Bhandardara + Arthur Lake — Quiet Water and Mountains in the Western Ghats In the northern reaches of Maharashtra’s Western Ghats lies a landscape that resists spectacle and rewards patience. Bhandardara and Arthur Lake do not announce themselves with grand resorts or dramatic marketing. Instead, they reveal their character gradually—through still water reflecting basalt hills, […]
Lonar Crater Lake (Buldhana) — Rare Meteor Impact Landscape Preserved in Stone and Time In the heart of Maharashtra’s Deccan Plateau lies a landscape so geologically improbable that it challenges the very assumptions through which we usually understand Indian geography. Lonar Crater Lake, located in the Buldhana district, is not the product of volcanic eruption, […]
Kaas Plateau (Satara) — UNESCO-Linked Western Ghats Flower Plateau: A Field-Based Travel Chronicle High on the basaltic tablelands of the northern Western Ghats, far removed from crowded hill stations and engineered viewpoints, lies Kaas Plateau near Satara in Maharashtra. Often described in passing as a “valley of flowers,” Kaas is, in reality, something far rarer […]
Quiet Odisha Beaches — Choosing the Coast by Mood, Not Popularity Odisha’s coastline stretches for nearly five hundred kilometres along the Bay of Bengal, yet only a small fraction of this long shore is widely recognised on tourist maps. Beyond the familiar names lie beaches shaped less by crowds and commerce and more by wind, […]
Bhitarkanika Creek Networks — Slow Boat Travel Through Mangrove Corridors and Tidal Time Bhitarkanika is often introduced as a wildlife destination, a mangrove sanctuary known for saltwater crocodiles and estuarine biodiversity. Yet this description, while factually correct, does not capture the lived reality of the region. Bhitarkanika is not experienced through speed or spectacle; it […]
Similipal Biosphere Context Trails — An Interpretive Journey Through Forest, Culture, and Ecology Similipal is often introduced through superlatives—one of India’s largest tiger reserves, a UNESCO-recognised biosphere, a vast sal-dominated forest in northern Odisha. Yet such labels, while accurate, barely prepare a traveller for the layered reality of the landscape. Similipal is not merely a […]
Odisha’s Lesser-Known Craft Clusters — Beyond the Famous Villages Odisha’s craft heritage is often represented through a small number of well-known villages and state-promoted centres. While these locations deserve recognition, they form only the visible surface of a much wider artisanal landscape. Beyond the celebrated names lie dozens of lesser-known craft clusters—scattered across forest fringes, […]
Bhadrak–Chandabali Coastal Backwaters — Local Coastal Life Along Odisha’s Quiet Estuaries Between the open Bay of Bengal and the agrarian heartland of northern coastal Odisha lies a lesser-known but culturally rich water world: the Bhadrak–Chandabali coastal backwaters. This region is not shaped by dramatic beaches or resort-driven tourism, but by estuaries, tidal rivers, fishing hamlets, […]
Tensa and the Northern Hill Edges — A Landscape of Quiet Roads, Forest Silhouettes, and Slow Travel At the far northern edges of Odisha’s hill systems lies Tensa and its surrounding upland corridors, a region defined less by destinations than by atmosphere. These northern hill edges are places where roads narrow instead of widen, where […]
Niyamgiri Foothill Landscapes — Forested Slopes, Sacred Valleys, and Living Highlands The Niyamgiri foothills form one of the most complex and symbolically charged landscapes in eastern India. Spread across the borderlands of southern Odisha, these foothills are neither merely transitional zones nor simple buffer regions between plains and peaks. They are living landscapes in their […]