Skip to content

Hi TRAVELLER,

We tell travel stories

Our Backpack Tales Authors

Who are we?

We are Athul & Neethu from Bangalore, India. Our Backpack Tales (OBT) is our travel blog where we discuss our travel stories, destination guides, travel hacks etc. OBT is also a platform for people who loves to share their travel experiences to the world. Let’s start our journey!

DESTINATION GUIDES

Our Top Destination Pages

Hogenakkal Falls from Bangalore

Our most viewed travel guide

Bangalore to Hogenakkal Travel Guide

The Hogenakkal waterfalls, originating from the Kaveri river, is one of the most popular spots for a day trip from Bangalore. Hogenakkal falls distance from Bangalore is around 125 km. It is located in Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu. Some people refer it as “Niagara falls of India”. The name Hogenakkal came from two kannada words “Hoge” means Smoke and “Kal” means Rock which means the “Smoking Rock“. 

obt newsletter

Travel Stories, Destination Guides and more to your Inbox!

must reads

Travel Articles

Budget Travel

How you travel this much?  You must be rich! These are some comments from our readers reading out travel stories. We are not rich, we travel in a budget. Here we discuss how to travel without breaking your bank.

Budget Travel
Travel Gear

Travel Gear

Read about our travel gears. We love to travel light. Here we explains what all things are essential for every travel. Travelling with minimum number of gear will help you to reduce so many tensions.