Bannerghatta National Park

This was probably the sixth time I was visiting the Bannerghatta National Park. But this time I felt that this place is really worth mentioning in my blog. It not only houses a plethora of animals but also some of the rarest species of birds. The biggest attraction here is "The Grand Safari" which includes safari for elephant, deer, black bear, lion and tiger.

Our plan was to leave the house by 10.00 in the morning, But as usual we were 1 hour late. We left at 11 and reached there by 12. Much to our surprise, it was compartively less crowded for a saturday morning. Probably all the Bangaloreans were travelling out of the city as it was the first long weekend of the year 2015. Immediately we took the ticket for the grand safari. It was around Rs 260 per head and that would also include the entry to the zoo.

This time, I could see a big difference in the development of the area around this place. It was full of shops, vendors and small eat outs. Also the area was well developed with lush green gardens and some fountains.

We entered the gate and immediately moved towards the safari queue. We immediately got the safari jeep and settled in the first seat. WOW.. thats the best place anyone could ask for.

All Happy to be on first seat in the safari jeep :)

As we moved through the hilly terrain through the forests, we spotted some deers, some elepants, one cute little baby elephant. Next we entered the Bear zone, followed by the Lion zone and finally the tiger zone. Below captured pictures explain the same.

The Tiger

Tiger trying to climb the tree

Deer

Black bear coming near our safari jeep

Another black bear hinding in the woods

Wild elephants

The security while entering these zones is really just amazing. When the jeep enters, the first gate opens. Then the first gate is closed and then only the second gate is opened. And finall once the jeep is out, the second gate closes.

The entire safari took around 45 mins. On the safari jeep, there was a ad about some neraby restuarent serving dosas. As soon as the safari ended, we went there to have dosa. It was okay, not really great. But there were hardly any food restuarents around, so that was our best option. I guess carrying food from home would have been a better option.

After that, we entered the zoo on the same ticket. Exploring the zoo was fun. They have a good variety of animals right from the White Peacock to the White Tiger. They also have some rare species of birds from Africa like Macau, Parrots, etc. It takes around 2-3 hours to explore the place.

Thats our little monkey sitting on elephant ;)

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There is also a butterfly park, but we did not visit that. I also read a board that read "Way to boating", thats something new here, I guess. But we were quite tired and hence chose not to go for it. For elder people, there is a eco-car facility given, which will take them through the entire park.

There is also a small amusement park outside, but after a whole tiring day, none of us were in a mood to go there, except Charvi who is always extra enthu on outings.

Overall it was a wonderful and fulfilling trip!!

Trip to Maheshwar

I am not sure how many of you would have heard about this place. In my opinion, Maheshwar is a hidden gem and one should not miss visiting this beautiful place.

Maheshwar is an ancient city which is known for its forts that are located on the banks of river Narmada. This Narmada Ghat is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful ghats I have ever seen. Hence I called it as a hidden gem. It is around 80 kms from Indore, Madhya Pradesh and around 2 hours drive.

Our Indore trip would not have been complete without the family trip to this wonderful place. After having some delicious methi paratha prepared by our wonderful mami, we left Indore at around 9 in the morning,  The drive to this place is quite good and troublefree. Initially we had decided to visit only Maheshwar. But later extended also to Mandleshwar which is further 8 kms away. We reached Mandleshwar at around 12.

Mandleshwar is known for its water supply and filtration plant. Above is a picture of the entry to this water supply plant. This plant pumps the Narmada water and purifies it and then distributes it to most of the places in Madhya Pradesh. After a long search, we managed to spot this plant. It has basically two seperate units, one to pump water from Narmada and store it in huge tanks.

This water further goes to the filtration plant. This magnificient filter unit is worth watching. Below is the picture of the filter unit. The rim surrounding the water tank is actaully the pathway to monitor this unit. We were lucky to get a chance to walk around this pathway. The experience of visiting this water filter unit was unexpectadly an exciting and somewhat thrilling for all of us.

After this short educational trip, we went to Maheshwar, which is around 8 kms from here. To satiate our hunger buds, we gobbled some local fruits from the market. At the entry of Maheshwar fort, we all got full recharged with the refreshing sugarcane juice. This was much needed for some trekking to the Fort and the Ghat.

