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Kumta is another seacoast town near Gokarna, Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state. Mostly famous for its temples but this town has various beautiful attractions such as Kumta Beach, Baada Beach and most importantly Agnashini river that connects Gokarna in its own natural way. In this blog I will be taking you all along my journey to Kumta and the places I covered during my short stint here.  Since we had covered Yana caves in the first half of the day, we just had second half to cover Kumta today. Indeed a very short stint.  From Yana, we reached Kumta in less than 42 minutes (30 km). From Gokarna, if you don’t take diversion to Yana caves, you can reach Kumta in around 40 minutes (30 Km) via NH.  How to reach Kumta from Bangalore   You can take an overnight bus from Bangalore and reach Kumta next day morning. You can even take the Karwar special train from Bangalore and get down at Kumta station next day morning. You will have to take an auto from station...

If you have planned for 3-4 days stay in Gokarna, there are many places you can cover around Gokarna for a day’s tour like Mirjan Fort, Vibhooti Falls, Murdeshwar and Yana caves.  Since I have already seen the first 3 spots, this time I planned to visit Yana caves, yet another spot marked in my bucket list 😊.  Nestled in the heart of the Western Ghats, is a pilgrim center called “Yana” which famous for its unusual black rock formations.  In this blog, I will be taking you all along my journey to these magnificent caves.  We started off from Gokarna at around 10:30 am. Total travel time from Gokarna to Yana caves is around 1 hour. You can take the NH leading to Sirsi, Kumta. After driving along this Yana-Karwar road, you will see a cross “Yana Cross” from here you need to take a left and drive straight along the Yana road. This drive is enthralling as you pass by dense forest amidst the lush greenery, streams passing by and the mountains around.  And by the...