{"id":7696,"date":"2013-02-04T12:35:02","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T07:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/?p=7696"},"modified":"2013-02-04T12:35:02","modified_gmt":"2013-02-04T07:05:02","slug":"varkala-offers-paragliding-be-at-the-mercy-of-the-winds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/varkala-offers-paragliding-be-at-the-mercy-of-the-winds\/","title":{"rendered":"Varkala offers Paragliding &#8211; Be at the mercy of the winds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you want a mix of great heights and open sea try <strong>paragliding at Varkala<\/strong>. Flying in the serene skies you are bound to feel like a bird. <a title=\"Varkala \u2013 The perfect getaway\" href=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/varkala\/\" target=\"_blank\">Varkala<\/a> is offering you the chance to experience just that. The recreational and competitive flying sport paragliding is gaining popularity among tourists visiting Varkala.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"\u2018The Guardian\u2019 calls Varkala as the new Goa\" href=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/the-guardian-calls-varkala-as-the-new-goa\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018The Guardian\u2019 calls Varkala as the new Goa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Varkala to get a new Bali Mandapam\" href=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/varkala-to-get-a-new-bali-mandapam\/\" target=\"_blank\">Varkala to get a new Bali Mandapam<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The cliffs at the varkala are perfect place for paragliding. You can take off from the helipad located at the top of the cliff. However, once you are air borne, you are solely at the mercy of the winds, which means you have little or no control over your direction.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7704\" style=\"width: 513px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7704\" class=\" wp-image-7704  \" title=\"Varkala Beach Paragliding\" src=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/files\/2013\/02\/Varkala-Beach-Paragliding-699x466.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"503\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/Varkala-Beach-Paragliding-699x466.jpg 699w, https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/Varkala-Beach-Paragliding-222x148.jpg 222w, https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/Varkala-Beach-Paragliding.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Varkala Beach Paragliding<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All that makes up the paraglide is an arc of nylon cloth shaped aerodynamically. The pilot has to sit in a harness suspended below the wing. The suspension lines and air entering the vents in the wing help form its shape. \u00a0The pilot begins running off the cliff. The nylon cloth gets inflated and comes overhead and in few more steps the rider becomes air borne. The glider is controlled by manipulating the control lines.<\/p>\n<p>Although there are no established businesses in Varkala offer formal paragliding lessons, local para-gliders located at the <strong>Varkala helipad take tourists for a ride on windy days<\/strong>. Most of the pilots at Varkala are experienced. They have the skill needed to maneuver the glider without hitting electric transformer located nearby. However, paragliding mishaps are also reported recently. Varkala is offering many adventure sports such as water surfing, scooba diving etc.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 501px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  \" title=\"Tourists relax on the beach below cliffs in Varkala, India. \" src=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/files\/2013\/02\/side_72154_08z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"735\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tourists relax on the beach below cliffs in Varkala, India. (Img Credits: withoutbaggage)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want a mix of great heights and open sea try paragliding at Varkala. Flying in the serene skies you are bound to feel like a bird. Varkala is offering you the chance to experience just that. The recreational and competitive flying sport paragliding is gaining popularity among tourists visiting Varkala. \u2018The Guardian\u2019 calls [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,4,7],"tags":[450,453],"class_list":["post-7696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-news","category-general","category-tourism","tag-tourism","tag-varkala"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7696"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}