Siddapur

Situated near Sirsi is a small town called as Siddapur, basically falls under western ghats of malnad region. Due to its hilly region and dense forest cover many tourists are attracted. Hills in an around makes it hot spot for trekking, and waterfalls adds to the people interested in water activities. The cool climate here makes it very pleasant, composed and calm environment.
There are few more destinations around Siddapur they are Dubare Forest Reserve, Jog Falls, Honnemaradu, Burude falls, Unchalli falls to visit. Also one can visit the temples Sree Lakshmi Venkatasha, Ragavendra Mutt, Sree Lakshmi Narayana Temple, Shanakar Mutt, and Chadragutti tepme. If you plan to visit with your entire family, it could be a complete different experience. As young one could go trekking and indulge into other activities and the old ones could visit the temples.
Siddapur is about 400kms from Bangalore. Transportation from Bangalore is easy many government and private buses are available. The nearest airport is in Hubli thats about 140 kms approx.

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Madhugiri

40 kms away from tumkur is this place named a Madhugiri, it is a hill and is known as second largest dome/monolithic rock in Asia. Trekking seemed to be the best option, so we (5 friends and me) started to plan. As per the plan we had to leave the next day which was not at all planned. Also none of us were aware of the place, but just the excitement to go for a trek on the second largest monolith lead us all with exuberance.

We left pretty early as we were completely clueless about the place, last minute plan provoked us to get everything done by tourism comapny called Travelife. So the cab was ready outside my house at 6.00 AM, all of us had gathered at my place as it was at the centre. Our way to Madhugiri left us with mixed feelings as in how it will be?, will we enjoy?, was it right thing to go through a travel company? Also the lack of sleep will it result in a bad trek? And so many more questions. In the mean while we stopped for breakfast at small shop kind, had hot idli vadas and enjoyed the breakfast by sipping hot coffee. Settling in the car we started towards the Fort.

Reaching the destination just held my breath, the height of the fort was beyond belief. I felt as if to trek Madhugiri would have been taken all the energy I saved until this moment, it looked so humungous. It was not possible to get complete height of the hill in one view, we definitely under estimated Madhugiri even in our imagination. We started climbing the steps, seemed very easy initially as they were carved. There were few places it was little risky as steps were very tiny and had no room to hold on to something. As time passed it was getting sunny, we were feeling the pain in the legs and also haste to reach the top. we sat, had some water, one of my friend had to drink so much of Glucose she could hardly climb the steps constantly for 10 mins. Laughing out the experience we started to realize the fort had 7 – 8 rounds of defensive walls, numerous watch towers, inverted domes which looked like store house and several buildings which were either barracks for soldiers or were used as warehouses. This was just half way through the fort but we were almost giving up, but Bharath(Co-ordinator from Travelife) helped in rising our spirits high and we started to move towards the acme. Finally reaching up on top made us feel as an achievement for lifetime and the surrounding made us feel like the best thing ever. It was the most wonderful experience in the world. On top we found a ruined temple, a large warehouse, a big manhole which could be an escape tunnel.

Madhugiri is an exceptional trekking spot, non commercialized and best for one day outing. However this place was exceptional just because we had Travelife to guide us all way through and Bharath made the trek as easy as possible. We owe the team of Travelife to make Madhugiri happen.

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Anshi National Park

Travelife organized a trip for us to Anshi national park, not being aware of North Kannada in Karnataka. Anshi lies on the Karwar-Londa highway and is a part of Dandeli wildlife sanctuary. We had our cab ready at 10 pm and we were handed with the schedule by the Travelife coordinator on how the trip is going to be executed. As per the schedule we had to reach the resort at 5 am.

Our journey to Dandeli was very comfortable and all the 13 of us slept very well. The coordinator woke us up as we had reached the resort, settling inside we all just took some time and freshened up. Sipping hot cup of coffee we all felt so fresh and energetic to start with our day full of adventure. Few miles from the resort we reached the point were we had to start the trek, unloading the vehicle we started following our coordinator. Topographically anshi has deep valleys, steep hill slopes and dense forests. Passing through the park we observed some rare speices of flora and fauna, Teak, Silver oaks, Eucalyptus, weeds, Bauhinia, Diodspyrus, Xylia xyrocarpa, Diospyrous Acacia and Bambusa.

