A Trip to Gopalaswamy betta and BR hills
We went to Gopalaswamy betta and B R Hills last weekend i.e., on October 2nd 2009. The main intention of the trip was a bike riding. W
e left Bangalore on Friday early morning at around 5:15 am and reached our first pit-stop for tea in Mysore at 7:45 am.
e left Bangalore on Friday early morning at around 5:15 am and reached our first pit-stop for tea in Mysore at 7:45 am.We left Mysore at around 8:00 am and started moving towards to Gundlupet for breakfast. There are quite a few scenic places on the way along the long road stretches with trees on either side with good road condition. I was really missing a good Digital-Cam on the tour, but had to be satisfied with our Sony mobile cameras. We finally stopped for breakfast on the way to Gopalaswamy betta at around 9:30 am in Gundlupet (UDUPI UPAHAR: Breakfast was quite good).
From Gundlupet to Gopalaswamy hill it’s a mere 18 odd kms but travelling through the rough roads are quite bad. The stretch from Gundlupet to Hangala is very bad as asphalting is in progress. Gopalaswamy hill range seemed endless. If you check this place in Google maps, you will realize that this is a huge range covered with a lot of greenery. We reached the temple (Lord Krishna) by 11:45 through the dense fog which was all over the Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta and the visibility was mere 50 mtrs.
After some photography sessions we then left to B R Hills. We had miscalculated the distance to be 100 odd km from Gopalaswamy betta. But the distance turned out to be 76km! From Gundlupet to B R Hills.we reached Gun
dlupet and took a right turn which leads to Chamarajanagar which is around 26 kms then stopped for lunch @ SRI KAMAKSHI ULTRA DARSHINI, Chamarajanagar(Quite a good Hotel and quality is also food )
dlupet and took a right turn which leads to Chamarajanagar which is around 26 kms then stopped for lunch @ SRI KAMAKSHI ULTRA DARSHINI, Chamarajanagar(Quite a good Hotel and quality is also food )From Chamarajanagar one can go to B R Hills in two different ways :
1. Go to Santemarahalli Junction -> Yelandur -> B. R. Hills. Distance : 40 Odd kms
2. Go to K Gudi -> B. R. Hills. Distance : 45 Odd kms
1. Go to Santemarahalli Junction -> Yelandur -> B. R. Hills. Distance : 40 Odd kms
2. Go to K Gudi -> B. R. Hills. Distance : 45 Odd kms
However we planned to go around the BR Hills so we took K Gudi way, the road trip to B. R. Hills was quite amazing. As you enter the forest, you can see a
sudden drop in temperature and silence. You can also hear a lot of birds/insects chirping giving you a feel of the forest. The sad part was we weren’t lucky enough to have a glimpse of anything (atleast an elephant) throughout our journey. Finally we reached Temple at 4:30 pm as per our plan and visited the temple of Ranganatha (Lord Vishnu). Then, we got to experience the sunset on B. R. Hills. There is a spot in one corner where you can see a steep drop and the stretch of the hills, covered with a lot of trees. This is something that you need to experience and is hard to des
cribe in words.
sudden drop in temperature and silence. You can also hear a lot of birds/insects chirping giving you a feel of the forest. The sad part was we weren’t lucky enough to have a glimpse of anything (atleast an elephant) throughout our journey. Finally we reached Temple at 4:30 pm as per our plan and visited the temple of Ranganatha (Lord Vishnu). Then, we got to experience the sunset on B. R. Hills. There is a spot in one corner where you can see a steep drop and the stretch of the hills, covered with a lot of trees. This is something that you need to experience and is hard to des
cribe in words.We started back to Mysore at around 5:30 pm in the evening. We took B. R. Hills -> Yelandur -> Santemarahalli road. At Santemarahalli junction there are two ways, which leads back to mysore. One - you can take a road(tuff route) through Nanjangud or travel through to Chamarajanagar and reach Mysore. Difference would be some 10 kms. Road conditions are bad at the moment to Mysore, but no one complained after the experience. We finally managed to reach Mysore at 9 pm.
The next morning we had some problem in one of the bikes (silencer problem). After going through from one end of mysore to other end we managed to find a shop which helped us get through the problem. Then we started towards Chamundi H
ills and back to our room. We packed our bags had our lunch on the way to KRS. Took some snaps and our next stop was Balmuri falls. No one was really happy to get into water so took some rest sitting there and came back to Bangalore by Saturday evening 6:30 pm. Overall it was an amazing experience, and the final odo reading showed 700 kms to & fro.
ills and back to our room. We packed our bags had our lunch on the way to KRS. Took some snaps and our next stop was Balmuri falls. No one was really happy to get into water so took some rest sitting there and came back to Bangalore by Saturday evening 6:30 pm. Overall it was an amazing experience, and the final odo reading showed 700 kms to & fro.
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