A long awaited weekend trip with friends finally materialized on 19th August 2017, as we embarked on our long drive to Mandalapatti and Mallalli falls in the Coorg valley. We started off from Bangalore at 2 pm on Saturday noon. The approximately 6 hours drive was filled with jokes, laughter and songs from the latest bollywood movies comprising of both party / slow romantic numbers.
My partners in the adventure trip were - Asha, Megha, Bindu and Shreehari with their cute little kid Ganavi. I bet I learnt a few Kannada words after my futile attempt of conversing with "Ganu" as I call her.
We stopped over in between at Channapatna famous for the traditional wooden toys, purchased a few wooden stuff followed by lunch at around 3.30 pm before continuing with rest of the journey.
We reached Coorg at around 7 pm in the evening. On the way we stopped at a lake for the boat ride.
Coorg welcomed us with light drizzle, misty weather and chilling temperature of 16 degrees. We spent the night at a homestay . Our next morning began at 7 am. It was still raining, misty and the mountains looked washed with the fresh green paint.
The real adventure began on the 2nd day. Since I love low temperature, drizzle, fog, clouds, Coorg presented us with the ideal climate that made me fall in love with the nature. We got ready and started for the Mandalapatti peak in Madikeri. We could not have asked for a better day for a trekking atop the hill. Since the path was rocky , we had to hire a jeep to reach Mandalapatti. Many prefer bikes over jeep. It was a short trek to reach to the hill top. The view from the hill top was breathtaking. The visibilty was less than 30 meters and we could hear the sound of the breeze howling in our ears . Here is a short video that was taken to capture the very moment ( make sure that your browser supports the videoplay , the sound should not be missed ).
The feeling at the top was an out of the world experience, overpowering breeze sweeping us against our grip , the nature at its best which can not be imitated by humans. We were completely drenched by the clouds that shed into tiny droplets of rain . I loved the feeling of chillness in the air.
After spending 15-20 min at the hill top , we made our way back to the ground . Hunger pangs were satisfied with hot maggi and omellete bread, visibility still low. We checked out of the home stay and headed towards Mallalli falls, which was further 2 hrs drive from Coorg.
What awaited us was even more magnificent, massive and inexpressible. The first look at the falls and we were awe-struck . Mallalli falls are massive, although the falls were quite distant , the roaring of the water gushing down, could reach us as if telling-this is the sound of what God creates .
I loved visiting these two places as much as I would have loved visiting any hillstation in the North.
Suggestions : Try and visit these places during rainy season . The rains will add to the beauty.
Keep watching for this blog 👆for the next adventure !! 💖💖
