Before we started , we had a lot of conversation’s about the trip like where we are going to roam , expectations out of the trip ,accommodation etc. All the essential items that needs to be taken for the travel was informed before a week in advance by the trip planner (Rajesh – Zumba mate and of course friend) .but till the day arrived we were not sure about the itinerary .i read a travelogue about nagarhole which my friend sriram suggested me to read ,The blog was like a hand full of excitements packed in few pages of writing .Sriram had a vast knowledge about road trips and traveled to various destinations in india .The blog which i read gave an idea about the nature of the trip like things which that shouldn’t be missed and what we can expect out of this journey ,until then i never conceived that we are planning for a raw adventure trip through the hilly areas of dense forest.so my excitement was set to sky high on reading this travelogue and knowing about the huge count of wild cats ,elephants ,deer’s and wild boar .
so like every trip my friends wished me for a happy journey and enjoyment within the safety limits .we reached the railway station by approximately 8 p.m along with Suresh(India property acquainted through Rajesh at that point of time ) ,Rajesh ,Prabha(India property) and sathya (Zumba mate).Later shalini(Zumba) joined us in the railway station , we were in a 50 – 50 thought whether Jayz(Zumba ) will join us or not .I was aware that from the whatsapp group we had for the trip discussion had included 2 more members who weren’t arrived yet.they were surya and venu ,I expected two guys to join us for the trip ,but later i came to know surya is a women, she and venu are couples who joined us 15 minutes later.it was 8.30 p.m and everyone was in 75:25 thought whether jayz will come before the train departs .Jayz is married with kids at stake although he never looks and speaks like a married man ,his wife birthday was on that day we planned to travel.but he came ,he came for us .he reached station around 8.45 p.m then started our adventure.
we had dinner nearby the railway station .the tickets we reserved for the journey were split between two compartments ,so we were in a dilemma whether to go to the compartment which had 4 seats or stay here since the count was 6 in the current compartment which we stayed.we had an idea not to go to the other compartment and adjust with limited seats we had .in order to validate booking in the other compartment at least a person needs to be present at the time when TTR arrives .we started listening to songs in the s3 compartment since everyone was together in same compartment .Surya and Venuji was ready to move to the other compartment ,we need one more person to move along with them so that everyone has ample space to sleep.we pushed suresh by dodging him that he can come back once thee seat is confirmed .we predicted that he will come back once the seat is confirmed ,but he was satisfied with the lonely accommodation in s6 .we slept by 12 a.m that night and woke up around 3.30 a,m ,myself and jay were the person who didn’t have a proper sleep.we could feel the breezy chill weather as we were nearing mysore .we reached mysore by 7.30 and immediately started the journey ,we took few pics before we entered the Traveller CAB.The Estimated distance from mysore to nagarhole is 40 kms but it’s not like a highway travel , we have to travel around hills at moderate speeds .we dropped by a restaurant(not proper kinda roadside dhaba) packed our breakfast and bought couple of necessary items (censored for the welfare of public and parental restriction) and continued our journey. we traveled approximately 2.45 minutes to reach the home stay we were accommodated. The time was 10.45 a.m when we reached the reserved forest entrance gate , we had a opportunity to notice lot of sambar deer gazing around.we expected an elephant or tiger to cross our path but since it was day the road was filled with light which made it devoid of the possibility.we saw a variety of accommodation and camping huts built in the middle of forest when we heading to our home stay .I was intrigued and imagined similar hut house in the middle of the forest .We reached the end gate of nagarhole forest and my day dream about the accommodation stopped.The home stay which we stayed was around 20 kms away from forest and its closer to the iruppu falls which is part of itinerary .we reached the homestay around 11.30 a.m ,had breakfast and rushed immediately to the waterway few meters away and at a visible distance from our home stay.
The home stay was about 100 years old and furniture’s were made of rosewood ,resembled a ancient village house raised to a adequate height (macha veedu) .we had to walk few steps to reach the veranda which was extended on both sides of the main entrance of the house.The veranda was as long as to accommodate 20 guests .the left side of the veranda led to a room which was allocated to me ,prabha and jayz. The living room was spacious and left side of living room had one bedroom with small wooden cupboards and it had entrance to the rest room .The right side of the living room had 2 more bed rooms .Sathya,rajesh,shalini,suresh occupied the bedrooms attached to the living room along with surya & venuji.The Kitchen was all the time occupied by the caretakers of the hotel .We went to kitchen only to sanitize our hands and to drop the plates after having food .
our days start’s with listening to songs , sitting in the veranda with everyone .We played western and hindi songs especially zumba songs .we found a waterway nearby our homestay ,it was around 10 meters away from our home .to reach the waterway you need to walk down 45 degree in the middle of coffee plantations ,the water flowing was ice cold and we were reluctant to touch the water or get down the path . I and prabha started playing and everyone joined us later .The sounds of flowing water was like all the 7 raagas played at once .We could also enjoy the chirping sounds of ethereal birds along with the clog dance of flowing water.we had an lazy thought in the beginning to cancel the visit to iruppu falls .but i somehow convinced everyone that if the small flowing water can be so much of joy , how wonderful a waterfalls experience could be ? .we started our journey to iruppu falls which was exactly 3kms away .we have to walk around 3 more kms to reach the source of the waterfall .The walking path had a rope crossway connecting the bridge below which the water was travelling . we came across many high risen steps which we have to walk to reach the falls.Myself and prabha reached the falls at first and we identified a place to safeguard our clothes and whereabouts .The water was freezing cold but the joy entering our soul was much higher than the intensity of the pain .The coldness can be felt deep inside our stomach throughout which soared our happiness . the remaining gang reached the falls after 15 – 20 mins and we identified a pit near the waterfalls to take a complete rest inside water without getting sunk.over the time our body got acquainted to the cold temperature of the water .we played around for a span of 45 minutes and started our photo sessions .portraits , candid and all together gang pictures were captured .The photos captured were absolutely beautiful .i remember myself as a school kid ,forgetting everything ,keeping my mind always empty and heart colorful.those sort of experience i felt under the shades of flowing water .everyone enjoyed the experience as much as i was .
on the way to nagarhole
Nagarhole Forest Entrance
Nagarhole Forest Entrance
Sambar Deer
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