The animals we came across were Elephants, gaur, wild boar, sambar, spotted deer, barking deer, mouse deer, common langur, bonnet macaque, slender loris, jungle cat, black panther, mongoose, wild dog, sloth bear, Malabar giant squirrel and the porcupine. This definitely made it a unique and very educational kind of a trip for us and it was executed very well. The Schedule organized by Travelife was really a memorable one, truly they made this experience worth life living. We heartily thank the team of Travelife to make this happen to us.


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Halebidu - At its Best!!!

Halebid has several outstandingly beautiful Hoysala temples and Jain shrines. These temples are sculptural variety, richly endowed with most finely detailed work in stone. One can see a hummock where the Palace stood, a sight having archaeological significance and exquisiteness.

Halebid in Kannada means destroyed past, or one can say small town with several large tanks, highlighting its glorious past a ruined city. Halebid is the house of lots of tourist attractions including Hoysaleswara temple, Basadi Halli, Belur, Shantaleswara Temple and Kedareswara Temple. It has a museum which has a good collection of Ancient Sculptors.

Halebid temples are cut from soft stone allowing for very intricate carvings on the walls. Among the great temple complexes of South India, they are comparable to the Khajuraho temples of Madhya Pradesh.It is located 225kms from Bangalore, it is well connected by road and rail.

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Mullayangiri

Memorable experience of Mullayangiri trek made possible to us by Travelife. 6 of us waiting at the pick up point, thinking of so many things of how we are gonna start the trek, how end it everything was like a wind of thoughts. Settling in the car hired from Travelife made us feel little comfortable, all of us chanting on when we will reach and how we will trek. All of us tired from the hectic schedule t work made us just goto sleep in no time.

Chirping of the birds and bright sun rays falling on my face from a small window helped me to be awake. The cool breeze on my face just felt like am in the lap of the nature and this feeling was wonderful. We realized that we had already crossed the sarpadhari (Starting point of trek). As per our driver’s instructions we unloaded the car and started walking down, amidst the nature, beautiful hillocks, densely covered trees with wild flowers. Realized our trek had already started, initial part was steep and scary but left with lots of excitement within us. It was kind off rocky but was not that difficult to trek on them. In between we kept taking breaks as we wanted to have maximum pictures of most of the trek, everyone of us wanted to capture Mullayangiri in their cameras. Weather was so beautiful, ideal time for trekking, it was kind off misty little chilled and sunny. In no time we reached the nandi statue this had a roof like structure on top of the statue which is made out of rock. Heading towards the peak led us to another Nandi, this time it was inside the cave and it was deep. Now reaching the third and final nandi, we could see the sea level and the valley steep and deep down from here. Shiva temple made it look like a fort. The trek all the way from bottom till the top was a different experience altogether. Relaxing in between the clouds was a magnificent experience and after a while we had to start towards the base truly disappointing.

Climbing down was so easy and quick, we enjoyed the steep valley walking leisurely, talking, taking halts to just sit back and enjoy the beautiful view of the valley. It was lunch time when we reached the base had good lunch and water as we did a good amount of labor work. Jokes apart it was one of the best experiences of lifetime. Travelife organized a very good trek for us.

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Chikamagalur

Chikamaglur is one of the best Hill stations in Karnataka. The name Chikmagalur means town of younger daughter is a very scenic destination, and has the major coffee plantations in Karnataka. Its full of valleys, streams and snow-white coffee blossoms and very much a trekker’s delight, with its rugged mountain trails.

Its one of the largest district in Karnataka in southern India, to the north is Shimoga district, tumkur to its east and Hassan to the South. Large part of the district is covered with forests and some part of it is covered with river and lake such as Bhadra, Tunga, Netravati etc flow for the entire year. The western ghats are house of mountain terrains and plateaus, Mullayangiri (highest peak in the state), Kemmanagundi and Kudremukh are also a part Chikamaglur. These destinations can give you best breaks from hectic and troubled life. Enjoying the nature between the valleys, feeling the cold breeze on your face can make this moment the most beautiful one.
Chikamaglur could be reached by road from Bangalore, Hassan and Mangalore. Very well furnished with modern equipments resorts are located in Chikamaglur. Accommodations and stay could be booked very conveniently

