Western Ghat and Coastal - Vibrant Karnataka

        Let's  just try to glance  Karnataka's vibrant beauty of Western ghat and Coastal region. So that we can plan for the escapades.  Suppose we are planning to the get away from Bengaluru  for few days, western ghat and coastal landscape would be the best get away locations to get lost with yourself.

       Let us assume namma Bengaluru as a starting / reference point. Start it from Bengaluru, so the western ghats opens up from you entering Shivamogga. Its known as Malenaadu Hebbagilu- the entrance of Western Ghats. You can start it from Shivamogga. The first would be, the world famous that nobody is unheard of is JOGFALLS. Its one of the largest waterfalls in the whole world, such a visual treat. It is approximately 100 KM far from Shivamogga. You will have to go on BH road. So starting from Shivamogga to Sagar, out skirt of the shivamogga city welcomes you with a lion Safari. It is situated very near by the road, so you can visit that Safari if you wish.

                 So later we can proceed towards Sagar to get lost in the beauty of JOGFALLS. So after reaching JOGFALLS, You can witness your majesty JOGFALLS.  If it is raining very heavily you cannot go downside of the water falls. The authority won't allow you to go downside. The fog will be covering the whole water falls during the heavy rain.  Check out his video below too take a walk in Jogfalls.

Once done with the MAJESTIC Jogfalls, we can proceed towards China Gate, its  very nearby Jogfalls on the way back to Sagar. Below video is ChinGate

    

                         We can proceed towards Sirsi road from China Gate. On the way to Sirsi, we gotta reach Maavinagundi Junction first, its almost 4-5 KMs far from Jogfalls.  From Maavinagundi junction take a right, (straight road will take us to Honnavar). So after taking a right, you can enjoy the curvy beauty of western ghat and green path along the way. Approximately 10-15 from that junction we will find a place called  Halageri (ಹಲಗೇರಿ). Take a right from there in 2-3 KMs distance we will reach Hoosur Dam, which resembles very much as Nayagara Falls of USA-CANADA during raining season. You can have fun with family, even kids and ladies can merge themselves and enjoy with little care. 

 

              

                      After this mini Nayagara we can go to one and only dedicated Bhuvaneshwari Temple for whole Karnataka, the mother (ಕನ್ನಡ ಮಾತೆ ಭುವನೇಶ್ವರಿ ).  Which falls very near to Siddapur taluk. After reaching Siddapur, we don't need to go inside the town. At beginning of Siddapur town we will get Siddapur-Kumta road. It will be on the immediate left side  at the very beginning of Siddapur. We need to proceed on that road for 7-8 KMs, there resides our Karnataka MAATHE, later we can proceed to Go-Swarga which is nearby the temple. Watch the below video.