{"id":42232,"date":"2026-07-16T21:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T15:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stayvista.com\/blog\/?p=42232"},"modified":"2026-08-03T15:22:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T09:52:20","slug":"12-waterfalls-near-bangalore-for-monsoon-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stayvista.com\/blog\/12-waterfalls-near-bangalore-for-monsoon-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Best Waterfalls Near Bangalore for a Monsoon Escape (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The best waterfalls near Bangalore for a monsoon escape range from the 35 km Thottikallu Falls to the thundering Hogenakkal on the Tamil Nadu border, most of them reachable in half a day. Between June and October, the Western Ghats’ runoff turns quiet streams around the city into full-throated cascades \u2014 and several on this list still stay free of the crowds that swarm the “famous five.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TL;DR:<\/strong> Four of these 12 waterfalls sit within 90 minutes of Bangalore \u2014 Thottikallu (35 km), Muthyalamaduvu (43 km), and Manchanabele (44 km) among them. The list also includes famous names (Hogenakkal, Shivanasamudra, Mekedatu) and two little-known additions \u2014 Kethanahalli and Ganalu Falls \u2014 for travelers chasing something less photographed. Mallalli, the farthest, is a 265 km\/5.5\u20136 hour trip and works better as a weekend than a day trip.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

If your Bangalore weekends have started to feel like a loop of malls and brunch spots, this is your cue to change that. Monsoon does something to the outskirts of this city that no other season can \u2014 dry scrubland turns emerald, dead streambeds roar back to life, and the air smells like wet earth for weeks on end. Somewhere in that transformation are dozens of waterfalls near Bangalore, some of them still fairly obscure, most of them within a comfortable drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This guide doesn’t dodge the well-known names \u2014 Shivanasamudra, Mekedatu, and Hogenakkal deserve their spot precisely because they’re spectacular in full monsoon flow. But it also digs up two waterfalls that rarely make any Bangalore listicle: Kethanahalli Falls near Chikkaballapur (which happens to answer the “waterfalls near Nandi Hills” question honestly \u2014 more on that in the FAQ) and Ganalu Falls on the Shimsha River. Most entries here are doable as a one day trip from Bangalore; a few, like Mallalli, are better suited to a weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The closest waterfalls near Bangalore are Thottikallu Falls (35 km), Muthyalamaduvu Falls (43 km), and Manchanabele Falls (44 km) \u2014 all under a 90-minute drive from the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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