As we walked inside past the arch, we could already see the fort, which overlooks the Narmada river. One can get a very good paranomic view of the Narmada river as well as the ghat from here. Next to it is the Ahilya Bai Holkars Palace. It was more like a Rajwada kind of a house. For those who dont know Rani Ahilya Bai Holkar is a widow who ruled this place for years and is known for her courage and determination and also her governance and ability to maintain perfect law and order in her kingdom. This place also has a big statue of Ahilyabai Holkar.

Next halt - the most awaited Narmada Ghat. We walked down a few steps to reach the Narmada Ghat. This place is surrounded by temples. Much to my surprise, there were hardly much tourists here. It was more like a peaceful shrine. And whoever visited this place, were more inclined to go for boating rather than to temples. Below is the picture of one of the temples.

There were many boats waiting for us. We all jumped into one nice Shikara kind of a boat. Boating was really fun. As our boat moved away from the shore, we could again see the whole paranomic view of the Narmada Ghat and the fort. It looked really picturesque and serene. Below is the view of Narmada Ghat from our boat. Here you can also see the fort.

In this picture, you can see the entry to the ghats and the awaiting Shikara boats.

There were many people taking a dip in the water. But unfortunately none of us came prepared for a swim. So finally we decided to sit down on the ghat and atleast dip our legs inside this holy water, splashing water on each other once in a while.

The ghat is surrounded by many temples. Each of the temple has meticulosuly carved architecture. Here is Charvi posing near one of the temples.

After enjoying some chats, we finally decided to retreat back. Aila...we had almost forgotten about lunch. While on our way back, we had lunch at Foody's. Fortunately food was available there even at 5 PM.

We reached back to Indore at around 8 PM. All thanks to Rohit dada and his non stop bakbak, that kept us entertaining throughout the journey.

Visit to Indore

Welcome to the Foodies City of Indore...Also known as the Cultural Capital of Madhya Pradesh.

Though Indore does not look very far from Bangalore when seen on a map, the travel from Bangalore to Indore gives a different picture.

There are not many direct trains or flights from Bangalore to Indore. We had to take the Rajdhani till Bhopal and after a overnight stay in Bhopal, the next day, we took the double decker train to Indore. This was the first time I was travelling by a double decker train in India. There are also chartered buses (Volvo) running between Bhopal - Indore , 24 hours a day.

Though Indore is not a very popular tourist destination, one can definately visit this place for the varieties of gourmets. And if you are a foody, then this is a must visit destination. For us, the reason was very obvious. My hubby has many relatives settled in Indore, and it was almost 5 years since we had visited them last.

Some popular places to visit here are the Annapurna Temple, Rajwada, the Chaatris, etc.

My favourite being the Rajwada. Not for its construction or carvings but for the ample number of eatouts surrounding that place.

Below are some of the "Must Try" items.
- Coconut stuffed Aloo Tikki called as Coconut Patties
- Rabdi
- Shikanji
- Poha served with garma garam Jalebis
- Garadu - deep fried Yam
- Gulab Jamuns
- Bhutte ki kees
- Pani Puri - popularly known here as Pani Patase

The best way to enjoy these delicacies is by visiting the "Sarafa Bazar".
This is set up late evenings everyday till the wee hours in the morning.
These eatouts are setup just outside the jewellary shops (sarafa) ...hence the name.
Here you can enjoy wide varieties of snacks..from Kachori to Chole Patties, Jalebis to Gulab Jamuns and everything served hot and fresh.

Try the coconut patties and Kachori at Vijay Chaat. Walk down a few lanes to try the Dahi Wada at Joshis followed by the Shikanji at Nagori Sweets.

Seeing the crowd at these places will tell you that Indori people are really big shoukeens of food.

Another such place is the Chappan Bazar where there are Chappan eatouts setup in the late evening. Unfortunately I could not visit this place. This is a must visit place for my next Indore trip.

Below are some "take away" items which one can buy to enjoy Indori Tadka back home
- Sev (Lahsun Sev, Ratlami Sev, Ujjaini Sev and many more varieties)
- Farsan and Chiwda
- Gajak - a must "take away"

This blog talks more about food or rather only about food...

But Indore is not only about food. The market area here is also very interesting. Here you will see market in very nook and corner...just like the food joints. As the winters are quite extreme, the varities and choices of warm clothes and winter wear available here is really awesome.

Indore is close to many other tourist places like Ujjain, Omkareshwar, Maheshwar, Mandu and that could be one more reason for tourists to visit this place.

