It all started in the summer holidays after 2nd sem, having hardly nothing to do for 3 whole months, of which we were just half way through we started planning for an outing somewhere in w.ghats, manu came up with options like backwaters in kerala or waynad which we ditched on the spot; we wer basically searching for a new destination which less people would have heard off, so that we can boast about it later on :P after lot of plans we finalised our outing to honey valley(suggested by my dad). even though a lot of people were involved in planning the outing, finally it was just 5 of us who went on with it. manu nair, adithya mohan, nikhil , prashanth and myself.
Honey valley gets its name from its glorious years in past when the owner chengappa had made news by harnessing a record 6.5 tonnes honey per year. this estate has been open for wildlife enthusiasts since a long time, where in any one could have stayed free of cost; nowadays the system has changed here too. the very concept of home stay, started at this place. they charge nominal cost for the rooms n food, which are of star quality. it was on june 5th morning we all started towards kakabbe a village of two houses , me nik n praz from mysore ; manu n adithya from mangalore. the same day evening we left for a open jeep ride to a peak (whose name i dont remember now ) which was mist covered at 3..!!! on the way back we had been to chaluvara falls. the days highlight was the open jeep ride down the slppe of the hill. man it was rocking...!!
with lot of enquiries we planned to go to raja seat the next day which is a days trek. the good thing here in honey valley is that they have documented all the possible trekking trials. we took hold of one such copy n started our days trek. half way through the trek we had conqured one mountain and were on a trial to the next through a water fall, on the way we had to cross the native forest. this is where all the drama started. native forests are leach heaven, seeing the native forest me nik n manu started running thru it so that we could lessen our encounter with the leaches, but adi n praz were a bit hesitant. thats when we both split up. we three on the other end of the forest , praz n adi still on the first hill. they neither knew the way to come on our side cos we had run helter skelter in our own path, as thr was no proper path. this was not all, after plucking out all the leaches from our legs we realised that we were left with just 2 boiled eggs n a water bottle, all the packed food we got from honey valley and the path map was with the other two. so there we were in a no-mans land with no idea were to go. after traversing the second peak, we reached a place which we strongly believed to be the raja seat. it fitted all the description given by the residents of honey valley, a big boulder perpendicular to the slope of the mountain. by then time was running out, tks to our geographical sense we knew towards which side honey valley was. we walked on a straight path traversing two peaks n a deep gorge finally at around 4pm the mist started covering up the peak n we were tryin to spot our home, thats when we spotted the light from honey valley. the feeling then is just inexpressible, even today we keep sighting this drama which was our first real adventure. back in house the kind ms. chengappa cooked us delicious bonda's n arranged hot water for bath. on the other side adi n praz roamed the same first peak which we conqured for some 3 times n some how got back to honey valley before us thanks to them ms.chengappa had everything prepared by the time we reached back.
the third day was total chill out. we played bingo the whole morning. manu n nik went through the small collection of books which they had while we wer busy playing few silly games. the same night we had a photo shoot session n the next day morning we all left to our respective places.
contacts of honey valley
mr.chengapa
Yavakapady Post
Coorg
Karnataka - 571212
Tele:08272–238339
getting there:
Bangalore- 230 Kms
Mangalore- 165 Kms
Mysore 112 kms
alight at virajpet call up the above no. they will inform you the proper bus timing to kakabbe. its an hour journey from virajpet
Honey valley gets its name from its glorious years in past when the owner chengappa had made news by harnessing a record 6.5 tonnes honey per year. this estate has been open for wildlife enthusiasts since a long time, where in any one could have stayed free of cost; nowadays the system has changed here too. the very concept of home stay, started at this place. they charge nominal cost for the rooms n food, which are of star quality. it was on june 5th morning we all started towards kakabbe a village of two houses , me nik n praz from mysore ; manu n adithya from mangalore. the same day evening we left for a open jeep ride to a peak (whose name i dont remember now ) which was mist covered at 3..!!! on the way back we had been to chaluvara falls. the days highlight was the open jeep ride down the slppe of the hill. man it was rocking...!!
with lot of enquiries we planned to go to raja seat the next day which is a days trek. the good thing here in honey valley is that they have documented all the possible trekking trials. we took hold of one such copy n started our days trek. half way through the trek we had conqured one mountain and were on a trial to the next through a water fall, on the way we had to cross the native forest. this is where all the drama started. native forests are leach heaven, seeing the native forest me nik n manu started running thru it so that we could lessen our encounter with the leaches, but adi n praz were a bit hesitant. thats when we both split up. we three on the other end of the forest , praz n adi still on the first hill. they neither knew the way to come on our side cos we had run helter skelter in our own path, as thr was no proper path. this was not all, after plucking out all the leaches from our legs we realised that we were left with just 2 boiled eggs n a water bottle, all the packed food we got from honey valley and the path map was with the other two. so there we were in a no-mans land with no idea were to go. after traversing the second peak, we reached a place which we strongly believed to be the raja seat. it fitted all the description given by the residents of honey valley, a big boulder perpendicular to the slope of the mountain. by then time was running out, tks to our geographical sense we knew towards which side honey valley was. we walked on a straight path traversing two peaks n a deep gorge finally at around 4pm the mist started covering up the peak n we were tryin to spot our home, thats when we spotted the light from honey valley. the feeling then is just inexpressible, even today we keep sighting this drama which was our first real adventure. back in house the kind ms. chengappa cooked us delicious bonda's n arranged hot water for bath. on the other side adi n praz roamed the same first peak which we conqured for some 3 times n some how got back to honey valley before us thanks to them ms.chengappa had everything prepared by the time we reached back.
the third day was total chill out. we played bingo the whole morning. manu n nik went through the small collection of books which they had while we wer busy playing few silly games. the same night we had a photo shoot session n the next day morning we all left to our respective places.
contacts of honey valley
mr.chengapa
Yavakapady Post
Coorg
Karnataka - 571212
Tele:08272–238339
getting there:
Bangalore- 230 Kms
Mangalore- 165 Kms
Mysore 112 kms
alight at virajpet call up the above no. they will inform you the proper bus timing to kakabbe. its an hour journey from virajpet
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