing and dance and generally make merry. This cruise is a huge success with people of all ages, men, women and children. The Santa Monica then takes you past the Panjim riverfront past the jetty and old colonial buildings on past the Promenade with its lovely tree lined avenues past Miramar where you sit and watch one of Goa's spectacular sunsets. You can see the spread of the Mormugao Port and the mass of the Aguada Fort and as the shadows lengthen you find yourself transported back in history to the time when all visitors who landed on these shores loved Goa so much they wanted to possess her. This video was recorded during a cruise on the Santa Monica cruise in the month of September, 2014. The departure time was 6.00 PM and duration of the tour was 1 hour. The rate was Rupees. 200/- (Rupees Two Hundred only) per head.

• published: 20 Oct 2014
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