Places near Coimbatore

Hill Station · Nilgiris

The second-largest hill station in the Nilgiris, known for misty tea plantations and viewpoints such as Dolphin's Nose and Lamb's Rock. Sim's Park hosts an annual fruit…

Best season: October to March

Hill Station · Nilgiris

A hill station in the Nilgiris, named after the Kota people ('mountains of the Kotas'), known for its tea plantations, tea-factory visits and treks such as the…

Best season: December to May

Hill Station · Nilgiris

The 'Queen of Hill Stations', seat of the Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu. It is known for its 55-acre Government Botanical Garden (1897), the lake built in 1824, the…

Best season: March to June

Wildlife · Chamarajanagar

A tiger reserve spread across Chamarajanagar and Mysuru districts, set up under Project Tiger in 1973 and part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. Safaris run by bus from…

Entry ₹350 per person

Hill Station · Dindigul

The 'Princess of Hill Stations' in the Palani Hills of Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, built around Kodai Lake. It is known for Coaker's Walk above the clouds and for…

Best season: April to June

Wildlife · Chamarajanagar

The Biligiriranga Hills in Chamarajanagar district, where the Eastern and Western Ghats meet, protected as the Biligiri Ranganatha Swamy Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve.…

Hill Station · Wayanad

A district in north-east Kerala and the state's only plateau, a continuation of the Mysore Plateau set high in the Western Ghats at 700 to 2,100 m. Its headquarters is…

Wildlife

The forests along the Kabini river and its backwaters, about 80 km from Mysuru, where the Forest Department runs jeep and boat safaris. From the boat you may see…

Heritage

The Chennakesava Temple, also referred to as Chennakeshava Temple and Keshava Temple, is a Vaishnava Hindu temple on the banks of River Kaveri at Somanathapura, Mysuru,…

Waterfalls · Mandya

The twin Shivanasamudra Falls, where the Kaveri splits around Shivanasamudra island: Gaganachukki (90 m) on the western branch and Barachukki (69 m) on the eastern.…

Best season: September to January (July to October for peak flow) · Entry ₹10 per person

Waterfalls · Mandya

Shivanasamudra Falls is a series of segmented waterfalls on the Kaveri river in Mandya district. It consists of two series of drops, named Gagana Chukki and Bhara Chukki.

Wildlife · Kodagu

A national park in Kodagu and Mysuru districts, declared a tiger reserve in 2003 and part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. Its forests, streams and valleys hold…

Offbeat

A remote Jungle Lodges & Resorts camp on the Kaveri, about 6 km upstream of Bheemeshwari, close to Bengaluru but hard to reach.

Heritage · Mysuru

Amba Vilas Palace, the seat of the Wadiyar rulers of Mysuru, built between 1897 and 1912 for Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV to a design by Henry Irwin in…

Entry ₹100 per adult

Offbeat · Bengaluru South

A Jungle Lodges & Resorts camp in deciduous forest on the Kaveri, about 102 km from Bengaluru, named after the windy Galibore hillock behind it. Activities include…

Best season: August to February (river full, good birdlife)

Offbeat · Mandya

A Jungle Lodges & Resorts adventure and nature camp on the Kaveri in Malavalli taluk, Mandya district, about 105 km from Bengaluru. It offers zip-lining, rope walking,…

Best season: August to February (after the monsoon; also best for birdwatching)

Waterfalls · Bengaluru South

Mekedatu is a location along the Kaveri river on the border of Bengaluru South and Chamarajanagar districts, about 110 km from Bengaluru. It is known for a deep, narrow…

Waterfalls · Kodagu

The Irupu Falls, also known as Lakshmana Tirtha Falls, are located in the Brahmagiri Range in the Kodagu district of Karnataka. It is a fresh water cascade and a major…

Offbeat · Bengaluru South

A small village in Kanakapura taluk where the Arkavathi river joins the Kaveri, about 59 km from Bengaluru. Water sports are run here and basic facilities are…

Waterfalls · Chamarajanagar

Hogenakkal Falls is a waterfall on the Kaveri river on the border between Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu and Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka. Its name derives…

Wildlife

A large wildlife sanctuary along the Kaveri river across Mandya, Chamarajanagar and Bengaluru South districts, established in 1987 and enlarged in 2013. On its east it…

Waterfalls · Ramanagara

Chunchi Falls is a waterfall on the Arkavathi river, located near Haroshivanahalli in Ramanagara district. The river flows through this region before joining the Kaveri.

Offbeat · Mandya

A village on the edge of Srirangapatna at the confluence of the Lokapavani and Kaveri rivers, once a centre for jewellery making. It is home to the Sri Nimishamba temple.

Offbeat · Mandya

A 2,697-foot hill about 5 km east of Srirangapatna on the Lokapavani river, topped by a Venkataramanaswamy (Srinivasa) temple built in the time of the Mysore kings. The…

Wildlife · Mandya

Karnataka's largest bird sanctuary, a group of six islets in the Kaveri near Srirangapatna, designated a Ramsar site in 2022. Guided boat rides take you past nesting…

Heritage

Srirangapatna or Srirangapattana is a town and headquarters of one of the seven Taluks of Mandya district, in the Indian state of Karnataka. It gets its name from the…

Hill Station · Salem

A hill station in the Shevaroy hills near Salem, Tamil Nadu, known for its lake, forests and plantations of coffee, oranges and pepper. Viewpoints such as Lady's Seat…

Best season: October to June

Waterfalls

Small cascades formed by a check dam across the Kaveri near Srirangapatna, on the way to the KRS dam about 15 km from Mysuru. Edmuri lies about 500 m east of Balmuri;…

Free entry

Hills & Trekking · Bengaluru South

Kabbaldurga is a ruined fort in Bengaluru South district, about 75 km from Bangalore. It is a popular, relatively easy trekking destination known for night trekking and…

easy trek

Hills & Trekking · Mandya

A rocky hill near Pandavapura in Mandya district, about 125–130 km from Bengaluru, popular for night treks. It is a short but steep climb over slippery rock faces with…

Best season: October to February · moderate trek

Hills & Trekking

A rocky hill near Kanakapura, also called Karadi Betta, with the Bananthimari Devi temple at its base. The 2.5 km trail is moderately easy but the markings are easy to…

Best season: October to March · moderate trek

Hills & Trekking

Bilikal Ranganatha Swamy Betta is a hill near Kanakapura town in Karnataka, located about 70 km south of Bangalore. Atop the hill is a temple dedicated to Lord…

Waterfalls · Mysuru

A waterfall on the Kaveri near Chunchanakatte village, about 14 km from K.R. Nagar in Mysuru district, beside the old Kodanda Rama temple. The temple is unusual for…

Best season: Monsoon

Wildlife · Mandya

A sanctuary in Mandya district declared in 1974 to protect the Indian grey wolf, named after the Melkote temple town on its border. Its two blocks, Mudibetta and…

Hills & Trekking · Bengaluru South

Senapathy Betta, a granite slab in the Ramanagara area with over a dozen single-pitch climbing routes, most of them bolted, graded 5.6 to 5.10. The crag is a 5–10…

Waterfalls · Kodagu

Chelavara Falls is a natural waterfall formed by a small stream, a tributary of the Kaveri near Cheyyandane village in Karnataka. Due to its depth and dangerous waters,…