Nandu writes: Raj and I went to Chikmagalur on 22/09/08 to 25/09/08. We did a bit of research from maps etc and selected some place to visit. We travelled by Bus.
Chikmagalur is small town which is placed foot hills. There are no bus facilities to hill stations. On the first day of the journey we stayed in relative’s coffee estate for a night. Its nice place to relax and for camping. It stretches around 17acres land and there is stream which runs inside the estate.
We got some information from local people about transport to the hill stations but there was no bus service to these places. Next morning we went back to town and Raj had some contact in Chickmagalur for a jeep but it was very expense quote so we took taxi to Mullyangiri - the highest peak in Karnataka. There was an amazing view from the peak.
We decided to stay over night and we pitched our tent to stay. It was raining heavily till midnight and the next morning we planned to go Baba budin giri that is placed on other side of hill. We trekked down for 2 hours for some transport.
We took an auto to the baba budin giri its about 29km from town. The most attractive view point at this place we stayed for just 1 hour because it was not a place for Adventure, its a pilgrims place.
We moved to other part of hill, we travelled around 60km by bus and jeep to Kemmannagundi. We stayed in government gust house for night and next morning we trekked about 45minutes up a steep path which leads to a wonderful view. There were miles of greenery stretching all aroundas well as some small water falls and streams and a whole load of leaches that decided to attack me!
A great trip though....
