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North Goa · evenings only<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The fort at the hour it was built for.<\/em><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Chapora is a ruin with no roof, no ticket office and no signage. We walk you up the north face while the light is still high, and have you on the seaward wall when it drops.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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3 hrs<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Mostly uphill, on loose laterite<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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16:45<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Meet at the base of the fort road<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Oct–May<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Tuesday to Saturday, evenings only<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\tWhere we stop<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Points on the climb, each for a reason.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Stop 1<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The lower bastion<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The best remaining stretch of curtain wall, and the first view back over Vagator.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Stop 2<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Portuguese cisterns<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Two deep water tanks cut into the rock, still holding water after the monsoon.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Stop 3<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The northern gate<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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What is left of the main landward entrance, and the clearest surviving stonework.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\tThe seaward wall<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Where the river meets the sea, and the walk ends.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The seaward wall looks straight down on the mouth of the Chapora river. We are in position twenty minutes before the sun touches the water, and we stay until the light goes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The good vantage points are small, and a larger group cannot use them. The seaward wall is genuinely exposed, and we refund in full rather than run it badly.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The walk<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Three hours, timed to the sunset.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Meet<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Meet at the base, 16:45<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Tuesday to Saturday, October to May<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A short briefing in the shade before we start climbing, because there is none on the way up.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Up<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The north face and the cisterns<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Forty minutes of steady ascent<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We climb while the light is still high, stopping at the cisterns most visitors walk straight past.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Sun<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The seaward wall for sunset<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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In position twenty minutes early<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We stay until the light goes, then come down in dusk with torches.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Up in the light, down in the dusk.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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The north face<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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The last of the sun<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Coming down by torchlight<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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The clearest surviving stone<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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None of this is meant to put you off. It is meant to stop you finding out halfway up.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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From the walk<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Chapora Fort Sunset Points<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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What you should know before booking.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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There is nothing at the top, so what you need comes up with you, and the way down is in the dark.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Trainers at minimum<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Loose laterite and no handrails. Not sandals.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Everything you need, carried<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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No toilets, no water, no shelter on the fort. Bring your own water up.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Coming down at dusk<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We come down in dusk with torches. If that is a concern, this is not the right walk.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The base, not the top<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We meet at the small car park at the base of the fort road, on the Vagator side.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Leave the scooter below<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The road up is passable by scooter, but there is nowhere to leave one at the summit.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Running late<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Message the number on the confirmation rather than trying to catch us up on the path.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Be on the wall when the light drops.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Walks run Tuesday to Saturday while the light holds. Message us for the current week’s times and to check availability.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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