We went on a 3 day trip to Horanadu, Kalasa and Kudremukh from January 14th to 16th.
We started from Bangalore at around 5 in the morning. The route to Horanadu was mostly fine except for the last stretch. We took the following route: Bangalore (NH4) -> Nelamangala on to NH48 -> Kunigal -> Yediyur -> Channarayapatna -> Hassan -> continue on SH57 to Belur -> Chikmagalur -> Aldur -> Balehonnur -> Magundi -> Balehole -> Horanadu. The road from Magundi to Horanadu was not very good although it is very scenic. It is a stretch of about 40km.
You can very easily make out when you enter Chikmagalur district. The place becomes more green, you can see quite a few hills, lakes, areca nut trees, coffee plantations, and the air is cooler and pure. We clicked a few snaps on the way.
We reached Horanadu at around 1:30pm. We visited the temple, prayed to the temple goddess, Shree Annapoorneshwari, and then had lunch there. After a few more snaps, we headed to Kalasa.
There are quite a few places in Kalasa and a shutterbug can easily spend a couple of days here. Our first stop was at Kotehole, then to Rudra Teertha and a visit to Amba Teertha. The road to Amba Teertha is not very good and it is recommended that you take a local vehicle. We spent quite some time at Amba Teertha.
We then visited Duggappana Katte. This is on top of a hill and you can see the Kudremukh hill range, Ballarayana Durga etc from here. On the right is a hill which if you trek to the top, you can see Sringeri on the other side. Duggappana Katte is an ideal spot to watch the sunset.
This was followed by a visit to Vasishta Theertha. It was dark by the time we came back from here and we called it a day.
(This post is still not complete.)
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