Sita falls, Hebri,Karnataka

The hike to the Sita falls, Im in the far bottom right,
Abhinay is the one at the bottom center 

Sita Falls ( koodlu falls)

zoom in the pic for karnataka tourism office details!

This is one of the coolest getaways after a hard week, it is located about 100km from mangalore and is an ideal day trip. It is located in Someshwar wild life sanctuary part of the Kudremukh range on the road that connects Hebri to Agumbe. Its a126 foot high fall of the Sita river,there is a waterfall above Sita falls but it is too steep for humans to access, only monkeys can be seen up there!!

What you need: a change of clothes, lunch as you will be spending the afternoon at the falls

How to get from Mangalore to Hebri: We went motorbiking we started at 7am in the morning stopped at udupi for breakfast and continued to Hebri we reached the falls at 1030am,since we stay near NH17 that goes to Udupi we took this route,    

This is a slightly longer route than others,head from mangalore to Udupi-Manipal on NH 17 then at Manipal filling station head on to SH 65 this will take you to Hebri which is about 40km, distance from Mangalore to Udupi is about 60km, it should take about 90mins to reach Hebri from Mangalore.

large temple arch, this road  leads to sita falls

From Hebri town head toward Agumbe if you are first time visitor do not hesitate to ask for directions, after about 15km from Hebri toward Agumbe you should see a giant board (the pic at the beginning of this page) this is hard to miss and it's on the right side with a large temple arch.

From here on the ride gets fun if you are on a motorbike, the tar road lasts for another 4 km and then there's a long dirt road buses and cars cannot go this route, so you either trek about 7km along the road or if you've got a mountain bike this will be a enjoyable ride, we had motorbikes.

The narrow bridge

cold water!

the trail to the falls

about 4km along the dirt road you reach a very narrow bridge with space only for one motor bike, another 3km along the dirt road will lead you to a place where you can hear a river, keep looking to the left where you will see a log which is kept across to block the road. We parked our motorbikes and walked toward the river, we washed here, the water in january can be quite chill! cross the river and  head to the falls which is a hike of about 1.5km along a trail. Carry a stick as this area is said to have many snakes

Once you reach the falls take out your camera and enjoy, jump into the pool at the bottom of the falls, you can even stand right under the falls during the drier months from december to april, the pool has a maximum depth of 6 ft.

This is a trip worth going enjoy!! besides if you have more time there is river rafting at Agumbe and great trekking spots too! contact the Karnataka tourism department.
KARNATAKA TOURISM REGIONAL OFFICE UDUPI , OFF CAR STREET ROAD
CONTACT NUMBER: 0820 2529718