70 hair pins ! Oh my god ! That should have been a wonderful adventurous trip.
Waiting for the detailed log & pics
Totally around 180 hairpin bends negotiated for the full trip - 3 days.
wow..the road look really scenic. share more detail about the place.
Sure, I will do my best...
@ HR
Great pictures. I never seen a monkey opened its mouth sooooo widely, looks scary. Thanks for correcting the resorts name, and I think that's the only one there.
You Are welcome. Now there are a few lodges and another resort called the Kolli resort. They are a bit costly. I read some good reviews about Nallathambi resort in Trip Adviser.
Its very pathetic that they are not maintaining the Botanical garden well.
In contrast, the Nature Park at Yelagiri is very well maintained.
After stepping down so much, the view of the falls was not so great; and had to see it at a distance.
There was not much water in Masilla falls. I am not a fan of getting drenched under a falls. But my wife enjoyed the falls. We were there alone at the falls for around 20 minutes after which a large family turned up. They said that they had already gone to the big falls and somehow managed to climb back up.
With your permission, I am posting some pictures taken from there. Hope you don't mind.
Thanks for posting the beautiful pictures of the lake and the falls. If you have more please do post.
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After our BR Hills drive we were planning on another trip, but had not finalized on any destination. We had Masinagudi and Satyamangalam in our mind. Then while browsing on the net, I found out one particular guy saying that Kollihills was also a place for birding. So contacted the resort and transferred an advance to their account and booked a room for Friday and Saturday nights.
Wednesday afternoon, I got news that my friend's father passed away (@Chennai) and the funeral was on Thursday. So we left for Chennai Thursday morning and then left for Kolli Hills Friday morning from Chennai.
We started from Chennai at around 5 am and had breakfast the new Saravana Bhavan just after Krishnagiri on the highway towards Salem. Good option for Veg.
We used the Google navigation that took us close to Namakkal and then branched off left to Kolli hills. We passed through some small village roads and at the foothill of the Kolli Hills we spotted some birds and stopped to click some pictures. It was pretty hot, so didn't spend time to track the birds and continued on to our destination.
We lost GPS signals many times during the climb. We reached our resort at around 12:30 pm and ordered food that was delivered at 2 pm. We inquired the guys there about birds and they said that the only birds there are Crows and Mynas.
We rested for some time and left for the botanical garden and the lake at around 3:30 pm.
When we reached the Garden, it was closed. So we continued down the road to the lake. We spend some time walking around there and had some Tea and some snacks at the parking lot.
By the time we reached the resort it was dark. We ordered our dinner and just walked around the resort waiting for the dinner.
The climate was good. pleasant, not very cold.
Chestnut headed Bee-eater...@ the foothills
Siberian/Asian Stonechat...?@ the foothills
Purple-rumped sunbird... @ the foothills
Black Drongo...@ the foothills
Butterfly...@ the foothills
The road to the lake...
The walkway at the Lake/Park...
A nice tree sans leaves...
The Lake....
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