One long, good day. It works if you sleep in Koraput the night before, start at eight and accept that the two big waterfalls wait for a second visit.

Days
1
Driving
About 200 km
Start
8 am, Koraput town
Ends
Deomali sunset, back by 8 pm
  1. Day 1
    Temple, museum, Kolab, then the mountain

    Sabara Srikhetra at eight, the Tribal Museum at nine. Drive west to Upper Kolab for the garden and the view over the water, then back through Koraput for lunch in Semiliguda. Deomali by three, the top by four, sunset from the ridge and back in town by eight.

    Sabara SrikhetraTribal MuseumUpper Kolab ReservoirDeomali
    1. Estimated times
    2. 08:00Sabara Srikhetra
    3. 09:00Tribal Museum
    4. 10:30Upper Kolab garden and viewpoint
    5. 12:30Lunch, Semiliguda
    6. 15:00Deomali summit road
    7. 17:30Sunset on the ridge
    8. 20:00Back in Koraput

What to skip and why

Duduma is a three-hour drive each way and Gupteswar two and a half; either one eats the whole day. Rani Duduma and Nandapur fit only if you drop Kolab, which is the better trade in the monsoon when the falls are full. Ask us and we will re-cut the day.

Arriving by the morning train and leaving the same night? Skip the museum, keep Kolab short and make Deomali the day.

If you can add a night

One extra night turns this into the 2-day plan with Rani Duduma and Nandapur on the second day.