[amitwlele]

Wonderful once again Sir!!!.

This bike option is something new that i learnt. Was aware of the other routes. That is a quick business opportunity for the bikers.

I am cursing myself for not visiting the place while i was located in Dandeli for a year.

[ethanhunt123]

I am off to Goa this weekend ..... I was planning to do Blr-Hubli-Ankola-Karwar-Goa both sides - but looking at your pics i am tempted to do Goa-Londa-Ponda-Khanapur-Dharwad route on the way back. Would you recommend it for Cedia ?

[SDP]

LaluKS, this is absolutely fantastic! Dudh-Sagar has been on my to-be-visited list for 2 years now. But the lack of any authentic information on the net and the long trek had put me off. Now with your log, I am pretty sure every feet of the route and every minute detail of the journey has been recorded. Thanks for making my life easier, when I do plan for this destination.

[laluks]

Originally Posted by Fiest@DuraTec

Man, do you even stay at home ? Oh, I guess the saying serves you right, 'Road is my home', ain't it ?

Good Luck and I wish we get another t-log soon. Anyway, I would pm you with my questions, you can take ur time to respond once you're back from the trip as they will be basic questions on roads, accomodation and other things.

Thanks

Sure sir.
I'll reply all that I know once I am back.

Originally Posted by thumpingheart

A really awesome travelogue!! And breathtaking photographs! And lucky you! You got an Aria for the Trip!! Really enjoyed reading! Enjoyed the videos too!

Dudhsagar is a trip planned for the next Goa trip. Surely will refer to your travelogue before going!

Cheers.

Thank you.
Aria came just at the right time for the trip.

Originally Posted by amitwlele

Wonderful once again Sir!!!.

This bike option is something new that i learnt. Was aware of the other routes. That is a quick business opportunity for the bikers.

I am cursing myself for not visiting the place while i was located in Dandeli for a year.

Don't know how long the tiff off between the railway and bikers will stay. If resolved biking is a quick alternative.

Originally Posted by ethanhunt123

I am off to Goa this weekend ..... I was planning to do Blr-Hubli-Ankola-Karwar-Goa both sides - but looking at your pics i am tempted to do Goa-Londa-Ponda-Khanapur-Dharwad route on the way back. Would you recommend it for Cedia ?

No issues for Cedia. Cedia will love the route.
Why not try Sawantwadi Amboli route also?

Originally Posted by SDP

LaluKS, this is absolutely fantastic! Dudh-Sagar has been on my to-be-visited list for 2 years now. But the lack of any authentic information on the net and the long trek had put me off. Now with your log, I am pretty sure every feet of the route and every minute detail of the journey has been recorded. Thanks for making my life easier, when I do plan for this destination.

, Good to know I have helped you out with the required information.

[ethanhunt123]

Originally Posted by laluks

No issues for Cedia. Cedia will love the route.
Why not try Sawantwadi Amboli route also?

This time am heading to South Goa so Amboli route is much longer. Did that route last year and I loved it as well though

[joshuakeys]

Mind blowing adventure & magnificent captures,To be frank, first time i ever liked ARIA, May be because the way the pictures were presented or because of the scenery's .

Laluks amazing write up, Your pictures & the videos were catchy.

Doodh sagar was spectacular. The only image i have knows was the one from wiki, Your pictures has planted an idea in my mind to make it to Doodh sagar.

Thanks for sharing

Josh

[HarryB]

Fantastic Travelogue and Hats off to you and family and more so ever to your Power Puff Girls for doing such a treacherous trek with such a ease! One question though: Why did you not continue to trek on the railway Track because at the end you again came back on Railway track? Is it because it is a long route? or were there some other reasons?

HarryB

[mayankjha1806]

Wonderful and adventurous trip, the pictures are amazing. Never knew going to Dudh Sagar would be equivalent to Ram searching Lanka . Cannot even think of doing this trip as the path is quiet risky for a little ones.

Now how does one get to Dudh Sagar if biking or trekking is not an option? Does it mean drive and then take train or alternatively do it on a non rainy season so as one can drive all the way? How does it look in non rainy season say around Durga pooja time when kids have a long (10 day) holiday?

[WindRide]

Sorry Iam a little confused - looking at the pictures, it seems you biked along a rail track, trekked thru a forest, crossed streams and finally arrived at and walked right through a huge gate that has a nice big board saying "dudhsagar waterfalls" and walked in to a place that looks like a car park!!!! How is this possible? Or have i not properly understood the access to this place?

[KRRaj]

This Tlog has come at the right time. Lalu , how safe is it to park the car and go trekking? Both Castle Rock or Collem Station? Else, we might need to arrange a cab to drop us and wait till we return. And one more important question, were there any leeches?

[neoranjit]

Am guessing, considering the terrain, there would be plenty of leeches

[vb-saan]

Excellent travelogue Lalu, and pictures are so crisp. Nice family adventure indeed! Thanks for sharing.

Originally Posted by laluks

I was then told there were some bikers who would take you to the falls through the railway tracks for a cost. But was a very risky affair! But then what is fun without some risks. The idea that I toyed in my mind was we will have at least locals with us who knows the place and risks while we do this ride and trek on the tracks. So the idea was kind of frozen.

