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Goa International Airport (GOI) / Dabolim Airport
Goa International Airport is more popularly known as as Dabolim Airport. It is an international airport located in the city of Dabolim in Goa. To get to School of Holistic Yoga and Ayurveda Goa (SOHYAA) you will need to fly into Goa Dabolim airport, which serves international charter and domestic flights.
Arrival, Departures, & Transfers
You should aim to arrive at School of Holistic Yoga and Ayurveda (SOHYAA) ideally between 10 and 17:00 either one day or two days before your schedule. There is a greeting meeting at 18:00 where you will be given your schedule for the course,
Airport transfers to SOHYAA can be arranged for the cost 1800 INR each way. If you choose to be picked up from the airport we would like to have your arrival details ideally 4 weeks before the start of the course.
If you are arriving into Goa before the given schedule of the course, we will not be able to accommodate you early at the retreat as we will likely be full from the previous group, nor will we be able to provide extra days at the end of the retreat.
Charter Flights
There are many charter flights that fly direct to Dabolim from European cities. From the UK try Monarch airlines at www.flymonarch.com
Scheduled Flights
The other option is to fly a scheduled airline to a gateway city such as Mumbai (formerly Bombay), New Delhi, or Bangalore and change to a domestic airline for the journey to Goa Dabolim, which is a 1-hour flight from Mumbai and 2.5 hours from New Delhi and Bangalore. Jet Airways fly from Heathrow and have excellent connections to Goa in India.
Domestic Airlines
There are excellent domestic airlines from the gateway cities which you can book online, try the following, making sure you are paying the fare for a non-resident of India or have your travel agent book the flight for you.
- Jet Airways: www.jetairways.com
- Air Deccan: www.deccanairlines.in
- Spice Jet: www.spicejet.com
Already in Goa?
If you are already in Goa and making your own way here by taxi you will need to tell the driver that we are on thesmall road going towards the right towards Junaswadda on the Manderam Ashwem Road.