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Kethanahalli waterfalls also called as Vivekanada waterfalls (not sure why this name 😊), the name itself attracts me when searching for some of the places to visit around Chikkaballapura. When I inquired about the place got to know that its a seasonal waterfalls only during monsoon some water flows around this place. But this year, this area around got very good rain and most of the lakes were full and heard that this falls also flowing in full.   So after exploring Gudibande Fort, planned to visit this waterfalls. Kethanahalli is at distance of around 30 Kms from Gudibande (approximately 12 Kms from Chikkaballapura). From Bengaluru its at a distance of 75 Kms.   It took almost 1 hour for us to reach Kethanahalli from Gudibande, better to search for Kethanahalli village on google map instead of falls. There is no proper sign boards also around.   We just followed the map and missed the place, again stopped in-between and checked with some localities about the falls. They...

Gudibande fort is one of the hidden gem around Namma Bengaluru. Its not so popular like Nandhi hills (35 Kms) & Avala betta (19 Kms) around.   This fort is around 90 Kms from Bengaluru, we should take Bengaluru - Hyderabad highway to reach this place. Need to take deviation near Peresandra.   We were in Chintamani for Deepavali holidays, we planned to explore some of the places nearby. Decided to hike Gudibande betta and explore Gudibande fort. We started around 6.00 AM from Chintamani and its around 70 KMs from Chintamani. It took 2 hours for us to reach Gudibande.   There is enough place for parking near the entrance of the Gudibande betta.   Parking and entrance is free to this place.   About Gudibande Fort: Gudibande Fort was built by a leader called Byre Gowda some 400 odd years ago in the 17th century. It was believed that he belonged to the Tuluva dynasty of the Vijayanagar empire. The fort has seven levels with interconnecting escape routes which wo...

Long weekend was around and we planned for family trip to Coorg. It’s been long time we visited to Coorg.   We booked a homestay called ‘Forest cabin hidden valley’ near Galibeedu.   Though I visited coorg many times earlier it was special trip for me this time, because it was my first trip with my princess :)   Coorg is around 260 Kms from Bengaluru and the homestay which we booked is around 15 Kms from Coorg. Instead of visiting other places on the way to Coorg, we just decided to reach our destination Galibeedu. Started early from Bengaluru and with multiple stops reached our destination around 3.00 PM.   Homestay is located at very isolated place, last home before the forest range starts! Best part (at least for me) is no network.   First day after trekking to Galibeedu view point just relaxed and second day we had enough time after visiting the Galibeedu waterfall .   Second half of the day we just spend clicking pics around the homestay.   After...