Kumara Parvatha Trek
Fitness Regime for your Western Ghats Treks (Comprehensive plan to make you fit for any trek in 4 weeks)
At 1,712 metres, Kumara Parvatha Trek guides you to the highest peak in Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuary in the Western Ghats. It is located 20 km from Somwarpet in the Northern part of Kodagu district. It is the sixth highest peak in Karnataka and is known to be the toughest to climb in the region. The starting point of the trek is Sowmwarpet Side, located opp to the Subramanya village in this region.
Breakfast and dinner will be provided at the homestay. As for lunch, it would be packed and carried during the trek. Food availability is quite scarce during the whole trail and it’s quite difficult to even find water. So, all arrangements would be done from the base.
Short Itinerary
Day 0:
- Start from Bangalore
Day 1:
- Reach Somwarpet in the morning
- Have a quick breakfast provided at the homestay
- Start with the trek right after breakfast
- Reach Kumara Parvatha by afternoon
- Have the packed lunch right there
- Start with the descent after spending a few hours
- Be back at base camp by 6 pm
- Evening tea and snacks
- Campfire, dinner
Day 2:
- Post breakfast head towards Mallalli Waterfalls
- After spending a few hours return to homestay
- Start for Bangalore
- Reach by 10pm
Price Inclusions
- To and Fro journey
- Accommodation (Tented)
- Two breakfasts (Saturday, Sunday)
- One lunch (Saturday)
- One dinner (Saturday)
- Bonfire
- Guide
- Forest
- Permit
- Snack/Power packs for trek
- 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 Tempo Traveller or Mini-bus with push back seats depending on group size
Pickup Points
Detail Itinerary
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Our journey would start at 7:30 pm sharp on Friday from Bangalore. We would reach Somwarpet on Saturday morning post an eventful overnight bus journey.
Day 0: Overnight bus travel from Bangalore to Somwarpet
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Our trek would start right after breakfast at our homestay. As mentioned it’s a 4-hour long trek, we would be reaching the top by afternoon.
Day 1: Trek to Kumara Parvatha
Now, this is the time when you would actually feel as if you are on cloud nine. The emotion you would go through would be quite inexplicable.
Trekking through a 14 km not-so-easy path and finally reaching the top can really boost you up. So, feel it completely.
Also, the amazing views of Madikeri which would welcome you at the top are obviously worth your every second. Vast valleys formed like a carpet of layers and layers of green. Yes. That’s how beautiful it is from the top.
After spending an hour or two we would start with our descent towards the homestay.
By 6pm we would be back at our base camp, have some evening tea and snacks. Our day would end with a campfire, dinner and lovely memories of the trek.
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We would end our trip on Sunday by taking a tour of Mallalli Waterfalls in Somwarpet. Well, you can never say it’s ‘taking a tour, as reaching the waterfalls involves a good 500 steps descent. Yes. There are steps that would take you down and once you reach the falls, it’s a gorgeous sight for sure.
Day 2: Trip to Mallalli Waterfalls and return to Bangalore
Gushing from the top it looks as if thin satin threads are flowing from the mountains. The view is mesmerizing and its vastness would certainly make you feel quite small in front.
We would start for Bangalore post-visit Mallalli Waterfalls to reach by 10 pm.
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?"
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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.
Yes, We always make sure that we take proper precaution in regards of girl’s safety. We have female outdoor leaders who have explored every trek/trip, Nature Walkers has, in regards of the facilities, sanity and safety of a female trekkers/travelers.
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