Aksa Beach
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About Aksa Beach
Aksa is a popular beach vacation spot at Malad close to Malvani, Mumbai.
Aksa Beach travel guide
Understand
This beach was one of the most silent and least visited beaches. It was very clean you could find a large variety of snails and shells. It is popular with youth as a weekend destination. Dotted with many private cottages and hotels some of which are rented out for tourists and visitors.
Getting there
It is accessible from Malad W station by Best buses 271 and 269 from Borivali Station, on route to Madh island, and by private transport and autorickshaws. 9 km from Malad station and 12 km from Borivili.
See
This beach has INS Hamla (Naval base of India Navy) at one end and a small beach called "Dana Paani".
Do
It is unsafe to swim as the currents are strong and the sands of the beach keep shifting because of the waves and people often misjudge if they standing on firm ground. Very few people know that this area is a hub of very rare breed of poisonous snakes but due to ever increasing tourists their numbers have now gone down.
Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.