The Best Waterfalls in India

Northern and northeast falls

Nuranang Falls is a cascade of roughly 100 metres in the Nuranang gorge, reached from NH-13 about 40 km short of Tawang. A short walk leads down to the falls, and the final 1 km road is narrow and steep. Vasudhara Falls drops about 400 feet from a Himalayan cliff, reached by a 5 to 6 km trek from Mana, the last village in India. Rainbow Falls has three tiers and sits in the Khasi Hills near Nongriat. Hikers there descend about 3,500 steps, and the falls are closed on Sundays.

Western and southern falls

Nanemachi Waterfall drops about 400 feet through a moss-covered amphitheatre near Mahad. The trek from the base village takes 45 to 60 minutes. Agaya Gangai Falls is a cascade of about 300 feet in the Kolli Hills, reached over 70 hairpin bends and more than 1,000 concrete steps. Entry closes around 3:30 PM. Hebbe Falls is a two-tiered cascade in the Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary. A forest department jeep covers the last 12 km, and it leaves only when the batch fills.

Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Tirathgarh Falls lies in Kanger Valley National Park, where the Mungabahar River falls through multiple rocky tiers. Visitors drive from Jagdalpur to a car park and then walk down a long flight of steps. Chitrakote Falls is a horseshoe fall on the Indravati River, about 90 feet high and roughly 300 metres wide in monsoon. The road runs about 38 kilometres from Jagdalpur. Boating runs from November to April, and the falls close during floods.