Peak
The highest peak in Karnataka, in the Baba Budangiri range. A small temple stands at the summit.
Peaks, waterfalls, lakes and Hoysala temples around Chikmagalur. Scroll to fly over the hills to each one.
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The hills around the homestay
Real satellite imagery over real elevation data, with the heights stretched a little so the ranges stand out.
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Areca Ranches Homestay
Halenahalli, south of the Baba Budangiri range. Accommodation and all meals included.
Peak
Mullayanagiri
The highest peak in Karnataka, in the Baba Budangiri range. A small temple stands at the summit.
Hills
Baba Budangiri
A crescent-shaped range named after the Sufi saint Baba Budan, who is said to have brought coffee to India from Yemen. His shrine is in these hills.
Waterfall
Jhari Falls
Also called Buttermilk Falls. Water spreads in a wide white sheet over steep rock near Mullayanagiri. The last stretch of road is by jeep.
Waterfall
Hebbe Falls
Drops about 168 metres in two stages, Dodda Hebbe and Chikka Hebbe, inside a coffee estate near Kemmanagundi.
Hill station
Kemmanagundi
A hill station at 1,434 metres, ringed by the Baba Budangiri range. It was the summer retreat of Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV.
Lake
Hirekolale Lake
A lake at the foot of the Mullayanagiri hills, with the peaks standing behind the water.
Lake
Ayyanakere
A lake near Sakharayapatna. Its canals water the farmland of the villages around it.
Peak
Kudremukh
The name means “horse face” in Kannada, after the shape of one side of the mountain. The peak sits in Kudremukh National Park.
Temple
Chennakeshava Temple, Belur
A Hoysala temple in Hassan district, begun by King Vishnuvardhana in 1117 CE. It took 103 years to finish.
Temple
Hoysaleswara Temple, Halebidu
A 12th-century temple to Shiva in the old Hoysala capital, built beside a large man-made lake and covered in carving.
All ten, in detail
Keep scrolling for every place with photos and directions.
Imagery: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX, CC BY 4.0. Elevation: NASA SRTM. Heights exaggerated.
Custom sightseeing packages for 1, 2 or 3 days, planned around your group. Tell us your dates and what you like, and we will put the days together.
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Day 1
The hills
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Day 2
Falls and lakes
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Day 3
Temples or the far hills
Opening times, entry rules and road access change with the season, so check before you set out. Each place has a directions link that opens Google Maps from the homestay.
Hills
A crescent-shaped range named after the Sufi saint Baba Budan, who is said to have brought coffee to India from Yemen. His shrine is in these hills.
Waterfall
Also called Buttermilk Falls. Water spreads in a wide white sheet over steep rock near Mullayanagiri. The last stretch of road is by jeep.
Waterfall
Drops about 168 metres in two stages, Dodda Hebbe and Chikka Hebbe, inside a coffee estate near Kemmanagundi.
Hill station
A hill station at 1,434 metres, ringed by the Baba Budangiri range. It was the summer retreat of Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV.
Lake
A lake at the foot of the Mullayanagiri hills, with the peaks standing behind the water.
Lake
A lake near Sakharayapatna. Its canals water the farmland of the villages around it.
Peak
The name means “horse face” in Kannada, after the shape of one side of the mountain. The peak sits in Kudremukh National Park.
Temple
A Hoysala temple in Hassan district, begun by King Vishnuvardhana in 1117 CE. It took 103 years to finish.
Temple
A 12th-century temple to Shiva in the old Hoysala capital, built beside a large man-made lake and covered in carving.
Photo and map credits
- Mullayanagiri: photo by RakeshRaju M, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Baba Budangiri: photo by Gpkp, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Jhari Falls: photo by Bkiran1426, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hebbe Falls: photo by Photos Worldwide, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kemmanagundi: photo by Srinivasa83, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hirekolale Lake: photo by Rinyogi03, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ayyanakere: photo by Vinay Kumar C Unicor, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kudremukh: photo by Ramesh Desai, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Chennakeshava Temple, Belur: photo by Dvn Avlon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hoysaleswara Temple, Halebidu: photo by Rohit Sharma, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Elevation data: Terrain Tiles on AWS Open Data, from SRTM (NASA)
- Satellite imagery: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0