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Travel to Scotland, no worries guys just plan for Coorg and feel the pristine
nature , lush green all over , tasty food , friendly people and lovely culture.
Coorg alias Kodagu
is a beautiful hill station in Karnataka , India.
Coorg is at a distance of 258 km from Bangalore
and 120 km away from the nearest airport, Mysore.
Coorg is the best
destination to get away from worries. Its comes in Western
Ghats of southwestern Karnataka,hence you can imagine whole district is
lush green forest over mountain , quiet,
full of coffee, tea, and cardamom
plantations ,it is specially famous for spices, tea, coffee.
And lots of
adventurous destination to watch, feel and to have fun. Well I went coorg 3
times with my husband and my hubby went more than 7 times. It’s our favorite destination.
And We are always game to travel to this beautiful place.
My advice wherever
you go try to carry extra clothes as it may rain anytime anywhere.
Weekend Plan To Coorg From Bangalore:
Cab (
Innova / Qualis ) or You own vehicle.
Saturday
(a)
Start from Bangalore
some where around 4/5 A.M Saturday Morning.
(b) Catch Mysore Road.
(c)
Reach Kushalnagar some where around 9 A.M , spent some time at Buddhist
monastery.
(d)
from there head towards
Nisargadhama walk around forest
but always be in group .
(e)
from here Dubare Elephant Camp is quite near and one can enjoy 8 KM water
rafting ride from here , ask your driver to reach at the end of rafting point
to pick your group , at the end of rafting point there are some huts , people leave on those huts allow to change
wet dresses, By the time you will finish water rafting or just hanging around
Dubare it would be 1 to 1.30 PM ,
(f)
Start for Your Home Stay/ Resort. Enjoy Lunch and take some rest.
(g)
Evening you can walk around near home stay and enjoy the nature.
Sunday
(a) Early morning after finishing your
Break fast , pack up your luggage , and
head towards Abbey
Falls.
(b) Next place you can plan
for Bhagamandala , Triveni Sangam
From Bhagamandala
head towards Tala
Cauvery, It Would be 3 PM , by the time you will cover Tal Cauvery in and
around.
(c) If you have time you can visit some more
place then start for Bangalore.
Note: Wildlife
photographer / Bird Watcher : Can skip (a) to (e) if they want, and directly land to Home stay
, and can explore there own places .
Places to Visit:
1) Madikeri :
Madikeri is most
beautiful hill station and head quarters of Coorg. Here you can do lot of sightseeing , shopping specially for spices,tea and
coffee.
You can visit Madikeri
Fort,a beautiful fort built in 17th century by Mudduraja which
consists of a palace, chapel and prison.
2) Abbey Falls
: The Abbey falls is about 9 km from Madikeri. It is very beautiful waterfall in
lush green forest . There is a hanging bridge in front of waterfall ,from where
you can feel shower of water and pick good snaps .
It will be better to visit during morning as their will
be less visitors around and can enjoy nicely, else the spot will get crowded. Better
to visit it in monsoon season.
3) Tala Cauvery : It
is the birth place of the river Cauvery.It is about 45 kms from Medikeri and 10 km from Bhagamandala.It
is situated on the slopes of the Brahmagiri hills , about 4000 feet above sea
level.Very scared and religious place to visit.
4) Tibetan Golden
Temple: It’s a Buddhist monastery was re-established in 1972.
situated in Bylakuppe,located around 6 kms from Kushalnagar town
towards Mysore.
The temple is so divine,calm and spiritual , a peaceful environment to seek enlighten.there are
over 7000 monks and student getting education.The temple contain statues of Buddha, Padmasambhava, and Amitayus
,which are very magnificent and the statue of Buddha is 60ft tall.The wall of temple is beautifully decorated with colorful
paintings.
6) Nisargadhama: It’s a man made island ,its like a small forest
situated at 3km from kushalnagar and 30km from medikeri.
