Waate Halla Falls One of the numerous waterfalls of the Western Ghats. This beautiful waterfall is at few kilometers distance from Unchalli Falls. A tributary to the Aghanashini River makes this wonderful falls some 30kilometers away from the Sirsi Town falling from a height of around 100+feet. The water bigger than stream and smaller than a river, by name Waate HoLe makes this visual treat. 'Waate' is the local name for the river side bamboo which can be found in plenty here. and hoLe is KannaDa for a medium sized river. This places is also quite close to one more water falls by name Unchalli Falls. And the beNNe hoLe falls. The Sirsi-Kumta road is the main road connecting to the nearest places to these places.
Waate HaLLa falls is 30+Kms from Sirsi in North Kanara district.
Distance from Bangalore : 430+kms.
Nearest Hospital : Sirsi.
Nearest food point : Aminalli (Tea shop), Sirsi.
Nearest Petrol Bunk : Sirsi.
Distance:-
430 km North West of Bangalore
By Road: -
9 hours
By Rail :-
6 Hours+2 Hours by road
Route:-
Take a bus from Sirsi which goes to HaggaraNi, get down at a place by name Nilakunda. From here it is 3kms walk to the valley, where one has to climb down to reach the Waate HaLLa falls.
When to go:-
Post-monsoon .
Tourist offices:-
Assistant Director of Tourism, Govt of Karnataka, 1st Floor DC Office Building, Balraje Urs Road,
Shimoga-577201, Tel: 08182-223604 .
KSTDC(bookings and info) Badami House, NR Square, Bangalore Tel: 080-2275869, Fax: 2352626 Email: kstdc@vsnl.in
Where to stay :-
Hotel Shivani
Garden Land, Sirsi,
Uttara Kannada - 581 402
Tel: 08384-237797, 70
Tariff Range: Rs. 350/- to Rs. 1200/-
