Devbagh Beach Resorts - Junglelodges

Simplicity with great hospitality. Amazing view, outstanding service. Couldn't ask for more. Immense value for money. Good roads too

Secluded place for good family outing, activities wise not much to do.beach is not as good as Goa.

The location is awesome. The water sport activities and dolphin spotting is very good. The food is good. All in all a scenic and nice place to spend with friends n family

Nice place with private bar and beach.
They have 5-6 water sports activities.

You will get pickup and drop facilities also.

Kiddos to the staff and the manager! Five star hotels need to take training in attitude, service, quantity and quality of food maintenance of rooms and patience from the staff of dev bagh jungle lodges Karwar! Memorable trip. We didn’t feel like leaving. Will certainly come back again and again.

Had a fabulous visit here and enjoyed the wonderful beach, yum food and boat rides. The staff was very warm and hospitable and went out of their way to make us feel comfortable! In all, a great experience!

I loved this place. It is a pity I did 2 nights at Om Beach Resort and 1 here whereas I should have done the reverse. However, the location food and service are all really good here. There's lot to do. Take a boat ride to the Kali river confluence with the sea, visit the Kalika temple, take a morning walk for bird watching, indulge in watersports or just laze on the beach. The staff are really friendly and helpful and the naturalist guide is a very sweet person.

Nice place for friends get together, for couple, even for family.

It got more water sports, we felt good after sports are bit expensive but worth to try, received well with welcome drink followed by nice lunch.

Overall Food varieties are good and felt like having home food.

Room service is good and clean, most importantly rest rooms were clean

Being Govt organisation, I am very impressed with food and hospitality

Note: It would be good if they don’t allow people to consume alcohol at dining place (I know it’s common sense for the people to not to have alcohol where ever they want)

Stayed from 22nd to 26th Oct 2022. Fabulous stay opposite the beach. Cottages are very beautiful with beach access. Staff was very co-operative. Never said no for anything. Food at Golghar was very tasty. At night, they organize camp fire with food on the beach. With the waves lashing away, it was magnificent. Mr. Nischint was ever helping and ever smiling. 10/10. Mr. Dilraj, organises the nature walk very well in the morning. He is very knowledgeable about birds. Fantastic vacation

We had amazing stay there. And fortunate enough to even spot dolphins. Good staff, good food. You can't go in your car, you have to take ferry from their office, which is near sadashiv Gadh.

A perfect spot to watch the sun set, peacocks pass right in front of your cottage at 6am.
And candle night Dinner one new experance at Beach side.

It was nice stay.
Staff were good. Need to improve on the part of food. Loved the location.

Excellent place to stay. Closest to nature. Amazing staff. Overall awesome, more so being a government enterprise.

An excellent property for a peaceful beach vacation. You have almost the whole island for yourself and your co-guests. Pristine beaches, natural walk ways, very friendly and courteous staff, tasty food offerings, all together make it a memorable experience.

Your experience starts once you arrive at the Resort office on the mainland and board the KTDC boat to the island. In around 20 or so minutes of cruising the Kaali river estuary you'll arrive at the boat landing point on the Devbagh Island. You can take a nice walk to the reception while the pick up truck carry your luggage. Check-in was quick and you're allotted one of the 20 or two cottages right away. You can arrive earlier than the check-in time too and take a leisurely walk around the resort while your cottage is getting ready.

Cottages are quite spacious with number of beds per your reservation, air conditioning, water heater, clean linens and ample toiletries. Cottages have a nice south facing sit out where you can dry your beach clothes as well)

The Golghar where food is served is near the reception. Veg and non-veg dishes are quite delectable. Evening tea/snacks and dinner are served on the beach with camp fire and other activities.

Resort arranges boat rides to the estuary and out into ocean mouth to watch dolphins. Our evening ride was cut short due to very low tide following an eclipse on our day of travel. So, we made an unplanned visit to Kaali Mata temple on an island upstream when you can take a board walk around the mangroves as well. The boat ride next morning gave us ample opportunity to watch, from a little far though, pink and black/dark dolphins playing in the deep waters.

The nature walk led by Mr Dilkhush was a very refreshing experience where we could see quite a few birds. Mr Dilkhush has a keen eye to sport the tiniest or the most camouflaged of birds. The island is rich with birds of various kind and there are quite a number of peacocks around. You can hear their calls during most of the day, more during evenings and mornings.

One-day beach package ends with breakfast. Check-out too was quite quick and you get a boat when you're ready. Once you're dropped at the Devbagh office jetty you're ready to leave carrying all those wonderful island vacation memories.

Would like to commend KTDC for maintaining places like Devbagh as natural as possible with out much construction or concrete work. Also, for the well experienced and customer-focused staff who take the whole vacation experience one level up.

Nice place, good food l, clean room and cool staff I love the place. What else you need for vaccinations….

