About Sathodi Falls
Sathodi Falls (pronounced “sat-HO-dee”; I’ve also seen it spelled Sattodi Falls) was a classically shaped rectangular 15m tall waterfall that felt like it was off the beaten path as far as foreigners like us were concerned.
In fact, it was similar to Magod Falls in the sense that it seemed like only locals would come here.
Julie and I wondered how many non-locals had even known about these falls.
Hiking to and Experiencing the Sathodi Falls
From the car park (see directions below), there was a well established walk of about 1km each way, I think.
To our right as we walked towards the Sathodi Falls was a large reservoir where the Kali River was held up by the Kodasalli Dam (we could also see this reservoir during the unpaved section of road leading down to the car park).
The trail gently descended in the direction of the stream feeding the reservoir before veering left past some lookout tower while roughly paralleling the stream.
There was even a stretch of trail where we noticed canals flanking either side of the walkway (which I guessed was for erosion control of the trail).
Once we were near the end of the trail, there was a shelter and picnic area with a partial view of Sathodi Falls.
We were able to continue to walk carefully a little further to get a little bit closer to the falls, but we never quite made it all the way to the base of the waterfall.
Therefore, our semi-close view seemed to be the best views that we were able to get (see photo at the top of this page).
We didn’t get all the way to the falls as the combination of a jumble of rocks and stream made it a little dicey to proceed any closer.
So we had to make do with our partially obstructed and distant view of the Sathodi Falls.
We encountered some Indian students (which explained why we noticed many of them were couples) who were escorted here from the bus that was also parked at the car park.
From what we could tell, none of them ventured further that the lookout area we were stopped at so I guess we were wise not to take any more risks for a better view.
And to further reinforce the notion that hardly any foreigners came here, Julie and I definitely noticed that we routinely drew stares from other visitors at the falls.
Other than the novelty of people of Chinese descent visiting this part of the country, we engaged in pleasant conversations with a few people who broke the ice and initiated the chatter with us.
Authorities
Sathodi Falls resides near Sirsi in the Uttar Kannada District of Karnataka State. It is administered by the Uttar Kannada District Government. For information or inquiries about the area as well as current conditions, you can visit their website.
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Beautiful falls (Sathodi Falls) January 12, 2012 6:14 am - I am Suresh Patil. I am a law student. I and my 7 friends had visited the falls. We are all from Dharwad. We had gone there by bike. We had reached the falls about at 2o clock. When we reached there, many tourists are there and enjoying. We got tickets and gone there. What… ...Read MoreNearest Waterfalls
