Water spills over a broad shelf of rock and drops in white threads into the forest below. Birds call from the trees, and the green slopes of the Sigur Plateau fall away toward the plains.

The falls

Kalhatti Falls, also called Bird Watcher's Falls, lies about 13 km from Ooty in the Nilgiris, on the Ooty–Mysore Road down the Sigur Ghat. It is at about 1,600 m on the Sigur Plateau. The area is rich in bird life, and deer, wild buffalo and sambar come to drink. From Kalhatti village, the falls are reached by a 3 km trek.

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  Falls On the Sigur Plateau.
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  Bird watching Rich bird life.
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  Kalhatti village Start of the 3 km trek.