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Kabini

See from Ganesh eyes the entire of Kabini experience he had….
Sighting a Leopard at kabini is like a dream come true and this it was dream, actually I was more determined to see a Leopard. Capturing a leopard in your camera is like an achievement and I think every photographer would wanna make that happen.
Travelife organized the accommodation for us at a resort which included jeep safari as well boat safari. Let me tell you boat safari is the best experience we had, our guide took us on the river on a motor boat. We motored down the stream passing crocodiles, deer, wild boar, elephants, stork, eagles and deer. Here we 3 different variety of deer’s : spotted deer, sambar and barking deer’s who actually sound bizarre when they get started. Plenty of monkeys and peacocks were strolling freely on the shores of kabini. This helped us take a lot of pictures. Also we found lot of local fishermen tossing the fishing nets near the shore, children playing alongside their parents and people crossing the river on coracle boats.
Jeep safari was an extreme experience, for the first time ever I encountered 350 species of birds. Riverine habitat allows the forest to be surrounded with ample of opportunities for bird watching and wildlife sighting too. Starting to move further inside the jungle came across a herd of Indian Gaur and it was fantastic capturing some great shots of these gaurs. Moving head we spotted deers, Hanuman langurs, Elephants, serpent eagles and this all lead to gunny bag of excitement. Encouraged and thrilled enough to look in all directions possible, the guard just spotted the leopard on a tree branch making one of the most memorable for everyone. For the first we saw a beautiful cat in the wild, resulting a shiver in me for few seconds not allowing me to press the shutter button.
In no time so many jeeps were in there to capture the leopard on the tree branch. The cat disappeared between the bushes after a few minutes but this enthralling experience was there within us for the rest of the evening. The day ended with the most memorable photograph of a leopard. After this we had our dinner at resort booked for us by Travelife and the day ended.

K Gudi

K Gudi is a place you can feel the nature, holidaying with the feel of hills and the wildlife together. This makes a deadly combination as said by Ramya from Travelife, apart from she saying so we felt it in every moment we spent at K Gudi. Our route to K Gudi from mysore was amazing the roads surrounded with lushy green tall trees on both sides. Approx 20kms stretch after B R Hills to K Gudi is one hell of a road, hills covered with lushy green trees. The view of this is mind boggling the twist and turns on this road makes the journey exuberant. Reaching the destination all set to hit the jungle, as per the schedule we started with our open jeep safaris. Jeep was completely loaded with huge cameras as all of us were more of photographers. Nature enthusiasts enjoy here to the extremes as they love feeling it whole heartedly.

The forest is at its best greenery and wildlife sightings was possible by all means during this time. Excitement churning in stomach, glancing at the evergreen and grassland forests engulfs you at its best. Initially we encountered birds all over the trees making it a wonderful scene engrossing ourselves in clicking a perfect picture. The first few miles were only birds, the next phase was even more interesting. Loads of elephants, bison’s and deer’s all moving in the groups, our jeep passing throught them never really disturbed their strolling around. Capturing these animals in a group was one of the best shot I captured. The Jungle has leopard population too but we were not fortunate enough to sight any of it, though disappointed we kept our spirits high to not miss out any fun. Safari has always been a great experience for us, but this time was different and amazing one. Left us with so many memories hard to believe its over. 2 hours of complete deep jungle safari passed like 30 mins, all in all a beautiful experience. Reaching the resort we just went for nature walk and then had dinner by the campfire with soothing music was just like a sugar icing on the cake.

Ending the day on the tented cottage gave us a complete jungle feel, Travelife made the best for us in true sense. K Gudi the best destination so far to feel the nature and wildlife in their own habitat

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Bandipur – Tiger reserve…

In 1973 Bandipur turned into a tiger reserve, it is a beautiful forest with three rivers running with variety of wildlife. Bandipur’s jungle safari is one of the major attractions across Karnataka, as per Travelife's schedule the safari started at 4 in the evening. As per our prior experiences, safari was great and exciting always so we were all set for the adventure coming our way. We were 7 of us in the vehicle, all these vehicles are equipped with walky-talkies and guides/drivers. They always lead us were the major spotting of animals was available, makes it easier for us to not miss any of the sightings.

Bandipur National Park is surrounded intermediate sized hills with moderate slopes and petty, profoundly singnificant flora and fauna. Teak, Honne, Tadasalu, Mathi, Nandi, Sandalwood, Rosewood, Kooli, Nelli, are the main portion of the variety we saw.

Animal species in the park are Tigers, Leopards, Elephants, Gaurs, Sambar, Sloth bear, Wild dog, Langur, Giant red squirrel, 4 horned antelope, porcupines, Barking Deer, Mouse Deer, Rusty spotted cat, Giant fruit bats. Fortunate enough we could sight most of them but not lucky to capture them in our cameras. Safaris has always been a very good experience in Bandipur the tourists are majorly attracted here because of the wildlife, flora and fauna. It’s a perfect place for the wildlife photographers.

