VANAMCOVE 🌲 Forests weekends
Jungle trails, waterfalls and deep green silence.
The weekend you'll talk about all week is closer than you think.
Agumbe
One of the wettest places in India — over 7,500 mm of rain a year — and the setting of the TV series Malgudi D…
Amboli
The wettest town in Maharashtra — 7,500 mm of monsoon rain a year — where the Sahyadri meets the Konkan and th…
Andaman Islands
A coral archipelago in the Bay of Bengal: the Cellular Jail's history by night, Ross Island's ruined capital b…
BR Hills
A 1,200 m ridge of shola forest and grassland in the Biligiriranga Swamy Temple Tiger Reserve — the only sanct…
Bandipur
A 872 km² tiger reserve on the Mysore–Ooty highway — elephants crossing the road, a dense sal forest and some …
Bharatpur
Keoladeo National Park is a birder's paradise — 370+ species including Siberian cranes in winter, explored by …
Bir Billing
The paragliding capital of India: launch at 2,400 m from Billing, glide for 20 minutes down to Bir's landing f…
Jawhar
A tribal princely capital in the Palghar hills — the Warli art heartland, with a Raj-era palace, sacred rivers…
Jim Corbett
India's oldest national park and the best tiger odds in the country — Dhikala's core zone is where serious sig…
Jog Falls & Shimoga
India's highest plunge waterfall — 253 m of the Sharavathi river dropping in one unbroken fall, best seen in f…
Kudremukh
A 1,894 m horse-faced peak wrapped in rolling grasslands and shola forest — one of Karnataka's oldest national…
Malshej Ghat
A misty ghat pass on the Mumbai–Nashik route where the Pimpalgaon Joga dam attracts flocks of flamingos, and t…
Shivpuri Rafting
Sixteen kilometres of Grade II–III rapids on the Ganga with the Rajaji hills closing in, plus riverside camps,…
Tamhini Ghat
A 20 km ghat road that becomes a waterfall gallery in the monsoon — rain streaming off every cliff, river cros…
Toranmal
Maharashtra's quietest hill station — 1,125 m in the Satpura range, home to Bhil tribal culture, a sacred lake…