Location: Chamarajnagar, Karnataka, India. Highest peak in Bandipur. 220 km from Bangalore
Route: Bangalore – Mysore – Gundulpet – Himavat Gopalswamy betta
We were: 4 families, 3 generations
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We went to this clouded (Himavat) hill on our way to Wayanad. There was a sudden change in the plan when a friend suggested, we need to visit this place. We got the same recommendations from many. So we decided to check this out.
Many things went wrong:
We should have made it one single trip by itself to spend the day on the hills!
Yet, the hills impressed me. I would definitely come back here.
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- The route, especially after you pass Gundulpet, looks very dry and isolated.
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- Life as usual… We did see people going about their daily business, but not too many of them.
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- Typical Village images
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- Yes, and there is the reassuring stricking yellow milestone of the temple on the way. We are on the right track.
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- We stopped at the entrance of the hills. Paid a nominal fee to the forest department. We started uphill.
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- There were only a few people in the temple, otherwise the place was calm and quiet. Some of us went into the temple. It is cool and famous for those praying for children.
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- From the temple. It was still cool at the middle of the day with a pleasant breeze.
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- Summer blooms. A lonely red tree. Very stricking.
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- A fresh snake skin on the way
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- There is a decent forest guesthouse. Dont know if we get accomodation here.
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- You can spend hours walking around and trekking. The trek is quite easy, more of walking up and down.
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- It was quite easy to climb the trees
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- Look out to see the valley. We also saw elephants grazing around in the distance.
I liked walking up and down, lakes, flowers, trees…relaxed, cracking jokes…happy.
There is a forest guesthouse. Looks like a decent place. But we could gather that no one uses it and no food is available here. Otherwise we would have planned a night trip to stay here and wake up to the misty himavat sun!
Now that I have found this place, I will come back here. Next time – early morning; with lots of food and water; to spend time till evening.
Hi Smrti,
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Thanks in advance.
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Manimaran,
Thanks for your offer. Right now I am traveling. I would consider your invitation and write to you.
Could you please let me know how much time it takes to reach gopalswamy from bangalore..
hey can u tell me if we can camp near gopalswamy …i would like to visit the place with my friends.
hey ur photos quite superb and i think they will be useful for us as our friends r planning to horsley hills on bikes
Hello Vaishnavi,
From what we got to know from the locals, everyone is asked to leave the hills in the evening. So camping may not be possible. But there was one guesthouse on the hill. Perhaps Forest office can provide accommodation. Do let me know if you find any……
Hello Dipayan,
Time depends on he mode of travel. It is just above 200 km. We took 5 hrs in a tempo traveller, with a couple of stops for breakfast and other things.
Hi smriti, I would like to know how much time does it take to climb the hill..
Hello Mahesh Babu,
We went up the hill in the tempo traveller. It took less than 10 minutes.
gopal swame petta i visited 2008, very good feel me, and notalgia ……..but this place not konw for pople . lot lover marrige arringed here.
hi……….it was an awsome xperience…..it was jus lyk as though v vr n swarga………………………………..
Hai…….. Trpupthi…………… i wanna feel to going with my frnds ……….. just i want know how s the security in that place……….. my friends are scaring abt security…….
hi nice pics could u plz let us know how to reach there by bus. im interested to go there
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hi sir
could you tell me that how can we reach if we come in bus, where should we reserve the tickets to reach the temple. At what time bus will arrive & departure. And also give me the mobile no of that temple poojaris / swamy’s please
please, iam waiting for your reply
Hello Yogendra,
You need not reserve tickets, but can pay a nominal amount to the forest department at the entry to the hills.
Sorry that I do not know about bus services to Gopalswamy betta, nor the poojari there.
Smrti