Below is the link to our trip to Maheshwar :)
Trip to Maheshwar

So whenever you are trying to decide on a vacation the next time, do consider visiting Indore, especially if you are a foodie ;)

Enjoy Travelling!!

Trip to Yerkaud

It was the long awaited long-weekend of October. Every soul in every corner of Bangalore was longing for this vacation. Due to the long weekend, most of the resorts were fully booked. After a big struggle, I managed to find an available resort in Yerkaud and quickly booked it online.

Yerkaud is a small hill station situated in Tamil Nadu and is around 5 hours drive from Bangalore. That would also avoid us the Mysore road and its Dushera rush.

Route:
Bangalore -> Krishnagiri -> Dharmapuri -> Salem -> Yerkaud (ard 225 kms)

The road from Bangalore till Salem is a perfect 4 lane road.
Bangalore -> Krishnagiri is the Chennai Expressway.
In Krishnagiri, take the road towards Salem.
From Salem, take a right to reach Yerkaud. From there, the uphill ascent starts with 20 hairpin bends. (ard 30 kms)
This drive from Salem to Yerkaud is really pleasant and enchanting with the dense forests, the mountains, the monkeys, the mist.

Accomodation:
We stayed in the GreenBerry Resort which on the way to Pagoda point.
It is nestled in the lush green forests, around 3 kms away from Yerkaud city.
They have a in house restuarent and also childrens play area.
As it was away from the city, our stay there was very pleasant.

Day 1:
We left Bangalore at 6 in the morning and reached Yerkaud at ard 11.30 noon.
Usually it takes ard 4-5 hours. But due to heavy rush at the Hosur toll gate, we took one hour extra.

Once you enter the Yerkaud town, the first thing that u see is the Yerkaud Lake. There are different boating options available. You can either go for motor boat or pedal boat or row boat. We went for row boating.

Next to it is the Deer Park. Though it is called deer park, you will find many other animals there like peacock, Guinea pig, etc. There are also some swings to entertain the kids.

Thats Charvi feeding the rabbits...

From there, we further went to Ladies Seat, from where you can get a view of the valley. Next to it, is the Gents Seat and also the Rose Garden. After savouring the authentic fruit called "RamFal", we returned back to our resort. Below is the picture of  the warning painted on rock next to the Ladies Seat.

In the late evening, we started for the Pagoda Point. The drive to this place is very scenic. Pagoda point is again a view point, but on a cliff where you get a good view of Salem city. The bext time to visit this place is in the late evening. We reached there at around 6.00 PM, when there was still some daylight. The experience of seeing the daylight fading away and taken over by moonlight was a mesmerizing one. Slowly we could see the lights in Salem city coming up.

After a wholesome happening day, we went back to the yerkaud town for dinner. The food options here are really less, especially if you are not a Chettinad fan. Once again we had to survive on the "Kal Dosa".

Day 2:
After having "Kal Dosa" once again for breakfast, we checked out of our resort and then started for Raja Rajeshwari temple. Since it was Dushera, we had reserved all temple visits for that day.

After the Raja Rajeshwari temple visit, we went further to visit the Servaroyan temple. This temple has a narrow and dark cave dedicated to the God Servarayan and the Goddess Kaveri. This place is usually very misty as it is the highest point in Yerkaud.

Finally we went to the Anna Park, which is just opposite the Big Lake. After a big stroll there, we decided to head back. After some fruit shopping - RamFal, Figs and Butter Fruit, we started our way back at around 12.30 PM. We had lunch at Dominos in Salem. On the way, also shopped some firecrackers in Hosur for Diwali preparations. Finally reached home at 6.00 PM.

Memorable trip to Sinhagad

Independance day holiday clubbed with a long weekend came after a long long wait for almost 4 months. That means it called for a short vacation. On a very short notice, we decided to go to Pune to visit my in laws. Fortunately it was a still longer weekend in MP and Pune as they had an additional holiday for Pathiti. So some more relatives also came to visit Pune. It was more like a family get togather. And that called for a trip togather.

After a lot of discussions we decided to go to Sinhagad fort; gad meaning fort in marathi. This place is famous for trekking. The trek from the base to the top is a very thrilling experience and it takes around 3 hours. But since my 2 year old and also my MIL and FIL were accompaning us, we decided to go by car till the top and then further trek from there. We were a group of 8 people, ranging from all age groups- the 2 year olds to the 60 year olds. We went by 1 car and 1 bike.

