Experience the Kodava culture and cuisine in the quaint village of Biruga in Coorg.
Category: Karnataka
Kumta to Gokarna beach trek, through Konkan’s coasts and cliffs
Many of us might know this, that there are two kinds of people in this world, the one who loves mountains and other loves beaches. Theories say that our choice of each destination is very much aligned with our character. Generally, those who like silence or solitude choose mountains and the more kind of proactive
You should definitely visit Agumbe in the monsoon
I visited Agumbe this monsoon finally. It was a long wait. I knew about this place since long time. But with one reason or other, my visit did not happened. Even this time also, had to postpone our journey once because of the landslides on the ghat road to Agumbe. So here is why I
Kavaledurga fort trek; Monsoon in Agumbe
Kavaledurga fort is a hill fort near to Agumbe, which is the wettest place in South India. When I visited Agumbe, the monsoon was at its best in the subcontinent. What else is the best time to visit such a place. We had to cancel our journey initially due to the landslides in the ghat
These reasons are enough to visit Dandeli
I woke up and looked out the bus, felt like I was traveling back to my hometown. The bus has already reached Dandeli. The trees and the roads were wet, definitely it rained the previous night. Felt so refreshed to watch those greenery passing as my bus entered the bus station. I came to visit
Guide to Kumara Parvatha trek
Since the Western ghats started to allure me like anything, I never said no to any chance to go and explore those mountains. I wanted to complete some few treks in the Western ghats before the end of 2017. Trekking Baba Budangiri hills, Kodachadri hills and Chokramudi hills were some of them. And finally, the Kumara Parvatha
A monsoon trek to Kodachadri peak
The monsoons were pouring down heavily in the southern states this time. The South West monsoon usually retreats by the end of September. I was looking forward to a trek in the rain before it ends. The monsoon in the Western Ghats is something I like the most, the rain is so refreshing and liberating.
Trekking the hills of Baba Budangiri
Chikmagalur is undoubtedly beautiful and a much less explored hill station in South India. Unlike many other commercialized hill stations in South India like Ooty or Kodaikanal, where it is very tiresome to find a place peaceful and without any buildings hindering our view; Chikmagalur is much better. This place is the major center of
Travel guide to Badami, Aihole, Pattadakal and Mahakuta
A better place to understand India’s heritage and experience the rural side of the country; journey to Aihole, Badami and Pattadakal can be summarised like this. These places are less popular on the tourism map, hence very suitable for those preferring an offbeat destination for their travel. You can visit these three places in two
Following the Chalukya dynasty: Aihole and Pattadakal
A few days back, it was again a weekend and I was desperately waiting to go somewhere, very soon someone stuck me with the idea of going to Bagalkot district in North Karnataka. This region is known by the Chalukya dynasty which ruled during 6th to 12th century. Aihole, Badami and Pattadakal were their capital
Exploring the ancient city of Hampi
Since there are hundreds of blogs on the internet which provides every piece of information about Hampi, I was little confused regarding what to write here. It took some time for me to finally figure out something and start. From the moment when I came to know about Hampi, I always wanted to go there. It