After a hectic office work over a month we wanted to have some time off and escape daily status calls and deliverables :)... As with most of the stories we decided to visit a hill station and as a friend suggested we thought a road trip on bike would be more thrilling.
After some googling we found a place Kolli Hills located in Southern part of the Eastern Ghats, few of its scenic images got us really excited.
How/When/Where we started:
Seven of us started our journey from Bangalore with four Royal Enfield classic 350cc :) by 5:30 am
How long it took us to reach:
It took us around 7 hours to reach there. (around 12.40 pm).
Where we stayed:
We stayed in Silver Line Retreat Hotels. It costed us around 2600 INR per room with double bed for two people (we negotiated for additional bed).
The Tour:
As we are used to wake up early due to our morning shift timings we planned to start bit early so we all assembled near silk board. We stopped at shell petrol bunk in bommanahalli to feed our beasts :) and started towards Hosur.
After we crossed the city limits we revved up a bit and stopped for breakfast at A2B in krishnagiri by 7 am. Then we refreshed ourselves with a street side masala tea in the cold weather just before Salem, we continued for another 100 kms and just before the mountain range started we had to pit stop for petrol as we are not sure if we would find any other pumps after that.
Its after this our most thrilling part of the trip began even though from googling we found out that there were lots of hair pin bends we could not wait to experience the thrill of riding through it (cautious driving is advised) and it started one bend after another the count went on till 70. The feeling of cutting through the corners, wind buzzing through your ears and the gentle wind hitting your face are indescribable in words.
By 1 PM we settled in our rooms in second floor and relaxed a bit then around 1:30 PM we came down for lunch. The Buffet was at 150 per head which was a standard South Indian Meal. After lunch we took a power nap and went for a nearby falls (MASI falls) and spent the rest of the evening there in the chilling drizzle then by 8 or 9 PM we came back to our hotel and freshened up a bit and to our joy we had a roof garden restaurant in the hotel and the staffs agreed to server our dinner there so we had our party running till late night in the cool breeze with some Bollywood songs :).
The Next day we woke up by 6-6:30 am to the sight of clouds greeting us on our glass windows :).
We had our buffet breakfast (175 Rs per head) and started towards Agaya Gangai falls. This falls had around 1000 steps stairway towards the foot of the falls, we started to climb down after we payed a short visit to the temple atop.
Below are the clicks on our way to falls...
Each step brought us nearer to the nature as the wind sprinkled the falls water all over us and the feel of our bare heels touching the rock beneath, we held hands of each other and started a balancing act in the steep stairs, we slowly started to forget all our worries (appraisals, CTC's, variable pays, impressing manager and client, monthly innovations, etc.,).
As we reached the foot of the falls our minds went blank and we were just admiring everything that were there there. The sound of water falling from 300 feet above made our ears go deaf and the chilling sight of looking up the falls made the water droplets look like small pearls falling from sky and hitting our faces.Our admiration was disturbed by the thought that we need to get back to hotel and leave before it gets to dark to climb down the hills after climbing the 1000 odd steps upwards, so after all our group/single/selfie photo sessions we headed back to hotel just as we were about to start our journey back we were stopped by the heavy RAINFALL
after a brief stop we had a complimentary black tea to freshen up a bit and started our beasts towards Bangalore thus ending a exhilarating trip to kolli hills.
After some googling we found a place Kolli Hills located in Southern part of the Eastern Ghats, few of its scenic images got us really excited.
How/When/Where we started:
Seven of us started our journey from Bangalore with four Royal Enfield classic 350cc :) by 5:30 am
How long it took us to reach:
It took us around 7 hours to reach there. (around 12.40 pm).
Where we stayed:
We stayed in Silver Line Retreat Hotels. It costed us around 2600 INR per room with double bed for two people (we negotiated for additional bed).
The Tour:
As we are used to wake up early due to our morning shift timings we planned to start bit early so we all assembled near silk board. We stopped at shell petrol bunk in bommanahalli to feed our beasts :) and started towards Hosur.
After we crossed the city limits we revved up a bit and stopped for breakfast at A2B in krishnagiri by 7 am. Then we refreshed ourselves with a street side masala tea in the cold weather just before Salem, we continued for another 100 kms and just before the mountain range started we had to pit stop for petrol as we are not sure if we would find any other pumps after that.
Its after this our most thrilling part of the trip began even though from googling we found out that there were lots of hair pin bends we could not wait to experience the thrill of riding through it (cautious driving is advised) and it started one bend after another the count went on till 70. The feeling of cutting through the corners, wind buzzing through your ears and the gentle wind hitting your face are indescribable in words.
By 1 PM we settled in our rooms in second floor and relaxed a bit then around 1:30 PM we came down for lunch. The Buffet was at 150 per head which was a standard South Indian Meal. After lunch we took a power nap and went for a nearby falls (MASI falls) and spent the rest of the evening there in the chilling drizzle then by 8 or 9 PM we came back to our hotel and freshened up a bit and to our joy we had a roof garden restaurant in the hotel and the staffs agreed to server our dinner there so we had our party running till late night in the cool breeze with some Bollywood songs :).
The Next day we woke up by 6-6:30 am to the sight of clouds greeting us on our glass windows :).
We had our buffet breakfast (175 Rs per head) and started towards Agaya Gangai falls. This falls had around 1000 steps stairway towards the foot of the falls, we started to climb down after we payed a short visit to the temple atop.
Below are the clicks on our way to falls...
As we reached the foot of the falls our minds went blank and we were just admiring everything that were there there. The sound of water falling from 300 feet above made our ears go deaf and the chilling sight of looking up the falls made the water droplets look like small pearls falling from sky and hitting our faces.Our admiration was disturbed by the thought that we need to get back to hotel and leave before it gets to dark to climb down the hills after climbing the 1000 odd steps upwards, so after all our group/single/selfie photo sessions we headed back to hotel just as we were about to start our journey back we were stopped by the heavy RAINFALL
after a brief stop we had a complimentary black tea to freshen up a bit and started our beasts towards Bangalore thus ending a exhilarating trip to kolli hills.
wow amazing experience described, loved it..will plan a road trip soon..
ReplyDeleteI always like to go Pubs and Disco for enjoyment but after reading this blog and watching adorable pics, I can smell the fragrance of Nature so I definitely have to change my mind... Impressive work... waiting for blog for next mission!!!
ReplyDeleteDear Vishesh,
DeleteWe are planning for the next trip to Gokarna if interesetd can join us. will msg u all details.
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ReplyDeleteAmazing Write-up, and beautifully clicked pics. Well, I was never in a favor of bike road trips when it comes to car road trips but after reading all this I think bike road trips are the awsomest ones if it is accompanied with best of people and we can feel the thrill, beauty more closely. This blog has now changed my mind and convinced me to have a road bike trip at least once.
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