Start the day from Verlem village. The trek initially starts on the tar road that you take affter coming out of the village. and soon enters the forest trail. Once you hit the forest trail, you are surrounded by a canopy of trees.  

You have plenty of butterflies and bird activities happening around you while big cobwebs droop down with signature spiders and funnel web spiders. As the light hits the forest floor and plays hide and seek, it is a beautiful trek early in the morning. 

Walking for around 2 km into the trek, you start seeing cashew plantations on either side of the road. You have now arrived at the periphery of Tudau village. This village is famous for its cashew farming. But please be mindful about plucking some. Only reach out for the rare fruits after seeng permission from the villagers.
Tudau is also the village where you can fill up your water bottles. You will find a flowing water source right in the middle of the village besides the broken tar road that you will be walking on. The tar road is not in the best of its condition. However, this enables accessibility through vehicles from Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary. Walk past the houses and observe the village routine and work happening. Go past the playground/government school of the village.

After the village you will suddenly see the forest changing. From a deciduous forest to forest filled with bamboo groves and path full of gravel. Be mindful of keeping your bags down on an active ant colony. You will find them aplenty after Tudau.

1.2 km from Tudau, you come to a clearing with stone/ cement benches with signboards pointing towards Mainapi waterfall. Until now, you had the trek all to yourself. Not anymore. Mainapi waterfall is visited by many tourists.
Descend half a kilometer towards the waterfall. The path is well laid out. Mainapi waterfall is a huge waterfall, almost 50 feet tall. A word of caution and notice: Recently, in 2021, there were a few deaths over here, and the waterfall had to be shut down. With enough safety protocols and practices as Indiahikes, we are reopening this for our trekkers. But one has to be very cautious and not get carried away. There are boundaries around the deeper part of the waters marked by forest officials. Indiahikes prohibits swimming in the waters also there are no changing rooms in the vicinity. However, just sitting on the banks of the water can be a therapeutic experience.

Climb back the same way you came after spending time at the waterfall. This is the only ascent remaining for the day. After regrouping at the stone benches, make your way towards the forest checkpost. Make sure to use sun hats or umbrellas as the tree cover is less because of the wide mud track. The 4 km trail is a gradually descending one. In the middle, you find straw huts where you can rest from the hot sun.

You find a pakka tar road after walking 3 km. Take a right from here towards the forest checkpost. A bus will be waiting here for you that will take you to Cabo de Rama beach.

This forest checkpost has pakka washrooms. Use them to as you see fit, fill up your water bottles and get ready for the journey ahead that will take another 1.5 hrs.

The setting of Cabo De Rama has a rock plateau on the top, and then down below is the beach. If your vehicles are unable to go further from the tar road, then be prepared to trek for about 1.2 km from the roadhead towards your campsite. 

Pitch your tents and enjoy the rest of the evening watching the sunset across the western coast of our country. The soothing experience of the waves while you camp on the beach is a therapeutic experience.

Today’s trek is a completely different experience compared to your previous day. The day is a lot more exposed to the sun, and you need to be ready and prepared for that. 

From your campsite, you need to first head up to the plateau and connect to the road. Take the road towards the Govt. Primary School, Gaval, and turn left on a trail wide enough for a bike to enter and go through. You need to follow this mud trail and reach where a two-wheeler can go. This is where you have a minor junction with a big tree - a trail going down towards the village of Neum through a series of steps or the one taking you to the top of the cliff point.

If we consider this walk from the campsite to this junction point, it will take 3 kilometres for trekkers to walk, each one is close to a kilometre. 

Depending on the pace of the team and the morale, the trek leader can take a call to explore the trail to Neum, the fishing village. A flight of stairs goes down, and you enter this deserted village. The houses might look empty; however, the majority of the people would have either gone to the sea for fishing or looked for work in other towns/cities. Going down and up will be an extra 1.2 km. 

If you skip this Neum village, then from the junction point, take the trail to your left, which is marked on the GPX file. There is a small structure that acts as a marker point. Take this fairly well-marked trail and start heading forward. This section contains trekking through the grasslands - golden brown during the autumn and spring seasons and lush during the monsoon. 

About 600 meters is where your trail takes a turn to the left. Continue ahead. You will see again a plantation of cashews. Go ahead along the side of the wall with a small section of tree cover. The trail leads to the left when it heads towards the final plateau. 

The trail on the left goes towards the view of the Cabo De Rama beach, the fort, and the route that you have taken from the campsite. 

And the trail to the right goes to the stunning viewpoint from the cliff. Spend time embracing the views here. The sight of the palm-lined shoreline and the azure ocean from the Cabo de Rama hilltop is extraordinary. You won't get such a view often in your lives. 

After spending enough time, you can retrace the route back to the diversion and further to the tar road. 

Finish your lunch and then take some time to explore the Cabo De Rama Fort. If you are walking along the sides of the fort, you need an hour to go around. This fort stands on the cape, at the end of Cola village. This fort was under the Sunda Kings till 1763 and was subsequently seized by the Portuguese. It is surrounded by bastions of diverse forms. There is a deep moat at the entrance. A chapel of St. Anthony, a barrack, and two springs are inside the fort. During the 19th century, military barracks were used for infantry and also as artillery quarters. 

However, if you keep visiting Pebble Beach down the fort, keep another 40 minutes planned for it. The drive from Cabo De Rama to Margao will take close to an hour. Have your return bus or train post evening time with some buffer kept in your itinerary.