Explore Ranchi

Follow the winding roads into Patratu Valley, spend a day with Ranchi’s waterfalls, or discover the Adivasi food traditions of Jharkhand. Begin with a place that interests you and leave room to linger.

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Hairpin bends winding through the green hills of Patratu Valley beneath a cloudy sky

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The Scenic Drive

Patratu Valley

The road becomes part of the outing here: a succession of bends through green hills, with wide views across the valley. Jharkhand Tourism highlights both the landscape and the journey through it.

Hundru Falls descending over layered rock into a pool edged with large boulders

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Water And Stone

Hundru Falls

The Subarnarekha River drops through a dramatic rocky landscape at Hundru. Make the falls the focus of an outing, with time to take in the changing shapes of rock and water.

Jonha Falls cascading over broad rock shelves with forest along the far bank

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Among The Trees

Jonha Falls

Also known as Gautamdhara, Jonha brings together cascading water, rock shelves and a setting associated with a nearby Buddhist temple. It offers another way to discover the waterfall country around Ranchi.

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A Taste Of Jharkhand

Ajam Emba

A Place For Food A Place For Stories

Ajam Emba is a Ranchi food initiative founded by Aruna Tirkey to bring Adivasi food traditions into wider view. Slow Food documents its restaurant and training work, as well as the Slow Food Ajam Emba Community’s work with Indigenous food knowledge and millets. It is a place to begin exploring the food culture of Jharkhand.

Confirm the current venue, opening hours and menu before visiting.

Golden food in a leaf-lined basket beside a brass bowl and green accompaniment at Ajam Emba

Folded white food on leaves in a woven basket, with accompanying dishes on a wooden table at Ajam Emba

At Your Own Pace

Leave Room To Linger

Check current access, weather and transport before setting out. For the waterfalls, check the walking route and steps for everyone in your group, and follow signs and staff guidance at the site. The photographs show the places on earlier visits; water levels and conditions change.

Landscape photographs: Kingshuk Mondal · CC BY 4.0 · Food photographs & story sources

Patratu Valley
Photograph © Kingshuk Mondal. Resized to 2560 × 1920 and converted to WebP. Displayed crop may vary by screen.
Source: Wikimedia Commons — Hairpin bends at Patratu Valley, Ramgarh, Jharkhand, India 01.jpg
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Hundru Falls
Photograph © Kingshuk Mondal. Resized to 2560 × 1920 and converted to WebP. Displayed crop may vary by screen.
Source: Wikimedia Commons — Hundru Falls, Jharkhand, India.jpg
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License: CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Jonha Falls
Photograph © Kingshuk Mondal. Resized to 2560 × 1920 and converted to WebP. Displayed crop may vary by screen.
Source: Wikimedia Commons — Jonha Falls, Jharkhand, India 01.jpg
Source URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jonha_Falls,_Jharkhand,_India_01.jpg
License: CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Ajam Emba
The two food photographs were supplied by The Mohua’s owner and edited for this website. The CC BY 4.0 attribution applies to the landscape photographs.
Story researched from Slow Food’s Ajam Emba profile and its Jharkhand millet project.

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