The distance  from Pune to Sinhagad is around 30 kms and it is around 1 hour drive. We left Pune at around 10 AM and reached Sinhagad at around 11 AM. The initial 20 kms was through the Pune city and the last 10 kms was the uphill ascent to Sinhagad. This was the best time to visit this place in the month of Shravan as it is full of greenary. It felt like the mother earth has worn a green saree :)

The initial 20 kms, I travelled in the car. And the last 10 kms, I travelled by bike togather with my dear hubby and my little daughter. From the bike, we could see the pisturesque view with green green all around, the rocky mounains, the fog and the clouds. As we reached the top, it was getting more misty and looked really serene. Fortunately it did not rain that time. After reaching half the way, my cutie pie refused to wear her jacket and skarf to enjoy the cold breeze that was caressing us.

After reaching the top, we all assembled and we started our trek. At the entrace, there is a huge arc like structure which might be the remains of the fort. This was my guddu's first trek and she was enjoying every bit of it. We trekked for around half an hour and guddu also enjoyed the walk through the rocky hills, the trees, the fog, the vendors selling groundnuts, corn, etc. Since it was a long weekend, it attracted many tourists and the place was fully crowded.

After trekking for about an hour, all of us felt hungry as we had skipped our breakfast. You get this authentic marathi food there. 'Chulivarchi Jwarichi Bhakri' is quite popular in Sinhagad and many people visit this fort to enjoy the bhakri.  It is basically Jowar Bhakri prepared on the Chullah and hence it tastes just awesome.

We had garma garam 'Kekda bhaji' for starters. Kekda bhaji is basically onion pakodas prepared with more onion and less besan and hence look like Kekdas or crabs. Thats how they got the name. For main coarse , we had the delicious Pitla-Bhakri served with unlimited Pitla and pickle. . For desserts, we had the mouth-watering 'Matka Dahi' that is the curd served in matkas. We enjoyed the full three coarse meal at the top of Sinhagad. If you happen to visit Sinhagad, do not miss to try all these savouries. While we enjoyed our lunch, Charvi enjoyed her 'Jhula-Jhula'.

Finally after a full tummy, we proceeded further. It was getting more and more misty and windy. At last we reached a view point fron where we could see the beautiful valley. It was playing hide and seek with us as it was covered by the clouds every now and then. There was also remains of a fort like strucure probably that might be the actual gadh or the fort.

We kept trekking further and further passing some small and some big ponds, some majestic arcs, temples. On a way we had the malai kulfi, which was just awesome. In the cold chilling climate, having malai kulfi is just amazing.

Finally we reached the dead end and we had to head back. On our way, suddenly there were heavy showers and we had just 1 umbrella to share among 8 of us and ofcoarse the youngest had the priority. Finally we managed to get shelter in a small hut, which had given shelter to around 50 people. My hubby and brother in law enjoyed the rain standing outside the hut under the small umbrella in the heavy rains. The heavy rains stood much stronger than the umbrella and they both enjoyed getting wet.

Finally after around 10 mins, the rain subsided and we started back. This time the mist and the clouds had disappeared, but the weather had become very cool and the ground was full of running water. We could see mini waterfalls all around. Finally after spending around 4 hours in Sinhagad, we started our journey back home. On our way back, we visited the magnificient Khadakwasla dam.

It was a just a half day trip, but a very memorable one. Even the short trip becomes memorable if you have a good, jovial and a funloving group with you. Thanks to everyone who joined us for making this a wonderful trip. Special thanks to my cutie pie Charvi for making this trip a memorable one for all of us.

Memories of Italy

In the summer of 2010, me and my hubby were on a business trip to Nurnberg. One evening, we were lazying around watching the english movie "Italian Job". The depiction of Venice in that movie helped us to decide on our next travel destination - Venice, Italy.

The following evening, we started reading about Venice and how to reach there and finally our plan was ready. We booked return flight to Milan and decided to take the train to go from Milan to Venice.

On friday evening, directly from office, we left for Milan and by late evening we reached the Malpensa airport. It was really huge and looked much bigger than the Frankfurt airport also. From there, we took the airport bus to reach Milan. Milan had really old architecture and the metro systems also looked really old.

