Just back from the refreshing days at COORG!!! Coorg is called as The Scotland of India. No wonder it is, the lovely valley kodugu, the sparkling waterfalls, wildlife, the awesome coorg cuisine and its people. Coorg is famous for its adventure and outside activities.
We started early in the morning by car via Mysore route to coorg. Reached around 11.00 AM in Madikeri. We browsed a lot to find the best home stay or resorts and landed up with three. On checking the first home stay on list, we decided to confirm our booking with a Resort. I don't mean that the Home stays are bad but it depends on your duration of stay and purpose. Its best to prefer a home stay when you come in groups for a longer period. Resorts are best for people like me who wanted to have a place away the work and stress, just to ooze around the place enjoying the beauty, climate, cuisine and places.
We visited the Abbey falls first, which is located 8 Kms from the Madikeri Town. The waterfalls is a must see place there, enjoyed the heavy water drops and its gushing sound with drizzle.This white waterfalls joins the River cauvery. The road down to the town Medikeri from here has steep ups and downs, twists and turns with the coffee plantations aroma definitely making the drive memorable.
I goggled a lot in finding a traditional place to enjoy coorg cuisine and landed up with top five restaurants. We had a delicious lunch at Raintree, the place and ambiance was very good, at a reasonable price. Got fresh mountain honey from their organic farm and made Honey Amla. We loved their Chilli naan very much. Another place called The fort mercara opposite to the fort had a very fresh and delicious cuisine. Its got a pretty decent lodging too.
We returned back to our resort, just went for a evening walk around and ended the day in the resort sports club playing badminton.
The next day we visited Raja seat , this place is called so as coorg raja used to visit this place to enjoy the enchanting view of coorg during sunrise and sunset. We enjoyed the amazing beauty of coorg from here.
We then took the sowmarpet road, passing through the finest coffee estates of coorg, adding to the beauty was big tall trees of spices.
Dubare Elephant camp is were we headed then to go for Rafting. The current was slow on that day and rafting experience was not so thrill compared to our last rafting. We had to take an boat to cross the river to the camp. The camp offers Elephant rides. The fun part is that if you reach Dubare in the early morning, you get to watch the elephant bath and you can scrub them too. We went late afternoon so missed it. Its 18 Kms from Kushalnagar.
On way back to Bangalore, near kushalnagar is Golden Temple. Its called Bailkuppe, one of the largest Tibetan settlements in south India. It has monastery and large educational monastery. We found lots of monks and nuns there. There were big blocks of building for them to stay and had a small canteen. This golden temple depicts the rich cultural heritage of Tibetans. These golden plated statues are unique and colourful.
I have attached the pictures taken at Coorg on the Picasa link. Click Here.
We did not trek, but its a great spot for everyone who enjoys trekking and hiking. A must visit place for a relaxing weekend.
We started early in the morning by car via Mysore route to coorg. Reached around 11.00 AM in Madikeri. We browsed a lot to find the best home stay or resorts and landed up with three. On checking the first home stay on list, we decided to confirm our booking with a Resort. I don't mean that the Home stays are bad but it depends on your duration of stay and purpose. Its best to prefer a home stay when you come in groups for a longer period. Resorts are best for people like me who wanted to have a place away the work and stress, just to ooze around the place enjoying the beauty, climate, cuisine and places.
We visited the Abbey falls first, which is located 8 Kms from the Madikeri Town. The waterfalls is a must see place there, enjoyed the heavy water drops and its gushing sound with drizzle.This white waterfalls joins the River cauvery. The road down to the town Medikeri from here has steep ups and downs, twists and turns with the coffee plantations aroma definitely making the drive memorable.
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| Abbey falls, Coorg |
I goggled a lot in finding a traditional place to enjoy coorg cuisine and landed up with top five restaurants. We had a delicious lunch at Raintree, the place and ambiance was very good, at a reasonable price. Got fresh mountain honey from their organic farm and made Honey Amla. We loved their Chilli naan very much. Another place called The fort mercara opposite to the fort had a very fresh and delicious cuisine. Its got a pretty decent lodging too.
We returned back to our resort, just went for a evening walk around and ended the day in the resort sports club playing badminton.
The next day we visited Raja seat , this place is called so as coorg raja used to visit this place to enjoy the enchanting view of coorg during sunrise and sunset. We enjoyed the amazing beauty of coorg from here.
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| View from Raja seat |
We then took the sowmarpet road, passing through the finest coffee estates of coorg, adding to the beauty was big tall trees of spices.
Dubare Elephant camp is were we headed then to go for Rafting. The current was slow on that day and rafting experience was not so thrill compared to our last rafting. We had to take an boat to cross the river to the camp. The camp offers Elephant rides. The fun part is that if you reach Dubare in the early morning, you get to watch the elephant bath and you can scrub them too. We went late afternoon so missed it. Its 18 Kms from Kushalnagar.
On way back to Bangalore, near kushalnagar is Golden Temple. Its called Bailkuppe, one of the largest Tibetan settlements in south India. It has monastery and large educational monastery. We found lots of monks and nuns there. There were big blocks of building for them to stay and had a small canteen. This golden temple depicts the rich cultural heritage of Tibetans. These golden plated statues are unique and colourful.
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| Golden Temple Front View |
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| Golden Temple Inside |
We did not trek, but its a great spot for everyone who enjoys trekking and hiking. A must visit place for a relaxing weekend.
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