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- Best season
- Winter / post-monsoon
- Time of day
- Morning; daylight return
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- Low
Nature & WildlifeHidden gemGorge / Viewpoint
Kanhakund / Grand Canyon of Odisha
Rugged gorge landscape promoted as a grand-canyon-like viewpoint in southern Odisha; access may be basic.
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Photo: Sanjeeb Behera 45 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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01 — The story
The story
Layered rock and deep cuts in the landscape reveal a dramatic side of Odisha’s Eastern Ghats.
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02 — About
About Kanhakund / Grand Canyon of Odisha
Coming soon
We’re still writing about Kanhakund / Grand Canyon of Odisha: its history, what’s there and why it’s worth the trip.
03 — Plan your visit
Plan your visit
Time and effort
Moderate
Easy
Moderate
Hard
- Time needed
- 2–4 hours including approach
- Trek duration
- 2–4 hours including approach
Tickets and permits
- Entry fee
- No reliable standard fee published
- Parking
- Limited roadside parking
- Permits
- Check local/forest rules and route conditions
On the ground
- Local food
- Koraput coffee and local meals
- Access
- Check official tourism/forest/ASI/temple or local authority information before travel; fees, hours and access can change.
- Families
- Varies by site
- Facilities
- Facilities vary by site; carry drinking water and verify toilets, food and first-aid availability.
- Mobile network
- Coverage varies, especially in forest, gorge and highland areas; download offline maps and confirm locally.
Stay safe
Do not approach unguarded cliff edges; use local guidance and avoid rain
Where it is
Koraput, Odisha
Near Koraput / Jeypore
No map pin yet: directions search for the name
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