Dudhsagar Falls

This transcendent fall is located on the Mandovi River on Karnataka-Goa border. It is listed as India's 5th tallest waterfall at 310m. During Monsoon, it is a sight to behold when it is in full & furious flow. From a distance, the waterfall appears like streams of milk rushing down the mountainside.

The Legend:

The legend tells the story of a powerful and wealthy king who ruled a kingdom in the Western Ghats. The King had a beautiful daughter, who used to enjoy taking a bath during the hot summers, in the picturesque lake near the forest on the edge of the King's palace grounds. It was her habit to finish her bath and have a Jugful of sugared milk in a jug made of pure gold. One day when she was finishing her usual jug of milk she found herself being watched by a handsome prince standing amongst the trees. Embarrassed by her inadequate bathing attire, the resourceful Princess poured the sugared milk in front of her to form an improvised curtain to hide her body, while one of the maids rushed to cover her with a dress. Thus was the legend born... The sugared milk (dudh) poured down the mountainside and continued to flow in torrents as a tribute to the everlasting virtue and modesty of the Princess of the Ghats. The Dudh Sagar (Sea of Milk) continues to flow to this day and attracts thousands of visitors to one of the most popular and famous tourist spots in the state of Goa.

Trek Log:

As mentioned above, the sight will be majestic during monsoon, I joined BASC team to visit the falls. The trek for dudhsagar starts from "CASTLE ROCK" railway station to "Kulem Station", while visiting Dudhsagar. The trek distance is roughly 25Km. (It is 10Km from Kulem station). 

We a group of 30 started from Bangalore and reached Hubli Junction. We did some freshen up @Hubli junction. Then, we boarded the train for Castle-Rock. We reached by 9.30am and just then it started raining heavily. 
Until rain became slow, common food (Apples, Chocolate, and Energy stuff) was distributed to us. After brief intro, we started for the trek.

 

The whole trek was on the Railway track and there are no Hurdles expect from rain that anyhow was the best part. As we go from one tunnel to another, the view becomes splendid. On one side, we have mountain and on the other side we have valley. We reached Caronzole station by 3.00pm. We halted here as it was raining heavily and we had to have our lunch.

At Caronzole station around 20 member boarded the mail train to reach dudhsagar station as they where not njoying the rain. While others (including me), started @3.45pm and reached Dudhsagar fall by 6.00pm. The rain didn't left us till we reached the falls. It was Love at first Sight. The "dudh" was pouring from heaven and it was roaring like Lion hungry for food.

Since, others members reached early, they were able to set-up the camp inside the small room. That room was insufficient to hold such a high no. of people we were, hence eight of us decided to set our base outside using tarpaulin. Thks to Sushil & Vinnet for setting up the camp with help from others. Sushil quickly made refreshing soup using his portable stove.

 

Next day, we refreshed ourselves and started for further journey. Again, those 20 members waited for mail train to reach the next station. We started 10.00am and reached Kulem station by 1.00pm (reached quite fast). There is a small stream of water, where all of us went to refresh ourselves. We started from Kulem station by 5.00pm to reach Hubli Jan, from there we had direct train to Bangalore.

Summary:

Day 1: Bangalore - Hubli Jn – Castle Rock Station – Caronzole – Dudhsagar Falls 

Day 2: Dudhsagar Falls – Kulem Station – Hubli Jn - Bangalore