Kavaledurga Fort

The hill fort of Nagara (Bidanur/Bidnur), the last capital of the Keladi Nayakas near Hosanagara, with moats, ramparts and the ruined Neelakanteshwara temple.

A monolithic hill near Agumbe topped by a 17th-century Jain temple and two small ponds — a popular sunrise and monsoon viewpoint reached by a motorable road and a short climb.

A small Ghat village nicknamed the "Cherrapunji of the South" for its very heavy monsoon rainfall and surrounding rainforest, known for its sunset viewpoint over the coastal plain, king-cobra research, and as the setting that inspired R. K. Narayan’s fictional Malgudi.

A forested peak of about 1,343 m in the Mookambika range, among the highest in the region and a well-known trek, linked to the Kollur Mookambika temple and topped by the Sarvajna Peetha shrine.

A small river-island bird sanctuary on the Tunga near Thirthahalli where egrets, cormorants and darters nest in large numbers, best seen from the watch-tower in the breeding season.

A forest-department elephant camp on the Tunga river near Shivamogga where captive and rescued elephants are bathed and fed in the morning, open to visitors at set hours.

A large stone Shiva temple at Ikkeri, a later Keladi-Nayaka capital, built in a distinctive Vijayanagara–Hoysala hybrid style with a granite Nandi pavilion and carved outer walls.

A safari park about 10 km from Shivamogga on the Sagara road where visitors ride through fenced enclosures to see lions and tigers, alongside a small zoo and deer park.

A restored teak-and-stone palace of the Keladi-Nayaka ruler Shivappa Nayaka in Shivamogga, now a government archaeological museum displaying sculptures, coins and Hoysala and Nayaka-era artefacts.

The 16th-century Rameshwara temple at Keladi, the first capital of the Keladi (Nayaka) dynasty, blends Hoysala, Dravidian and later styles with finely carved pillars; a small museum of Keladi history stands nearby.

A spread of islands and calm backwaters on the Sharavathi (Linganamakki) reservoir near Sagara — a long-running base for kayaking, coracle rides and camping amid forested shores.

One of India’s highest plunge waterfalls, where the Sharavathi river drops about 253 m in four separate cascades — Raja, Rani, Rover (Roarer) and Rocket — over a sheer cliff on the Sagara–Siddapura border. The flow is fullest in the monsoon and is regulated upstream by the Linganamakki dam.