About Hebbe Falls
Hebbe Falls in the Chikmagalur hills is a two-tiered cascade in a setting that is uniquely Karnataka — the falls plunge through a private coffee estate and the jeep track to the viewpoint passes through avenues of coffee bushes, pepper vines, and silver oak that create an atmosphere entirely unlike typical forest waterfall approaches. The Big Hebbe (upper fall, 168m) and Small Hebbe (lower fall, 76m) together create a combined vertical drop of 244 metres through forest draped in coffee cultivation.
The Hebbe area is in the heart of Chikmagalur's coffee country — this district produces some of India's most celebrated single-origin coffee, and the combination of the plantation landscape, the Bhadra wildlife corridor, and the beautiful falls makes Chikmagalur one of Karnataka's most rewarding nature-culture destinations. The forest around Hebbe is the territory of leopards and the Indian giant squirrel, and the Bhadra Tiger Reserve is within 20 kilometres. The falls are perennial thanks to the dense forest catchment above.
Year-round flow; July–November for maximum volume. The two tiers can be seen simultaneously from the main viewpoint.
A telephoto lens from the lower viewpoint compresses the two tiers into a single frame, showing the full 244m combined height.