The whole district
Places to visit in Chikmagalur
Every peak, trek, waterfall, temple and lake we would send a friend to — with the honest detail on how hard it is, how long it takes and when to go. Start with the map: which taluk a place is in decides whether it fits your day.
Boundaries traced from the district's own talukwise map — Nayvik, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. It predates the creation of Kalasa and Ajjampura taluks, so those are shown with the taluks they were carved out of.
Nine taluks
Start with where, not what
54 places across the district, and the distance between them is the thing that decides your trip. Pick a taluk to see what is in it — the hills and the treks, the temples, the waterfalls, and what is worth eating while you are there.
Or search the lot
Every place in the guide, filterable by what it is, which taluk it is in and how hard the walking gets.
3 of 54 places
ViewpointCharmadi Ghat
Twenty-five kilometres of hairpins off the plateau to the coast, through the wettest forest in the district.
Kavikal Gandi Viewpoint
The horseshoe gorge on the Mullayanagiri–Baba Budangiri road — fifty steps up, and the whole range in front of you.
ViewpointZ Point
Kemmanagundi's sunset ridge