Koraput with her rolling mountains, undulating meadows, roaring rapids, enchanting waterfalls and terraced valleys leading up to verdant hills, feasts the eyes as few other districts can. Koraput with her golden autumn and misty mornings of the monsoon months, her painted spring, and slumbering summer and her winter ranging from fierce to mild provides varieties of living in different seasons which is rare elsewhere. Here in spring nature and man vie with each other to make living joyous. Koraput with her people who have been living as they lived many thousand years ago and yet accepting newcomers of the latest development of homo-sapiens, with her tribes who enjoy the joys of life today as they ever did before, living in their hamlets hidden in arbours in picturesque valleys, provide education and entertainment for the Anthropologist which few other regions provide elsewhere. Indeed Koraput is a museum of old and new in nature and human endeavour.
Human endeavour surpasses itself by producing power from falling water, by manufacturing intricate machines and consumer goods and welcoming into the district and providing homes and occupation for many thousands of persons displaced from their homes, who till then had no hope of calling any place a home of their own. Koraput has both plant life and wild life which would give years of study to the Biologist and limitless adventure for the hunter. “Had I been merely a lover of fine sceneries (of wild life and of mankind) I would have felt little desire to seek elsewhere its gratificationâ€.
Savara Shrikhetra
The District headquarters situated 2,900 ft. above sea level. Also known as “Sabar Shrikshetraâ€, the modern Jagannath Temple has come up on a hilltop. The Tribal Museum behind the temple caters to and educates the tourists about the culture and heritage of the tribals. Sabara Shrikhetra
Duduma Waterfall, Machkund : Duduma Waterfall, Machkund:The majestic waterfall, also known as “Matsya Tirtha†falls from a height of 175 meters. A hydro - electric project with its winch developed amidst deep greenery is a place for pleasure.
3 KMs away from Duduma waterfall, a small village of Ankadeli draws the attention of foreign tourists to its weekly markets on Thursdays where the most primitive tribe “the Bondasâ€, come from the remote, inaccessible dense forest. Jolaput is known for its newly constructed dam reservoir. The lake formed by the dam is 68.2 Sq. Kms. It’s a picnic spot, 77 Kms from Koraput.
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