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Explore Berhampur: Taptapani

If anywhere nature reveals its enigmatic charisma; it is here in Taptapani, an exotic world of wonder. Enjoy the nature close to your heart and carry the memory for years to come.

Located at a distance of 45 Kilometers from Berhampur, Taptapani, as the name suggests, is a hot water sulfur spring. The bubbling hot spring of Taptapani lies deep in the forests and high on a hill on the Berhampur-Koraput Highway.

It is famous for a perennial hot spring of Medicinal Sulfuric Water. Being surrounded by a cluster of hills and thick forests, the serenity of nature at Taptapani is added by wonderful sights of sun rise, sun set moon lit night, tribal dance and music, chirps of birds and sight of wild animals.

The place as such attracts large numbers of tourists of all category. Set amidst the greenery of a lush forest, the sulfur spring of Taptapani is situated on the top of a hill. The hot waters erupts in bubbles in two specific places and the temperature of this hot water varies between 90 degree to 100 degree Fahrenheit.
The Orissa Tourism Development Corporation has built a panthanivas or guest house near the spring in order to provide accommodation to the people visiting Taptapani. The bungalow is beautiful and offer great view of the surroundings but the greatest asset of guest house at Taptapani is that it provides direct water from the sulfur spring.
Source: Orissa Tourism