Butterfly Beach
Reached by boat or a cliff path, and worth both.
- Where
- Palolem, Goa, India
- Grade
- Hard to reach
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 15 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 15.0195, 74.0016
Get the Butterfly Beach stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Butterfly Beach. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Goa volume with your photos and a note.
Near Butterfly Beach
Palolem Beach 2.3 km
A crescent of sand held between two headlands in south Goa, quiet by Goan standards and lit at night by the boats.
Agonda Beach 3.0 km
Three kilometres of sand with almost nothing on it.
Galgibaga Beach 8.3 km
One of the quietest and cleanest beaches in Goa, seven kilometres along from Palolem.
Cabo de Rama 12 km
A ruined fort at the end of a long empty road.
Netravali Bubble Lake 24 km
Clap, and the water answers.
Karwar 27 km
Where the Kali river meets the sea below the Western Ghats, and Tagore wrote his first play.
Salaulim Dam 29 km
A dam of earth and masonry on the Guleli in Goa, built for irrigation and for drinking water.
Kali Tiger Reserve 41 km
Evergreen forest along the Kali river, where the road to Goa runs through the tigers' ground.
More offbeat places in Goa
Questions
Where is Butterfly Beach?
Butterfly Beach is in Palolem, Goa. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Palolem Beach (2.3 km), Agonda Beach (3.0 km), Galgibaga Beach (8.3 km).
How do I get the Butterfly Beach stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Butterfly Beach and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Goa volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Butterfly Beach before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Goa volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.