By sea
Gateway of India to Mandwa, about sixty minutes. The good way. The boat does the decompressing for you.
≈ 60 minutes, across the harbour
Kihim · Alibaug
An hour from the city. A world from it.
Elara sits on the Kihim–Awas road, four minutes above the beach, in the quiet quarter of a peninsula that Mumbai has loved for a century and still not managed to spoil.
By air
Helicopter from Juhu, about fifteen minutes. For the days the meeting ran long and the sunset will not wait.
≈ 15 minutes, on charter
By road
About two and a half hours around the bay. Scenic in patches, useful for pianos and grandmothers.
≈ 2.5 hours, around the bay
Where to find us
On the coast road, above the beach.
Villa Elara
Kihim–Awas Road,
Alibaug, Maharashtra 402201
Shown by appointment
Illustrative map — not to scale (concept demo)
Distances
How far, in practice.
| Kihim Beach | on foot, through the casuarinas | 4 min walk |
|---|---|---|
| Mandwa Jetty | by car | 22 min |
| Awas market | by car | 9 min |
| Alibaug town | coast road | 25 min |
| Mumbai, by sea | jetty + ferry, all-in | ≈ 1 hr 30 |
| Mumbai, by air | helicopter, on charter | 15 min |
Times assume you are not in a hurry. Neither is anything else here.
The last mile is the point.