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Saturday, December 19, 2009

Galibore - Jungle loadges

Cavery basin is full of beautiful and adventures destinations. Galibore is one such spot. It is about 110km from Bangalore city on Kanakapura road. It's an wonderful destination, good for a day trip, overnight stay or for longer duration.





Reaching Galibore

It's about 110 Km from Bangalore, if you start early, say about 7:00 AM then it would take less than 150 mins to reach Galibore. Hit Kanakpura road and then keep going till Kanakpura town and then ask for directions at regular interval / junctions. Sign boards are rare to find and attimes just ask for Bhemeshwari. Once you enter the Forest department checkpoint, ask for Galibore which is about 1o km of mud road from checkpoint. The journey is scenic, ok roads with hardly any freshup joints on the way.

Plan your trip (day trip)

You can do advance booking of your trip at Jungle lodges office on MG road, Banglaore. For a day trip, they charge Rs 1000/ per head which includes, breakfast, Coracle ride, trekking, lunch, access to jungle lodge property at Galibore and refreshments in the evening (tea & biscuits). For overnight stay, they have variety of rooms & tents which you can choose from.

You can also enjoy, fishing & white water rafting but they come at extra cost. Please confirm with Jugle lodges office as these sports dependent on weather & water level conditions.


Pan to reach by 9:00 - 9:30 AM, have breakfast, and enjoy the facility and start for trekking. Plan to finish trek by 12:30 PM, come back to facility, have lunch and then you can plan for white water rafting or Coracle ride. You may also chose to just spend rest of the day on the river banks watching birds.


Other locations close by

Few very good locations, Bhemeshwari, Sangam etc. If you really love nature than plan for atleast 3 days and then cover these locations. Though the trek experience is quite simlar but you really get to see some amazing views from these treks which are unique to each one of them.


Funtertainment


  1. White water rafting

  2. Trek

Avoid
Avoid visiting Galibore during rains and summer.


Budget
Jugle lodges charges are Rs. 1000/ head, Rs 600/ head for rafting (optional). Travel as you plan. This is for a day.


Overall rating for day trip 5 on 5