Beach Tour Packages

Not every great beach holiday needs a passport, and not every one that does is worth the airfare. That’s the tension behind most beach trips: you’re choosing between the coastline you can reach by lunchtime and the one you’ve been saving screenshots of for two years. You don’t have to pick a side. Some of the world’s best sand is in India, and some of the rest is a short flight away.

This guide gives you five Indian beaches and five international ones, each in a different corner of the map, so you’re comparing different trips instead of five versions of the same one. EaseMyTrip’s beach tour packages built around these ten stops let you match the sea to your mood (loud or empty, cheap or indulgent) rather than booking whichever beach town tops a search page.

5 Beach Destinations in India Worth Building a Trip Around

India’s coastline doesn’t repeat itself from state to state, and the five stops below each earn their place on this list for a genuinely different reason:

Goa

Goa still wins the “something for everyone” vote because it packs two moods into one small state. North Goa is the loud half. Baga and Calangute have the densest run of water sports operators on this coast, and jet skis, parasailing and banana boat rides queue up one after another between October and April. 

Parasailing usually costs ₹800 to ₹1,200, and a full scuba session starts around ₹2,500. South Goa turns the volume down. Colva and Palolem have wider, quieter sand, and Palolem is the pick if you’d rather kayak at sunset than listen to jet ski engines. 

Christmas week is the one to plan around, because the rates can nearly double in the last days of December, so lock in Hotels in Goa well ahead. A four-night stay runs roughly ₹18,000 to ₹30,000 per person, depending on season and hotel category. 

Andaman & Nicobar

Radhanagar Beach on Havelock Island (locally called Swaraj Dweep) was named Asia’s best beach by TIME magazine back in 2004, and it now carries Blue Flag certification for water quality and safety. It sits about 12 kilometres from the Havelock jetty, a 20-minute ride once the ferry from Port Blair docks. 

Elephant Beach is the snorkelling stop, Neil Island (Shaheed Dweep) is good for a quieter night, and Port Blair has the Cellular Jail and its light-and-sound show. Discovery scuba dives at Havelock start around ₹3,500, and full PADI certification runs about ₹20,000.

Most Andaman tour packages cover the loop in five to seven days, with 60 to 90-minute ferries between islands. Airfare is the big-ticket item. Book early, because Havelock’s better resorts and the reliable private ferry slots sell out weeks ahead between October and May. 

Note: Indian nationals don’t need a permit for the main tourist islands, but carry a government photo ID.

Pondicherry

Pondicherry earns its slot for something no other beach here can offer: a walkable French Quarter of mustard-yellow colonial buildings and bougainvillea-lined lanes, a few minutes from the water. Promenade Beach is a 1.5-kilometre stretch that suits sunrise walks better than swimming, since the shore is rocky. 

For real water time, take a short boat ride from Chunnambar to Paradise Beach. Auroville, about 10 kilometres from the city centre, adds a very different half-day. It’s also one of the few places where the road beats the runway. Buses to puducherry take around three to four hours, with fares that often start at a few hundred rupees. 

Varkala, Kerala

Varkala doesn’t behave like a typical beach town, because the sand sits beneath a red laterite cliff, one of the few formations like it on India’s western coast and protected as a geological monument. Cafés, yoga shacks and small stays line the clifftop path right above the beach, and you take the steps down for a swim. 

Papanasam Beach, near the roughly 2,000-year-old Janardhana Swamy Temple, is where pilgrims come for ritual offerings, which is how Varkala picked up the nickname “Southern Varanasi.” Odayam Beach, further along, is quieter.

You can usually pair Varkala with the backwaters or the hills, but it also works as a standalone three-night stop. A good clifftop room in season (November to March) costs roughly ₹2,500 to ₹6,000 a night.

Puri, Odisha

Puri gives the east coast its most unusual beach, a wide golden shoreline that doubles as a pilgrimage town. Golden Beach holds Blue Flag certification, and at dawn you’ll see fishing boats coming in while sand artists carve sculptures at the water’s edge. 

The Jagannath Temple, a short drive from the sea, draws tens of thousands of visitors on an ordinary day, and far more during Rath Yatra. Konark’s Sun Temple and the quieter Chandrabhaga Beach sit about 35 kilometres up the coast.

The trip can run three to five days and include Konark and Chilika Lake. Stretch that to six or seven days and Bhubaneswar joins in, as it covers the temples, tribal markets and wildlife circuits beyond the coast. 

5 Beach Destinations Around the World

Crossing the border changes the budget more than the beach. The five below are in five different regions, so they don’t compete for the same month, the same visa or the same wallet:

Maldives

The Maldives is 1,190 coral islands spread over 26 atolls, and only about 200 are inhabited, which is why a resort here can feel like it belongs entirely to you. The classic trip is an overwater villa with a house reef you can snorkel straight off the deck. 

