DANDELI- A NATURAL,HISTORIC 

AND RELIGIOUS SPOT

                    Dandeli City is located at the bank of River Kali in UttarkannadaDistrict, which is 117 KM FROM KARWAR, 75 KM FROM HUBLI, 57 KM FROM DHARWAD, 481 KM FROM BANGALORE.   It is very famous for Wild sanctuary, Paper Mills, Syntheri Rock and Forest Resorts. Kali River is the main water source. People of this city are coming from different states of the India. They are very good example for "unity in diversity" with its different culture, religion and language. So Dandeli city is Recognised as "MINI INDIA".Dandeli is a natural habitat for wildlife. Safaris in open jeeps into the Dandeli wildlife sanctuary accompanied by trained naturalists are the best way to view wildlife here. It is home to big cats such as tigers, leopards, and even black panthers, elephants, gaur, deer, antelopes, many kinds of reptiles and a rich variety of birds. It is also a perfect place for white water rafting. Of late, it has become a hot tourist spot and attracts many local and foreign tourists all the year around.

                 A adventure trek into the dense forest with expert guides you can follow trails, which leads all the way up to the peaks of nearby hills. The views from atop the hill are astounding with the panoramic view of backwaters of Supa Dam, misty mountains and greenery spread out for miles.Dandeli is surrounded by natural, historic and religious spots in the form of River Kali, Kavla caves, Syntheri rocks, Ulavi temple, Sykes point, the Supa dam (a 2*50 MW hydro-electric power station) etc.Owing to the expansion of tourism industry today, many jungle resorts and camps, and also nature camps have come up around the place catering to the needs of the tourists.

 You can visit Dandeli any time of the year. During the monsoons,you may see less animals and miss white-water rafting,but the place acquires a unique ambience.Dandeli to know the real beauty of nature, you may have visited my scenric spots, but not the one like Dandeli. Dandeli is known and noted in the maps because of its dence forest. The only river in India without any dispute, which is born in the same district that is Karwar District & joined the sea in the same district The river known for its greatness is the Kali.

One enjoys Dandeli Holidays with rafting, kayaking, coracle ride, jacuzee bath, in this roaring kali river. Dandeli is a place where all the age group of people enjoy. Dandeli is such a place where we can see the forest and river speak. The roaring river appeares to be a liquid tranquize and the forest appear to be a green emrald.

Dandeli tourism is a place in Karnataka where one can spend his/her relaxing holidays, to recover from all types of fatique. When the datas was collected many of the visitors expressed their opinion in this way "Dandeli is the best honey-moon spot" some said, "Dandeli Holidays is the best compared to other hill stations like ooty and kodaikanal, because they are more crowded and Dandeli is cool and calm place". And some of them said "Dandeli is beautifull place and more beauty of it's, we need not travel more to reach Dandeli. It is a question of 4 to 8 hours journey from many big cities of Karnataka, Goa and Maharastra State".One more beuty of Dandeli tours is that it is surrounded by many religious temples, which is liked by many elder peoples. For middle aged people there is always the beutiful of forest and river along with the beauty of power generation where the same water is used thrice for power generation in three different beautiful spots. For youngest there are many adventurous activities like jungle safari,rafting, tracking, spotting wild animals and birds. Above all this, where do you spot Dandeli, When you think of reaching it? It's very easy to reach Dandeli. Dandeli is hardly 78 Kms from Hubli, 55 Kms from Dharwad, 125 Kms from Goa, 115 Kms from Karwar, 480 Kms from Bangalore, 45 km from Londa railway station and 35 Kms from Alnavar Railway Station the nearest railway station to reach Dandeli.

                  Dandeli City is located at the bank of River Kali in UttarkannadaDistrict, which is 117 KM FROM KARWAR, 75 KM FROM HUBLI, 57 KM FROM DHARWAD, 481 KM FROM BANGALORE.   It is very famous for Wild sanctuary, Paper Mills, Syntheri Rock and Forest Resorts. Kali River is the main water source. People of this city are coming from different states of the India. They are very good example for "unity in diversity" with its different culture, religion and language. So Dandeli city is Recognised as "MINI INDIA".

Dandeli is a natural habitat for wildlife. Safaris in open jeeps into the Dandeli wildlife sanctuary accompanied by trained naturalists are the best way to view wildlife here. It is home to big cats such as tigers, leopards, and even black panthers, elephants, gaur, deer, antelopes, many kinds of reptiles and a rich variety of birds. It is also a perfect place for white water rafting. Of late, it has become a hot tourist spot and attracts many local and foreign tourists all the year around.A adventure trek into the dense forest with expert guides you can follow trails, which leads all the way up to the peaks of nearby hills. The views from atop the hill are astounding with the panoramic view of backwaters of Supa Dam, misty mountains and greenery spread out for miles.Dandeli is surrounded by natural, historic and religious spots in the form of River Kali, Kavla caves, Syntheri rocks, Ulavi temple, Sykes point, the Supa dam (a 2*50 MW hydro-electric power station) etc.

                                          Prof. John Kurakar