Coorg (Kodagu)
The Scotland of India — coffee, mist and the Western Ghats.
1150 m altitude Best: October to March (post-monsoon greenery, cool weather). June–September is lush but very wet.
Kodagu (anglicised as Coorg) is Karnataka's hill district on the Western Ghats — a landscape of coffee and cardamom estates, misty ridgelines, waterfalls and the headwaters of the river Cauvery. Madikeri is the district capital; Virajpet, Somwarpet and Kushalnagar anchor the south, north and east. The district is the heartland of the Kodava community, whose cuisine (pandi curry, akki rotti, kadambuttu) and festivals (Kailpodh, Puttari) are reason enough to visit.
Getting to Coorg (Kodagu)
Nearest airports: Kannur (90 km), Mysore (120 km), Mangalore (140 km), Bengaluru (260 km). Nearest railheads: Mysore and Mangalore. KSRTC and private buses run to Madikeri from Bengaluru, Mysore and Mangalore; taxis are the most flexible way in.