Tadiyandamol trek - Coorg trekking

Level: Easy to moderate(In spring and summer)

Moderate(In the first two weeks of july - heavy rains)

Rainfall: About 15-20 times heavier than the heaviest rainfall in Bangalore. And it rains 24hrs. a day.

I've done some of the toughest treks including the ones where I was attacked by a Gaur, got lost in W.Ghats, encountered lots of wildlife, stayed in the jungle without kerosene n food for two days n lots more. But this one doesn't have any experience like that yet its very different from all the previous treks. It was a proper monsoon trek.

We started from Bangalore at 11:30 pm and reached Virajpet(Coorg) at around 5'O clock in the morning. We then walked to the private bus stand n caught a bus to Kodikeri----> Kakkabbe n had our breakfast there and reached the base camp by around 10:30 am. The localites told us not to go for the trek coz the rainfall was at its highest n the path was converted into streams. You might have known about this through the news channels that people travel in boats in Bagmandala n stuff. But all of us had just written our 6th sem(VTU) exams and hence were desperate to achieve something :P
We started our trek from the base camp and walked along the path. It was raining heavily and the leeches had a treat. The path was covered with flowing water and it was up to knee-level in most of the places.


After walking through the terrain for sometime, we met a group of trekkers who couldn't complete the trek coz the route was completely blocked. We continued our trek and after sometime we reached a pond.! Yes..a pond was formed on the mountain n there seemed to be no way forward. Probably those trekkers whom we met on the way were talking about this point.

We followed the stream flowing out from there..it narrowed down at some point n we crossed it n walked through the elephant grasses. Remember this place is abundant with the Pit vipers n many poisonous creatures. We saw a trail soon n followed it and reached the peak by around 1:30 pm. But we couldn't stay there for a long time coz the rains were pushing us down. We then walked to the base camp(aramane) at around 3:30-4:00 pm and reached kakkabbe in an auto. After having our lunch there, we took an auto to Napoklu n stayed in a room. Next day at around 2:00 pm we took a bus to Chendanu n started walking towards the Cheluvera falls. Let me tel u this isn't a v famous place n hence very few people visit this place. After walking for sometime along the road, a jeep stopped by us n offered us lift. The hospitality of Coorg is comparable to that of Uttara kannada. Its just too gud. We reached the water falls n it was Awesome..It cant be expressed in words. Whats more interesting is there is a govt. primary school next to it n they told us the children walk at least 10-15 km. a day to the school.!


After staying at the base of the falls for sometime, we trekked to the top of it and we were shocked by what we saw. There was an abandoned house where people don't stay for 3 months during the rainy season, a farmland n a mighty mountain in front of it.! We never thought such a place could exist there. We had our lunch which we'd got it parcelled from Napoklu n somebody walked towards us from the mountain. He told us that mountain was Somangund, the second highest peak in Coorg and you would reach Kerala if you trek for about 10km. from there. But its a thick jungle n the chances of reaching Kerala are very less.





We walked back to Chendanu and caught last bus from there to Virajpet n reached there by 7:00 pm. Our bus was at 10:15 pm n hence we decided to roam around the town..Its a pretty small town. So we roamed the place thrice n had food at every eat-out there. The best part of the trek was rains and the worst part was too much rains.

If you r doing this trek in the end of July or in Summer its not difficult but still I would suggest you to try this place. Its really worth it.!


-Vishwas.V

Team members:

Name: Vishwas. V
College: DSCE (BT)
Age: 20

Name: Nitin. G
College: BNMIT (EC)
Age: 21


Name : Vinod.R.M.
College: Don Bosco(EC)
Age : 21


Name : Pavan.Y.
College: KSIT(Mech.)
Age : 21