Ritu Waterfall
Chikhalda's sibling, a kilometre off. One more small monsoon drop on the same village outing.
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- Best months
- Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct
- Time needed
- ~1 hr
- Entry
- Free
- Hours
- Open area
- Effort
- Easy
One kilometre from its better-pinned sibling sits a small monsoon fall, in the village country where Dang's south-west runs toward the Waghai side. Ritu is the second half of the Chikhalda outing. Nobody has written about it; the pin and a traveller's visit are the record.
See Chikhalda's entry for the pocket's practicalities, the two share roads, season and the same happy absence of everything commercial.
Highlights
- ◆One kilometre from Chikhalda, the pocket's easy double
- ◆Undocumented village falls at their quietest
Traveller tips
- →Always pair with Chikhalda: one outing, two drops and the banyan grove
Safety
- ⚠Wet rock is slick, grip footwear
- ⚠Flow rises with each spell; keep children in hand
Where it is
Approximate pin. The circle is the margin · 20.6875, 73.5886
Directions to Ritu ↗Getting there
Road · As for Chikhalda village; the Ritu drop is a kilometre on
Rail · Waghai (heritage narrow gauge); Bilimora Jn for broad gauge
Air · Surat (~130 km)
Last stretch · Village-lane walk; wet-season slick
Practical detail
- The road
- Rural tar; monsoon-slow
- Parking
- Informal, at the village
- Season
- Monsoon-fed; dry outside the rains.
- Visiting
- Open village land.
- Photography
- Small-scale falls. Go close and low rather than wide.
- Food
- None. Carry everything
- Toilets
- none
- Guides
- Villagers point the way
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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