Name: TADIYANDAMOOL TREK
Trivia: Tadiyandamool is the tallest peak in the Coorg district, 2nd tallest in Karnataka, the tallest being Mulayangiri in Chikmaglur distt. Both Coorg and Chikmaglur are famous for their Coffee.
Location: Coorg district of Karnataka, nearest town is Madikeri
How to reach: Buses till Madikeri are available from Majestic. KSRTC has good service on this route, with a good number of deluxe(Rajahamsa-volvos) and semi-deluxe serving this route (atleast at night). If you are an economy trekker like me then you'll have to rely on private buses Madikeri onwards. From Madikeri catch a bus till Napoklu, from there catch another bus and get down at Kakkabbe (Kakabe'). There is another route , i.e. B'lore-Virajpet-Napoklu.
At the Kakabe' bus stop you will find some signs directing you towards Nalknaad palace. Follow these directions. One you are at the palace, you will find several boards of different home-stays (during tourist season people provide their houses as cottages to tourists). You can chose one of these as per your pocket, if you intend to stay at night. I and Santosh stayed in one of the economical place. Like all the hilly areas people are very cordial and helpful.
Ask the locals for the route up to the peak. They will be more than happy to help. Specifically helpful is one Mr. Prasad who owns a coffee plantation and the best and most expensive home-stay (by the name of Palace Estate) in this area. A cool, helpful chap with a very beautiful wife!! . He drew a very descriptive map (to the peak) for us and also served us upma for breakfast.
The climb is of medium difficulty. Terrain varies from easy-medium-tough. It took two of us nearly 3-4 hours to reach the top. But if your group is bigger then of course it would take you longer. On the way up you come across one huge stone, from there a bylane takes you to a stream (this is the last source of water on the way up) The water here is very sweet and refreshing. But it was a pity to see polybags, packets of Lays, Good Day and other snacks littered all over. It filled me with contempt for the human race for sometime.
Some say that if you visit Coorg at the time when coffee fruits are still ripening then the whole air is filled with fragrance. But quite unluckily we visited when the fruits were already ripe [:-(]
Surely you get a lot tired by the time you reach the top, but the juice is surely worth the squeeze!!. The view from the top is exhilarating, and you are filled with respect and love for nature seeing the beautiful scenery all around. Some people pitch in their tents near the top, and spend the night there, it must be cool.
On the whole a rewarding trek, and a B.E.A.utiful place. Surely worth going and trekking!
The next day we visited a nearby waterfall by the name of Madan-abbi (abbi means fall in Coorgi language). Aaaah, what should I say about it, absolute Shnagri-La. Amazing place. Totally untouched. You have to walk nearly 3-4 kms from the cottages/home-stays to reach this place. Neither did we find a single person on the way, nor at the water fall. Both of us enjoyed a lot in the water-fall, we braved the slippery rocks and climbed up. The water was chilling, but the experience was priceless.
I'm really scared about mentioning this place here, as may be it gets popular, hence commercialized, and hence dirty. If you ever visit this place, then Please don't do the thing we humans are best at, messing up with nature.
Here is a link to the trek album :-
http://picasaweb.google.com/prakhar.sharma/Tadiyandamool
I've still have the map drawn by Mr. Prasad of Palace Estate, may be I'll upload it sometime (if I don't, feel free to ask for it, if needed). Here are some numbers that might be helpful in planning your trip/trek:-
Mr Prasad (Palace Estate) :- 09880447702
Mr. Ashok (Twins Cottage, the place where we stayed) :- 08272-238361, 09880908091
As requested I've uploaded the maps at my public gallery on Picasa, here is the link:-
http://picasaweb.google.com/prakhar.sharma/TadiyandamoolMaps
happy trekking!!
Location: Coorg district of Karnataka, nearest town is Madikeri
How to reach: Buses till Madikeri are available from Majestic. KSRTC has good service on this route, with a good number of deluxe(Rajahamsa-volvos) and semi-deluxe serving this route (atleast at night). If you are an economy trekker like me then you'll have to rely on private buses Madikeri onwards. From Madikeri catch a bus till Napoklu, from there catch another bus and get down at Kakkabbe (Kakabe'). There is another route , i.e. B'lore-Virajpet-Napoklu.
