Location: Chamrajanagar district District Headquarter: Chamrajanagar Distance: 135 km from Bangalore Journey time: Around 2.5 hrs How to reach there: KSTDC tour package, break journey on KSRTC buses and Private vehicle. However, if you want to take bath in the falls and spend more time then you should hire a private vehicle. Route: 1. Bangalore…
Yesterday the plan was to do a wide ranging recce of Chikballapur viewing many places. But by the time I left house it was almost 10 am. We were on Sankey road when I remembered that I didnt bring the camera. So again went home to get the camera. So you can say, we actually…
Location: 3 km from Ramnagaram (Ram Nagar) Town in Ramnagaram district. Distance: Around 52 km from Bangalore and Ramnagaram is around 48 km from Bangalore. Journey Time: 1 and 1/2 hour How to reach there: Best to take your own vehicle. However, you can board a KSRTC bus for Mysore and get down at Ramnagaram….
This was my 7th visit to Mysore. With every visit I started to like Mysore more. It was a very short visit lasting just over 24 hours. As a city Mysore is quite calm and can as a rejuvenation trip. First we quickly saw St Philomena’s church which around half a kilometer from Sadar bus…
Destination: Sangam (confluence of river Cauvery, Arkavathy and a mythical invisible river). Location: Bangalore Rural district Distance: 95 km from Bangalore city Route: Banashankari – Kanapura road – Kanakpura – Horahalli – Sangam How to reach there: You can reach by KSRTC bus which goes there only on stipulated times. Going there by own vehicle…
Destination: Chikka Tirupathi Distance: Around 41 km Journey time: 1 – 1 and 1/2 hrs (depends on traffic on Marathahalli & old Airport road) Route: There are three options to go to Chikka tirupati depending on exits from Bangalore : 1. KR Puram – Hoskote – NH 4 – 1km – right turn towards Malur…
On the way to Talakad at Malavalli lake Yesterday I went for the longest ride on a two wheeler driving myself. In all four of us went to Talakad. Official sources show Talakad is 130 km from Bangalore but I feel it was longer. May be because of the long driving on winding roads of…
My latest trip was to Magadi, Savandurga and Manchanabele Dam. Out of this I had already visited Manchanabele dam earlier. Let me share how the idea of this tour came up. When I went to Shivaganga, on the way I found a circle with a yellow Karnataka tourism board. It says left turn takes to…
Me and my friend planned to leave for this trip early in the morning by 6 am. The night earlier I hardly slept. I called him up around 5.30 am, at 6 am and then again at 7.30 am – no answer. Lol! dude was fast asleep. He called up around 9 am and told…
