Eagle Eye Resort Chikkamagaluru

Drive to Chikkamagaluru was planned on special occasion. It was our 5th year wedding anniversary. We planned and booked the resort Eagle Eye Resorts. Eagle Eye Resorts is located deep in the lush Western Ghats. The location is too good, drive through Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary to reach the Resort is also very beautiful 🙂

Eagle Eye Resort is around 285Kms from Bengaluru, and it takes around 6 to 7 hours to reach the destination (depends on the stops). We started early morning to avoid the traffic, stopped near Hassan for Breakfast. Visited Shri Gajanana Refreshments for breakfast. Had Tuppa Set Dose which is famous at this place and continued our journey. Reached our destination around 1.00 PM.

As mentioned earlier drive through Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary was too good before we reach Resorts. Especially Viha enjoyed it a lot.

We were lucky enough to spot a Bison just before reaching the resort.

The resort is spread in huge place and provide different variety of stay options. We opted for Glass House with Private pool. Trip was planned for relaxation, but it turned out adventure trip the moment we collected key from the reception.

The cottage was almost 500 Mts away from the reception and it was almost 60 degrees up hill. With Kid around the arm and luggage it made difficult to reach the cottage (though the luggage were carried by resort staff)

Once we entered the room it was altogether different experience. Place was quiet and peaceful. My daughter Viha just wanted to jump into the Pool very next moment after seeing it. Even she didn’t had a patience to change her dress. Without waiting for another thing, we just jumped into Pool and spent some time playing in water.

Food and service was decent. The only pain was to walk till the restaurant.

We will get a nice view of Sunset from this place.

As part of activities, they will take us to Fishing near the lake. Where you can spend some time in fishing and boating.

There is a waterfall near the lake, its an artificial waterfall but gives you nice experience playing under this waterfall. I heard from staff that in rainy season it will be good to visit this place.

And its a very good place for birds watching, but in particular season! Best time is after October to visit this place to spot different birds.

Spent some good time in pool and around the property during our couple of days stay.

Overall good place, but it would be difficult for aged people to walk around the property.

Unplanned drive to Coorg

Trip with this group is always fun. We didn’t had any plan for this trip, destination not planned & no prior arrangements for stay (when we don’t know where we will be going then this point become irrelevant ) 

Plan was just to catch up at 6.00 AM and once every one are picked later to decide on the destination. Once we gathered we just decided lets take Mysore route and stop near Bidadi for breakfast later we will decide! But even after lunch we were still discussing where to go 

Finally we decided we will go towards Coorg since we will get lot of options for Stay. But once we started calling some of the properties got to know most of the homestay are full. After trying for an hour we could manage to get stay at Spring Valley Coorg which is near Somvarpete. 

Located in Madikeri, 33 km from Madikeri Fort, Spring Valley Coorg provides accommodation with a restaurant, free private parking and a garden. Raja Seat is 34 km from Spring Valley Coorg, while Abbi Falls is 36 km away. We were not in a mood to visit any other places around, since by the time we reached it was 5.30 PM and for our surprise it started raining.

Spent some time in pool even its raining 

It was a nice experience, after a long day it was relaxing time in pool in cool weather 

Woke up early in the morning and walked around the property in search of birds, got couple of birds since it was not a season could not spot many birds. 

After spending couple of hours we spotted only few birds. 

Old World Sparrows:

Old World sparrows are a group of small passerine birds forming the family Passeridae. They are also known as true sparrows, a name also used for a particular genus of the family,

White-Browed Wagtail:

The white-browed wagtail or large pied wagtail is a medium-sized bird and is the largest member of the wagtail family. They are conspicuously patterned with black above and white below, a prominent white brow, shoulder stripe and outer tail feathers.

Greater Coucal:

The greater coucal or crow pheasant, is a large non-parasitic member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. A widespread resident in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, it is divided into several subspecies, some being treated as full species.

Red-Whiskered Bulbul:

The red-whiskered bulbul, or crested bulbul, is a passerine bird native to Asia. It is a member of the bulbul family. It is a resident frugivore found mainly in tropical Asia. It has been introduced in many tropical areas of the world where populations have established themselves.

Little Egret:

The little egret is a species of small heron in the family Ardeidae. It is a white bird with a slender black beak, long black legs and, in the western race, yellow feet. As an aquatic bird, it feeds in shallow water and on land, consuming a variety of small creatures.

Indian Pond Heron:

The Indian pond heron or paddybird is a small heron. It is of Old World origins, breeding in southern Iran and east to the Indian subcontinent, Burma, and Sri Lanka.

Had breakfast and clicked couple of photos near the property and vacated the place. 

Since we didn’t had any intention visit any other places headed back to Bangalore, stopped near Pujari Fish land for lunch. 

Reached back Bangalore around 7.00 PM. 

It was much need break, sometime more than a place we visit its a group matters. Sometimes just Radom trips gives more fun compared to well planned trips. This was once such trip with crazy group    

Contact Details:

Coorg Sprint Valley
Website: https://coorgspringvalley.com/
Mobile – 91085 06887
WhatsApp – +91 9108506893
Email- reception@coorgspringvalley.com