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The World’s 100 Best Waterfalls

Chitrakote Falls

Bastar, Chhattisgarh, India

  1. THE WORLD’S BEST WATERFALLS WORTH A JOURNEY · 2026 ✦ ✦ N° 79 2026
Chitrakote Falls

A wide horseshoe fall on the Indravati River drops about 90 feet through green forest, widening to roughly 300 metres in monsoon. Visitors reach it by road about 38 kilometres from Jagdalpur, then walk down a pathway from the main road to the riverbed.

Highlights

  • Horseshoe drop about 90 feet
  • Rainbow in the spray
  • Viewpoints above and below

Good to know

  • Steps down to base, tiring climb back
  • Boating Nov to April, closed in floods
  • Book lodging ahead, busy at Dussehra

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