The wait for monsoon was over, it was heavily raining in western ghats and it was irresistible for us to get drenched in the beauty of nature.
After cancelling Nishani Motte as bhagamandala was flooded and no access to talacauvery, we decided to trek Brahmagiri peak.
Brahmagiri, is a mountain range in the Western Ghats of south India. It is situated on the border between Kodagu district in Karnataka state in the north and Wayanad district of Kerala state on the south. height 1608 mtrs. The shola forest is house for many elephants, sambars, wild boars etc.
Quick arrangements of transport, stay and permissions were made by swamy and myself, the team is all set to leave the city on Friday night. it was 10 people from Bangalore and Arun joined us from Mysore. left the city around 11pm and picked Arun in Mysore by 3am in morning.
our early morning stop was in Shrimangala where we need to take permission from forest range officer. with help of swamy and his brother we got permissions for trekking and also a forest guard who will be joining us as guide for the day.
we got fresh and all set with food for noon and some precautions for the leeches :P. it was raining on and off we were surrounded by the lush green forest, at the entrance of the irupu falls gate we met our guide Mr.Mohan who accompanied with us for the trek. The trail is behind the Irupu falls.
we started to walk and it started to rain, the happiness of getting drenched in the rain of western ghats has its own feel, soon we were into the forest and ascending the hill. although it was raining we were sweating inside our rain coats. leeches in the path got activated by our movements and started to attack us.
we reached Narimale by 6 pm and spent some time by talking and discussing on treks and future travel plans, it started raining heavily and the fence were electrified by Mohan and he was explaning how an elephant came inside and damaged the guest house in spite of fence. we had ready to eat dinner and by 9pm everyone were off to sleep, as it was dark with no lights.
There were times of pin drop silence and suddenly heavy rain chattering noise on the roof. soon everyone dozed off to sleep.
Out TT was ready by the time we reach the starting point of trek, we checked for leeches again and we were into the phone network area after 2 days, soon everyone got busy by calling there loved ones :). it was a perfect monsoon trek, with rain, wind, leeches, green shola forest feast to eyes and soul.
i looked at the mountains saying bye to them again and promising myself to visit Brahmagiri again.
key points :
Permission for trek -- Shrimangala forest range Ph - 08274 -246331
Stay -- Narimale guest house
Bangalore to Shrimangala via hunsur.
After cancelling Nishani Motte as bhagamandala was flooded and no access to talacauvery, we decided to trek Brahmagiri peak.
Brahmagiri, is a mountain range in the Western Ghats of south India. It is situated on the border between Kodagu district in Karnataka state in the north and Wayanad district of Kerala state on the south. height 1608 mtrs. The shola forest is house for many elephants, sambars, wild boars etc.
Quick arrangements of transport, stay and permissions were made by swamy and myself, the team is all set to leave the city on Friday night. it was 10 people from Bangalore and Arun joined us from Mysore. left the city around 11pm and picked Arun in Mysore by 3am in morning.
our early morning stop was in Shrimangala where we need to take permission from forest range officer. with help of swamy and his brother we got permissions for trekking and also a forest guard who will be joining us as guide for the day.
we got fresh and all set with food for noon and some precautions for the leeches :P. it was raining on and off we were surrounded by the lush green forest, at the entrance of the irupu falls gate we met our guide Mr.Mohan who accompanied with us for the trek. The trail is behind the Irupu falls.
we started to walk and it started to rain, the happiness of getting drenched in the rain of western ghats has its own feel, soon we were into the forest and ascending the hill. although it was raining we were sweating inside our rain coats. leeches in the path got activated by our movements and started to attack us.
The group following the trail
Into the forest
First peak view
Swamy posing :P
Small falls enroute, which we assumed to be lakshmana theertha.
Group at rest on the peak, not the top yet, we were just half the way. this place was too windy it ws literally pushing us. rain was playing hide and seek between clouds.
soon we reached our halt point Narimale forest rest house, it had a hall and 2 rooms with attached bathrooms, we quickly get off the leeches from our legs and went inside the rest house to dry ourselves. there was no power, although there were solar charged batteries, it was used to electrify the fence around the house and not for lighting. electrifying fence is required to protect from wild animals.
after rest, we had our packed lunch which we got from shrimangala. we then started to climb further up, this time without bags, the path was trench and it was an open land after an accent.
the place was very windy again with showers of rain, we could not even stand there for long.
A group selfie
Narimale rest house, Mohan the forest guard and guide.
we reached Narimale by 6 pm and spent some time by talking and discussing on treks and future travel plans, it started raining heavily and the fence were electrified by Mohan and he was explaning how an elephant came inside and damaged the guest house in spite of fence. we had ready to eat dinner and by 9pm everyone were off to sleep, as it was dark with no lights.
There were times of pin drop silence and suddenly heavy rain chattering noise on the roof. soon everyone dozed off to sleep.
Morning when we woke up still it was raining, and we had packed breakfast of bread butter, Jam and milk. we took a group pic in front of Narimale. it was a memorable stay in the thick forest. we started packing and securing our legs from tiger leeches, i had several bites previous day :O so i took extra time to secure my legs from the bites.
As we started to descend again rain started, it was a perfect monsoon trek.
In 2 hrs we reached irupu falls, we spent sometime taking pics near to falls and bid bye to our guide Mr.Mohan.
Irupu falls.
Out TT was ready by the time we reach the starting point of trek, we checked for leeches again and we were into the phone network area after 2 days, soon everyone got busy by calling there loved ones :). it was a perfect monsoon trek, with rain, wind, leeches, green shola forest feast to eyes and soul.
i looked at the mountains saying bye to them again and promising myself to visit Brahmagiri again.
key points :
Permission for trek -- Shrimangala forest range Ph - 08274 -246331
Stay -- Narimale guest house
Bangalore to Shrimangala via hunsur.
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