During the morning Panjin is a paradise for lovers of water sports, many private and government organizations offer water sport activities, the hotels and tour operators conduct offer the same activities. Many river tours are organized for to look crocodiles or dolphins in the Mandovi River and Zuari River, the banks of those rivers are densely forested with mangrove trees, there is the best place to look a crocodile, and dolphins generally are in the open sea or in the mouth of Mandovi River.

In the afternoon and evening you can take a cruise, with The Goa Tourism Development Corporation or in Emeral Waters’ cruises, these companies offer return trips from Santa Monica jetty the first and the second from the quay outside the Mandovi Hotel, the trips leave at 5:45 pm, 6 pm, 7 pm, 7.15 pm, 8.15 pm, and 9 pm, from both places, but the better trip is the first because you are in the river or in the sea during the sunset, and you can have a wonderful view, and the last trips are good when lunar phase is in Full Moon. Each trip cost 90 rupees.

The Cruise's trips are goods, and in the ships are available Snacks and Drink, the prices of the trips include a display of Konkani and Portuguese dance and a folk singer in traditional Goan dress an some times a live Hindi cover band.

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