Skandagiri: More details

Posted by Prashanth on Apr 19, 2007 One day outing, Trek

Ever since I about our bike ride & trek to Skandagiri (aka Kalavaarahalli betta), I’m getting lot of mails asking for more details, authenticity of those cloud view. A sFew people even called me to get info on the place. Reason for all this is a set of beautiful photos of Skandagiri & owner of them unknown! And two days ago I got a comment from Pramod saying those were his photos. Via mails, I collected more information about the place from him.

Photo by Pramod K (pramod_chinu at yahoo dot com)

More details:

Best time to visit: November to January – Pramod captured these clouds during his visit in mid-Jan. Pre-monsoon will be foggy.

Trek time: 2 to 3 hours to reach the peak during daytime. A very nice place for moon-light trek.

Distance from Bangalore: 75 KMs

Route: Bangalore – Hebbal Flyover – Devanahalli – Chikkaballapur – Skandagiri. Take a left turn inside the city, follow the narrow road to reach Papagni Matt which is at the foot of Skandagiri.

Thanks Pramod, for letting us know such a beautiful place.

Update: Added root details to the post :)

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  • sandeep

    i did visit da place!!!!reallly gr88 place man!!thanx for da post newayz!!

  • Ranji

    for routemap to this place, have a look at this blog.

    http://www.98tronix.blogspot.com

  • NomadicTraveller

    Lovely Pics.. You mentioned that the trek uphill takes 2-3 hrs.. is it steep? Is the trek for beginners??

  • Neeraj

    Dear all, I”ve been to this amzing place…..only one thing to note: never take a guide name Muniraj.

    Neeraj Jain

  • Anonymous

    Hey there!

    Nice pics like all of them say who vist your blog!!

    Please could you give me directions on how to reah there, which route to take if we were driving down there??

    I wuold really appreaciate if u could ans these Q’s as i am thinking of doing this tomorrow night itself :)

  • Prashanth M

    Rcon, do that ASAP ;)

    Cuckko, clouds are low… peak is of average height, one that can be found around B’lore.

    Arun, thats an amazing pic! And Nandi still remains as a place to visit in my list :(

    Anon, check my previous posts on Skandagiri.

  • Anonymous

    Sooooper! Now that I have appreciated your blog, let me know how to get there. Had heard about this place, but unfortunately no one seems to know how to get there…

  • Arun

    I received those pix too. Really beautiful. Even Nandi betta offers such pretty views in the winter for those who reach early in the morning. But Skandagiri seems to be much better.

    Check out http://www.indianaturewatch.net/displayimage.php?id=5262

  • Cuckoo

    Picture is just amazing !!

    The clouds are so low or the peak is very high ?

  • Rcon

    Wow! It is such a beautiful place. I have to pack my back and be there now. Your picture is really cool as well.

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