Returning back from the safari was almost twilight, reached the place Travelife booked to stay over night. Had good food at the bonfire and played antakshari , enjoyed the Bandipur safari all in all.

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Nagarhole National Park

Weekend getaway was planned long ago due to long weekend, and accordingly we had booked the place to stay near Nagarhole through Travelife. It was on Thursday evening we were on our way towards Nagarhole, excited though tired with the hectic schedule at work. The thought of being there just pumped us all with enormous energy.Had a pleasant journey all long way and reached the place had food and all of us crashed out around midnight.

Next day early before sunrise we started our way towards Nagarhole National park with high spirits on sighting a Leopard. Nagarhole is the name originated from Naga (snakes) and Hole (streams) is also known as Rajiv Gandhi National Park. Adjoining to it is Bandipur Natioanl Park which is again as rich in wildlife as Nagarhole. The sanctuary is believed to have a higher density of elephants, bison and tiger, compared to Bandipur.

Reaching Nagarhole we cleared check post and a ton of happiness and excitement flooded thinking about the Safari. To be seated in jeep safari in itself was an enthralling experience, we sighted herds of elephants, bison, spotted deer, barking deer, sambhar, wild boars and dozens of species of birds like white breasted kingfisher, brahminy kite, painted stork, black ibis and many other.

Sighting of wild dogs made the trip all the more interesting as they are spotted very rarely. Their specialty is they all move around in groups and often eat their prey when alive. Our entire safari we were anticipated on sighting a tiger, completely engrossed on the thought of sighting it from some corner. As big cats are more elusive then anything else and not to experience it would be very disappointing for all of us.

Apart from this we also noticed people inside the national park never honked, never talk loudly, very importantly never used plastics, no playing music etc, all this to make sure the rich flora fauna and the natural habitat be undisturbed. With this came an end to our 2 hours of safari with blink of an eye. Left Nagarhole with heartfelt enjoyment and one best of the best times we have ever spent, Nagarhole is a must visit for a deep nature lover. As Travelife team says Nagarhole is perfect treat destination from a fast and hectic life i can so bet it is.

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The Past Chapter of Ecotourism.

Ecotourism in India or responsible tourism is something that came into the consciousness during the latter part of the eighties, and so the history of ecotourism can safely be said to have begun during this period.

The history of ecotourism can also be said to have maybe have begun and been known to mankind for many centuriesNow, after the history of Indian ecotourism has seen many changes, we are becoming aware of the need to conserve our natural resources and find the means to prevent them. As such, the present day ecotourism shows it as being the fastest growing tourism space in all of tourism as a whole across the globe.

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80 national parks + 441 sanctuaries = Indian Wildlife

A home for fabulous variety of wildlife sacntuaries and national parks, India is also rich in flora and fauna. 2000 species of birds and 3500 species of mammals, 30000 different kinds of insects and more than 10000 varities of plants makes this country a nature lovers paradise.

There are about 80 national parks and 441 wildlife sanctuaries covers 4.5% of total geographical area of the country. Being present in every corner of the country, attracts lots of tourists across the globe, visiting diverse floran and fauna, beautiful landscapes, variety of wildlife. Trip to these destinations in India brings you close to Nature. Walking down the trails or passing by the tall trees fills you with enjoyment.

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List of National Parks...

Look at the number of National Parks in India.

Jammu and kashmir
Dachigam National Park
Hemis National Park
Kishtwar National Park

Sikkim
Khangchendzonga National Park

Arunachal Pradesh
Namdapha National Park

Chhatisgarh
Indravati National Park

Himachal Pradesh
Great Himalayan National Park
Pin valley National Park

Jharkhand
Hazaribagh National Park
Palamu National Park

Uttar Pradesh
Dudhwa National Park
Corbett National Park
Govind National Park

West Bengal
Sundarbans National Park

Madhya Pradesh
Bandhavgarh National Park
kanha National Park
Panna National Park
Pench National Park

Rajasthan
Desert National Park
Keolodeo National Park
Ranthambore National Park
Sariska National Park

Gujarat
Gir National Park
Marine National Park

Maharashtra
Navegaon National Park
Tadoba National Park

Andaman Nicobar Island
Wandur National Park

Karnataka
Bandipur National Park
Bannerghatta National Park
Nagarhole National Park

Kerala
Eravikulam National Park
Periyar National Park
Silent Valley National Park

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List of Wildlife Sanctuaries...

Here is a list of Wildlife Sanctuaries in India.

