One of the world's most beautiful waterfalls- The Jog Falls

in travel •  7 years ago  (edited)

Yes, this is India's tallest and one of the world's most beautiful waterfalls... Jog Falls.

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A quick thought came in my mind, so me and my husband decided to go to Jog Falls, one of the most beautiful and a must visit location, especially in the rainy season.
Though we both love driving, we preferred to go by an air conditioned bus arranged by a local tourism agency for our one day trip.

Now let's talk about this beautiful Jog Falls.
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It is located about 140 miles from Mangalore. We have to head north on the national highway to reach Bhatkal(about 95miles). Then we have to take a right turn and have to travel on a state highway (45 miles) in the north east direction.
Till Bhatkal, the highway is good, but after that it is a single lane and narrow road, without mobile reach. This 45 miles drive goes through the thick forest of western ghats section, and throughout our journey till we reach back this small city Bhatkal, we remain out of reach for any communication. (This is the reason we preferred not to drive and to go by a tourist bus. Even on top area, the view point of the water falls, our mobile phones remained out of range.)

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Now because of global warming everywhere, even in our country the quantity of rain fall is decreasing slowly, and last year there was no enough water in the fall even in the rainy season. But this year we have had a bit good rainy season, and it is worth seeing it (even though it is not in full bloom).
The hight of the falls is 830 feet (approximate), and it's spread over a width of 1550 feet, in four streams by name RAJA, (extreme left) RAANI(extreme right) in between are seen roarer and rocket... The name of the river originating this water fall is Sharavati...

Jog falls is located on the border of Sagar and Uttarkannada districts of our State - Karnataka,and a must visit place in India, especially after the rainy season.
The beautiful clouds slowly coming down from sky, changing into thick Fog , then melting or disappearing blows our mind... Am really not getting proper good words to explain!!!
We must experience this personally... That's all..
Am loading some more pics, with a word of welcome to you all to see this beautiful place once in your life...

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Hello @geetharao , thanks for making me discover this amazing nature beauty! It's really sad to hear that global warming is affecting quite a lot of lovely places in the world!
Here in my country it is not even cold when in deep winter months! Really crazy!
Thanks again for these wonderful shots of the Jog Falls
Cheers
@progressivechef

Hi Thank you so much, If you are interested in traveling, please check my earlier posts, where you can see the pics of Himalayas... And yes I will see your blogs too...

Since I got to discover you through your son @firepower, I am checking all your post daily! You live in a really great and beautiful country!
Thanks for checking my page, I really appreciate it!

Am also checking your page..
Thank you for a good comment about our country... But at the same time everything on this earth is beautiful, it depends on us that how we see or grasp it....
Acc to me, even even a piece of grass has it's own beauty... Thank you....

Wow these are really great words of wisdom @geetharao! I am so glad to be connected with such an amazing human being!

Wow! It looks so massive :)

Good day, I love traveling vicariously...thanks for posting about the beautiful Jog Falls in India. They are a site to see even if they are not flowing at their full potential...global warming has become the silent killer of our environment. Keep posting and we will enjoy the journey. I upvoted this post and I am already following you. Please check my blog and follow me @teamrodriguez.

Thank you so much... Will see your blogs too...

Beautiful pictures and post friend,your son ones commented that he will introduce you to this world. Now you are doing great job. Namaste.

That looks so beautiful! I just love the beauty and wonder of waterfalls. I would travel a far distance to see them! There's just something about them that draws me to them. Thank you for sharing a beautiful place that I never knew existed! It's so fun to travel the world through other people's eyes.

@geetharao the photos of the waterfalls remind me very much of a trip I took to Yellowstone National Park here in the United States. My brother and I hiked down a trail through the mountains to check out the Crystal Falls in the Yellowstone Grand Canyon. Absolutely amazing.

Hi @lpfaust.., Thanks for reading my post.
We had been to U.S in 2011, July.., 6 years back. I've been to Naya Gara.. It's very beautiful!!
We had been to Grand Canyon too.. But haven't seen that waterfalls which you told.
I've lots of pics in my files. I've to write about those places too in this platform. If you have time, check my earlier post about The Himalayas, just few lines(in colorchallenge Saturday Indigo)....

beautiful waterfalls @geetharao

Hi.. Thank you so much... If you are interested in traveling, you can check my earlier posts, where you can see the pics of Himalayas, the beautiful Mountain series...