Friday, January 17, 2025

Sitakund waterfalls, Baldiha Dam and Aathsiri (Kuchei)

Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/2ZSg3D7W-xo

Location: "Sitakund Waterfall, Brundabana chandra pur, Udala, Jungle Block, Odisha 757087"


The 2nd  day of our 5 day Orissa trip (Phase 2) covered the beautiful serene drive from Baripada to Sitakund waterfalls (near Simplipal forest), Baldiha Dam (Baldiha) and a remote site-seeing place called Aathsiri near Kuchei.

The day was more of exploration as the 3rd destination was supposed to be searching for ancient stones in a place called Kuchei, but couldn’t find the place. Instead we visited Aatsiri a  serene site-seeing place and worth visiting.

Parking and Photography

Dedicated Parking is available at Sitakund. Parking not an issue at Baldiha Dam. Car should be taken through the rough route inside forest for around 200 meters for Aathsiri

Photography is allowed and Drones can be used from a distance for all the locations and no restrictions.

Follow the routes below to cover the places while staying at Baripada

Ideal time for visiting Sitakund should be monsoon, when there will be ample amount of water. Remaining 2 locations can be visited any time.

Route and Stay

Baripada is the ideal location to stay. We stayed at Hotel Durga very near to the Jagannath Temple and Jwalamukhi Temple.

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About Me

Being a travel freak and interested in ancient Bharat, I travel with my family, i love driving and exploring our country. I am deeply interested in exploring our ancient temples because they are the reflection of our real civilization.