From the city centre, we had to change two trains to reach our hotel - The Hotel Edy. We also explored the city centre and its magnificient railway station which stood like a ancient monument. Reaching our hotel was quite difficult for us and finally we spotted it somewhere around mid night.

The next day early morning we had to head to Venice. So we requested the hotel receptionist to give us a wakeup call at 5.00 AM. She kept her promise and was just very punctual. We packed some bread and jam for breakfast and then headed for the Milan Centralle to catch the train to Venice. The Journey from Milan to Venice was very mesmering one. We could see the Alps overlooking us, the same Alps where we had been some few weeks ago for trekking. But now they looked really magnificient and yet very beautiful. The crowd in the train was also very interesting, right from college going friends to some romancing old couples.

After a wonderful 2 hours journey through TrinItalia, we were about to reach Venice or "Venezia". To reach the canal city of Venice, we had to cover a 20 minute odd drive over a bridge and the road to Venice was also running parallel to it. Alreday we could see some houses in water as we had seen in that movie. It was an amazing view outside from the train window.

Finally my feet touched the sands of Venice and it was like a dream come true to visit this romatic place togather with my sweetheart :)

We bought a Venice map and started with our romantic exploration.
Just as we stepped out of the railway station, there stood the famous Grand Canal" and the "Rialto Bridge" crossing the Grand Canal. The Grand Canal housed the famous Gondolas, also the water taxis, ambulance and also police cab. It felt like a differnet world altogather...or I can say a dream world.

There were houses surrounded by water all around and they had this little parking space under water to park their personal boats, which also had a gate to keep their so called water garage locked. We walked further to see the "Doge's Palace"and the criss cross bridges. Finally we dumped the map in the bag and started walking aimlesslessly along the romatintic canal. On the way we captured the pictures of churches, pizzerias, stalls selling masks, bridges, gondolas on our camera as well is our eyes.

Finally it was lunch time and we enjoyed Italian pizza followed by hot coffee. It is a tradition in Italy to have coffee after a meal.

After lunch, we explored the place still further and it looked like we were entering deeper and deeper into the town. We passed by large number of bridges and saw many other interesting monuments on the way.

Finally in the evening, capturing all these memories in our heart, we started our way back to Milan by train. Our hearts were just not ready to leave this place. On the way back, while crossing the same old long bridge to reach outside this town, we were trying to recollect the wonderful time spent here.

We reached Milan quite late in the night but still with full of energy. After taking the metro, We went to see the highest cathedral in the world. WOW, it was really magnificent and looked really beautiful in moonlight. To our surprise, the place was fully crowded. The was a huge mall just sitting adjacent to this cathedral but it looked tiny in front of it. We had some Italian pasta and then finally decided to head back to our hotel.

The next day, we woke up early morning and visited the "Santa Maria delle Grazie" museam which also houses the famous painting "The Last Supper" by Lernardo da Vinci. After having a quick breakfast at our hotel, we checkedout from the hotel to explore the city further but this time, loaded with bags.

Next destination was "Porta Sempione" the city gate of Milan. At the entrance, there were two military guys statued to welcome the tourists. The huge fountain gave us some relief from the scorching heat. We played around the water for some time, clicking snaps here and there. There was this huge fort like structure, which looked really ancient. Some creppers had coverred this fort completely and so it looked green. There was also lunch available inside the premices. We had a good Italian lunch here with Pizza, varities of pasta, some bread and juice. The area around this place was full of greenary. There was a small fish pond surrounded by some rare species of birds. Finally we saw the Gate.

In the evening, we saw some floats on the road which was very similar to the Carnival floats held in Goa. Later we went to see the malls and fashion streets in Milan. It was a wonderful evening. Finally we left for Malpensa airport to board the flight back to Nurnberg.

Overall, it was a wonderful and romatic trip - to the Canal city of Venice and also Fashion city of Milan. The memories of this trip are still alive in our hearts... even after four long years.

Wedding Aniversary Celebrations @ Chikmagalur

Our 5th Wedding Anniversary was approaching and love was in the air. My husband gave me a very big surprise with two lovely gifts - a Capresse handbag and a Fasttrack watch. Mere man me laddoo foota. Next he said "Lets go on a trip to Chikmagalur". Mere man me aur ek laddoo foota.

