If you really want to enjoy a two or three day vacation , you can try Panchalingeswar and Chandipur. Panchalingeswar is situated just 35 Kms and Chandipur again would be around 17 Km from Balasore. Chandipur is a beach resort and panchalingeswar is situated on the base of the Nilgiri hills.
What to do:
You can plan 2 days in Panchalingeswar and 1 day in Chandipur. This is a choice you have to make depending upon your choice that you love the Sea or Hills.
Panchalingeswar could be a very adventurous place. You can trek on the top of the mountains to see the forest and the whole Nilgiri hill range. If you are lucky enough you may see a pack of elephants passing by your path. Take a local boy as your guide who can show you the ways.
Next day ask your guide to come early to your guest house to take you to the Watch Tower. This is a ruin which is partly immersed inside the lake. This tower was used by the kings for hunting elephants some 300 years back.
Next day morning you take a car and reach Chandipur. Chandipur sea is not a normal beach. The sea retreats 5 km from the actual beach and you have to walk a lot to the sea. In the evening the water comes right at the doorstep of your guestroom.
This wouls be 4 km trek from the guest house. This place is beautiful. You just sit and chill and see the .
How to reach :
Dhawli from howrah could be the ideal train for Balasore. it takes around 3 and half hours to reach Balasore. After reaching Balasore , after having a heavy break fast , arrange a car or an Auto for Panchalingeswar. You can also break journey to nilgiri and from Nilgiri again a trekker to Panchalingeswar crossing. Rest around 1.5 Km you have to walk. If you are lucky then you can get a trekker or a rickshaw to te Guest House.
You can either arrange a car for Chandipur from Panchalingeswar or you have to return back to Balasore from there you can arrange for a Auto for Chandipur.
Where to stay :
Both Panchalingeswar and Chandipur having OTDC guest houses. You can book the rooms from the OTDC office on Lenin sarani, near Santosh Mitra square.
There are many local hotels in Chandipur and around 2 more hotels in Panchalingeswar