Everything was excellent from food to service and nature.
Visit to kali temple
Snorkling and
Dolphin watching everything was superb

One of the best beach resort in Karwar, Karnataka. It is in an island near where Kali river merges in Arabian sea. You need to park your car in the admin office and they will take you in the boat to the island resort. The package starts with lunch, relax for some time and tea/coffee will be served around 4: 30pm. This followed by water sports (water scooter, banana boat, kaya king depends on the weather conditions). If you are looking for scuba dive, snorkeling, para gliding, etc, this is not the place. Around 7pm they provide bonfire at the beach and snacks will be served. They have bar also. If you are carrying your own drinks, they help you to store in the fridge and serve when you need. The beach is beautiful and quite. There is a fisher boat pier on the other side, but it is little far. This place quite secured and you will feel that you are in a private beach. Beach closed by 20pm. Next day morning they have nature walk around 7am and boat ride for dolphin sighting around 10: 30am. It is really worth for 1 day stay. Food is good, they serve both veg and non-veg buffet. Very well maintained by Karnataka tourism development and courteous staff.

Food - 10/10
Service - 10/10
Ambiance - 10/10
Staff is really friendly and always on toes to cater for guests requests.
Value for money - 11/10
Although this facility is managed by Karnataka government, quality has been maintained quite well:)

The food, the rooms, the overall ambience was very good! The food had a natural and amazing taste

Food, ambience and the hospitality is top notch…. Special thanks to Srinivasa for taking good care of us and our family….

One of the best JLR properties. An entire island is for the guests of Devbagh beach resort. As always, the JLR service at its best. Food is good, the location is excellent! The day is filled with activities and relaxation time balanced out. I still feel it's not value for money though. For the price i paid, you can get 7 star resorts in much more beautiful places.

Time of visit: April 2021
This was my 6th JLR visit.
One of the best beach resorts. Closest to nature. It is right the estuary where river Kali meets the mighty Arabian see.
The cottages are huge and spacious.
One has to park the car at the office and you will be taken by a speed boat to island.
As usual, food was good. Water sports are also there but can get crowded at times.
Barbecue dinner / snacks lacks vegetarian options.

Nice atmosphere, direct seashore view from the room, well-maintained.
Rooms are clean
Tasty food different variety
Workers are kind in nature
Dolphin watching, Bike ride, Banana ride, beech side camp fire and dinner,
Totally excellent hospitality

Fantastic location in this private beach in Karwar. Staff is friendly, very polite and knowledgeable. Water sports is also available with an extra price to be paid at the property. One boat ride and nature walk is included as part of package. Had a good time doing both these activities. First of all I would like to mention the guide of bird watch and river walk, Anil who gave us every bit to information of the river and birds so thanks to him. Spotted many dolphins during our Dolphin ride. The staff was very friendly and kind to take us around many islands like Kurumgadh, Madlingad etc.
Food given to us was Karwar local cuisine and was very delicious and we enjoyed the night in front of bonfire. Nice place to spend quality time with family. Highly recommend this place for a one night stay with friends and family.
Attached are few pictures along with my mother's experience during her stay at the resort.

The beauty of Karwar can be experienced through stay at devbagh island beach resort. It offers per person packages with one of it being stay at sadashivgad fort resort and leisure activities at devbagh island and second offers stay at devbagh island itself with beautiful sea view just at our footsteps. This package includes BLD, bonfire, boating, dolphin viewings, barbeque snacks, etc. Considering almost all other sports in karwar are now being privately owned or not for tourists, Devbagh resort is a great option with good service.

Nature walk, dolphin watch & water sports are excellent.
Staff is friendly, very polite, knowledgeable and outstanding.
Food is up to the mark.
Rooms are clean, maintenance is average.

Worth spending 6k per person per day there.

A neatly maintained resort, with tasty non-veg food especially the evening snack and dinner, though not much variety provided.
Resort located in a peninsular land.
A neat private sea shore, to feel the calmness and be relaxed.
Enjoyed the merging waves arising from both directions.
Banana ride on extra perks, was a worth.

First of all I would like to mention the guide of bird watch and river walk Anil who gave us every bit to information of the river and birds so thanks to him.
Food given to us were delicious and we enjoyed the night in bonfire
I would also like to mention Dilkush who gaves all information about the Kali river when we went to watch the dolphins which we also enjoyed

Thank you we had a wonderful experience and stay at the resort

A very nice resort situated on a private island in Karwar.
Cottages are super cool to spend a vacay on beach. Beache is extremely clean and empty. Service is super good and food is too tasty. Perfect gate away for family trips, office outbounds as well.
We have spent a night partying on that beach. No restrictions.
There are options of water sports and dolphins sights. A must visit place. Worth money

Nice beach facing rooms.rooms are old styled, and need refurbishing.staff is courteous.beaches are ok and private. Not so clean beach. Worth stay.put on the bathroom lights during night, if you do not want peacock menace on your roof distrubing your sleep.place does not look very secure.you might find this place creepy if you care for lots of security.

One of the best JLR resorts. Right from the 1st message & call to your mobile, Manager of this property will win your heart. Location is superb. Resort is on the island. Rooms are clean & spacious. Food as usual is good. Water sports are chargeable, but good. Sea bathing is top attraction where they have private beach with their own lifeguard. Cherry on the cake - dolphins roaming around within 10 metres from where you are having your bath. Amazingly location, hospitality & food. Our guides Anil & Rupesh were superb. Always ready to help & explain the ecosystem around the resort

Smt Jothi in admin, Sri Vinayak in the dining room, Sri Anil the naturalist and all the other staff made us feel welcome and took excellent care to make sure everything was perfect in terms of accomodation, catering and activities. The private beach with lifeguard is ideal for sea bathing. The property is well located, a short boat ride from the Karwar office. Another special experience at a JLR property!