My wife had been thinking for Coorg for a long time and with the holidays coming we were finally able to formalize on the days, 30th Aug- 2nd Sep, 3rd being kept as a rest day before heading back to work. So here are the details.
Homestay
I gave 2 options to wifey, Honey Valley & Palace Estate, she chose Palace Estate, good enough.
Route Bangalore - Srirangapatanam - Hunsur - Thithimathi - Gonikoppa - Virajpet - Kadnoor - Cheyandane - PALACE ESTATE
Took the kanakpura road, NICE, Joined Mysore road, started at 1:30 PM on Saturday after lunch, covered the distance in straight 5 hrs with 1 stretch break inbetween since I wanted to reach the Palace Estate (PE) before it gets really dark in an unfamiliar hilly location. In total the Odo read 660Kms Door-to-door.
Just after Sringapatnam, there is a bridge, cross that and stay on the right lane.Take the first right onto Rangathittu Bird santuary.
Once on this road (Ilwala Bypass) you will touch the SH88 to hunsur at a T-sort of intersection but the road curves towards Mysore and you tend to get confused. Take the right turn, you have a "BEML" board on the right at the intersection. Go straight towards Hunsur.
Just after Hunsur town (4 kms), take the left fork on a Y-Intersection. There are some sign boards marking towards the plantations. This goes to Virajpet.
Once you enter Virajpet town, you will see a Mosque on the right and the KSRTC Bus stand(slightly hidden) on the left with a T-Intersection in the front and a small circle.Take the left.
Now you will be facing a Clock Tower, take the first right much before the clock tower. Go straight till you see two bridges one old and one being in service, take the Immediate left, this will take you to Kakkabe and the
many homestays around it.
Now let the pictures speak for themselves.
