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.
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