A small road deviated from Belagavi to Goa highway. A board “Sural” indicated the presence of a village, but actually, the place is famous for its beautiful waterfall. Within a few hundred meters from the highway, we entered Goa state. The scene changed suddenly with bars and liquor shops making their appearance!! It’s Goa, right? Interestingly, the only entry point to that village is from Karnataka as the mighty western ghats block all other paths to Goa.
We had to stop at the forest entry point. Entry fees per head were Rs 20 and Rs 75 for four-wheelers. Boards mentioning not to carry alcohol was seen, but both forest officers and tourists ignored it. It was only for compliance purposes!! Nevertheless, we paid the fees and proceeded further. Very soon, we reached the parking place. The viewpoint was visible.
The scenery from the viewpoint was mind-blowing. A Huge waterfall amidst the large expanse of mountains and forests!! It was just amazing. It is a waterfall to be viewed only from a distance. I am not sure whether there is a route to reach the top or base. By the way, have you heard about the Mahadayi river row between Karnataka and Goa? The same river!! The proposed river diversion project will be executed upstream of this river. It later joins the Mahadayi river (called Mandovi in Goa).
For a person entering the parking lot, this place looks like an open bar!! You can see people openly drinking alcohol and throwing bottles on the ground. Be careful about glass pieces while walking. The two of us with our camera and tripod felt like an outcast. By the way, Karnataka has set up an excise post right at the highway deviation to catch people coming back with liquor bottles from Goa. I heard from the driver that they confiscate the bottles if found. Later they will either drink or sell it!! In our case, the excise Checkpost person was visibly annoyed for not finding any “bottles” in our car!!
Sanjota Purohit
That one is a beautiful picture!
Will definitely visit next time.
aravindgj
Sanjota,
Thanks.
pushpendra پُشپیندر (@pushpendra4acti)
awesome natural location nice shot selection
aravindgj
Thanks Pushpendra.
Srikanth Manjunath
Beautiful pics and wonderful narration about the nature and nature of the human’s..good one
aravindgj
Thanks Srikanth.
niranjan
Gorgeous frames and glad to know about this waterfalls. Is there only one view point? Did you zoom to capture the first frame?
aravindgj
Thanks Niranjan. As far as I know, this is the only view point. I did use zoom to get the first picture.