Route:
The distance from Bangalore to Chikmagalur is around 250 kms and it should not take more than 5 hours.
The road is just awesome and you will really enjoy the drive.
The route map:
Bangalore -> Neelamangala -> Hassan -> Belur -> Chikmagalur
On NH4, take a diversion at Nelamangala, to reach Hassan via the Bangalore-Mangalore Highway. This road is 4 lane and is just amazing.
In the return journey, you can also visit Belur which has some archaeological shrines, since we had already been to these places before, we decided not to visit it again.

Accomodation:
We stayed in "The Spectrum" homestay. It is nestled in the coffee estate and is a wonderful place to be with the mother nature. It is around 10 kms from the Chikmagalur city.

Day 1:
We left Bangalore at around 6.30 in the morning and reached Chikmagalur at around 11.30 AM. When we read the board "Welcome to the coffee land of Chimagalur", it was a huge disappointment. There was no greenary, no mountains, no coffee estates. After driving for another 10 minutes in the city in hot sun, the next board read "Thank you visit again - Chikmagalur". Then as we moved further, the actual beauty and scenic view begun. Then we could see the coffee estates, the pepper plantations, the overlooking mountains and the colourful flowers hanging from the garden of every house. we started to feel a sudden chill and the weather became very pleasant all of a sudden. Within 2 kms, the hot air had transformed into chill air and now we could experience the hill station climate.

On entering the homestay, we decided to extend our vacation by 1 more day as we fell in love with this place...It was a huge relief from the hot scorching heat of Bangalore. After having lunch in the homestay, we drove till the Cafe coffee Barn, which is huge coffee estate and then went to see the Chikmagalur market area. We had some really amazing coffee there. Since we were a little tired, we decided not to venture further and came back to our homestay.

Day 2:
Next day early morning at around 6.00 AM, we went to see the highest peak - Mullayangiri. It was around 22 kms from our homestay and the last 6 km stech is very narrow . At some places only a single vehicle can pass. The last 2 kms is really dangerous. At some streches, there is no tar road and the path is really very narrow. To add to it, is the deep valley on one side and the steep ascent of the road. The best time to visit this place is early morning as at this time, the return traffic is minimal or almost nil. To put it in short, the drive to this place is highly adventurous and I guess my heart missed a beat on my occasions. But this drive is really worth the view that we get after reaching the place. It is really amazing and especially in early morning, it feels like heaven, when no much crowd is there around. You have to walk around 400 steps to reach the peak, where there is a small temple and still better view of the entire place. While coming back, the risk is less as you are on safer side of the road towards the mountain side and its a descent rather than an ascent. For naïve drivers, hiring a cab would be the best option. In fact, most of the roads in Chikamaglur leading to tourist places are not in a good shape, so it would be best to hire a cab.

After having a delicious lunch in the homestay, we started for the Kemmungundi Hills. This was around 60 kms from our homestay. While we were about to reach the kemmungundi hills, the road became really bad and there was no tar road for around 1 km. So we decided to hire a jeep to cover the remaining 5 kms and also hired a guide. The jeep took us to the interior of forests and all of us really enjoyed the safari. Finally there was a dead end and we had to trek further to see the Z point. The trek to this place turned out to be really adventurous. On the way, we passed through the Shanti Falls. As we walked further, the path became very narrow. To add to it, the guide said "Be careful, if you slip your leg, you will die on the spot." My husband was carrying our 2 year old daughter and I was more worried about them. My heart was really beating fast. Later we had to climb the hill to reach the top at the Z point. The trek turned out to be a little risky especially carrying an infant kid. From the Z point, you get the view of the entire Chikmagalur city as well as the beautiful mountains. It is a 360 degrees view

On our way back, we visited the rose garden. It was not really great but a sigh of relief from the previous trek. The so called rose garden had very few varities of roses, but the view from this hill top rose garden was breathtaking.

Another speciality about this place is that the rocks here contain iron. Hence they are brown in color. After spending some time lazying in the rose garden, we returned back to our homestay. The return journey was really enchanting. The clear dark sky was lit with bright stars. It felt like we are driving all alone in the hilly forests. The cool breeze took away all our tiredness along with it. It was one of our best drive till now. After reaching the homestay, we had a lovely dinner.

Day 3:
Early in the morning, we went for a long walk, exploring the place. This is a very good place for bird watching. It was really peaceful and only sounds we could hear was that of the birds. It was truly mesmerizing. After a heavy breakfast, we left for Bangalore at around 12.30 Pm and reached Bangalore at around 6.00 PM.