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Popular tourist places

What visitors actually queue for

Thirty stops that keep showing up on Tripadvisor’s Chikkamagaluru Things to Do, on district-oriented place lists, and on typical 2-day hill loops. Copy here is this companion’s, not those sites’. Hours are published hints, not a live gate. No fees, rooms or packages.

31 popular places in this slice

Highest in Karnataka — 1,930 m

Mullayanagiri

ಮುಳ್ಳಯ್ಯನಗಿರಿ

Karnataka’s high point at 1,930 m, about 20 km from town on the Baba Budan / Chandra Drona range. The Department of Tourism brochure notes Mullappa Swamy Temple at the summit, scenic mountain roads, and sunrise/sunset views. The last stretch is typically walked.

Daylight, No municipal opening hours are published. The district notes a narrow hill road and a final walk to the summit temple. After dark the hairpins are unlit and often in cloud.

20 km from town2 h typical stopChikkamagaluru

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Two-stage cascade

Hebbe Falls

ಹೆಬ್ಬೆ ಜಲಪಾತ

Dodda Hebbe and Chikka Hebbe drop through coffee and reserved forest below Kemmanagundi (about 10 km from the hill station). The tourism brochure flags June–September for peak flow. Access is usually by authorised jeep and can close with rain or forest rules.

Jeep window often 09:00–15:00, Cars stop before the forest stretch. Authorised jeeps from the Kemmanagundi side are the usual last miles. Confirm at the counter. No fee is quoted here.

63 km from town3 h typical stopTarikere

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Coffee-country ridge

Baba Budangiri / Datta Peetha

ಬಾಬಾ ಬುಡನ್ ಗಿರಿ

Chandra Drona, the hill the Coffee Board names for Baba Budan’s seven Mocha seeds, and a shared shrine to Datta Peetha. Tripadvisor and 2-day loops put it with Mullayanagiri because the same range holds both.

Daylight on the ridge, The cave shrine’s crowd rules and inner hours change with festivals. Use the ridge in daylight. Do not treat a blog’s sunrise slot as a published gate time.

33 km from town2 h typical stopChikkamagaluru

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Garden hill station

Kemmanagundi

ಕೆಮ್ಮಣ್ಣುಗುಂಡಿ

A 1,434 m garden shelf on the same range, with ornamental beds, shola views and the road-head for Hebbe. First-timers often spend a cooler afternoon here when the town is hot.

Gardens often 09:00–18:00, Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV’s summer camp. Flower gardens are commonly visited through the day; Z Point walks belong to daylight. Confirm at the horticulture counter.

60 km from town4 h typical stopTarikere

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Buttermilk Falls

Jhari Falls (Buttermilk Falls)

ಝರಿ ಜಲಪಾತ

A white fall off granite, close to the high-ridge road, so it shows up on almost every 2-day sketch and on Tripadvisor’s waterfall list. Not a swimming-pool notice, seasonal water only.

Daylight; fullest after monsoon, A short walk from a jeep/estate track off the Mullayanagiri–Baba Budangiri side. Rocks are wet. Summer often reduces the sheet to a trickle.

24 km from town2 h typical stopChikkamagaluru

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Town evening water

Hirekolale Lake

ಹಿರೇಕೊಳಲೆ

Nine kilometres from town, with Mullayanagiri on the skyline. Visitor sites list it for sunrise and sunset because it is close, level, and quiet after the hairpins.

Open lakeshore; best at dusk, An irrigation and town-supply tank, not a ticketed park. Stay off the bund if it is wet. No boating desk is run from this page.

10 km from town1 h typical stopChikkamagaluru

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Horse-face of the ghats

Kudremukh Peak

ಕುದುರೆಮುಖ

The peak that gives the park its name. Tripadvisor ranks it with Mullayanagiri among mountain walks, but this one is a notified forest, not a town hill road.

Forest-permit daylight, Inside Kudremukh National Park. Treks run only when the forest department allows them. Confirm the current window at a park counter, not from a blog.

