Savanadurga - Take 2

Two weekends ago, we had been for a trek to Savanadurga, a monolith rock hill around 60 kilometers from bangalore. Though this was my second trek of Savanadurga,(my previous one ,4 years ago) it was quite a fun and adventure. I was accompanied by my office colleagues, for many of whom this was their first trekking experience.

My teammates and myself,twelve of us in all, left Bangalore at 8:30 in the morning in a pre-arranged tempo traveller towards Magadi. It had been drizzling from the morning and we thought that it would ruin our plans but fortunately, the rain took a break and weather became pleasant making it perfect for the rock climb.


We reached Savandurga at 10:30 and started our trek. I acted as a "co-guide" along with our official guide RamaSinga, a local boy who offered to show us the way to the top. We started the ascent along the short and less steeper path, taking regular breaks(every 5-10 steps actually ;-) )to catch some breath and photo sessions.

After passing the first fort,few of us decided to halt there while others proceeded to trek further. We reached the top of the hill in under two hours.

Me on way to the top, Tired Bhama in the background

The Elephant face rock

The Mantapa at the top

The descent was more easier and quicker and reached down to the bottom of the hill by 1:30. We then moved on to Ramanagar for our lunch. One thing that made me real happy during the trek,was the condition of the road. Though, I was a bit skeptic about the state of the road, the road to Magadi and then from Magadi to Ramanagara was asphalted and well maintained.

After a sumptuous meal at Kamath Lokaruchi, we proceeded to see Banyan Tree,near Kumbalagodu.Then we returned to Bangalore by 6pm bringing an end to an eventful day and a nice outing with my teammates.