The Swimming Spot below Sanapur
Where the canal drops between rocks below the Sanapur sluice — a pool in the monsoon, bare stone by March.
Open
6:00 am – 6:00 pm
Entry
Free entry
Best time to go
Morning
Time to spend here
About 1 h
Crowds
Usually quiet
Reached on foot from the Sanapur lake road, about fifteen minutes over boulders. Ask in Sanapur village rather than following a map pin the last stretch.
About this place
Below the Sanapur sluice the canal water falls between two shelves of granite into a pool that people have been swimming in for as long as the canal has run. It is a seasonal thing rather than a waterfall: full and loud from July into October, a trickle by December, and dry rock by March. The walk in is over boulders with no path and no railing, and the rock beside the water stays slick long after it stops raining. Go in the morning, when the light comes down the gap and the stone is not yet too hot to sit on. There is nothing here — no gate, no ticket, no shop — which is the point of it and also the reason to bring your own water.
Good to know
Getting there: There is no car park here. Stop on the Sanapur lake road where there is room and walk in over the boulders — there is no path and no railing. Ask in Sanapur village for the way rather than following a pin the last stretch.
- Only worth the walk between July and November. By March there is no water at all.
- The rock beside the water stays slippery for hours after rain. There is no railing and no path.
- Nobody watches this place. Do not swim alone, and do not jump — the depth changes with the season.
- No shop, no toilet, no shade. Carry water in and rubbish out.
