Ballalarayana Durga – Bandaje Waterfall Trek
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Situated at the heart of the Chikmangalur, Ballalarayana Durga – Bandaje falls treks is a hidden treasure for the trekkers from Bangalore and Mangalore. It is said to be one of the best meadow treks from South India. The offbeat Ballalarayana Durga trek holds a famous abandoned fort from the ancient history of 17th century at the peak of the trek and gushing Bandaje waterfall in the end. The waterfall marks the end of the range with 1000 feet below from the snout is a sight would race your heart beats.
It is an amazing monsoon trek and best for beginners as the trek is of only 12 kms both ways and being just 280 kms from Bangalore makes it one the most favorite weekend adventure spot for Bangaloreans.
Short Itinerary
Day 0:
- Start from Bangalore
Day 1:
- Reach Chikmangalur Homestay
- Fresh-up and breakfast at homestay
- Jeep ride to starting point of the trek
- Start the Ballalarayana Durga trek
- Reach Bandaje waterfall
- Have packed lunch
- Return back to homestay
- Campfire
Day 2:
- Start from homestay
- Kodige Waterfalls visit
- Visit Channakeshava Belur Temple
- Back to Bangalore.
Price Inclusions
- To and Fro journey
- Accommodation (Tented)
- Two breakfasts (Saturday, Sunday)
- One lunch (Saturday)
- One dinner (Saturday)
- Bonfire
- Guide
- Forest
- Permit
- Lots and lots of FUN.
Price Exclusions
- Lunch(Sunday)
- Dinner (Friday/Sunday)
- Any kind of insurance
- Personal Expense:( snacks, mineral water etc)
- Anything not included above
Stay
- Homestay
- Sharing basis accommodation
- Separate accommodation for boys and girls
Meal
- We offer hot vegetarian food.
- Two breakfasts (Saturday, Sunday)
- One lunch (Saturday)
- One dinner (Saturday)
Transportation
- Non-A/C Mini-bus with push back seats depending on group size
Pickup Points
Detail Itinerary
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Day 0: Departure from Bangalore
Leave at late evening from Bangalore, approx. by 7pm. We request you to have some light food before the travel. This excursion trip would be a night trip from Bangalore to Ballalarayana Durga Trek in which we will have ice breaking session and some fun activities.
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The nearest town to Bandaje Waterfall trek is Sunkasale, we will pass through Bangalore – Mangalore Highway and enter into Belur through Hassan bypass and head to Sunkasale and from there to the homestay.
The starting point of the trek is from Kalabhyraveshwara Temple. We will have breakfast at homestay and get into jeep to go to the starting point of the trek. From there we will take a group photo and start our trek.
Day 1: Ballalarayana Durga – Bandaje Waterfalls trek
The initial part of the trek is typical western ghats forest region covered in dense tall trees and filled with life. You will be able to see some exquisite flora and fauna and varieties of old age trees on the trail. After almost 30 mins we will come out of the forest tree lines and get grassland meadow trail.
The grassland meadows are so pretty and it resembles to the Ali-Bedni Bugyal meadows of Uttarakhand Himalayas. It's one of kind grassland one can witness in South India.
After almost an hour we will get two bifurcation of trail, One leading to the Ballalarayana Durga Fort and other leading to Bandaje Waterfall. We will head to the fort and explore the surrounding and then climb down through the meadows to the Bandaje Water fall.
The Trail gives an immense beautiful sight of high mountains and valleys, you can also see the Kudremukh Mountain from this trail. Watching Kudremukh range covered in clouds is one sight you should never miss if you are on this trail.
After climbing down a bit to the waterfall, we will start hearing the rushing water of the waterfall. It gives immense satisfaction to soak your legs into the chilled water of Bandaje Waterfall. Listening to water flowing, birds flittering and cold breeze makes you closer to the nature and motivates you to walk all through back to the mountain and its peak.
After having our packed lunch and spending some time at the waterfall we will start our departure from the trek back to the meadow trail and back to the Kalabhyraveshwara Temple. After finishing the trek, we will head back to jeep and make our way back to homestay. We will fresh up and hot dinner and if weather permit, we will have campfire.
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We will wake up lazy like at 8am, Freshup and have breakfast and then head back to the bus and make our way to the beautiful secret waterfall. After spending some time there, we will leave to Bangalore via make a quick visit to Belur Temple on the way. Day 2: Secret Waterfall
Things to Carry
- Xerox Copy of you Aadhar/Voter ID (Mandatory requirement for forest permit)
- Water Bottle – 2 (1 liter each)
- Raincoat – if in case it rains.
- Torch with New Batteries
- Shoes with good traction on it.
- One cover sheet – Good to have one
- A cap
- Cargo/track pants -2
- T-shirt -2
- Extra pair of Socks
- Personal medication kit
- Soap
- Toothpaste
- Toothbrush
- Sunscreen
- Rain Coat/Poncho
- Flip-flops
- Portable chargers
- One bag to keep wet cloths
- Little extra cash for meal not included in the itinerary
Refund & Cancellation
- Please check out the cancellation policy:
- https://naturewalkers.in/cancellation-policy/
- you can send your cancellation request to connect@naturewalkers.in
Safety,Risk and Advisory
We develop our itinerary without compromising anything regards to Safety. We are aware that you would have concern regarding travelling this post covid lockdown but we take several measures to make the trip safe for you. We strongly recommend all the travellers in the trip to gain a Covid-19 Test certification. Apart from that we also sanitize the vehicle and homestay/campsite thoroughly before using it. We have made the use of face mask mandatory at public places and travel destination. Although its difficult to trek with face mask on, we strongly monitor the protocol of social distancing.
If you want to know more about what all other practises we use to make the trip safe. Please follow the link of "Safety at Nature Walkers".
FAQs
Nature Walkers shall follow all the basic Covid Guidelines like Face Mask, Hand Sanitizer, Vehicle and Homestay Sanitization with Temperature Check.
It is mandatory to carry Covid Vaccination Certificate if you have been vaccinated with both the doses on Trek. If you have Vaccinated only with one dose or have not got vaccinated, then you would need RTPCR Negative Test Report to join this Trek. As It might be inconvience if the state government rule changes after your do your registration or after you begin your travel and it would be difficult to find covid test centers nearby to your travel destinations.
Please read our article on "Is it Safe to Travel in India right now?"
The Spring is one of the best time to explore Himalayas and Southern Western Ghats. This is the time when flower blooms and animals come out of their winter sleep. Each trips host its special events during this time like Kashmir host its Tulip Garden Festival and the probability of spoting a cute Red panda in Sikkim is the highest.
These are the best Treks or Trips to do in March and April.
yes, you certainly can join. We often get many solo trekker/traveler on our trips and definitely you will find some likeminded people on the trip. Our objective is that we complete the trek/travel as a team. So, we always motivate people to come together and help each other.
We always believe in exploring our limits. Every Trek/Trip organized by Nature Walker would have outdoor leaders, who would help you motivate you in difficult times on the trek/trip. Also, we have shared the itinerary in a form of a virtual trek/trip which would give you basic idea of the difficulty level of the trek/trip, which will help you in decision making.
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