A weekend that still feels unhurried: one easy day around town and the reservoir, one big day on the mountain and the waterfall road.

Days
2
Total driving
About 220 km
Longest day
Day 2, about 4.5 h on the road
Early start
Optional, day 2
  1. Day 1
    Town, museum and the reservoir

    Morning pickup, Sabara Srikhetra, then the Tribal Museum. Lunch in town. Upper Kolab in the late afternoon: the garden, the viewpoint over the water and sunset from the dam road.

    Sabara SrikhetraTribal MuseumUpper Kolab Reservoir
    1. Estimated times
    2. 09:00Sabara Srikhetra
    3. 10:00Tribal Museum
    4. 12:30Lunch in Koraput town
    5. 15:30Upper Kolab garden and viewpoint
    6. 17:45Sunset from the dam road
    7. 18:30Back at the hotel
  2. Day 2
    Deomali and the waterfall road

    Early departure for Deomali, time on top, breakfast on the way down. Nandapur's stone shrines and the 32-step throne, then the country road to Rani Duduma. Back to Koraput by evening.

    DeomaliNandapurRani Duduma
    1. Estimated times
    2. 05:00Leave Koraput
    3. 07:00Deomali top, sunrise
    4. 09:30Breakfast, Semiliguda
    5. 12:30Nandapur, Batrisa Singhasana
    6. 14:00Rani Duduma
    7. 17:30Back in Koraput
Terraced garden below the Upper Kolab dam wall
The garden below the Upper Kolab dam.

If you have one more evening

Arriving the night before turns this into a proper trip: day one starts early and Kolab moves to the first evening, which frees day two for a longer stay on Deomali. See the 3-day plan if a third day appears.

Rani Duduma is at its best from August to December. In late winter ask us whether the flow still justifies the detour.