World famous Jog falls !! - 1

Jog falls - are also known as The Gerusoppe falls. Jog falls is created by the River Sharavathi falling from a height of 292m i.e (958 ft).

Jog is situated around 32 Km from a small town Sagara, and is 379 Km away from Bangalore.From Shimoga, Jog falls is approx 108 kms. It took 2.5 hrs by taxi to reach there. The road was fine, and together with awesome weather and music in car, the whole atmosphere was just ultimate..

We carried snacks, chips, biscuits etc with us as there is just one restaurant at Jog..that too not holding very good reputation with regard to food..which on reaching there was clearly visible....you will not be left hungry, but you will definitely not enjoy food...

It was raining when we reached Jog, but after a while it stopped...

This is the pic right after the rain, mist all around is visible, this was truly an extremely beautiful moment to see the cloudy veil of Jog fleeting away...

There are approx 1250 steps cut into rocks that lead you to the very depths of the fall and shower you with vaporous spray that bounces off these rocks.....guess what!! we covered them all..it was a thrilling experience....Pareekh's company made it adventure with all the fun....There were blue colour small huts on the way, sort of halts..where glucose and soda lemon and other soft drinks were being provided..This pic is taken from a small tea-stall almost hanging from a slice of rock that gives you the most beautiful view of the falls.

These are the pics taken when we reached the bottom water area of the falls....It was a thrilling experience, we could hear the roaring water falling from above and and and it was mesmerising scene to watch water falling from above...

This is picture taken while our return from bottom water areas of the fall to the top .... it was extremely tiring to climb all those 1250 steps as they were very rough and slippery but such beautiful scenes every now and then provided us with all the required zeal during those moments....

The two pics below are ultimate example of beauty ...just see the rainbow formed in the falling waterfall.... it was forming and disapperaing every now and then, was lucky to capture this wonderful natural occurance....