Karnataka

Tourism

Coorg

Coorg or Kodagu is a beautiful hill station situated in the state of Karnataka. Madikeri, the district headquarters of Coorg, situated at a height of 1525 meter above the sea level. Earlier Coorg was known as Kodaimalenadu, which means 'dense forest on a steep hill.' Coorg district has many tourist spots of historic, epic and natural importance. Nestled amidst the hills and deep valleys of the beautiful Western Ghats, Coorg is one of the most attractive places in India. Coorg is also referred as the Scotland of India, because of its misty hills, beautiful towns and mist-covered slopes. The hill station offers breathe taking views of lush green forest, acres of tea and coffee plantation, orange groves and the curved streets. Apart from orange and coffee plantation, Coorg is famous for spices, pepper and cardamoms. Madikeri produces almost half of Karnataka's coffee production.

Madikeri Fort

Built in the 19th century the fort is situated in the centre of Madikeri. The fort houses a museum, aprison, a chapel and a temple. The fort provides breath taking view of Madikeri.

Raja's Seat

It is located at the top of the hill, this is a beautiful view point in Coorg. It offers stunning views of the surrounding dense forests. According to legend, the kings of Coorg used to come to this view point to spend their evenings here. One must not forget to take the spectacular views of the sunset from the hill top.



Nagarhole National Park

Situated at Coorg, Nagarhole National Park is a Project Tiger reserve, covered in an area of 640 Sq Km. The park is linked to Bandipur National Park and is enclosed with thick tropical forest, grassy swamps and several rivers and streams. The National Park provides shelter to a number of Gaur tigers, leopards, elephants, sambhar, wild boar, barking deer mongoose, peacock, jungle fowl, spotted deer and many other birds and animals. Both trekking and visiting by private vehicles are allowed through prior-permission.

Talakaveri

Talakaveris the source of the river Kaveri, situated in the Brahmagiri Hills. A perennial spring lies at a height of 4,500 feet, which is the beginning of this mighty river.

Iruppu Falls

Iruppu waterfalls are located on the Lakshmanatirtha River. Local people believe that this place possesses the power to clean one's sins. Thousands of devotees come on the Holy Day of Shivaratri, to bathe in these falls, to clean their sins. There is a temple dedicated to Sri Ram, from where it is a climb up to the falls via natural forest.

Excursions from Coorg

Abbey Falls

It is located at a distance of 8 Kms from Madikeri, the Abbey falls is a popular tourist attraction. The surrounding cardamom and coffee plantations provides the scenic beauty to Abbey Falls. You can hear the roar of the falls from a long distance, while the chirping of birds fill the air with sweet music.

Dubare

This is mainly an elephant capturing and training camp of the Forest Department lies on the Kushalnagar Siddapur road at the edge of Dubare forest, on the bank of river Kaveri, the elephants are caught here and are held captive for up to 6 months in large teak wood cages.

How to reach Karnataka

Air - The nearest Airports are Mangalore located at the distance of 125Km and Bangalore at 250 Kms from Madikeri.

Rail - Nearest railway stations in Mysore situated at 120Kms, Hassan at 125 Kms and Telicherry 135 Km from the state.

Road - It is well connected by buses from allover Karnataka as the Mysore. Bangalore located at the distance of 260 Km , Mysore at 120 Km, Mangalore at 136 Km, Cannanore and Tellicherry at 115 Km.