Vapi Sightseeing, Quick Facts, History, Packages, Tours & Excursions

Sightseeing Highlights:

Vapi is surrounded by green forests dotted with pretty hills, rivers and streams. Several gardens, lakes, riverside parks, hills stations, beach stations, old forests, and religious sites are within a day's outing. Many of these places have good stay and food facilities.

Daman's Devika Beach is one that must be visited not only for its own natural beauty but for Moti Daman Fort, the Lighthouse and Gandhi Park. Daman being a Portuguese colony till it was liberated in 1961, has a lot of Dutch influence in its architecture. Silvasa, also about 14km from Vapi is a serene town of lush green forests, large water bodies and has a few tourist attractions to offer such as the  Bal Udyan  a children's park and mini zoo, and a Tribal museum, where one can pick up some mementos to take home. The Dudhini Lake and Vasona Lion Safari are also must see as these beautiful beasts are found roaming free only in the Gir region in India. Unlike Daman's konkan beaches, Dadra is more about its remnants of Portuguese culture and its wildlife.

Tourism Info:

Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Limited

Udhyog Bhavan

Block No. 16, 4^th Floor, Sector 11,

Gandhinagar - 382 011

Phone: 91-79-23222523 23222645, 23220002

Fax: 91-79-23222189-23238908

E-mail: gujtour@icenet.net, ps2md-tcgl@gujarat.gov.in, ps2jtmn-tcgl@gujarat.gov.in

Situated on the banks of Daman Ganga River in the Valsad district of Gujarat is the city of Vapi. It lies between the Union Territories of Daman on the west and Dadra and Nagar Haveli on the east. The Arabian Sea falls on the west flank of the place at the Daman Ganga River delta and adds to the tropical weather of this township.

Vapi is the nerve centre of Gujarat's Golden Corridor  a 400 km belt of industrial estates. It is one of the largest industrial areas in terms of small scale industries, mainly chemical industry plants. It is known mainly for the production of pesticides, dyes, and paints. However other major industries also include paper, packaging, pharmaceuticals, plastics, rubber, textiles, wood, glass and food products.