At the Kakabe' bus stop you will find some signs directing you towards Nalknaad palace. Follow these directions. One you are at the palace, you will find several boards of different home-stays (during tourist season people provide their houses as cottages to tourists). You can chose one of these as per your pocket, if you intend to stay at night. I and Santosh stayed in one of the economical place. Like all the hilly areas people are very cordial and helpful.
Ask the locals for the route up to the peak. They will be more than happy to help. Specifically helpful is one Mr. Prasad who owns a coffee plantation and the best and most expensive home-stay (by the name of Palace Estate) in this area. A cool, helpful chap with a very beautiful wife!! . He drew a very descriptive map (to the peak) for us and also served us upma for breakfast.
The climb is of medium difficulty. Terrain varies from easy-medium-tough. It took two of us nearly 3-4 hours to reach the top. But if your group is bigger then of course it would take you longer. On the way up you come across one huge stone, from there a bylane takes you to a stream (this is the last source of water on the way up) The water here is very sweet and refreshing. But it was a pity to see polybags, packets of Lays, Good Day and other snacks littered all over. It filled me with contempt for the human race for sometime.
Some say that if you visit Coorg at the time when coffee fruits are still ripening then the whole air is filled with fragrance. But quite unluckily we visited when the fruits were already ripe [:-(]
Surely you get a lot tired by the time you reach the top, but the juice is surely worth the squeeze!!. The view from the top is exhilarating, and you are filled with respect and love for nature seeing the beautiful scenery all around. Some people pitch in their tents near the top, and spend the night there, it must be cool.
On the whole a rewarding trek, and a B.E.A.utiful place. Surely worth going and trekking!
The next day we visited a nearby waterfall by the name of Madan-abbi (abbi means fall in Coorgi language). Aaaah, what should I say about it, absolute Shnagri-La. Amazing place. Totally untouched. You have to walk nearly 3-4 kms from the cottages/home-stays to reach this place. Neither did we find a single person on the way, nor at the water fall. Both of us enjoyed a lot in the water-fall, we braved the slippery rocks and climbed up. The water was chilling, but the experience was priceless.
I'm really scared about mentioning this place here, as may be it gets popular, hence commercialized, and hence dirty. If you ever visit this place, then Please don't do the thing we humans are best at, messing up with nature.
Here is a link to the trek album :-
http://picasaweb.google.com/prakhar.sharma/Tadiyandamool
I've still have the map drawn by Mr. Prasad of Palace Estate, may be I'll upload it sometime (if I don't, feel free to ask for it, if needed). Here are some numbers that might be helpful in planning your trip/trek:-
Mr Prasad (Palace Estate) :- 09880447702
Mr. Ashok (Twins Cottage, the place where we stayed) :- 08272-238361, 09880908091
As requested I've uploaded the maps at my public gallery on Picasa, here is the link:-
http://picasaweb.google.com/prakhar.sharma/TadiyandamoolMaps
happy trekking!!
4 comments:
Hi, Can you please upload the map for the trek route...will be there this weekend...and is there any place on top worth camping as my friend and myself are planning to camp for the night( rain forbid ) and any pointers on the starting point of the waterfalls...
hi srivats, I'll try to upload the map this week. I also have the map for waterfall, i'll upload that 2.
For camping at the top!!, I would say its not a good idea. Your tent might get blown off by wind, and its monsoon time now yaar so.... There are some places before the peak(say the last lap of ur climb up), these spots can be used for camping(but carry big polyhtene sheets to cover ur bags!). Basically, a place that is guarded on atleast one side by a cliff or a huge rock can be used for camping.
You can contact the nos i've specified for directions(this doesn't means i won't be uploading the maps!!)
Have a nice trip and don't miss to have a cup of hot coorg coffee!!
the maps have been uploaded srivats!!
njoy madi!!
hey prakhar !! very informative .... actually am plannin a triP to coorg .. hope this helps... again the numbers given here seem to be out of date kindly let me know if u have latest ph numbers of Twin cottage and palace cottage
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