Kudremukh : Lakya Dam, Hanumana Gundi Falls

Continued from here : Kudremukh Trek

Next day morning we woke up at 7 am and I started clicking some fresh Flora at Satish house . .

Some of the clicks

We reached Balgal cross by jeep,after having good breakfast at Sathish's house.Our next plan is to head down towards kudremukh Town and visit Lakya Dam and Hanumana Gundi falls.We got the private bus as soon as we reached Balgal bus stand.Bus took hardly 20 mins to reach Kudremukh town . . .What a wonderful town it is . .! ! !waw . .! amazing place. . really heaven . look at the snaps of Kudremukh Town . .It is so clean that we can't imagine such a town in India . . fabulous place . . 

 

 After visiting KudreMukh town we headed towards hanumanagundi falls aka soothanabbi falls .. .

From kudremukh town falls is around 30 odd kms.En-route you can also visit Kadambi falls and as well as Lakya dam.Lakya dam is around 5 kms from Kudremukh town.We paid 100 buks for an auto rikshaw and rikshawala agreed to drop us till Lakya dam.

En-route lakya dam . . .
Bhadra - Thunga - Nethravathi river confluence


 Abandoned KIOCL factory





 Lakya dam

After visiting Lakya Dam,we came back to main road which is 1.5kms from the Dam.Then we waited some 15mins for the arrival of the bus towards Hanumana Gundi Falls.But there was no private buses at that time.So decided to ask drop in private vehicles.Fortunately at the same time one truck arrived and the driver agreed to drop us near Hanumana Gundi Falls for the nominal charge of 50rs for 5 members.It was an amazing ride of the lifetime,on top of the truck.

In around 30 mins we reached the Falls entrance and paid him 50 bucks.RFO charges a nominal fee of 20rs for entry to the falls. Sometimes Hanumanagundi Falls is also called as Soothanabbi Falls. Here water falls from a height of 22 meters.We saw full fledged roaring of the falls as we visited in the monsoon season.One has to descent some 100 steep steps in order to enjoy the view of the falls

Truck ride to Hanumana Gundi Falls
 

Kadambi falls en-route Hanumanagundi


 RFO office at the Hanuma Gundi falls


 Steep descent to reach the falls


 Full fledged Hanumanagundi falls




 Perfect shot :Rainbow formation

After successfully completing the escapade ,we returned to Horanadu. Took darshan of goddess Annapoorneshwari.Had our dinner in the temple premises and departed for Bangalore around 9pm and arrived at early morning 5am.

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Monsoon Escapade: Trek to Kudremukh Peak - 2

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Towards Kudremukh Peak

 Panoramic view of Kudremukh Range and Ontimara



 

 Journey pursued after taking a suffitient rest at Onti mara . . .
from here onwards trekking reaches lil difficult level. .
But magnificent view of Kudremukh range made us to forget all the
difficulties and reach our destination . .

some snaps b4 reaching the un-named falls en route Kudremukh


 

 

 

 





Un-named falls en-route Kudremukh Peak
 

After crossing the falls one has to trek nearly 1 km to get the elevation of apprx 1800mts.
This is the hardest part of the trek.Nearly 60-70degree steep elevation.
From here,the view of Kudremukh range is splendid . .just can't explain in words ..
It was already nearly 1pm in the afternoon.And we were in search of good dining place.
We noticed nearly 5-6 random falls atop . . I captured some of them . .
just take a look . . .
nothing to explain more . . Pics will tell the further story . .enjoyy . ..
This is the dangerous part of the trek.One has to cross this falls in order to
pursue the trek.It was very slippery ..In monsoon time be careful . .



Breath taking view of Kudremukh valley

 

Some random falls en-route


 

 

 At about 1800mts there is a British ruined bungalow . .
I wonder how they transported raw materials to such a place
where trekking itself is a challenging . .
Some of them call it as a ruined church built by British.
once upon a time it was the property of British LOBO . .

Ruined bungalow is located on the right side of the trail.
Proceed some half a km further from Bungalow.There is a good place for
relaxing and also for lunch beside the stream.We opened our packed lunch and
had very good lunch..Relaxed a bit ...

Ruined British Bunglow




 Just after finishing our lunch it started raining heavily . . .

Final Destination : Kudremukh Peak (KMP)
After finishing lunch we took some 10 mins rest.At that time it was started raining heavily.
Its the time for us to move quickly.Because it was already 2:30pm.If it starts raining
at that high altitude then its not gonna be stop in a while.And also trekking becomes
more difficult.
The last stretch is quite steep.Finally we reached the peak at exactly 2:50 pm . .
Wooow . .wooooo . .its an amazing feeling . .all were lil more excited . . .
And it was still raining .. .
At last we were on the Very prominent peak of Kudremukh range.ie,Kudremukh peak (KMP)









 


 At the summit


 

 

 

KMP:The final destination


Returning back from KMP
 

 



 By the time we reached guides place,hot water was ready and what more can u expect after one hell of a trek . .We halted in Sathish's house. Dinner was hot and spicy. . .Thats the end of our first day escapade . . .

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