The day came of our dreams. Initially due to some health problems and other reasons (mainly rain) we could not able to make any decision regarding our trek to Kanooru fort or Doodh sagar (
Day 1:
The bus went through sagara – Joga – Kargal – Linganamakki. Our destination was Kargal. We reached Kargal around 7-15 Hrs on 17th Nov 2007 and had a good breakfast of Idli – Chutney. Well after breakfast we catched the local bus leading to KATTINAKAARU – SULLALLI and dropped at Hosagadde Cross a 30 min drive (15 Kms) at pleasant country-side. This is our starting destination “ Hosagadde Cross”.
You will find a petty shop with a mud road (jeep road) aside. Move in the jeep road until you find a wood bridge leading to right and a jeep road continuing straight. Now take the wood bridge and continue upwards. A pretty time you need to pass through entry gates of some estate (owned houses) but people are much hospatality in nature to guide you through the way. The jeep road continues again and now you can hear a roaring sound of water channel on your right side and a enough big mud road leading downwards apart from straight road you are passing by. Take the deviated route and within 2 min you find a proper bridge (not temporary wooden bridge) making you to feel the way is correct. Continue upwards until you find a lonely house at your right. Yes that is gowdara mane and relaxing point for DABBE FALLS. Reach the house keep all the luggage in the house and a straight opposite paddy field is the way to DABBE FALLS. The way is not so pleasant to enter after paddy field and is a straight downwards way and some tricky ways with really enjoyable. It takes around 30- 40 min to reach the enchanting Falls. Once reaching the falls you really appreciate yourself for finding it. Enjoyable moments for one hour or so. Take the same path to come back to gowdaramane (gowda house). Approximately time will be around 12-30 by this activity you can have your lunch here itself and starts the journey towards kaanoor village.
After starting from gowdaramane keep trekking at climbing sides and within20-30 min you find a deviating route one going straight and other a sharp turn to left. Take the left route and after a mean while you again encounter with jeep tracks. Follow the way and the jeep tracks come to end at two houses one at straight and another at the left shallow. Take the shallow route again which is through a village house and continue. After a mean while you find a track again. The track leads to KUNCHALLI village . the end house at the turning is the path for kanoor. Enter into the house premises and start ascending there. All the passions go with similarity. You will find a paddy fields – house – 2 persons (Minimum) a dog – wooden gate. Cross this and you find a climbing region and a shallow field and repeaing process .. paddy fields….
Do not forget to take help from house members to lead to kaanoor as it is little confusing ways. One is a long jeep track route and a other through the paddy fields and Jungle – forest and ofcourse a interesting short-cut road. At around 1600-1630 you will pass through the forest for a long period without any house or paddy fields. All of a sudden you will encounter with regular road- tarred. Just take the right side and move around 500- 1000 mts and you can see the mud road at the left. Take the mud road and at around 100 mts you can see primary school with Anganavadi – Kanooru. Now the time will be approximate 1600- 1630 Hrs. The First day camp site. Please take the permission from house just opposite to this school for your confortable stay at teacher rest room. At a time 10 members can be accomodated in the inner room and 6-10 member in the verandah. Have a great dinner and enjoy the night and sleep.
Day 2:
Have a break fast here itself and start your journey to kaanooru Fort which is around 8 kms from here. You can see a water tank with borewell opposite to this school and a wooden gate deep inside the path. Get through that gate and cross the paddy fields and you will encounter with a house painted WHITE and
Enter to Kaanooru fort and a worth watch for 1 – 1 1/2 hrs. come back to check point and take the way to gerusoppa. Gerusoppa is around 12-15 kms from here and all the way maximum is downhill. Just move the way and at many points you encounter with dry water ways. Now you come to a junction where you find a two ways one at right ending at a house and a straight way also ending at the house. Take the straight way and cross through the fence and you can see the cow shelter at the left in the premises. Pass through the same and immediately it will be a fresh up spot with river flowing waterway, a good enough to take a 30-45 min break and lunch or snacks whatever. Cross the river way and follow the electricity pole lining and you come across the jeep track. Continue the path and occasionaly you can also encounter with local people on their bikes in the path. It is around 3-4 kms from gerusoppa village. At the end of the road you will find tea-shop at the right side. Refresh for a while and move left side way and take the right immediately leading to sharavati river way. Cross this river and it is all Gerusoppa Colony. From here you can take the cabs taking to honnavara and if you are still enthusiatic walk for a km and be at highway junction of sagara – honnavara. The approximate time will be around 1800 hrs by the time you reach here. From 1900 hrs to 2300 hrs you can catch plenty of buses to sagara shivamogga, bengalooru directly.
At last we reached bengalooru at 0600 hrs with lots of memories confusions and lost film camera at gerusoppa.
