Blogs from Jog Falls, Karnataka, India, Asia

Our Jog Falls Tour 9-1-2011 Jog Falls was The Destination of our trip from Belgaum but this was one trip where the Destination was thoroughly disappointing while the Journey itself was extremely pleasant, soul-satisfyingly enjoyable. I mean, we were told by friends that there is not much water in the Jog Falls now-a-day, but I did not expect it to be SO less. As is my habit, I had tried to gather as much information about the route to Jog Falls from Belgaum as possible. This was no easy task. As I told Avi, “It is much easier to plan to visit Victoria Falls than to plan to visit Jog Falls. After all, there are two International Airports to cater to the tourists to Victoria Falls, but there is not even one, itsy-bitsy, domestic airport serving ... read more

The Trek: This trek was a real challenge!. I decided to go along the river leading up to the grand Jog Falls, India's highest. It was extremely humid and the mid day sun was unforgiving. I had to trek on mostly slippery rock and since this time I didn't bring a guide along with me I had to be extremely cautious on each step. There were some tricky parts and I had to make some leaps of faith, and I kept stopping to dry my clothes and socks as high humidity meant almost no evaporation. A trick I picked up on Man vs wild. There were interesting fish in the stream and the landscape was amazing, but the real reward was walking up to the edge of the falls at the end. The Falls:The falls were ... read more