Heritage · Rivonashared or private
The Goan Hinterland: Caves & Carvings
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Most people leave Goa having never seen its oldest things. In Rivona village, Buddhist monks carved meditation chambers into laterite rock centuries ago. Along the Kushavati River, prehistoric rock engravings have been sitting there since the Neolithic period, unguarded and largely unvisited. This trail takes you to both, with a home-cooked breakfast at a forest farm and a walk through a spice plantation that has been working the same land for generations.
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The history of this place
Most people leave Goa having never seen its oldest things. In Rivona village, Buddhist monks carved meditation chambers into laterite rock centuries ago. Along the Kushavati River, prehistoric rock engravings have been sitting there since the Neolithic period, unguarded and largely unvisited. This trail takes you to both, with a home-cooked breakfast at a forest farm and a walk through a spice plantation that has been working the same land for generations.
How it unfolds
01Buddhist cave chambers carved into laterite rock at Rivona
02Usgalimal Petroglyphs: prehistoric Neolithic rock engravings
03Traditional Goan breakfast at a forest farm (kulagar)
04Walk through a multi-generational spice plantation
05Zambaulim Temple visit
06Optional dip in a freshwater stream
The place, in pictures
Included
Expert local guideWelcome drinkTraditional Goan breakfast at the forest farmGuided cave explorationSpice plantation walk
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Meeting point
Zambaulim Temple, Quepem, South Goa
Please arrive 10 minutes early.