81 km from town8 h typical stopKalasa

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Karnataka Forest Department

Shola and rainforest

Kudremukh National Park

ಕುದುರೆಮುಖ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಉದ್ಯಾನವನ

Tiger, hornbill country and the story of three river sources. Weekend lists put it on day one; in practice it is a separate ghat day from town, not a quick add-on.

Park hours as notified, About 600 km² of grassland and wet evergreen forest. Enter only with a current forest permit. No stay or safari is sold here.

95 km from town8 h typical stopKalasa

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Matha on the Tunga

Sringeri Sharadamba Temple

ಶೃಂಗೇರಿ ಶಾರದಾಂಬಾ

Adi Shankara’s southern seat. Two-day itineraries stretch west for darshan; it is a living campus, not a viewpoint bolted onto a trek.

06:00–14:00 & 16:00–21:00, Sharadamba Temple on ordinary days: 6:00 AM–2:00 PM and 4:00 PM–9:00 PM, with maha-mangalarati noted on the matha site. Camp and festival days move. sringeri.net is the authority.

90 km from town2 h typical stopSringeri

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Sringeri Sharada Peetham, temple timings

Annapoorneshwari

Horanadu Annapoorneshwari Temple

ಹೊರನಾಡು ಅನ್ನಪೂರ್ಣೇಶ್ವರಿ

A forest-wrapped shrine to the goddess of food, toward Kalasa. Pilgrim lists and Tripadvisor both keep it among the district’s most visited temples.

06:00–21:00, The temple’s site lists darshan 6:00 AM to 9:00 PM, with a traditional dress code. Annadana follows the kitchen. Festival days move.

100 km from town2 h typical stopKalasa

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Sri Kshetra Horanadu

Kemmanagundi sunset walk

Z Point

ಝೆಡ್ ಪಾಯಿಂಟ್

The sunset shelf above Kemmanagundi. Weekend write-ups name it next to Hebbe because both hang off the same hill day.

Daylight; last light on the ridge, A few kilometres on foot from the hill station. Shanti Falls is a small stop on some descriptions of the same path. Return before dark, the track is unlit.

67 km from town2 h typical stopTarikere

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Kalhatti Falls

Kallathigiri Falls

ಕಲ್ಲತ್ತಿಗಿರಿ ಜಲಪಾತ

A familiar stop between town and the garden hills. 2-day lists include it because you pass it; the fall itself is seasonal.

Daylight on the Kemmanagundi road, A Veerabhadra shrine sits with the cascade. The road is the same hill line as Kemmanagundi. Wet rock; no herbal claims are made here.

56 km from town1 h typical stopTarikere

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Sacred spray

Manikyadhara Falls

ಮಾಣಿಕ್ಯಧಾರಾ

A short cascade used as a pilgrimage stop on the same ridge as Baba Budan. Commonly bundled with the cave shrine on day-one hill loops.

Often described as daylight, about 06:00–18:00, On the Baba Budangiri slopes. Visitor blogs copy a 6-to-6 window, treat it as a daylight hint, not a municipal board. Confirm locally.

30 km from town1 h typical stopChikkamagaluru

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492.46 sq km tiger reserve

Bhadra Tiger Reserve

ಭದ್ರಾ ವನ್ಯಜೀವಿ ಅಭಯಾರಣ್ಯ

Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary covers 492.46 sq km across 15 state forests (tourism brochure). Named for the Bhadra River from the Kudremukh hills — tigers, elephants, gaur and birds. Safari only through official forest channels.

Safari slots as the forest department notifies, Muthodi and other ranges are notified forest. Jeep timings and any fees belong to the department counter, not this page.

38 km from town3 h typical stopChikkamagaluru

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Lakkavalli reservoir

Bhadra Reservoir, Lakkavalli

ಭದ್ರಾ ಜಲಾಶಯ

One of Karnataka’s older large dams, holding the water that shapes the tiger reserve’s western edge. 2-day lists pair it with Bhadra forest.

