Dudhsagar Falls

Dudhsagar Falls
Dudhsagar Falls
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Location	Goa-Karnataka border, India
Coordinates	15°18′46″N 74°18′51″E / 15.31277°N 74.31416°E
Type	Tiered (4 Tiered)
Total height	320 metres (1,050 ft)
Number of drops	5
Average width	30 metres (98 ft)
Watercourse	Mandovi River

Dudhsagar Falls (lit. 'Sea of Milk') is a four-tiered waterfall on the Mahadayi River in the Indian state of Goa. It is 60km from Panaji by road and is located on the Belagavi–Vasco Da Gama rail route about 46km east of Madgaon and 80km south of Belagavi . Dudhsagar Falls is perched at the top of a crescent shaped valley and surrounded by pristine forests, and it is amongst India's tallest waterfalls with a height of 310 m (1017 feet) and an average width of 30 metres (100 feet).^[1]

Location

The falls are located in the Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary and Mollem National Park among the Western Ghats. The falls are a punctuation mark in the journey of the Mandovi River from the Western Ghats to Panjim, where it meets the Arabian Sea. The area is surrounded by deciduous forests with rich biodiversity.^[2]

Accessibility

The nearest rail station accessible by road to the falls is Castle Rock, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka.^[3] Visitors could get in a train from here and disembark at the Dudhsagar stop. Recently Indian Railways has banned people from boarding/deboarding passengers at Dudhsagar railway, the same is considered to be an offence under the Railway regulations.^[4] People can travel by rails like Amaravati Express to view the waterfall from here

Dudhsagar trek

There are two routes to reach the falls. One is starting the trek from Kulem and following the jeep trail until the bottom of the waterfall. The second option is via the railway track which is roughly around 11 km. This trek is not allowed by the Government of Goa (Forest Department) as it is very risky being on a railway track with minimum safety. Anyone trekking along the Railway trek can be heavily fined and can even land you in jail.

Gallery

References

↑ "World's highest waterfalls". World Waterfall Database. Retrieved 11 November 2006.
↑ S.D. Gad; S.K. Shyama (2009). "Studies on the food and feeding habits of Gaur Bos gaurus H. Smith (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Bovidae) in two protected areas of Goa". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 1 (2): 128–130. doi:10.11609/jott.o1589.128-30. S2CID 84861488.
↑ Castle Rock, India Accessed 2006-04-29
↑ "Oh!Mandovi". Navhind Times. Retrieved 16 October 2008.

External links

Wikivoyage logo Dudh Sagar Waterfall travel guide from Wikivoyage

[1] "World's highest waterfalls". World Waterfall Database. Retrieved 11 November 2006.

[Suman-2] S.D. Gad; S.K. Shyama (2009). "Studies on the food and feeding habits of Gaur Bos gaurus H. Smith (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Bovidae) in two protected areas of Goa". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 1 (2): 128–130. doi:10.11609/jott.o1589.128-30. S2CID 84861488.

[3] Castle Rock, India Accessed 2006-04-29

[4] "Oh!Mandovi". Navhind Times. Retrieved 16 October 2008.

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