Rishikesh · Waterfall

Phool Chatti Waterfall

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AreaNeelkanth road, ~7 km from Lakshman Jhula

Further up the Neelkanth road, and bigger, Phool Chatti drops into a proper pool, cold enough that people arrive with a towel and plan their day around drying off. A taxi or scooter gets you within a short walk, but the better version is to keep going about 3.7 kilometres on foot from Garud Chatti and make a half day of two waterfalls. The final stretch is steep and the rock stays slick, so proper footwear matters and there is no shame in taking it slowly. Water runs strongest during the monsoon and just after.

The pool at the end of the two-waterfall trek (steep last stretch, bring proper shoes)

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