Guide
Tag: Day trips
St Mary’s Island — Ferry Times, Tips and What It Is Really Like
How to visit the basalt columns off Malpe: when the ferries run, how long to stay, what there is to do, and the things worth knowing before you go.
Agumbe — A Rainforest Day Trip 54 km From the Coast
The Cherrapunji of the South: rainforest, the king cobra research station, the sunset point, waterfalls and Someshwara sanctuary — how to do it as a day from the Udupi coast.
Waterfalls Near Udupi — Which Ones Are Running, and When
Jomlu Teertha, Koodlu Theertha, Barkana, Onake Abbi and Jog Falls — distances from the coast, the season each one works in, permits, and how hard the walk is.
Murudeshwar — The 123-Foot Shiva and the Drive North
The second-tallest Shiva statue in the world, the temple on the headland, the lift to the top, and whether it justifies a two-hour drive from the Udupi coast.
Manipal — The University Town Next Door
Cafés, bookshops, End Point and one of India's biggest medical campuses, forty minutes from the coast. What Manipal is good for and when it is worth the drive.