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Getting There:
It is near a town called Anekal on the outskirts of Bangalore. It may be easier and faster to reach this town via Hosur Road, although there is another route via Bannerghatta National Park.
Directions via Hosur Road:
While going towards Hosur from Bangalore, watch out for Narayana Health City (on your left) and you have take a left from under that next flyover. You'll see an obscure "Anekal" sign board before you reach the flyover. From here, you'll be on State Highway 87 (Anekal Main Road). Keep going straight until you reach Anekal town. Then you need to take a left towards "Anekal Athibele Road" or State Highway 35. You can ask for Taluk Office or Anekal Bus-stand. Continue on this road. From Bus-stand, after about 2 Kims, you'll have to deviate on to left smaller road from the state highway 35.
Directions via Bannerghatta National park Road:
While going towards Bannerghatta National Park, go past the park (without taking any deviation), continuing on the National Highway 87 (Anekal-Bannerghatta Road) towards Anekal. Once you reach Anekal town, you'll have to take a left deviation on to a smaller town road to merge into Anekal-Athibele Road (National High Way 35). There is "Venkateshwara Talkies" movie hall at the intersection of this deviation. You may ask for Taluk Office or Anekal Bus-stand. Once you are near Bus-stand follow the same route as described above.
You'll have to drive for about 2.5 km once you take the deviation off Anekal-Athibele Road (SH35).
While at the place:
The place as such not well maintained. Just before entering the area, there is a toll gate, where you have to pay Rs. 20 as "ENTREE FEE" (sic) towards the village administration. And for parking, KSTDC collects Rs. 10 as parking fee. There is a hotel at the place but you may want to well avoid that for eating. However, there is a well maintained place for rest rooms (toilets).
You'll have to get down from the parking area (about 100-120 steps down) to reach to the waterfalls (and the stream) area. There is a temple (dedicated to Lord Shiva) near the stream and is well maintained. A puja (prayer) is done once every morning. There may be festivities on special occasions.
To Carry:
Better to carry your own food and water as both are scarce, no guarantee of buying a genuine and hygiene food and even if you get, it may be expensive. Wear shoes/sandals suitable for climbing on rocks and steep surfaces, as the pathways are not well paved but quite natural and rustic.
Challenges:
Be aware that, you may not get your GSM signal while you are down near the stream.
There are no apparent boards to reach the place (not even on the state highway) and depend on local directions (your GPS + Google Maps does help).
There are monkeys all around the place looking for careless visitors. So, recommendation is not to carry food near to the stream and avoid eating out in the open areas. Even soft drink bottles are not spared by these creatures.
Like with any other weekend getaway spot in and around Bangalore, you'll encounter drunkards and better to keep distance from them.
Do not carry expensive things and avoid unnecessary attention.
Avoid venturing into places away from the area where people are around. It may not be safe.
Best time to visit:
Better to visit around July–September time, when there are rains and there'll be plenty of water. Ensure that it is not going to rain on your day of visit. The place is not convenient enough if it rains. Otherwise, you'll be disappointed with almost no water and whatever water is that's left is muddy and not good for entering into.
However, if you want to some peaceful time away from hustle, bustle of the city and listen to some nature sounds, it's a good place to go anytime - not far off from the city.