Trip to Muthathi

We wanted a one-day getaway from Bangalore and as usual I started searching the net for places. I came across mekadatu and sangam. Quite near as well. But almost every blog that I came across spoke about crocodiles and I dropped the idea. Finally we settled on Muthathi and Bheemeswari. We started off armed with packed lunch, hand drawn map and other necessities with kids in tow.

Route: Bangalore – 60 kms à kanakapura – 18 kms à sathanur – 18 kms à muthathi

Got to take left near sathanur. There are signboards on the way. Road was good and the drive was smooth. The last few kms stretch is ghat road (just like tirupathi).

We made a stop at the Trimurthy temple on kanakapura road. Around 20 kms from Bangalore. Huge idols of Ganesha, Hanuman and Krishna. You cant miss this one on the left side of the road. They are open till 12 noon and again 4 pm onwards. No one was around. Nice landscape with car parking. Though we wanted to sit for a while and take in the quiet surroundings, we moved on quickly since our intension was to have lunch at Muthathi.

We finally made it. We assumed that there would be water falls since we read that there was wild river rafting, fishing, trekking and other adventure sports. But we found that it was flowing cauvery with whirlpools.

The drive on the ghat road was rejuvenating. The view from top was breathtaking. Since it was a weekday there were very few people around. We drove around for a while. Went to Bheemeswari but missed the fishing camp on the way. Drove back and found it. came to know that there should be prior reservation. We made our way back to muthathi for lunch. There were signboards about wild animals on the way – monkeys, deers, elephants and leopards. We saw monkeys and deers. Thankfully no elephants and leopards.

Had our lunch in the car on the river bed. No other option since monkeys, dogs and cows wanted to share it with us.

The landscape was something out of the movies. Kids had a gala time splashing their feet in the river. I kept cautioning them not to venture out too much since the river flow was heavy.

With our mind and souls refreshed and body tired, we headed back home in the evening.