When you have a long weekend ahead of you and if you want to just chill out away from hustle-bustle of Bengaluru... Just pack a small backpack and drive out to Sakleshpur, Hassan; also known as the Poor man's Ooty.! It's a nice little hill station nestled in the beautiful Western Ghats.
Located just about 220km from Bangalore, this place is a great weekend getaway destination to visit throughout the year. It's about a 4-hour drive by car and 7-hours route by bus or train.
There are many car and bike rental services in Bangalore now like Zoomcar, Myles, Voler, Savaari, Ola outstation etc. to help you have a round trip. These offer with driver or self-drive options to suit your needs.
Depending on the purpose of your visit, decide your place of stay.
If you are planning to chill at only a single place and enjoy eating hot bajjis amidst nature, taking small strolls and lazy swims, posing for selfies amongst the coffee plantations, bringing out your photography skills and capturing the great beauty the hill station offers right from your place of stay, choose amongst the various options of homestays depending on your budget and amenities offered.
There are homestay options too available for adventure freaks out there.
The typical homestays offer camping, bonfire, trekking, water sports, cycling, rain dance and other great amenities.
Options are limited for a typical hotel room stay but are definitely not non-existent. These come at pocket friendly prices too. Few are Hotel Ashrita, Hotel Durga International, The Hills etc.
Usually all these places of stay have their own restaurants to eat or you can choose to eat anywhere on your way to the various tourist attractions. There are multiple options to choose from as you travel around. Akki Rotti and coffee are quite famous food options and are must-haves!
Manjarabad Fort is an 18th century Star shaped fort and a very famous place now especially for photoshoots! You will have to climb a lot of steps to reach the main fort entrance as it is in a hill with amazing panoramic views of the entire place.
Bisle ghat and jenukallu gudda peak are few well known trekking places nearby. There is also a Green Route Trek on railway tracks going through bridges and tunnels.
Hemavathi river backwaters, and abbi falls along with multiple unexplored and not so famous waterfalls line the inner roads of the town. Just keep your eyes and mainly ears open to hear the rustling of the leaves and the force of the water to spot a waterfall!
Google maps did not help us much in this regard and we ended up in the middle of the forest and once more in a private property while searching for a google map available waterfalls location :)
As the saying goes, the journey is always better than the destination itself, even though we did not locate the waterfalls we were looking for, we definitely loved the drive through the beautiful green cover accompanied by a great romantic weather on our side!
Find your own places of tranquility and comment below with the location details and photos if available!
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