Kerala travel
Bekal Fort Beach
Location: About a kilometre from Bekal Fort, about 16 km south of Kasaragod
on the national highway, Kasaragod district, north Kerala.
Kasaragod,
the northernmost district of Kerala is renowned as the land of gods, forts,
rivers, hills and beautiful beaches. The imposing circular fort at Bekal is
one of the largest and best preserved forts in Kerala.
The beautiful expanse of the shallow beach near the Bekal fort known as Bekal
Fort Beach has been developed as an exotic beach location by the Bekal Resorts
Development Corporation (BRDC).
Beautification: Beautification of the site includes installation of two sculptures
of Theyyam created using laterite at the beach and a shed with walls adorning
murals created by artisans from Nilambur.
Apart from these a rock garden at the parking area has been developed where
laterite boulders of various size has been utilised. Under the social forestry
scheme planting trees has been done in the beach area.
Parking facilities: BRDC has developed about 7000 sq. m land for parking different
types of vehicles.
Walk way: A beautiful walk way for the visiting tourists to explore the beauty
of the fine coastal line and enjoy the panoramic view of the Bekal Fort.
Illuminating the beach: The beach has been illuminated during the evening hours
so that tourists can more spend time at the beach even after the sun set.
Resting
facilities: Multi shed and Eru madam would provide the tourist enough facility
to take rest and enjoy the sea breeze. By using locally available materials
seating arrangements has been provided for the tourists at the beach.
Toilets: Toilets have been provided for the use of tourists and eco-friendly
bamboo waste bins has been provided in the entire beach site for keeping the
site clean.
Childrens park: A park has been developed here for children below 14 years.
In order to maintain the developed site a nominal charge of rupee one from each
visitor would be collected as entry fees and a similar nominal vehicle parking
fees would be collected.
BRDC also aims to develop in future another 11 acres of land at the beach for
constructing water park, theme park etc.
BRDC was set up by the Government of Kerala to develop Bekal as a planned eco-friendly
destination. BRDC has utilised 19 acres of land for the development of the Bekal
Fort Beach at a cost of approximately Rs. 25 million including land acquisition
charges.
Getting there:
Nearest railway station: Kasaragod, on the Kozhikode-Mangalore-Mumbai
route.
Nearest airport: Mangalore about 50 km from Kasaragod town; Karipur International
Airport, Kozhikode, about 200 km from Kasaragod town.
