The charming hill district of Coorg or Kodagu, lies in the Western Ghats and is surrounded by coffee plantations and orange orchards. The main town is Madikeri around which all the resorts are centred. Coorg has some lovely colonial bungalows and home-stays, as well as many larger commercial hotels. Apart from visiting the tourist highlights, you can go for lovely walks in the plantations, trek in the forest, picnic by the side of jungle streams, go boating and fishing on the Cauvery River, and have a beautiful outdoors holiday.

Highlights: 

• Madikeri Fort and Omkareshvara Temple these are the sightseeing points within the town of Madikeri and were built by the Lingayat rulers of the area.
• Abbey Falls this is a beautiful waterfalls about 30 minute ride away from Madikeri
• Kaveri Nisargadhama this is a pretty island formed at a fork of the Kaveri River. There are many interesting activities organised by the forest department such as elephant rides, boating, watchtowers in the trees, and a hanging bridge to reach the island.
• Dubare this is another natural island on the Kaveri. It is a popular picnic spot and also has an elephant camp run by the Forest Department.
• Tibetan Monastery - This is a large Buddhist settlement of Tibetan exiles. There is a big monastery here as well as interesting shops for Tibetan artefacts and feng shui objects.
• Irpu Falls a spectacular waterfalls about an hour's drive from Madikeri
• Nagarhole National Park one of India's finest national parks can be reached from Coorg by road and combined into an exciting holiday.