Abbey falls is a tourist attraction in the thick coffee plantations of the Western ghats in Karnataka. It is about 10kms drive from Madikkere. It is approachable from Mysore for tourists. The first lap must be Bangalore and then Mysore.The SH 88 is well laid and it takes you to Abbey falls after a two and half hour drive from Mysore. The entire stretch of SH 88 is engulfed with greeneries. Enroute one can drop in at Nisargadhama - a sublime and calm place. The water falls from a height of 22mts. between huge boulders to a deep rocky valley.
A days trip from Mysore to Nisargadama and Abbey falls is sufficient. Abbey in local dialect means falls. The Britishers named it Jessey falls after the daughter of Madikere’s first chaplain. The Abbey falls is protected by barricades and no one is allowed to take bath, because of some ’unwary people’ meeting their end there. One can stand alongside a bridge constructed right in front of the falls and enjoy its beauty, its gushing sound and as you stand in the bridge your whole face and body will be sprinkled, nay, sprayed with the water particles from the gushing falls.
I think even if one tends to venture for a bath one cannot withstand the force of the water.There is no entry fee and it is a privately owned and maintained falls.
It is a must for any person visiting Karnataka.