Sorry, this is where I felt a bit odd. Adventure is fine, but getting 2 kids to pillion ride together on a bike was a bit too dangerous (even if the speed is 5kmph), that too without helmet. Maybe its just me, but I actually found the scenes in the video more disturbing than the series of videos in the Cliffhanger thread

Originally Posted by laluks

Hire bikes and ride and trek to the falls through the track.

When you mentioned bikes, I initially thought its mountain bikes (and not motorbikes). Actually wouldn’t that make some good business idea for the locals – to setup mountain bikes rental go along the same path you followed?

[Coooolcat21]

How can you be doing so many trips, sure many on this forum envy you for the same. The silver lining being that we get to see so many places thru your travelogues. The best part of your Tls is that you capture the essence of the route and place by taking pictures of people and all various activities happening.
Rating 5*
Regards.

[SS-Traveller]

Beautiful green travelogue, Lalu. Enjoyed reading it, and it's finally started raining in my part of the country after I finished! 5 stars.

Originally Posted by laluks

...survive three drives of 20 days duration in HVK's team. If you do, then consider yourself trained well

LOL. Provided the applicant hasn't thrown up all over HVK's car (or thrown out of it as a result) halfway into the first drive into the mountains!

Originally Posted by ninjatalli

Where can we apply for this training? Is there some entrance exam/test?

[laluks]

Was away on another relaxing trip, hence could not check the net for a few days.

Originally Posted by joshuakeys

Mind blowing adventure & magnificent captures,To be frank, first time i ever liked ARIA, May be because the way the pictures were presented or because of the scenery's .

Laluks amazing write up, Your pictures & the videos were catchy.

Doodh sagar was spectacular. The only image i have knows was the one from wiki, Your pictures has planted an idea in my mind to make it to Doodh sagar.

Thanks for sharing

Josh

Thanks Joshua.
Aria is a nice vehicle. It kind of grows on to you.
Dudh Sagar in the rains is just simply the best experience.

Originally Posted by HarryB

Fantastic Travelogue and Hats off to you and family and more so ever to your Power Puff Girls for doing such a treacherous trek with such a ease! One question though: Why did you not continue to trek on the railway Track because at the end you again came back on Railway track? Is it because it is a long route? or were there some other reasons?

HarryB

The trekk through the track from Castle Rock was 14KM and with kids a 5 to 7 hour trek. The trek from Collem is 11KM and probably a 5 to 6 hour trek. It would be little hard and also the return via trains had to be properly planned.

But with the bikes we walked probably 2KM and took around 1.5 hour to reach the falls. Given that we had only half a day to spare, this was the best bet.

Originally Posted by mayankjha1806

Wonderful and adventurous trip, the pictures are amazing. Never knew going to Dudh Sagar would be equivalent to Ram searching Lanka . Cannot even think of doing this trip as the path is quiet risky for a little ones.

Now how does one get to Dudh Sagar if biking or trekking is not an option? Does it mean drive and then take train or alternatively do it on a non rainy season so as one can drive all the way? How does it look in non rainy season say around Durga pooja time when kids have a long (10 day) holiday?

Seriously. If you don't exactly know where the falls are and how to reach it, you'd probably not figure out what is to be expected here.

You can try the train ride from Castle Rock and back. As I figured out there is a train from Castle Rock at 10:15 AM on Saturdays and back to Castle Rock by 17:30PM. Please check the train and timings from the railways website. This seems to be a better bet with family.

Originally Posted by WindRide

Sorry Iam a little confused - looking at the pictures, it seems you biked along a rail track, trekked thru a forest, crossed streams and finally arrived at and walked right through a huge gate that has a nice big board saying "dudhsagar waterfalls" and walked in to a place that looks like a car park!!!! How is this possible? Or have i not properly understood the access to this place?

That is the place where the Jeeps come and drop you in the summer times when the water flow is less. The road through the sanctuary has a lot of Mandovi rivulets crossing it. During Monsoons, it is not a jeepable road, and the only way to enter the sanctuary is via bikes.

Originally Posted by KRRaj

This Tlog has come at the right time. Lalu , how safe is it to park the car and go trekking? Both Castle Rock or Collem Station? Else, we might need to arrange a cab to drop us and wait till we return. And one more important question, were there any leeches?

Castle Rock seemed peaceful. Collem had the biker gang waiting, so it'd be some skills to avoid them and park your car and go on for the trek.

Originally Posted by neoranjit

Am guessing, considering the terrain, there would be plenty of leeches

Yes there are. We had some biting moments.

Originally Posted by vb-san

Excellent travelogue Lalu, and pictures are so crisp. Nice family adventure indeed! Thanks for sharing.


Sorry, this is where I felt a bit odd. Adventure is fine, but getting 2 kids to pillion ride together on a bike was a bit too dangerous (even if the speed is 5kmph), that too without helmet. Maybe its just me, but I actually found the scenes in the video more disturbing than the series of videos in the Cliffhanger thread


When you mentioned bikes, I initially thought its mountain bikes (and not motorbikes). Actually wouldn’t that make some good business idea for the locals – to setup mountain bikes rental go along the same path you followed?

We all grew up in villages before migrating to the big cities. The one fact that binds us together is trust, and we did many adventures together because of that. Here too the factor was that feeling imbibed in all of us and we trusted the bikers and they in return took good care of us. Probably

Regarding business opportunities, probably since the visitor footfall this place gets are in excess of 10K every year and mostly foreign crowd, it may not be a bad idea at all. I was told on certain days it had touched 2K.