Uttar Pradesh
Hastinapur Sanctuary
Kishanpur Sanctuary
National Chambal Sanctuary

Uttarakhand
Assan Barrage Bird Sanctuary

West Bengal
Satkosia Basipalli Sanctuary

Sikkim
Kyongnosala Alpine Sanctuary
Singba Rhododendron Sanctuary
Barsey Rhododendron Sanctuary

Orissa
Chilka Lake Bird Sanctuary
Bhitarkinka Sanctuary

Haryana
Sultanpur Wildlife Sanctuary

Rajasthan
Sambhar Wildlife Sanctuary

Gujarat
Sasingar Wildlife Sanctuary
Wild Ass Wildlife Sanctuary

Madhya Pradesh
Karera Wildlife Sanctuary

Andhra Pradesh
Srisailam Sanctuary
Manjira Wildlife Sanctuary
Nagarjunasagar Wildlife Sanctuary

Karntaka
B R Hills Wildlife Sanctuary
Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary
Ranganthittu Wildlife Sanctuary

Tamil Nadu
Mudumalai Sanctuary

Kerala
Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary
Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary
Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary
Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary
Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary
Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary
Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary
Thattekad Wildlife Sanctuary

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Corbett National Park

Corbett National Park is the first of its kind in India. This beautiful sanctuary at the foot hills of the Himalayas, is a flourishing place for the flora and fauna.

The Corbett National Park is only 145 km away from Lucknow and 51 km from Ramnagar. You can reach get to this place on a rented car but if you wish you can also travel by a bus.

This 201 sq mile park named after legendary naturalist Jim Corbett, has a good number of tigers, leopards and elephants. Corbett National Park is a tiger’s haven. There is also plenty of deer and wild boars.

With 110 species of trees, 50 species of mammals and 580 species of birds, the park is the ultimate eco-tourism destination for all the animal lovers across the world.

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Journey from Jammu to Kanyakumari...

The geographical features of India is beautiful, starting from top Jammu & Kashmir is full of beautiful landscapes and amazing vicinity, for wildlife Ramnagar National Park is the best destination for mammals and birds.

The tigers of the Sundarban is a major ecotourism attraction in the north east, the sightings of white tigers is bright from September to December.

Ranthambore National Park located in Rajasthan is a major wildlife tourist attraction and can visit from October to june.

Gujarat is very well known for Gir is considered as a sole home for pure Asiatic lions.

Nagarhole and Bandipur are the two National parks in Karnataka where the tiger sighting happens the most in the month March. Bandipur is India’s best known protected areas and is an important Project Tiger reserve

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Discover the alchemy of earth and sky…..

Waiting to be discovered are a hundred other wonders that seem one with legends and folklore of the land and its people. Equally enticing is the flora and fauna of the land, which has drawn the alchemy of earth and sky. Here are few places in north India for ecotourism

• Corbett National Park
• Kanha National Park
• Bandhavgarh National Park
• Dachigam National Park
• Dudhwa National Park
• Great Himalayan National Park
• Ramnagar National Park

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Roaring Asiatic Lions all the way from Girnar….

Western part of India is the desert of Rajasthan, Lions of Gujarat and Maharashtra surrounded by Arabian sea. The major ecotourism destination here appears to be Gujarat as Gir is considered as a sole home for pure Asiatic lions.

• Gir National Park
• Ranthambore National Park
• Pench National Park
• Sanjay Gandhi National Park

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Bengal Tigers...

With West Bengal, Bihar,Jharkhand and Orissa as the main 4 regions in the East India. It is the land of Blue Mountains, Green Valleys and Red River. Nestled in the Eastern Himalayas this region is abundant in Natural Beauty, Wild life, Flora & Fauna.

A blend of all these makes it the most beautiful Eco-Tourism destination in South Asia. Bengal is the native of the tigers and Sundarban is popularly known for it and is home to more than 400 tigers.

• Sundarban National Park


• Manas National Park


• Kaziranga National Park


• Orang National Park


• Betla National Park

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South India Wildlife Tour...

South India encompasses of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well the union Territories of Lakshwadeep and Pondicherry. South India is a very popular tourist destination as well a sacred pilgrimage spot. There are large forests which comprises of exotic colorful birds, splendid flora and fauna, also the green wildlife sanctuaries.

• Bandipur National Park
• Kabini Wildlife Sanctuary
• B R Hills Wildlife Sanctuary
• Nagarhole National Park
• Periyar Widlife Sanctuary
• Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary

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