Meesapulimala Trek & Forest Camping
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Meesapulimala Trek is the second most astounding crest in the Western Ghats of Idukki district on the Indian subcontinent after Anamudi. Its pinnacle is 2,640 meters (8,661 ft) above ocean level.
The name gets from the way that it is shaped of eight slopes which spread like a mustache which gave a name as “Meesapulimala”. It is viewed as most delightful mountains to move over in the south Western Ghats.
A standout amongst the Best piece of the Meesapulimala Trek you could see bunches of Rhododendrons roses. The Valley is also called Rhodo Valley. It’s special because it is the only place where you see these flowers in south India else it grows in abundance in Sikkim and nearby regions. Rhododendron trees are actually the state tree of Sikkim. Kindly do search for the image of this wonderful bloom tree.
The Campsite of this Messapulimala Trek in the Silent Valley of Munnar. It has a wonderful all-encompassing perspective on the underneath valley and cascades.
Important Notice:
To reduce down trek cost as the cost increases because of state permit cost for two-state, we are opting 2 option of travel from Bangalore to Munnar
- Public Transport: If we make a batch of people less than 10 then we would be going to Munnar in Non/AC- Sleeper/Seater Bus from Bangalore to Munnar and then would be taking a jeep ride to the base camp.
- Private Transport: If we make a batch of people more than 10 then we would be taking an option of our own private NON/AC – Semi Seater Bus from Bangalore to Munnar and to the Base camp.
Short Itinerary
Day 0:
- Start from Bangalore
Day 1:
- Reach Forest Department
- Jeep to Campsite
- Breakfast
- Start trekking
- Reach Rodovally guesthouse
- Reach Peak
- Packed Lunch
- Return to Campsite
- Dinner
- Campfire
Day 2:
- Munnar Town Exploration
- 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
- 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
- Tent Campsite
- 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
- Public Transport Non/AC- Sleeper/Seater luxury bus or Private bus depending on the availability
Pickup Points
Detail Itinerary
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We will be leaving from Bangalore in the evening. We request you to have some light food before traveling. This trip would be an overnight journey to Munnar.
Day 0: Departure from Bangalore
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Silent Valley Campsite
We would be reaching to the forest department basecamp located in Silent Valley Campsite. The campsite is in heart of the jungle of the Meesupulimala forest and has a panoramic view of the whole Munnar valley below.
Day 1: Meesapulimala Trek
After fresh-up and breakfast, we would start trekking from the campsite towards Rhodo Valley Guesthouse. Initially, the terrain is little steep, goes through the dense jungle of tall pinecone trees till we reach waterfall lagoon, from here the terrain keeps gaining and losing altitude like a camel hump. Every hour of this trek has its own ambiance, Sometimes you making your way through tall grass and sometimes you are walking through tall trees, sometimes you are climbing the steep terrain and sometimes you are jumping over the water streams.
The terrain goes through dense jungle, long grass, pine trees beside a beautiful water stream assures you that you are into a heavenly atmosphere.
Rhodo Valley starts just after reaching the jeep track on the trail. Do look out for rhododendron flowers by the side of the route. These flowers definitely win your heart with its different colors and abundance nature.
From here to about 2km is a forest check post in the Rhodo valley. The panoramic view from the viewpoint of this check post is very rejuvenating.
The Lush green forest, the green carpet on the small dome hills looks very beautiful. You could also spot some wild elephant groups from this point.
After descending for couple of meters, we would enter the dense forest of long grass and then a meadow walk on soft grass for a little while.
We would be crossing about 6 more small hills to reach our peak. The distance from Rhodo Valley check post to the peak is about 4 km one side but believe me, the time flies so fast that it seems you just crossed these check post couple of minutes back.
We would have our packed lunch on the peak while enjoying the beauty before our eyes, it’s very satisfying feeling.
Explore for a while for photos and then would start descending from the peak back to the campsite through the same route.
After fresh-up and snacks, we would play some games and enjoy campfire while hot dinner.
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Next morning, we would explore a waterfall about nearby the campsite
Day 2: Return back to Bangalore
And then would return back to munnar forest department through jeep and back to Bangalore on Sunday night.
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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