The beach and fishing harbour just west of Udupi — the lively Malpe beach and the boat ride out to the basalt-pillar St Mary’s Islands.
Road distances measured on real routed roads to Malpe itself, not to the district headquarters, on 24 August 2026. Driving time is deliberately not published: free-flow routing badly understates a Deccan single-carriageway highway, so allow more than the distance suggests.
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Featured: Sri Krishna Matha, UdupiThe Krishna-temple town and home of Udupi cuisine — the Sri Krishna Matha and the older Anantheshwara temple on Car Street, the Manipal plateau viewpoint, Madhvacharya’s birthplace at Pajaka and the Kaup lighthouse beach nearby.
Featured: Kollur Mookambika TempleThe Souparnika-river temple town in the Ghats foothills — the Mookambika temple and the base for the Kodachadri hill trek.
Featured: Maravanthe BeachThe northern Udupi coast — the road-on-a-sandbar Maravanthe beach, the Kodi beach at the Gangolli river mouth, the historic temple town of Barkur and the Kemmannu hanging bridge.
Udupi district is known for: The temple town of Udupi with the Sri Krishna Matha and its cuisine, the Malpe beach and the basalt St Mary’s Islands, the Mookambika temple at Kollur and the scenic Maravanthe coast.
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A clean, lively beach and fishing harbour ~5 km from Udupi — the boarding point for boats to St Mary’s Islands and a hub for water sports and seafood.
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A cluster of small islands off Malpe famous for their columnar basalt — hexagonal rock pillars formed by ancient volcanic activity — reached by a short boat ride and declared a National Geological Monument.
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Top places to visit in Malpe include Malpe Beach, St Mary's Islands — each has a full guide with how to reach it and what to see nearby on this page.
The nearest airport to Malpe is Mangaluru International Airport (IXE), ~60 km. The rail gateway is Udupi (UD) on the Konkan Railway; also Barkur and Kundapura. NH-66 coastal highway (~60 km from Mangaluru); ~400 km from Bengaluru via the Ghats; KSRTC and private buses, autos and taxis.
October to February is the coolest, most comfortable season to visit Malpe and the rest of Karnataka. March to May is hot on the plains, and the June–September southwest monsoon brings the main rains, heaviest along the coast and Western Ghats.