My First trip to SKANDAGIRI
We went there by bike,6 bikes 11 people [Myself, Rathnakara, Praveen Naik, Akshay, Jagannath, Jagannath Rai, Jyothish, Lohit Datta, Ramesh, Dananjay and his collegue.Our starting point was Majestic.We all gathered in Majestic by around 3.10am in the morning and started one of our finest & first journey to Skandagiri at 3.15am.Half an later we reached Hebbal flyover
[ via Central, Malleshwaram circle, Indian Institute of Science, Mekhri circle,Hebbal] waiting for our 2 more team members.
We left Hebbal flyover half an hour later.From there just move along NH 7the same way which takes us to Nandi hills only thing is for Nandi hills we need to take a left turn while for Skandari we need to take a right turn.We reached Kandavara Halli the foothill of Skandagiri via Muddenahalli at 5.00am in the morning.
There are few houses at the foothill where we can park our vehicles even if you want any non veg items to be prepared they will cook for us.They will also arrange for a guide if at all any one is needed.We hired a guide as this was our first trip there, he charged about 300rs but finally agreed to come with us for 150rs.
We started trekking at 5.10am.Skandagiri is located about 1350meters above sea level.We must carry light food items,soft drinks,water and first aid box.Even local villagers camp on the peak and sell omelets, cool drinks, tea, and other stuffs but they will charge you heavily, so better carry some stuffs.Level of trekking is moderate and we managed to reach top of the hill by around 6.00am we were dam quick, ordinary trekker may take about 2hr.We hardly required 1hr.Morning 6 was the right time and sun was about to rise.By the time we reach the peak there were some 300 odd people at the top already.When sun started to rise everyone were screaming like anything,
I seriously felt this was the place I couldn't have missed.At that moment I couldn't believe whether I was in Karnataka or in Kashmir.Beautiful, great,Superb and magnificent.Guys don't miss it!!!!
After enjoying the sunrise we all were very hungry as didn’t carry any food with us, we moved into localities camp have some hot omelets and Maggi.
We had nice breakfast and sat there for some more time then we started our return journey.And it took about same amount of time to get down from the hill.There are quite a few beautiful temples around Skandagiri hills must visit places.We also went to Nandi Hills on the way.
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