While the monsoon may be an off-season for the tourists, it is time to jump in and enjoy the weather. After living through the hot summer, rains receive a spectacular welcome in India. If one can endure getting drenched, there is a lot that can done in monsoons.

Monsoon in a teacup

Darjeeling looks beautiful during the monsoon season. The hillslides’ look fresh and green and the top is covered with fog. This season is most favourable for cropping and so the tea estates are beautiful with tea crops all around. You can take a tea tour and experience the different varities of teas that exist.

Goa

People don’t prefer Goa during monsoon but Goa has a lot more to offer other than beaches. Goa in the monsoon offers cheap prices everywhere. You can have long rides while getting soaked, unpopulated beaches that will give you some lone time. Goa's picturesque wildlife sanctuaries are open all year round, so you can plan your trip there.

Romancing the rains in Mumbai

Mumbai is known as the ‘city of rains’. The city becomes a wet playground during monsoon with mumbaikars enjoying a good splash at the seaside promenades. Mumbai’s tourism in monsoon is boosted by visitors who wish to witness India’s heavy downpour. Drink hot cutting chai, have roasted groundnuts or bhutta slicked with lime from roadside vendors to savour the rain-lashed city.

Stay in a Tree House

Nature is at its best during monsoon. With growing trees, a Tree House is the best place to stay and enjoy the cool climate. You wake up to the chirpy tunes of birds and spend the morning watching them. You can also go trekking in the lush green forest. A tree house will be an experience of your life which you will cherish always.

Trekking in the Western Ghats

Pack your bags and get ready for some adventure. Western Ghats are considered as the best time for monsoon and trekking too. Rains are considered as bad weather but in western ghats, it is a true blessing! Hiking during monsoon has its own charm and has a lot in store for trekkers.

Superlative Downpour

Crowned as the ‘wettest place on earth’, Mawsynram is the best place to witness the intense downpour. Situated in East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya this place holds the record of highest annual rainfall in the world of 11,872 millimeters, therefore beating its neighbor Cherrapunji by a small margin. While in Mawsynram, one should not miss the jingkieng deingjris, a living bridge made of manipulated roots of rubber that takes two decades to grow and become usable.

I think we have every reason to love Monsoon! Go ahead and make the most of it.