Well, I hope everybody is fascinated about the beauty of this majestic waterfalls called Dudhsagar. As the name suggests, it looks like as if milk is falling from top of the hill and hence the name Dudhsagar to it. After getting to know about this place from movies and lot of other friends who had been there, I was also very much attracted to see this beautiful fall in person. I kept on planning to visit this place, but got delayed for one or the other reason. Finally I made up to visit this place in July 2015, mansoon season which is the best time to visit this place.
I came across one of the adventure travel group called Crazy Yatra. I personally knew one of the member of this group and when he said that they are organizing a trip to crazy yatra, I did not think twice. I booked 2 seats for me and my partner. Since this group had lots of members who are interested in adventures, we were able to find lot of energetic troupe for this trip which made the trip memorable.
The bus started from Bangalore at about 11PM, and we reached at 6Am to a place called Anmod near Castle rock. This is the border of Karnataka and Goa and this is the last station in Karnataka. There is a beautiful resort which is run by ex service man. The resort has basic amenities in rooms. But it is in middle of nature's care and hence everybody will get to enjoy natures beauty to the fullest. Also it has natural swimming pool which will rejuvenate you and makes you feel refreshed. After getting freshen up, we had tasty breakfast and had the packed food which will fuel us to reach the destination.
We reached Castle rock railway station from where we were supposed to start our 14km long trek on railway track. We were welcomed by the news that the home guards are guarding the Dudhsagar railway station and are not letting anyone near the waterfalls. This decision was taken a week before we had planned our trip. Because of tons of people coming over the weekend to explore the place, it became over crowded and it became safety and security issue for the government. Hence they took this extreme step of shutting the people from going to see the waterfall. Our gang looked like this.
However, we saw lots of people still starting their trek and we also decided to go for it. With raincoats and umbrellas to cover us from rain, we started marching towards the milkyway. We could witness lots of small streams of water and also relatively bigger streams. Here is how we enjoyed it.
After walking and enjoying the beauty of nature and water falls we reached a place called Caranzol. This is where we stopped for unpacking our packed food. Again in this station also we were told that the guards in Dudhsagar station would not let us to go till water falls. In the mean time, the people who had started earlier than us were returning with sad face and advised us not to go further and they wont let us to see the falls. With half mind, we were confused what to do because there is only one train from Dudhsagar station which can take us to Castle rock. If the train is also not given stop there/ if we are not allowed to go to falls, then we will be in trouble. We should go over road to reach castle rock, which would be very tough. Having all these things in mind, we did not want to give up and decided to pursue our trek.
We went on to reach the Dudhsagar railway station at around 3PM. There we saw thousands of enthusiastic people waiting to go past the guards to see the milk ocean. Finally someone suggested to pounce on the goods train that was suppose to arrive at dudh sagar station so that atleast we can get glimpse of the waterfall. As soon as the train arrived we just jumped into it without even thinking of safety measures. Luckily no bad events occurred. Here is how we waited and watched the majesty :)
Finally felt worth seeing it atleast. Mission accomplished :) A sense of relief and loads of memory to carry :)
Key informations :
Distance from Bangalore : 570Km
Trek Level : Easy to Moderate
From Bangalore one can board train and get down at Castle Rock railway Station.
Distance from Castle Rock to Dudhsagar : 14km (one can go in train as well).
Must carry : Torches to get light inside tunnels, Raincoats/Umbrella
There is no food available in between. So carry enough food.
Salt will be needed if you want to get rid of leeches.
I came across one of the adventure travel group called Crazy Yatra. I personally knew one of the member of this group and when he said that they are organizing a trip to crazy yatra, I did not think twice. I booked 2 seats for me and my partner. Since this group had lots of members who are interested in adventures, we were able to find lot of energetic troupe for this trip which made the trip memorable.
The bus started from Bangalore at about 11PM, and we reached at 6Am to a place called Anmod near Castle rock. This is the border of Karnataka and Goa and this is the last station in Karnataka. There is a beautiful resort which is run by ex service man. The resort has basic amenities in rooms. But it is in middle of nature's care and hence everybody will get to enjoy natures beauty to the fullest. Also it has natural swimming pool which will rejuvenate you and makes you feel refreshed. After getting freshen up, we had tasty breakfast and had the packed food which will fuel us to reach the destination.
We reached Castle rock railway station from where we were supposed to start our 14km long trek on railway track. We were welcomed by the news that the home guards are guarding the Dudhsagar railway station and are not letting anyone near the waterfalls. This decision was taken a week before we had planned our trip. Because of tons of people coming over the weekend to explore the place, it became over crowded and it became safety and security issue for the government. Hence they took this extreme step of shutting the people from going to see the waterfall. Our gang looked like this.
However, we saw lots of people still starting their trek and we also decided to go for it. With raincoats and umbrellas to cover us from rain, we started marching towards the milkyway. We could witness lots of small streams of water and also relatively bigger streams. Here is how we enjoyed it.
After walking and enjoying the beauty of nature and water falls we reached a place called Caranzol. This is where we stopped for unpacking our packed food. Again in this station also we were told that the guards in Dudhsagar station would not let us to go till water falls. In the mean time, the people who had started earlier than us were returning with sad face and advised us not to go further and they wont let us to see the falls. With half mind, we were confused what to do because there is only one train from Dudhsagar station which can take us to Castle rock. If the train is also not given stop there/ if we are not allowed to go to falls, then we will be in trouble. We should go over road to reach castle rock, which would be very tough. Having all these things in mind, we did not want to give up and decided to pursue our trek.
We went on to reach the Dudhsagar railway station at around 3PM. There we saw thousands of enthusiastic people waiting to go past the guards to see the milk ocean. Finally someone suggested to pounce on the goods train that was suppose to arrive at dudh sagar station so that atleast we can get glimpse of the waterfall. As soon as the train arrived we just jumped into it without even thinking of safety measures. Luckily no bad events occurred. Here is how we waited and watched the majesty :)
Finally felt worth seeing it atleast. Mission accomplished :) A sense of relief and loads of memory to carry :)
Key informations :
Distance from Bangalore : 570Km
Trek Level : Easy to Moderate
From Bangalore one can board train and get down at Castle Rock railway Station.
Distance from Castle Rock to Dudhsagar : 14km (one can go in train as well).
Must carry : Torches to get light inside tunnels, Raincoats/Umbrella
There is no food available in between. So carry enough food.
Salt will be needed if you want to get rid of leeches.
