India
Coorg
Coffee country in the Western Ghats
Why go
Coorg — Kodagu — is the long-weekend hill station for Bangalore and Mysore, and it earns its reputation quietly. The point of a Coorg trip is a plantation stay: a colonial-era bungalow or a modern estate villa surrounded by shade-grown coffee, with a guided estate walk to see how the beans are grown and dried. Around that, fit in Abbey Falls, the Tibetan settlement and golden temple at Bylakuppe, the elephant camp at Dubare, and the source of the Kaveri at Talakaveri.
Trip highlights
- Plantation-stay estate walk and coffee tasting
- Abbey Falls and the Raja's Seat viewpoint
- Dubare elephant camp on the Kaveri
- Namdroling Monastery and the golden temple, Bylakuppe
Ways to travel Coorg
Plantation retreat
Two or three nights at an estate bungalow with guided walks, and a day out to the falls and the monastery.
Coorg and Mysore
Combine the hills with the palace, market and Chamundi Hill of Mysore, an easy drive away.
Add Wayanad
Continue west over the ghats into Kerala's Wayanad plateau for more forest and coffee.
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