It’s serenity sailing. Watching the playful dolphins leap up and dive into the blue, from your spa bed as you luxuriate in the Laamu Balinese Bliss massage, floating on the horizon aboard the Cordelia cruise liner, making your way into the treasured archipelago of Lakshadweep. If an upscale touch to your vacation ticks the right boxes for you, then choose to cruise to the islands instead of hopping onto a plane. It is the best way to experience the natural bounty of India.
The secret whisper of the Indian seas – Lakshadweep – splashed into the limelight with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent social media post on his visit to the country’s tiniest union territory. People often talk about how stirring the shore is — relaxing, awakening, and recharging your senses. It is, with the shimmying shades of turquoise, aquamarine, cobalt, indigo, and azure… locking your gaze in an endless run as you gradually approach Agatti. Lakshadweep has a shore and sight to meet every mood.
BEACH TREAT
If you are looking for secluded, sugary-white beaches where you can walk barefoot, flinging the driftwood back into the waters, then circle into the private stretches of sand on Agatti. The island plays home to the tiny airstrip at one end, with the entire stretch of land stroked by the bobbing blue – that you can see on either side – as you move along the island. Enjoy the lull and gush of the racing waves at Lagoon Beach. The crystal-clear water makes you lunge and play with the colourful shoals, with fluttering flag markers, the sleepily nodding palm trees with the natural seats in brooding boulders scattered by the beach. A slice of beatific calm.
Shilpi Madan for GlobalSpa