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Memorable
and
unique
place
near
Bargarh
and
you
won't
regret
visiting.
Below
are
information
about
the
site,
PROS
and
a
few
CONS
(as
cons
are
few,
I
am
mentioning
CONS
first):
About
the
place:
The
place
has
three
main
features
1)
A
large
2-stage
waterfall,
2)
entirely
rocky,
flat,
and
"walkable"
hills,
3)
Forests
on
the
way
to
the
waterfall
and
behind
the
rocky
hills.
CONS:
1)
The
main
waterfall
is
crowded
and
facing
the
ill-effects
of
tourism.
Some
people
even
bath
there
and
litter
the
place
with
soap/shampoo
covers,
polythene
etc.
The
path
leading
to
the
main
waterfall
is
littered
with
wrappers,
plastic
glasses,
even
beer
bottles.
Seems
there
is
no
management
to
clean
up
the
place.
2)
The
parking
at
base
of
the
rocky
hills
&
waterfall
is
crowded
and
littered.
Too
many
picnic
parties
(in
December)
camping
and
cooking,
and
loud
music
playing.
3)
The
place,
especially
the
main
waterfall,
is
unsafe
if
you
are
not
careful.
The
edge
of
the
2nd
stage
of
the
waterfall
is
high
and
steep,
with
huge
boulders
at
bottom.
Still
people
go
to
edge
for
photos
(a
guy
from
Govindpali
in
Bargarh
had
slipped
to
his
death
6
months
back
in
July).
The
edge
of
1st-stage
is
steep
too,
though
not
that
high,
and
we
saw
lots
of
teenaged
guys
and
girls
posing
for
selfie
at
edge.
4)
Be
careful
of
slippery
surfaces
if
you
are
visiting
in
rainy
season.
Most
of
the
place
is
basically
water
flowing
down
in
various
streams
down
the
rocky
hills.
Dont'
fool
around
the
main
waterfall
as
one
mistake
will
be
your
last
mistake.
5)
There
are
small
pools
at
the
1st
stage
of
the
waterfall.
They
are
much
deeper
than
they
look,
so
keep
kids
and
short-heighted
people
away.
PROS:
1)
If
you
are
visiting
from
Bargarh
side,
the
drive
itself
after
Bhatli
through
Barapahad
is
one
of
the
most
scenic
ones.
It's
all
beautiful
forests
and
hills
once
you
take
the
turn
towards
"Samardhara".
Samardhara
itself
is
worth
spending
at
least
30
minutes
at.
2)
There's
a
government
park
at
the
entry
point
to
Barabakhra,
where
you
can
order
meals
beforehand
at
reasonable
price
(in
the
meantime
you
can
continue
your
trip).
They
even
cook
for
you
if
you
provide
the
raw
material
and
cooking
charges.
Even
cooking
spots
are
available
for
a
fee
in
case
you
are
a
large
picnic
party.
The
restaurant
area
is
quite
neat
and
large,
and
the
staff
are
super-friendly
village
ladies.
3)
The
drive
up
the
hill
towards
base
of
Barabakhra
is
not-so-densely
forested,
and
it's
not
steep
hill.
Adventurous
people
can
even
walk
down
the
valley.
It's
worth
it!
4)
If
you
are
a
nature-lover
and
geology-buff,
you
will
be
love
the
view
and
appearance
of
the
rocky
hills,
will
marks
of
water-streams
(some
streams
still
carried
water
in
December).
These
hills
have
been
intact
like
this
for
thousands
of
years.
5)
You
can
go
trekking
up
the
hills.
As
the
hills
are
quite
flat
and
rocky,
you
can
easily
walk
towards
top.
The
view
from
the
above
is
terrific.
We
walked
almost
1.5
km,
till
the
forested
part
started
(behind
the
rocky
hills
is
the
Debrigarh
Wildlife
Santuary.
Very
few
people
go
up,
so
it's
thrilling
and
scary
at
same
time.
6)
The
local
villagers
are
friendly
if
you
can
connect
with
them.
They
told
us
about
sambar
deer,
wild
boards
and
axis
deer
regularly
coming
down
from
the
hills
at
morning,
attracted
to
the
crops
in
their
field
(they
were
upset
about
the
damage
caused
by
wild
boars
though).
7)
This
place
is
historic
--
Indian
rebels
of
Veer
Surendra
Sai
used
to
camp
in
these
hills
during
the
mutiny
of
1857.
The
government
park
has
a
museum
area
too,
dedicated
to
the
rebels.