Terraced flowerbeds
The Step Garden is one of Saputara’s well-loved landscaped gardens — a series of stepped, terraced flowerbeds, lawns and walkways laid out on the slope near the lake. Bright with seasonal flowers and offering pleasant views over the water and hills, it is an easy, family-friendly place to stroll, sit and take photographs in the cool hill air.
Seasonal planting keeps the terraces changing: the beds run brightest from the late monsoon through winter, when Saputara’s air is coolest and the lake below holds the hills in reflection. Entry costs a token ticket, the paths suit all ages, and late afternoon gives both the best light and the town’s own strolling crowd.
The Step Garden earns its place in a Saputara day as the unhurried interlude: half an hour of terraced flowerbeds, frangipani shade and lake glimpses between the ropeway, the viewpoints and the boating. Families with small children and anyone pacing an older traveller will find it the town’s kindest ground — level paths on each terrace, benches in shade, and a small entry fee at the gate.
The monsoon and the weeks after it are the garden’s lush peak, winter its brightest bedding season. Pair it with the lake promenade below and the Rose and Lake gardens nearby — Saputara’s green spaces are best strung together as one slow circuit.
It is part of the cluster of gardens — with the Rose Garden, Lake Garden and others — that make Saputara green and pretty. A gentle, restful corner of the hill station.
The terraced flowerbeds of the Step Garden, Saputara.
Terraced beds cut into a lakeside slope
Stepped beds on the lakeside slope, bright with seasonal colour.
Stepped flowerbeds and lawns laid out on the slope near the water.
Beds planted bright with seasonal flowers through the cooler months.
Pleasant outlooks over the lake and the surrounding hills.
One of the cluster of gardens that keep the hill station green and pretty.
Reasons to make the time
Terraced garden
The stepped beds terrace down the slope in the garden's signature design.
Seasonal flowers
Seasonal planting keeps the colour bright through the cool months.
Lake views
The outlooks run over the lake to the wooded hills beyond.
Family stroll
The walking is easy and the whole garden is gently pretty.
Hill-station green
It belongs to Saputara's cluster of gardens ringing the lake.
Restful
As a pause between viewpoints, it is the town's gentlest corner.
What to look for inside
THE TERRACESStep Garden
Stepped beds.
THE VIEWSOver the lake
Water & hills.
FLOWERSSeasonal colour
Bright beds.
LAWNSOpen green
A gentle pause.
WALKWAYSEasy strolls
Family-friendly.
HILL AIRCool & fresh
A restful corner.
How to spend an hour or two
Walk the terraces
Stepped flowerbeds rise in tiers up the lakeside slope — an easy, pretty walk.
See the flowers
Seasonal colour fills the beds through the cooler months of the year.
Enjoy lake views
Pleasant outlooks open over the water and the surrounding hills.
Relax on the lawns
Find a patch of green for a gentle pause in the hill air.
Take photographs
Bright, green and photogenic — a favourite for hill-station snaps.
Soak the hill air
Cool and fresh — the easy charm of Saputara's gardens.
A terraced landscaped garden on the lakeside slope.
A terraced hill garden
The Step Garden of Saputara is a terraced landscaped garden of stepped flowerbeds, lawns and walkways on the lakeside slope — bright with seasonal flowers and offering views over the water, part of the cluster of gardens that make the hill station pretty.
More places to visit across the district are gathered in our the Dangs travel guide.
A gentle, restful corner of Saputara.
Terraced flowerbeds & lawns
On the lakeside slope
Bright seasonal flowers
One of Saputara’s gardens
When to go
Misty, green and full of waterfalls.
Cool, clear and pleasant.
Cooler than the plains.
⏰ The Dangs are loveliest in and just after the monsoon, when the hills are green and the waterfalls full.
Timings & entry
- Open in daytime hours
- Green in monsoon
- Cool through winter
- Pair with Saputara
- Free or a small fee
- Family-friendly
- Lovely in flowering season
- Pair with the lake
Getting there
By Air
Surat airport (~120 km) is the nearest, with onward road links into the Dangs and Saputara.
By Rail
The Bilimora / Waghai line reaches the edge of the Dangs, with road links on to Saputara.
By Road
Easiest by road via Saputara or Ahwa, the district hub, on the hill roads of the Dangs.
At Step Garden
FLOWERS & HILLS
A terraced garden bright with seasonal colour over the lake.
What to shoot
The flowerbeds.
Detail
Lake views.
Best time
Flowering season.
Best light
Morning.
Know before you go
More to see close by
WILDLIFEPurna Sanctuary
Dense forest of leopards & birds
4Anjan & Padmadungari
Hidden waterfalls and forest eco-trails
LAKESaputara Lake
Boating in the heart of the hill town
ECO-CAMPMahal Campsite
Riverside forest camping in Purna
Forest Deities
Tribal shrines among the teak woods
VIEWPOINTSunset Point
Sweeping golden views over the Ghats
Where to eat near Step Garden
THALIGujarati Thali
Meals on the plains route.
FARSANDhokla & farsan
Steamed snacks.
STREETSaputara stalls
Corn, snacks & chai.
Tribal Dangi fare
Nagli rotla, bamboo shoots & forest produce.
Step Garden FAQ
What is Step Garden?
The Step Garden is one of Saputara's well-loved landscaped gardens — a series of stepped, terraced flowerbeds, lawns and walkways laid out on the slope near the lake. Bright with seasonal flowers and offering pleasant views over the water and hills, it is an easy, family-friendly place to stroll, sit and take photographs in the cool hill air, part of the cluster of gardens — with the Rose Garden, Lake Garden and others — that make Saputara green and pretty.
Where is it?
Saputara, The Dangs.
Is there an entry fee?
Free / nominal.
When should I visit?
Monsoon for greenery; winter for cool, clear days.
What's nearby?
Saputara, the waterfalls and the Dangs' forests.
How long does it take?
About an hour.
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Published 24 June 2026 · Updated 24 August 2026