Viewpoints in daylight, A working dam on the Bhadra. Any boating or gallery access is local. This is not a water-sports desk.

40 km from town2 h typical stopTarikere

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Hoysala trikuta

Veeranarayana Temple, Belavadi

ಬೆಳವಾಡಿ ವೀರನಾರಾಯಣ

A three-shrine Hoysala house of stone east of town. Tripadvisor and heritage loops name it; BanBanjara’s 2-day list does too.

Temple daylight; inner rules are theirs, The Veeranarayana temple is a living shrine. Photography and dress follow the temple, not a tourism card.

29 km from town1 h typical stopChikkamagaluru

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Amrutesvara, 1196 CE

Amrutesvara Temple, Amruthapura

ಅಮೃತೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಾಲಯ

The stone temple 2-day itineraries add when they swing north. Quiet compared with the ghats, and worth the extra kilometres if you care about Hoysala work.

Temple daylight, Built under Veera Ballala II. A relatively intact Hoysala shrine north toward Tarikere. No fee is quoted here.

74 km from town1 h typical stopTarikere

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Old tank, open water

Ayyanakere Lake

ಅಯ್ಯನಕೆರೆ

One of the large old tanks of the dry east, with the Baba Budan range on the skyline. Weekend pages list it as a picnic sheet of water.

Lakeshore daylight, A historic irrigation tank in Kadur taluk, not a ticketed park. Fishing and any boat use are local customs, not a listing here.

22 km from town1 h typical stopKadur

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Ghat to the coast

Charmadi Ghat

ಚಾರ್ಮಾಡಿ ಘಾಟಿ

The district’s steep drop toward Dakshina Kannada. Place lists treat it as a drive and a lookout, not a town stroll.

Drive in daylight; monsoon is serious, Hairpins through the wet western forest. Landslip and mist close the road without warning. Not a viewpoint with a ticket booth.

70 km from town3 h typical stopMudigere

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Shoulder below Mullayanagiri

Seethalayyanagiri

Seethalayyanagiri

Travel guides and 2-day blogs name it as the greener step under Karnataka’s high point, a stop, not a second summit day.

Daylight; same hill road as the high peak, A Shiva shrine and a view over both valleys. Often walked on the way back from Mullayanagiri. Road and weather still decide.

19 km from town2 h typical stopChikkamagaluru

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Ox’s shoulder

Ettina Bhuja

ಎತ್ತಿನ ಭುಜ

The district’s best-known half-day climb on the Mudigere side. It appears on serious place lists more than on packed 2-day town loops.

Fair-weather half day, A rock nose over the Charmadi valley. Not a jeep summit. Carry water; turn around in cloud.

90 km from town6 h typical stopMudigere

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Near Kigga

Kadambi Falls

Kadambi Falls

Two-day west-side itineraries add it after Sringeri. Treat it as a seasonal cascade, not a swimming notice.

Daylight; liveliest after rain, A stepped fall in the Sringeri–Kigga country. Slippery laterite. No stable public fee is listed here.

95 km from town1 h typical stopKalasa

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Single-stone Kalyana Kolam

Kodandarama Temple, Hiremagalur

Kodandarama Temple, Hiremagalur

Hiremagalur’s Kodandarama shrine, about 3 km from town: life-sized Rama, Sita and Lakshmana from a single stone, with Sita to Rama’s right in Kalyana Kolam — a brochure highlight of Hoysala–Dravidian craft close to headquarters.

Temple hours as posted locally, At Hiremagalur, just south of Chikkamagaluru town. Inner-sanctum and dress rules are the temple’s.

3 km from town1 h typical stopChikkamagaluru

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Coffee Board museum

Coffee Museum, Chikkamagaluru

Coffee Museum, Chikkamagaluru

The indoor half of coffee country: how the crop is explained in town. Weekend lists put it on day two because it is close and does not need a jeep.

Confirm in town before you go, A museum on the bean in this district. Opening hours belong to the museum / Coffee Board notices, not to a tour brochure.

