JEYPORE, the commercial nerve centre of Koraput district, endowed with falls and forests thronged with colourful wildlife has all such facilities to serve as the convenient base for visiting the places of interest in and around.

Bagra (15 km) has the charming waterfall on the river Kolab and an ideal picnic spot. Also the waterfall at Duduma on the river Machhakund, 70 km from Jeypore, is a place of pilgrimage and rare scenic beauty. Gupteswar (58 km.) is a scenic spot with the cave shrine of Lord Shiva Gupteswar. The place aglows on the occasion of Mahashivaratri. The Shiva Temple with Champak trees at Papadahandi (52 km) is worth visiting. Sunabeda is a place of scenic beauty amidst lush green valleys with an Aero-Enginee Factory-40 km. So also ‘Batris Simhasan’ (a throne with 32 steps) at Nandapur – 69 km.

How to get there : Visakhapatnam (220 km) in Andhra Pradesh and Bhubaneswar (521 km) are the nearest Airport for Jeypore which is on N. H. No. 43 connected by regular bus services from Bhubaneswar, Berhampur and other important towns of Orissa, Andhra Pradesh & Madhya Pradesh.

Where to Stay : Hotel Madhumati (Tel. 23277/ 22307), Hotel Apsara (Tel. 22272/ 23273), Hotel Princess, Hotel Shankar, Manorama Lodge (Tel : 222330).

Assistance : Tourist Office at Koraput, Tel : 2318, Gram : ORISSATOUR.