3 Homestays in Karwar, Ranked by Guests

Homestay on Ocean Deck Road at Sadashivgad, north of the river and roughly 8 km round from the town centre, near the estuary rather than the town beach. OpenStreetMap records its address as Ocean Deck Rd, Sadashivgad, Karwar 581352 and a mobile number for it; there is no website, so confirm rooms and rates on the phone.

Guest house on the Sadashivgad side of the Kali, named for the view it is built to face — the river mouth where the Kali meets the Arabian Sea, with the islands beyond it. About 6 km round by road from the town centre, which puts it away from the town beach and beside the estuary instead. It publishes no website or tariff we could verify; ring ahead in season.

The government inspection bungalow in the town centre, eleven minutes' walk from the seafront — the old Public Works rest house of the kind every district headquarters in India has, built for touring officials and let to the public only when it is free and only through the department. Not a hotel: there is no booking site, no tariff card and no reception in the usual sense. Worth knowing about, not worth planning around.