The kavery river
flowing below hanging bridge is quiet scenic .We can see animal like
rabbit,deer,monkey,elephant around here.You can see tree top shelter,do boating
and can have elephant safari .
7) Nagarhole
National Park: This is the best place for wildlife photographers,family with
kids and adventure lovers ,as its contain 250 species of birds and wild animals
such as bison, elephant, spotted deer, sambhar, barking deer, wild boar, tigers ,leopards and reptiles. The Forest
Department conducts tours for tourists, in the early mornings and evenings.
8) Rafting
destination: Coorg Adventure Sports Club has started river rafting near Dubare Elephant Camp to the Kaveri Nisargadhama,or Barapole
white water river rafting is very famous. One rafting can accommodate six seven
persons.Better to take dry cloths along with you . Best time to do is July to September.Rafting is thrilling
,exciting and fun so ,don’t miss it.
9) Treking Destination
: Thadiyandamol, Pushpageri, Kotebetta, Brahamageri and
Mandalapatti is famous places for trekking.
10) Raja’s Seat : It’s a pavilion in a garden .It is believed that all the
Kings in the Coorg vicinity spend their evening over here. Sunset over green
valley is very spectacular.Everyone must see.
11) Bhagamandala :- It is popularly known as popularly known as
‘Triveni Sangama’. It is Located about
33 km away from Madikeri, Sri Bhagandeswara temple is located over here.Here
pilgrims take a dip in holy water. Well this place support lots of government
public transport such as local buses.
Where To Stay :
Actually we prefer to
stay in home stay rather than resort or hotel. Actually Coorg is very special for homestay.As homestay is
surrounded by coffee and spices plantation .Its like living in
small mini forest.you can hear bird chirping sound, wild insects sound . Its so
natural and lively which you can’t experience in resort. You can also enjoy
their homemade food and their own cultivated coffee.
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Near
Marcad Homestay
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We stayed in Marcad
homestay twice , and experience with Marcad was really Great , actually it was run by a small family ,they
serve really good home food with snacks on evening , dinner , breakfast just we
need to order. Third time We have stayed in budget home stay “Haveli” , very
cheap but not Hygiene , its situated in between the place like forest , Though
we felt little unhygienic here but we enjoyed a lot , infect if you are
wildlife enthusiast specially interested in bird watching / bird photography
you can consider to chose Haveli as well but keep in mind your Hygine Thought.
My Hubby had very nice experience with Honey Valley Estate as well.
Select homestay located in madikeri ,as it will be like center of every destination you want to visit.
Some well known homestay
are :
1) Bethel Home
Stay
2) Honey Pot Homes
3) Serene Homestay
4) Honey Valley
Estate
5) Marcad Homestay
Resorts:
1) Orange County
Resort
How To Reach :
From Bangalore:
1) By Cab :Please refer above section (Weekend
Plan To Coorg From Bangalore).
2) By
Bus:
You
can book bus from redbus/any travel website or via www.ksrtc.in, remember when you are booking via
ksrtc then Service Start/End Place
would be MERCARA/MADIKERI. ( i.e Bangalore to
MERCARA to Bangalore).
From Chennai:
1) By Train :
Mysore Express(16222) Departs
at 09:30 PM, you can catch this train on
Friday Night and it will
reach Mysore
01.00 PM , From here you can catch Bus
/ Cab.
From Mumbai:
1) By Train:
Sharavathi
Exp Departs at 09:30 PM and reach 09:15 PM, From here you can catch Bus / Cab.
From
Delhi/Kolkata/ Hydearabad / Mumbai :
By Flight:
Nearest
Airport are:
Bangalore
(~258 km from Coorg)
Kozhikode Airport
( ~= 131 KM from Coorg)
Mangalore ( ~= 125 KM from Coorg) .
Mysore ( ~= 100 KM from coorg , But No connectivity as of now)
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are planning to visit coorg.
