10 km from Mapusa, the old fort of Chapora is more easily
accessible from the Vagator side of the hill. At low tide, one can opt
to walk around the bottom of the headland, via the anchorage, and the
secluded inlets beyond it, to big Vagator, then head up the hill from
there. The village has managed to keep the tourism industry from
becoming its chief occupation and keep up the traditional profession of
fishing and boat building alongside the bustling travelers' cafes and
restaurants that line the main street and mainly owned by the
Westerners. Nestled away under a impenetrable canopy of shady trees on
the muddy shores on the south of a river estuary, there is little space
and white sands that attract tourists to Calangute and Colva.
