18-Jun-07, 8-30PM : Updated with two more images.
Come monsoon, many waterfalls come alive in the hilly regions of South India – in the Sahyadris and Nilgiris. Drive around these hills, and you encounter streams running down hurriedly every few minutes, each one looking prettier than the next. Here is a compilation of a small number of them – some of them very well known and some nondescript.
Jog Falls is the highest waterfall in India. A series of dams constructed upstream have now rendered this fall to only a trickle of water most of the year. Last year, good rains opened up the gates and the fall was in its full glory after good two decades!
Hogenakkal is one of the beautiful waterfalls on the border of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Irpu Waterfall in Coorg is beautiful in itself, and is in a pretty location at the base of Brahmagiri Hills in Coorg.
Abbi falls is another waterfall in Coorg close to Madikeri, and is a popular tourist destination
A small waterfall on Ooty-Gudalur road
Muthyala Madu is just outside Bangalore, near Anekal town.
An unknown waterfall on near Chikmagalur on Charmadi Ghat
The stream fed by the waterfall above.
Thanks to a comment by Sanjay, I was reminded of gushing waters of Kaveri upstream of Mekedatu. Many small to big waterfalls occur before Kaveri slides through a small channel at Mekedatu, and this is one of them.
This is a waterfall near Agumbe, which requires a thirty minute walk in a leech ridden path. But the beauty of the waterfall amidst the dense forest is worth all the effort.
Missing here is the image of two waterfalls at Shivanasamudra – Gaganachukki and Bharachukki where Kaveri falls down from a good height. Unfortunately I never happened to carry the camera each time I was there.
I am back! Thank you for all those who had wished for a good trip. The Himachal trip was shorter than I had initially planned, and we covered Lahaul, Spiti and Kinnaur valleys and some lower regions in Shivaliks, Shimla and Manali. We skipped Ladakh which was part of the initial plan, as it would have been too much. It was a quick trip where we did not really spend much time, but had a good idea of Himachal’s landscapes, which could work as an input for further journeys to the region. Ofcourse, detailed log will follow on India Travel Blog. But I have plenty of backlog to updated from the North East(it is already more than a year since I was there!) and once that is done, it will be about Himachal. Looks like this is a busy year on India Travel Blog, and can’t really wait to share all those beautiful memories of the journeys!
A View of Giri River in Shivalik Ranges, in the lower regions of Himachal Pradesh
It is time to head to the mountains. I have never been north of Delhi yet, and it will be my first trip to Himachal and Ladakh. Needless to say, I am excited. I will be in Shimla and Manali briefly, before we start our slow and easy four day trip from Manali to Leh. Before we start, we also intend to camp for a night at Chandratal. It normally takes 36 hours but we are planning to spend a good hundred hours on the road. Here is a rough itinerary I have planned, which can change freely with circumstances or new ideas. If you are going to be anywhere in these ares during these days and if our paths are likely to intersect, I will be delighted to meet up on the way..
June 3 – Fly to Delhi
June 3/4 – Travel to angling camp near Shimla
June 5 – Shimla
June 6 – Travel to Manali
June 7 – inquiries etc in Manali for further journeys.
June 8 – Head to Chandratal and camp for the night
June 9 – Return to Manali
June 10 – Manali – Rohtang – Keylong and stay for the night(115km)
June 11 – Keylong to Sarchu and stay for the night(224km)
June 12 – Sarchu to Pang and stay for the night(303km). Check if there are any places to stay a little ahead.
June 13 – Arrive at Leh(475km)
June 14 – Around Leh
June 15 – Around Leh
— consider reworking this to a more sensible itinerary!
June 16th – Fly yo Srinagar
June 16th to 18th – Srinagar and/or Pahalgam and/or Gulmarg
June 19th – Bus to Delhi for 24 hours!
June 20th or 21st – Leave Delhi
I usually do not update my blog on the road, so updates here will be infrequent, if at all till I get back.