Kadambi Falls
A thirty-foot fall through rock inside Kudremukh National Park, right beside the road.
Kadambi Falls drops about thirty feet over a rock face inside Kudremukh National Park, a short walk from the Kalasa–Kudremukh road. It is a modest fall by the district's standards but the setting is not: this is rainforest inside a national park, and the water is cold and clear all the way to February.
What to do here
- Walk down to the pool from the road
- Pair it with Hanuman Gundi falls on the same drive
- Look for Malabar whistling thrush and hornbill on the walk in
The most accessible piece of Kudremukh National Park — no permit, no trek, just a stop on the road, which makes it the way most visitors see the park at all.
History
The fall lies in country that was mined for iron ore at Kudremukh until 2005; since the mine closed and the national park consolidated, this forest has been recovering.
Travel tips
On the Kalasa–Kudremukh–Karkala road, around 95 km from Chikmagalur town. Best between July and January. The steps down are slippery — do not attempt them in flip-flops.
Please note
Do: stay on the constructed path; this is a national park and going off-trail is an offence. Do: carry all rubbish out — plastic is banned inside the park. Don't: bathe under the fall in spate. Don't: play music; you are inside protected forest.
Combine your trip
Places near Kadambi Falls
TrekKurinjal Peak
Seven kilometres each way from Bhagavathi camp, through rainforest into grassland.
DamLakya Dam
The mine's old tailings dam, now a still green sheet of water under the Kudremukh grasslands.
WaterfallHanuman Gundi Falls
A rock-cut plunge inside Kudremukh park
Netravathi Peak
A long grassland walk above the Netravathi's headwaters, with the coastal plain in view.