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Overview

Dubare

This is mainly an elephant capturing and training camp of the Forest Department, at the edge of Dubare forest, on the bank of river Cauvery, on the Kushalnagar - Siddapur road. The largest land animal is captured here with the help of tamed elephants and local tribes the Kurbas and is held captive for up to 6 months in large teak wood cages. The tamed elephants attend to various jobs during the day and in the evenings they come down to the river to bathe and to be scrubbed clean by their mahouts. Afterwards the mahout obliges eager tourists for free elephant rides within the camp. In the evenings, all the elephants are offered a special treat of ladoos made of ragi and jaggery, each no smaller than a cannon ball!

elephants

Overview : Madikeri

Religious : Tala Cauvery Sri Bhagandeshwara Temple, Golden Temple

WaterFallls : Iruppu Falls Abbey Falls

Coffee and Spice :

Places close by : Around Madikeri Talakaveri, Iruppu Falls, Abbey Falls, Dubare, Valanoor, Bhagamandala, Nisargadhama, Harangi Dam