Its been my efforts to give a place in the world map to Dandeli, by promoting it and also creating awareness, among the people who visit this beautiful place not to litter by plastic and instead keep this place more natural.

I invite everyone who read this to contribute their ideas, personal experiences and suggestions so that it may benefit others who are planning to go to Dandeli.

Please do flow your messages/ pictures/video's to srishti.19@gmail.com. Lets make it a better place.

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DANDELI INFORMATION

The number of places you can visit in Dandeli are plenty, so try and keep as much time as you can when you plan a visit. Dandeli is nearly 500km from Bangalore. It is also very close to Goa and Maharashtra and is hence visited by many people from Goa and Bombay.

To reach Dandeli from Bangalore, you can take direct KSRTC buses, but book in advance. But it is preferable to take your own vehicles since the distances are high and you can't rely on public transport. To reach Dandeli, you can drive to Dharwad which is on NH4(via Tumkur) and then take a diversion to Dandeli. You can also choose an alternate route that goes via Shimoga, it is longer but is more pleasant and scenic. You can also deviate a bit and visit Jog falls on the way if you take this road. To take this route, take NH4 to Tumkur, turn left and reach Shimoga and then Sagar which are on NH206: Bangalore - Honnavar road. From Sagar, you have to go via the towns Siddapur, Sirsi and Yellapur to reach Dandeli. Jog falls is a short deviation between Sagar and Siddapur. Expect bad roads in the later part of this journey, but it takes you through forests and good landscapes unlike the Dharwad road.

Bus Starting from Bangalore : Rajahamsa Executive Deluxe at 8:45pm and 10.45pm everyday.

From Bombay/ Mumbai, Pune, Kolhapur to Dandeli, you have a option of booking with a private bus service which operates to Dandeli, else take a bus to Belgaum and then you get buses plying to Dandeli. By train the closes rail head would be Londa, you can get access from Londa trough jeeps which ply regularly.
If planning to come from Hyderabad, ideal would be to reach Hubli, then you can take a alternative.

From Goa, you need to either take a bus or a train and you need to change in Londa. As mentioned you will have to take the jeep service to Dandeli.

By Air : closest airport is Hubli and Belgaum and another at Goa.


Staying in Dandeli, you got plenty of options, for more details check my older posting.

My Visit to Syntheri Rocks.



It was calm after the rain stopped pouring.We had no idea of going out but all of a sudden we just made up minds to let ourselves out to go to Syntheri Rocks.

The drive was a splendid one as we could find only LUSH green everywhere and our lungs breathed pure Oxygen!!!

We reached our destination finally with a great cheer on everybody's face. Eagerness and enthusiasm filled to reach to the bottom.we made it to the bottom and the water was in its fully roaring spirit making milky waves splashing on us.There were plenty of tourists enjoying the same.

We could sit there for half an hour ad it started drizzling .. it was a wonderful experience which has to be experienced by one.. we were stranded outside without umbrellas and our only shelter for the time was the trees...all of the people present were under the trees.

after some time the rain had drenched us all of them completely we managed to leave.It was indeed a great opportunity for us to get the rain which in turn helped us climb back the steps in a cool manner. We reached on the top and had a realisation of our clothes being dried up to the maximum.

We could make out the efforts by the forest department to keep the place clean and plastic free is not happening as people break these rules according to their requirements.I personally feel it should be one's individual deed to make sure he does not pollute the forest and put in his/her best efforts to keep and maintain our rich nature.

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