2 km from town1 h typical stopChikkamagaluru

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Coffee Board of India

Zodiac stone, Sringeri

Vidyashankara Temple, Sringeri

ವಿದ್ಯಾಶಂಕರ ದೇವಾಲಯ

The architecture stop beside the living shrine. Place lists keep it with Sringeri rather than as a separate day.

Same campus as Sharadamba, use matha timings, Fourteenth-century stone on the Tunga campus. Pillars associated with the solar months are the usual visitor note. The matha sets access.

95 km from town2 h typical stopSringeri

District place lists

Sringeri Sharada Peetham, temple timings

Inside Kudremukh park

Hanuman Gundi Falls

ಹನುಮಾನ ಗುಂಡಿ

The waterfall 2-day Kudremukh sketches mention after the grasslands. It is a forest place first.

Only with park access, A rock-cut plunge in notified forest. Closed when the park is closed. No fee is invented here.

80 km from town2 h typical stopKalasa

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Karnataka Forest Department

Sringeri countryside

Sirimane Falls

ಸಿರಿಮನೆ ಜಲಪಾತ

The west-side fall on temple-day itineraries. Quieter than Hebbe, and just as dependent on the monsoon.

Daylight after monsoon, A stepped cascade near Sringeri. Seasonal. Local access rules change with rain.

80 km from town2 h typical stopSringeri

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District tourism

Kalaseshwara

Kalasa & Kalaseshwara Temple

ಕಲಸಾ ಕಲಸೇಶ್ವರ

The waypoint 2-day Kalasa–Horanadu drives actually stop at, not only pass.

Temple daylight, The taluk town shrine on the way to Horanadu and the Kudremukh approaches. Living temple rules apply.

92 km from town2 h typical stopKalasa

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District tourism

Deviramma, Mallenahalli

Deviramma Temple, Mallenahalli

ದೇವಿರಮ್ಮ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ, ಮಲ್ಲೇನಹಳ್ಳಿ

The everyday Deviramma temple people actually stop at, not the Deepavali climb on the hill above.

Temple daylight, The foothill shrine of Goddess Deviramma on Bindiga estate road at Mallenahalli, north of Chikkamagaluru town. Living temple rules apply. The peak shrine is described locally as festival-time only.

20 km from town1 h typical stopChikkamagaluru

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Kudremukh grasslands water

Lakya Dam

ಲಾಕ್ಯ ಅಣೆಕಟ್ಟು

A quiet sheet of water on Kudremukh lists, not a town lake, and not a sports reservoir.

Daylight; park-edge country, The old tailings dam, now still water under grassland. Access follows forest and local practice.

95 km from town1 h typical stopKalasa

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District tourism

Hill goddess

Deviramma Betta

ದೇವಿರಮ್ಮ ಬೆಟ್ಟ

Tripadvisor nearby-things lists name Deviramma with the same range as Mullayanagiri. A local deity hill, not a second high-point trophy.

Daylight on the ridge, A pointed peak near Baba Budangiri, with an easier shrine at Bindiga noted by the district. Festival days crowd.

25 km from town3 h typical stopChikkamagaluru

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Often bundled, not in this district

Hassan is next door.

2-day blogs add Belur, Halebidu and Yagachi because they sit on the same Bangalore road. They are Hassan district sights. This companion will not pretend they are taluks of Chikkamagaluru.

Hassan district

Chennakeshava Temple, Belur

Hoysala stone at Belur, often tagged onto a Chikkamagaluru weekend. It is not inside this district, about 25 km toward Hassan. Temple hours and ASI notices are theirs.

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Hassan district

Hoysaleswara Temple, Halebidu

The other great Hoysala terrace, a short hop from Belur. Weekend lists bundle it with Chikkamagaluru; geographically it is Hassan.

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Hassan district

Yagachi Dam

A reservoir some 2-day blogs list with Chikkamagaluru water-sports. It sits outside this district. Any boat desk is local and not sold here.

Karnataka Tourism