The budget version is a guesthouse on a local island like Maafushi, a short speedboat ride from Malé, or a stay on Hulhumalé, the man-made island beside the airport, where jet skiing and parasailing are easy to find. November to April is the dry season, with calm seas and clear water.

It's the priciest stop on this list. A four-night Maldives package lands somewhere between ₹60,000 and ₹1,50,000 per person, depending on the resort. A flight to Mal takes about four hours from Delhi or Mumbai, and Indian passport holders get a free 30-day visa on arrival, so the paperwork is light. 

Resorts usually quote in US dollars, and seaplane or speedboat transfers to farther atolls are often extra, so check what your beach tour package covers. Alcohol is served only at resorts, and on local islands you'll want modest dress away from the designated bikini beaches.

Dubai, UAE

Dubai isn’t the first place people think of for a beach holiday, which is exactly why it works. Jumeirah Beach and JBR give you white sand with the skyline behind it, Kite Beach is free and busy with kitesurfers, and La Mer has cafés, street art and a lively evening crowd. 

Public beaches are free to enter and well kept, and the sea is warm enough for a swim from November to March, when daytime temperatures sit around 25–30°C. From June to September it’s 40°C+, so plan on evenings and air-conditioned malls.

The real strength is the mix: beach in the morning, desert safari in the afternoon, Burj Khalifa at night. A Dubai tour package usually runs four to five nights at roughly ₹45,000 to ₹75,000 per person, and Abu Dhabi adds the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque and Yas Island’s theme parks about 90 minutes away. 

Bali, Indonesia

Bali is where you go when one beach isn’t enough. Kuta and Seminyak handle sunset bars and beach clubs, Nusa Dua has the calm, resort-lined water that suits families, and Padang Padang beneath the Uluwatu cliffs is the surfers’ favourite. 

A day trip to Nusa Penida gets you Kelingking Beach and its T-rex-shaped headland. The dry season, April to October, is the sweet spot. Book Activities in Bali ahead for the big-ticket experiences like the Tanah Lot sunset temple tour, because popular slots go fast.

Santorini, Greece

Santorini’s beaches look nothing like Goa’s or Bali’s. Red Beach near Akrotiri sits below rust-coloured volcanic cliffs, and Perissa and Kamari have black volcanic sand that gets scorching by noon, so pack water shoes. 

Rockfall has closed Red Beach at times, so check current access. The sea is swimmable from late May to October, but July and August are crowded and expensive. June and September are the smarter months.

Greece’s beach tour packages typically combine Santorini with Athens and Mykonos, and a week costs roughly ₹1,20,000 to ₹2,00,000 per person from India. You’ll need a Schengen visa, and appointments can take weeks, so start early. 

Mauritius

Mauritius suits anyone who wants an easy beach holiday: calm lagoons, warm water and a large Indian-origin community, so biryani and dholl puri turn up everywhere. Trou aux Biches in the north has soft sand and gentle water for families, Flic en Flac on the west coast is the sunset spot, and Le Morne in the southwest sits below the UNESCO-listed Le Morne Brabant mountain, with kitesurfing on the water. 

May to December is the drier, cooler window, while January to March can bring cyclones. Mauritius packages generally range from about ₹80,000 to ₹1,40,000 per person. Indian passport holders can visit visa-free for short stays, but confirm the current entry paperwork before you fly. Couples should look at Mauritius honeymoon tour packages, which usually include a beachfront resort and a lagoon cruise.

What First-Timers Should Know Before Booking

A few details catch first-timers off guard more often than the big-ticket planning does:

• Currents vary by beach, not by region: Radhanagar’s gentle entry suits families, while Puri’s surf and some of Goa’s rockier stretches carry strong undertows. Ask a lifeguard before swimming out.
• Connectivity thins out on islands: Havelock and Neil rely mainly on Airtel and Jio, and signal drops at Radhanagar and Elephant Beach. Download maps and tickets first.
• Cash still matters: ATMs on the Andaman islands and in smaller towns are sparse and sometimes empty, so withdraw before island-hopping.
• Peak season books out early: December to February fills Goa and the Andamans weeks ahead, and the Maldives tightens from November to April.
• Visas take longer than flights: Schengen for Greece needs the most lead time, Dubai is quicker, and Mauritius needs the least. Sort this before you pay for anything non-refundable.
• Not every beach is for swimming: Pondicherry’s Promenade is a walking beach, and Santorini’s black sand can burn your feet.

Book Your Beach Tour Package With EaseMyTrip

Every beach on this list rewards a different kind of traveller, whether that’s Goa’s easy energy, the Andamans’ clear water, Bali’s variety or Santorini’s cliffs. A well-planned itinerary saves you from losing a day to logistics you could have sorted in advance. 

EaseMyTrip Holidays beach tour packages bring flights, stays and local transfers together in one booking, from a quick weekend to a full island-hopping week. With upfront pricing and zero booking fee on flights, lock in your dates before the good weeks fill up.