Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary
Evergreen forest in the Agumbe ghats, with lion-tailed macaques.
- Where
- Udupi, Karnataka, India
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 13.4833, 74.8333
Get the Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Karnataka volume with your photos and a note.
Near Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary
Udupi Sri Krishna Matha 19 km
The Krishna temple at Udupi, run as a living matha, with older shrines standing around it.
St Mary's Island 21 km
Columns of basalt that cooled into hexagons eighty million years ago, on an island reached by boat from Malpe.
Agumbe 29 km
The wettest place in south India, king cobra country, and where the rainforest research station sits.
Kunchikal Falls 31 km
The Varahi dropping in a series of steps, the tallest fall in India, and mostly behind a dam now.
Maravanthe Beach 33 km
Sea on one side of the highway, river on the other.
St Lawrence Shrine, Attur 34 km
A basilica near Karkala with a nine day feast in January that fills the fields.
Kundadri 37 km
A monolithic hill in Shivamogga with a Jain temple on top and a pond beside it.
Kavaledurga Fort 41 km
A nine walled hill fort in the Western Ghats near Thirthahalli, taken back by the forest.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Karnataka
Questions
Where is Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary?
Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary is in Udupi, Karnataka. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Udupi Sri Krishna Matha (19 km), St Mary's Island (21 km), Agumbe (29 km).
How do I get the Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Karnataka volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Karnataka volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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