Have you ever stood at Kempty Falls on a Sunday afternoon, shoulder to shoulder with a thousand strangers, and wondered if there’s something better just around the next hill? There is, according to nppmussoorie.com. Several somethings, actually. Mussoorie draws roughly 30 lakh visitors every year, and nearly all of them funnel into the same three … Read more
Have you ever stood at Kempty Falls, surrounded by thousands of tourists, vendors selling corn, and loudspeakers blasting Bollywood music, and wondered — is this really what the Mussoorie hills look like? I have. And that question sent me on a months-long hunt through forested ridges, village paths, and unmarked trails to find the waterfalls … Read more
The monsoon window for waterfall chasing in the Mussoorie hills closes by mid-October — and right now, in 2024, the falls are running at full force while most tourists are still queuing at Kempty. According to the Uttarakhand Tourism Board’s 2023 visitor survey, over 1.5 million tourists visit Mussoorie annually. Yet the vast majority never … Read more