Travel guide · Chikmagalur

Chikmagalur, from someone who lives here

Where the waterfalls are worth the jeep, which café does the flat white right, how to plan a weekend that isn’t a checklist. Honest, local, and written to be used, not to rank.

6 guides to read before you come

Itineraries7 min read

A 2-day Chikmagalur itinerary that is not a checklist

Most two-day plans try to see nine things and see none of them. This one does four, properly.

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Itineraries

A 2-day Chikmagalur itinerary that is not a checklist

7 min read · Most two-day plans try to see nine things and see none of them. This one does four, properly.

Hidden Waterfalls

Four Chikmagalur waterfalls, ranked by how hard they are to reach

6 min read · The good ones require a jeep, a walk, or both. That is the filter, and it works.

Coffee Trails

The coffee trail: how seven beans became an industry

8 min read · Coffee entered India on the Baba Budangiri ridge in the 1600s, smuggled from Yemen. You can walk to the spot.

Monsoon Travel

Chikmagalur in the monsoon: what nobody tells you

5 min read · Everyone says don't come in July. Everyone is wrong, with three specific caveats.

Best Cafes

Where to actually drink coffee in Chikmagalur town

4 min read · You are in the birthplace of Indian coffee. It would be a shame to drink an instant.

Things To Do

Things to do in Chikmagalur, honestly ranked

9 min read · Including the ones that are not worth it, which is the part the other lists leave out.