Unchalli Waterfalls — Attraction in Karnataka

Visited the falls today, a prime monsoon season (08/July/2018). Went here in 2 bikes. It was torrential downpour from start to end of the trip. Entry ticket was 20 rs/bike and additional 5 rs/person. Always keep a tab on Google maps while travelling because the falls is located on very interior area. It's easy to miss your route. One important thing for traveller's coming from siddapura is the bridge near nilo kundo village (shortest route) is collapsed. We had to take a detour which costed a lot of time. We had to go back again to siddapura - sirsi road and take left at kansur and cross the river at a bridge near hosagadde. About the falls - At the entrance of the falls, you ll find a petty shop where you can get water bottles and snacks. You need to walk for about 300 to 400 meters. The road has steep gradient. There are concrete steps laid on the side for some distance. Since it had rained heavily in previous days, the falls had reached to the maximum level. There was dense fog around the falls resulting in poor visibility. But we could hear the mighty roar of the falls from quite a distance. Once we saw the falls, it was pure bliss. You need to visit the falls during monsoon to have this amazing experience. I have attached few pics and video captured by me along with this. Hope you enjoy it 🙂

PS: I could see littering near the view point even with the presence of dustbins. Beer bottles and plastics thrown haphazardly. Please stop being such a nuisance and enjoy the nature...

We went in a time when there was cyclone going on, so the climate was amazing. There was fog, mist and just drizzles and everything around us was lush green. During the time we went to the falls there was literally no tourists apart from our family. From the entrance gate ,till first view point you have to walk through jungle , it actually gave me feeling of walking through deep jungles of western ghats. When we reached the first view point, we couldn't see anything because of the mist, so we had to wait for some time for the mist to clear up. But from first view point only little sight of falls could be seen. So we decided to go further down to 2nd view point, again because of the mist we were happy whenever the falls would show even a little bit. Later on after nearly climbing down for 500-700 steps , we came to the final view point where you could see the falls clearly. We were wonderstruck by how huge the falls was and the sound of falls itself is a little scary as you can hear nothing and no one is around with mists and fog covering up everything. No wonder they say as beautiful as it seems western ghats is actually mysterious in its own way. Few tips --

1. Visit the falls with more people for safety purposes
2. elderly people should avoid going down the falls as the walk is more than 1km back and forth ,and the sounds of falls can be a bit scary
3. carry waterbottles, snacks , energy drinks with u.
4. Be careful of leeches That's all ,...

Unchalli Falls, also known as Lushington Falls is a popular waterfall in the Uttara Kannada district’s Sirsi Taluk. River Aghanashini drops 116 meters here creating a magnificent waterfall. Visitors can view it from the viewing deck or hike down the steps to get a closer look from the foot of the waterfalls. Unchalli Falls is the best visited post monsoon season. Unchalli Falls was first discovered by J. D. Lushington, a British officer, way back in 1845. How to reach Unchalli Falls: Unchalli Waterfalls is 440 kms from Bengaluru and 260 kms from Mangaluru. Heggarane is the nearest village (5 kms from Unchalli Falls) and Sirsi (35 kms from Unchalli Falls) is the nearest town. Hubballi is the nearest airport (140 kms). Motorable road exists up to 1 km till waterfalls and the last kilometre needs to be covered on foot. Talaguppa near Sagara and Kumta are the nearest train stations, both approximately 60 kms from Unchalli Falls. Regular buses are available to reach Sirsi from major towns in Karnataka. From Sirsi Unchalli Falls can be reached by hiring a taxi. Places to visit nearby: A trip to Unchalli waterfalls can be clubbed with plans to visit other nearby attractions such as Jog Falls (63 kms), Gokarna (80 kms), Murudeshwara (100 kms) or Dandeli (135 kms) Places to stay near Unchalli Falls: Sirsi and Siddapura (both 35 kms from Unchalli Falls) are the two nearby towns where you can plan to stay while visiting...