Mangalore - recommendations

If you have visited Mangalore, do you have any must do recommendations? I know there are temples, a chapel, a bazaar. Anything else?

If you have visited Mangalore, do you have any must do recommendations? I know there are temples, a chapel, a bazaar. Anything else?

We took a tour with Lijo jose www.goaprivatedaytours.com

How was this tour for you and were there any problems? Would you recommend?

How was this tour for you and were there any problems? Would you recommend?

The tour was excellent, with no problems. We did three tours in three different Indian ports with the same firm.

The tour was excellent, with no problems. We did three tours in three different Indian ports with the same firm.

We are going to Mumbai Cochin and mangalore. Were your ports the same?

We are going to Mumbai Cochin and mangalore. Were your ports the same?

We visited Mumbai, Goa, Cochin and Mangalore.

I organized tours in Mumbai with Mumbai Magic. Wonderful tour.

For the other three, I used Lijo jose.

We are visiting India in April, would love more information about tours and advice on how to book etc. This is all very new to us. We are really nervous but don't want to miss out. We are going on best of Asia and Sri Lanka. 🤗

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We booked tours with http://www.mumbaimagic.com. They have tours in all the Indian ports and were excellent. Communication is also good

Have you joined your roll call? That's where we found others to join the tour

Is there anything of intrest to see in Mangalore,not interested in tour companies.

Just interesting sites.

We hired a tuk tuk from the port . He took us downtown and accompanied us to a church, then round the fruit/veg market and a small general market. We did pass the temple where coaches from the ship were stopping, but we were templed-out from a previous visit to India so didn't want to visit. It was the least interesting of all the stops in India although we did enjoy the chance to just wander at will

We visited Mumbai, Goa, New Mangalore and Cochin in January of this year. We booked private tours with Mumbai Magic for the first port and with Lijo - Muzaris Tours for the last 3 ports.

All the tours were great although Magic tours were probably the best and do I believe offer tours in all the ports.

We had some delays getting off the ship in Mumbai and Cochin due to Indian immigration requiring face to face interviews with all passengers. Both tour companies were very flexible and our last tour was amended to accomodate the delayed starting time.

On each day we were returned to ship with plenty of time to spare.

Mumbai Magic took their payment at the beginning of the tour. Lijo collected the money for his 3 tours at the end of day 3.

Information about itineries are on their websites.

http://www.mumbaimagic.com/

http://www.muzirisheritagetourism.com/

Is there anything of intrest to see in Mangalore,not interested in tour companies.

Just interesting sites.

4 of us hired a car and driver at the port. He took us to the nearby cashew nut factory. Amazing experience.

The cachew nut factory sounds interesting. Can you remember how far it was from the port and how much you paid for the car? Were there set tines for visiting the factory or can you just turn up? TIA

The cachew nut factory sounds interesting. Can you remember how far it was from the port and how much you paid for the car? Were there set tines for visiting the factory or can you just turn up? TIA

We walked to outside the port gate and negotiated with various drivers. Maybe $60 for a car and driver for the day? The Achal Industries Cashew factory was close by, a 5 minute drive. They gave tours. Other people were visiting. It's 4 years go but I believe we got the idea from a ship tour. We then went to a really good temple, the outside of St Aloysius Jesuit high school where we talked with pupils on lunch break then had lunch in "the best hotel in Mangalore". It was all really interesting and nowhere was crowded.

Thank you. That's what we'll do if we book the cruise