Here I go with One more
Amazing trekking experience in dense Sharavati Forest Exploring Veegi Falls,
Hosagithi Falls, Kaanur Kote, Jain Basadi for 2 days, heavenly 2 days far away
from all the human existence and spoiled Environment and Nature.
Trek
Date: 23/02/2012
Route
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Bangalore
- Sagar - Jog Falls - Kargal-Base camp (near Kaanoor)
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Trek
Route (Day 1)
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Base
Camp - Hosagathi falls (2Km) - back to base Camp (2KM)
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Base
Camp - Veegi Falls (4KM)
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Veegi
Falls - Tribal House Night Stay (5KM)
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(Day 2)
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Tribal
House- Kaanoor Kote (7KM)
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Kaanoor
Kote-Shiva temple (1KM)
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Kaanoor
Kote- JainBasadi (13KM)
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Before Going forward let me
brief about Kaanoor Kote as well Jainbasadi(ancient Monuments) :
Place
: Kaanoor Kote(Kaanoor Fort)
Rulers
: SOMAVANSH
Ruler
: Queen Channabairadevi( Also Known as Pepper Queen, Name Given by
Portuguese as she used to export pepper to them)
Era
: 14th Century ( from 1560-1606AD)
Place
: Jainbasadi(Chaturmukha Basadi)-A Mahaveer Buddha temple.
Built
with Chaturasa Plan in Vijayanagara Style
Construction
Material : Grey Granite Stone
So now I am going to
narrate my beautiful trek Journey.
I did hire Few Local people
who would take care of our food/stay/trail.
I (Organizer of the entire
Trek) along with 12 people (I knew only 1 guy, all others were new to me)
started from bangalore around 10PM from majestic in a TT on beautiful Friday
Evening, we reached around 6:30AM next morning at Kargal where we were suppose
to pick up Travis (An American Guy-He was suppose to join us in this
beautiful journey) we waited till & 7:15AM as he was coming by
KSRTC bus from Bangalore he din arrive & it was already late for
us so we thought of refreshing ourselves till he arrives, we moved to
Mupanne Nature Camp which is around 10 KM away from Kargal, there we saw a
beautiful Back water River covered with Fog, we
felt mesmerized looking at this scenic beauty, as we were getting
late so hurried up and Traviz also joined us, we had some tea, which was made
specially for us in the camp and started heading towards our base camp
which was around 30 KM away.
We finally reached the BC
around 10:20AM, where our Breakfast was Waiting for us, Yes it was Freshly made
Idly & wada with Sambar(in a tribal House), we had our BF and soon we
backpacked and started ur trek, the sun was hot but only till we entered the
dense Jungle, we started our trek Towards Hosagithi Falls, which was 2KM away
from BC, we passed through Lots of Woods and Valleys.
The Valleys had Minimal
Water and More Rocks, few Ppl slipped here and there as the Rocks were
Slippery. Finally we saw a thin Water Fall at a distance(as it was
FEB), we thought we cannot even have fun in the falls, as we went near to
the Falls, we were happy to see the water Force, it was falling from a
height of 40Mts, few ppl jumped including myself(I am a big Fan of water :D)
into the Falls, the force was to much to handle, after that we headed
towards our base camp, where our lunch was waiting for us, Rice
& Drumstick Sambar with pickle & papad(Hmm Yummy), we
finished our lunch and headed towards Veegi Falls(4 Km Away), it was not easy
as we found a steep land for about 200Mts, but after reaching Falls i
was stunned looking at its beauty, it was a short fall but very beautiful.
The water was very steep
around 60ft, only 4 ppl got down in water who could swim, i was d one o
course ahhhhhh chilled n the purest form of water i ever felt, reaching
the falls from this end was challenging as the current was high and it was the
unknown land of water to any of us, finally 3 could make till the Fall point,
after this enriching journey we headed towards the tribal house where our night
stay was planned(5KM Away), there were 3 ppl apart from us who took care of
routes/food/stay, we witnessed awesome Sunset in the jungle, than we reached
tribal house, we were relaxing and than comes the yummy, Kashaya(powered
mixture of pepper, ginger, coriander seeds, jaggery, tulsi added to milk and
heated-FAV Karnataka hot drink) and Mirchi Bajji, aahhhhhh felt so great, it
was so yummy even we wld have not got in the cities, they prepared it in
jungle, we had some campfire, and played Dumbsharades which
was fun-filled than for dinner we had Bisibelebath(Dalbath),
Chapatti with Cabagge Curry & Curd-Rice on our platters.
Yes Guys we were still in
middle of Jungle in one tribal House, believe it we had these exotic food :D:D,
and the food was really yummy, we slept after such a wonderfull
day, dreaming ab the next excited day, we woke by
5AM, freshen up, had tea and Pullao for the breakfast and stared
our 2nd day trek towards Kaanoor Kote @7AM which is 7KM away, Scenic
Jungle welcomed us, wow cool breeze moderate sun shine and
whispering birds and animals, luckily we witnessed a Bison which
was huge :D, it ran away after seeing more ppl, we reached Kaanoor Kote around
9PM, we explored a historical place which only few ppl had The Kaanoor
Kote, we came across couple of caves which were dark,we witnessed a
Shiva temple 1Km away from Kote.
Then, we started our descend
towards Jainbasadi which was @ very challenging distance of around 13KM, Few
ppl pace slowed down as sun started showing his efects, finally we reached our
Lunch halt, which was a Valley, not deep, Our 3 guys(Sathish, Yograj, &
Shashi) started preparing Rice & Brinjal onion sambar with papad, and PPl
after exhaustive trek of 8 Kms, started playing in water, and they never moved
out of water, they even had their lunch sitting in water ha ha, we had 5 More
KM ahead after lunch but it was never easy as it was too hot, few ppl got hurt
meanwhile, and great team we had, they all supported each very well to carry
themselves as well others.
Finally we reached Jainbasadi around 4PM, there was
one jain temple, and the beauty was on the other side, a beautiful built
monument in Vijayanagara Style with Chaturasa Plan.
Close to the temple i saw
few snakes as well, which gave me more satisfaction, so finally we completed
our trek witnessing all these amazing beauties which had any impact by human, i
am happy to say that i n my team are one amongst few ppl who have
witnessed these ancient monuments with few water falls surrounded in
nature, on our way back we stopped near Gerusoppa Dam, which added
more essence to our beautiful journey, ahhh i forgot to tell about our Dinner
for the evening there was an annual fest in Jaintemple, we had some
yummy early dinner, we never expected tat we will have such good food for 2
days while leaving Bangalore, but the guys whom i have
hired proved me wrong, A Big thanks to the LOCAL GUYS who have
made our trek most memorable, i owe them a lot, planning for few more treks in
the same Forest with Diff ppl, diff trails and diff places. I LOVE &
RESPECT NATURE AROUND ME..........
Contact me
shravan9886@gmail.com if you need any info ab this trek..........
Yours Truely
Shravan
Hi what base camp are u referring to?
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