Raja Seat
This is a beautiful garden of seasonal flowers and a fountain, overlooking a deep valley and meandering roads. In the yester years, the Raja's of Coorg spent their evenings at this vintage point watching spectacular sunsets beyond the Western Ghats. That is how the place came to known as Raja's Seat.

Madikeri Fort
Built on high grounds with a unique blend of traditional and modern styles of architecture, the Madikeri Fort looms large over the town. Built during the reign of the Haleri kings, it was rebuilt in the early 19th century.

Built in European style, the palace is said to have secret underground routes. At several prominent places, the initial of king Virarajendra 'V' has etched.

Gaddige Tomb
Touching the skyline stand the Gaddige or three tombs with domes in Islamic style and minarets with gold coating built in Indo Arsenic style. The central tomb, larger and more ornate than the other two on its either sides is a memorial on the greaves of Virarajendra and his wife Mahadevi Amma. The other two are the graves of Lingarajendra and of Rudrappa, Guru to Virarajendra. Situated on an elevated plane, the place offers a bird's eye view of Madikeri.

Abbi Falls
A thrilling amid forests and coffee plantations takes one to the most popular picnic spot the Abbifalls. The gush and the grandeur of the waters splashing down from 70ft can be witnessed from the hanging bridge. Although the crystal clear waters are inviting, bathing and swimming in the deep waters is unsafe. Heavy vehicles cannot ply the narrow road leading to the falls and therefore jeeps and Auto Rickshaws come in very handy.

Talacauvery
The worshipping deity of Coorg, and the lifeline of peninsular India, River Cauvery takes her origin as a spring in Talacauvery, one of the most prominent pilgrim centers of Karnataka. About 48kms from Madikeri at the foot of 'Brahmagiri Hills' in Talacauvery is the holy pond where on auspicious day of 'Tula Sankramana' that generally falls in October every year, goddess Cauvery appears in the form of a river. Cauvery is one of the seven major rivers of India, Cauvery is the 'Dakshina Ganga' or 'Ganga of the South'.

Nisargadhama
As island surrounded by the river Cauvery, Nisaragadhama is a picturesque picnic spot offering a true "Woody" experience amidst a bamboo forest with a hanging bridge, boat rides, elephant rides, tree-top shelter, deer park etc...

Highly eco-friendly cottages named Brahmagiri, Lopamudra, Kannike etc... are especially designed for the ones who want to spend their days and nights in the cradle of nature.

Harangi Dam
A dam with a length of 2775 ft and a height of 174 ft is built across the tributary of Cauvery. This reservoir, 8 kms from Nisargadhama on one side and 6kms from Kushalnagar on the other, is the only reservoir in Coorg. A true picnic spot where one can admire the gushing back waters and a Cauvery temple nearby. A visit to the Kudige Dairy farm close by could be interesting.

Golden Temple
After the Chinese took over Tibet, the refugees were settled at Bylakuppe near Kushalnagar and the Buddhist Monastery was re-established here in 1972. It houses over 250 monks today. The monastery not only attracts large number of young Tibetans seeking enlightenment and education, but also draws huge tourists from all over India and abroad.

Dubare Forest
The island has a wonderful wreath of water and trees around. The cool and gurgling waters of the river offer a pleasant and refreshing view. The Dubare Forest area is maintained by the forest department that runs an Elephant Training Camp here. People visiting the place enjoy the unusual experience of watching the routine of 12 tamed elephants, their herd-behavior, their intake of enormous 'raagi' balls made specially for them by mahouts etc.

The State jungle lodges and resorts have undertaken the development of the island.

Nagarahole
Nagarahole, a national park, known as 'Rajiv Gandhi National Park', is one of the most well maintained game sanctuaries in the country. It is centrally located with Madikeri at 98 kms, Mysore at 90 kms and Virajpet at 64 kms. The sanctuary is spread over an area of 647 sq. kms? and is home for herds of Elephants, Gaur, Cheeta, Sambas, Barking deer, Sloth bear, Languor, Jackal, Crocodile, and over a hundred species of birds.

Irpu Falls
A mere kms from Nagarahole is the unearthly waterfall "Irpu" on the banks of the pristine river Lakshmanatirtha. The river descends in joyous leaps to anoint the Shiva temple on its banks, patches of eye soothing paddy fields on the surrounding land; it is a wonderful getaway spot. Buses ply from Gonikoppa.

Igguthappa Temple
The Padi Igguthappa temple resembles the temple of kerala in style. The temple governs and plays an important role in the traditional and cultural life of Kodagu. However, interestingly enough very little information is available regarding the history of this temple.

In 1810 Lingarajendra captured eight Tigers and killed 34 Elephants in the surroundings of this temple. To symbolize this culture he denoted a silver elephant to this temple. According to scripts available Apparanda Bopu, a Dewan of Halarie rules, renovated this temple between "1834 - 1835".