The main festival is Kaveri Sankramana on Oct 17th. On this day every year at Tala-Kaveri the origin of river Kaveri, fresh spurts of water emerge from the spring. Though the mystery behind this once a year phenomena it yet to be explained, people from various places eagerly participate in the festivities. The other two main festivals of the Kodava people are Kailu-Murta & Puthari.

From Bangalore, there are 2 ways to reach Coorg. Both routes are almost the same distance-wise, maybe around 250-260 kilometers.

Coorg can be reached only by road, as there is no railway or commercial air services that serves the area. The Mysore - Mangalore high way passes through Kodagu. The district headquarters Madikeri (Mercara), is 260 km from Bangalore and 120 km from Mysore. The distance from Mangalore is 136 km and from Cannanore and Tellicherry, it is about 115 km. There are regular buses plying from these places to Madikeri.