Kaka-Kaki Waterfall
Three steps and 200-plus feet, in border forest near Gusrangam. Among south Gujarat's tallest falls, and its least visited.
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- Best months
- Jul, Aug, Sep
- Time needed
- ~5 hr
- Entry
- Free
- Hours
- Open area
- Effort
- Hard
Three steps, and a drop claimed at over two hundred feet, in the dense forest where Songadh taluka runs against Maharashtra near Gusrangam village. Kaka-Kaki is the border country's giant. That puts it in the same height conversation as Girmal and Chimer, with a fraction of their tiny traffic, because reaching it is genuinely earned: village approaches via Keshbandh, Borzar or Biliamba, then four to five kilometres of mountain descent and stream crossings from the Biliamba side.
Every account repeats the same advice: take locals from the approach villages, because the path cannot be found without them. The reward is the belt's most dramatic monsoon amphitheatre, vlogged as 'the most mysterious waterfall of Dang', the district label loose, as usual on this border, but the drama real.
Travel-wise it extends the Songadh day beyond Gaumukh and Medha for parties equipped to trek; it is not a family picnic stop.
Highlights
- ◆Three-stepped fall claimed at over 200 feet
- ◆Dense border forest via Keshbandh, Borzar or Biliamba villages
- ◆A guide-essential trek, 4–5 km with stream crossings
Traveller tips
- →Combine nothing else with it: Kaka-Kaki is a full day on its own
- →Fix the guide arrangement the previous evening; morning starts matter here
- →The 200-foot figure is local claim, not survey, enjoy it as the border's giant either way
Safety
- ⚠Guide-essential border forest with zero network, never attempt unaccompanied
- ⚠Stream crossings rise fast in active rain; turn back early
- ⚠The descent is steep and slick, proper trekking footwear only
Where it is
Area-level pin, somewhere in the circle; ask locally · 21.0500, 73.7500
Directions to Kaka-Kaki ↗Getting there
Road · Via the Songadh–Medha–Navapur road to the approach villages (Keshbandh, Borzar or Biliamba)
Rail · Songadh/Vyara or Navapur stations on the Surat–Bhusawal line
Air · Surat (~115 km)
Last stretch · 4–5 km trek from the Biliamba side, mountain descent and stream crossings; unmarked
Practical detail
- The road
- Rural tar to the villages; the rest is forest path
- Parking
- At the approach village
- Season
- The three steps need peak monsoon; the trek is also at its riskiest then, judge conditions with the guides.
- Visiting
- A trekking day. Start early, take village guides, and be out before dark.
- Photography
- The full three-step face needs the far viewpoint the guides know; carry rain protection for gear throughout.
- Food
- None anywhere on the route. Carry the day's food and water
- Toilets
- none
- Guides
- Essential, arrange in Keshbandh, Borzar or Biliamba; the path cannot be found unaided
Where to sleep
Ahwa & Waghai Basic Hotels (various)
Function over charm. These towns are the practical overnights for waterfall-circuit and Ramayana-trail days that outgrow a Saputara base.
Simple lodges and guesthouses in both towns; walk-in or phone booking. Ahwa's matter for interior-circuit overnights, Waghai's for early ghat starts. Named alternatives now have their own records: see Pravasi Gruh in Ahwa and the government circuit house below.
Devinamal Eco Campsite, Ahwa
The Forest Department's own bed nearest to Ahwa, 7 km out on the Saputara road and 3 km off it, ringed by forest above the Khapri. Cheapest roofed night in interior Dang, and the closest thing to a base for the Ahwa-side waterfalls.
Forest Department portal lists cottage rooms from ₹800 and wooden rooms from ₹2000 a night; run by the local Eco Tourism Committee, so meals are arranged rather than ordered.
Don Village Homestays (informal)
The only way to catch Don's dawn without the pre-sunrise interior drive. Expect village hospitality, not hotel service: carry cash, water and flexibility.
Informal village arrangements, a few families host visitors and cook meals; nothing is listed online. Ask at the village or via Ahwa contacts, and confirm before building a plan around an overnight
Maa Shabari Farm House & Resort, Subir
The practical bed on the Subir side, which otherwise has none, it puts the Ramayana-trail sites and the Purna sanctuary gate within a short morning drive instead of an hour from Ahwa.
Phone booking; food and accommodation both. Numbers come from a traveller writeup rather than an official listing, so confirm before building a plan around it.
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