Palaruvi Falls

Palaruvi Falls is one of those waterfalls that apparently have ayurvedic healing properties as apparently the stream meanders through some natural herbal groves further upstream…

Kutralam Five Falls

The Kutralam Five Falls (or Coutrallam Five Falls) was one of the cluster of about nine waterfalls that Julie and I understood to be collectively known as the Courtallam Falls as they were all near…

Courtallam Main Falls (Kutralam Main Falls)

Courtallam Main Falls (or Kutralam Main Falls) was perhaps what Julie and I thought to be the creme de la creme of the collective Courtallam Waterfalls. The waterfall itself was at least 30-40m…

Old Courtallam Falls

Old Courtallam Falls offered us a much quieter experience compared to the other Courtallam Waterfalls. That was because we saw far fewer people here compared to the more mainstream waterfalls…

Athirappilly Falls

Athirappilly Falls is perhaps the most spectacular waterfall in Kerala (pronounced like Carol-uh) and was certainly one that my wife liked very much. We remember this 24m high falls most because…

Jog Falls

Jog Falls is perhaps India’s most famous waterfall. It could’ve easily been the most spectacular waterfall in all of Asia as the massive Sharavathi River spills some 253m in almost total freefall…

Unchalli Falls (Lushington Falls)

Unchalli Falls (Lushington Falls) was perhaps one of India’s most spectacular waterfalls…we were certainly impressed with the waterfall’s practically unchecked flow, its rather unusual shape…

Magod Falls

Magod Falls (pronounced “mah-GOHD”) was a relatively unknown waterfall (said to be 650ft). At least that was the impression we got considering all the signage to get here was completely in Hindi…

Sathodi Falls

Sathodi Falls (pronounced “sat-HO-dee”; I’ve also seen it spelled Sattodi Falls) is a classically shaped rectangular 15m tall waterfall in the Kallaramarane Ghat near the town of Yellapur…

Dudhsagar Falls

Dudhsagar Falls (pronounced “dood-SAH-gur”; a sign here also spelled it “Doodh Sagar”) is certainly one of India’s more popular waterfalls with foreigners given it’s within a 6- 7-hour day trip…

Dumdam Falls

Dumdam Falls was a bit of a surprise waterfall for us. We didn’t expect to see it going into nor did we even know it existed. But it was significant for us for only one reason…

Nohkalikai Falls

Nohkalikai Falls is one of the taller waterfalls in India. It makes a dramatic free leap from a fairly well-forested drainage into a rocky base accompanied by a pretty blue…

Elephant Falls

Elephant Falls is the British name of what the local Khasi people once referred to as Ka Kshaid Lai Pateng Khohsiew (or “Three Steps Waterfalls”) since the falls actually…

Bishop Falls and Beadon Falls

Bishop Falls and Beadon Falls are two impressively tall falls within the city limits of Shillong that managed to maintain good flow (which really surprised us especially considering…

Kynrem Falls

Kynrem Falls is another one of the tall waterfall near Cherrapunjee or Sohra in the Meghalaya state. What’s notable about this waterfall is that it had fairly decent flow whereas…

Nohsngithiang Falls (Seven Sisters Falls)

Nohsngithiang Falls is sometimes referred to as the Seven Sisters Falls due to the presence of several strands of cascades (some guy envisioned seven of them, I guess) coming…