Below Kemmanagundi the Hebbe stream drops in two stages — Dodda Hebbe (big fall) and Chikka Hebbe (small fall) — through private coffee and cardamom estate. You reach it by a bone-shaking 4x4 jeep ride of about 8–9 km followed by a short walk; the pool at the base is a popular, if bracing, dip.
What to do here
- Take the estate 4x4 jeep to the base
- Walk the last stretch to the fall
- Dip in the pool when the flow is safe
- Combine with a Kemmanagundi day
The most dramatic waterfall trip out of Kemmanagundi, and a proper Ghats adventure.
Travel tips
Reached only by licensed 4x4 from the Kemmanagundi jeep stand — about 8 km of estate track each way, plus a short walk and a stream crossing. The fall drops in two stages, Dodda Hebbe and Chikka Hebbe. Allow half a day. Jeeps stop running well before dusk.
Please note
Do: use the official jeep stand and keep your ticket. Do: expect to wade — carry a change of clothes and a dry bag. Don't: swim under the main fall in spate; the water carries rock. Don't: attempt the track in a private vehicle. Don't: carry plastic bottles down — they are checked.
Stay nearby
Places to stay around Hebbe Falls
PremiumTC Resort HDW, Chikmagalur
Chikmagalur Town · 24 km from town
PremiumTC Resort BND, Chikmagalur
Chikmagalur Town · 11.2 km from town
PremiumTC Resort TRV, Chikmagalur
Mullayanagiri · 12.5 km from town
PremiumTC Resort SLV, Chikmagalur
Chikmagalur Town · 9.9 km from town
Combine your trip
Places near Hebbe Falls
ViewpointZ Point
Kemmanagundi's sunset ridge
Shanti Falls
A small fall on the Z Point path that almost nobody stops at — which is the whole point.
Kalhatti Falls
A cliff cascade over a small temple
WaterfallJhari Falls (Buttermilk Falls)
A white sheet of water off a granite face