Sakleshpur is a small town, nestled in the Western Ghats of Karnataka. In its mountain terrain’s are the vast spreads of coffee estates apart from paddy fields, cardamom & betel-nut plantations. Sakleshpur is also known for thick forests, flowing streams, waterfalls and beautiful meadows stretching for miles.
I chalked out a 570kms from Bangalore. My train left on 4th July Thursday – 7:30AM to 11:40PM – Train No: 17311 (MAS VASCO EXP).
The distance of the Trek: Castle Rock to Dudhsagar falls is14 kms and the time taken is about 6 Hours or more.
This is the beauty of the trek, the route is full of tunnels. and has the famous second largest tunnel enroute. Be prepared for muddy trek with a lot of leeches during monsoon seasons while the beauty of the trek lies in the monsoon. We had carried our gear and camps and good stock of food. Stay is not available there, camping is the only mean of night stay. During the weekends, there crowd is high and there is place next to the Dudhsagar water where everyone camps.
Food is also not available, so we had carried the stock. Later on, there were mobile vendors selling food items and logs for born fire in a higher price. There is no charge for the camping as long as everyone is self -sustained. Be well prepared for cold rainy night.
There is no washroom facilities available so be blessed in the arm of nature.
The night is an experience to remember and cherish. next day early mornings are cold and misty. The rainy nights make the railway track slippery. We had carried torches,battery, sleeping bag and tent. In the morning we packed up and into the lighter backpacks and started the walk.
As the day rolled by and the trek got sweaty and greener and more beautiful, being engrossed in the beauty of nature is a bliss. It continued to rain and the number of photograph was definitely negated out for this trek.
The tiredness, the nature, the fresh air, the hooting trains everything mesmerized us.
My Camera and me have waited so long for Monsoon to hit Karnataka….and my weekend journey started so rainy that the camera hardly got a chance to pop out!!
There is no washroom facilities available so be blessed in the arm of nature.
The night is an experience to remember and cherish. next day early mornings are cold and misty. The rainy nights make the railway track slippery. We had carried torches,battery, sleeping bag and tent. In the morning we packed up and into the lighter backpacks and started the walk.
As the day rolled by and the trek got sweaty and greener and more beautiful, being engrossed in the beauty of nature is a bliss. It continued to rain and the number of photograph was definitely negated out for this trek.
The tiredness, the nature, the fresh air, the hooting trains everything mesmerized us.
My Camera and me have waited so long for Monsoon to hit Karnataka….and my weekend journey started so rainy that the camera hardly got a chance to pop out!!
