Sakleshpur Trip monsoonride natureride TM2021 biketrip

Day 1

Bangalore

You need a monsoon getaway then go ahead read this !

“You do not need a therapist if you own a motorcycle, any kind of motorcycle!”

Travelling is fun and on bikes by roads with your pack of friends is a different level altogether.

Travel by ride is a concept of travelling by riding on your favourite machine by road with all safety precautions yet having fun ,joy and the thrill of bike ride. Travel by ride is a bikers gang based out of Bangalore.

I enjoy going on motorcycle trips and stopping in small towns and interacting with the locals - travel by ride exactly does the same they make the whole journey a pleasurable experience. Travel by ride started by few of our friends who work in IT and it was our first trip - Monsoon ride to Sakleshpur.

Photo of Bangalore by Durga Lakshmipathy

Hassan

If you love nature and would love to go for trekking , play in water falls , check out old forts and visit old temples then add Sakleshpur to your bucket list. Go and enjoy this place with your friends , we all enjoy travel with a good company, after all
Life was meant for great adventures and good friends.

Sakleshpur

We had planned for Sakleshpur and around morning 4 am we started and assembled near a govt school near toll gate.
We had basic instructions of safety gears importance of good safety gaurds like knee guard , elbow gaurd, good helmet etc. Also the language used by bikers using hand signal and lights. After basic briefing about the ride, we started around 530 am on the highways from Bangalore to Sakleshpur via Hassan.

Ombattu Gudda Peak.

We reached our destination home stay in between saw few places.
After refreshing we took some rest played some Icebreaker games and then started our bikes to visit places

We saw Sakleshpur temple, Betta byreshwara temple and then went for trek - Pandavar Gudda , Jenukal Gudda,ombatu Gudda

Photo of Ombattu Gudda Peak. by Durga Lakshmipathy

Japavathi River Camp

We came back to our homestay - Japavathi river camp and played a round of volleyball in water it was a different kind of fun. It was tiring and our homestay provided us with hot food. It was totally amazing and fruitful day.

There was a small river next to our homestay so we went and had a nice natural Jaccuzi bath there , and had fun playing in the flowing water. We had campfire at night and played dumbcharads , mafia and few other icebreaker games.

Photo of Japavathi River Camp by Durga Lakshmipathy

Day 2

Manjarabad Fort

Next day, We saw Hadlu falls and spent some lovely time there.

We went to a fort and took some pics. The fort was old but looked beautiful.

Photo of Manjarabad Fort by Durga Lakshmipathy

Shettihalli Church

We came back evening and started our journey back to Bangalore on the way saw Shettihalli rosary church.

We came back to Bangalore around 9 pm. It was a lovely weekend getaway, I would definitely recommend Sakleshpur to all , it has everything you seek if you love nature trekking , good homestay, temple , fort , waterfalls , river etc. Travel by ride made the whole journey more pleasent and enjoyable. They say Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.Friends that travel together, stay together. Do travel and have fun.

Photo of Shettihalli Church by Durga Lakshmipathy

There were times when we were riding back it was frequently drizzling, and I heard this from someone - if you don't ride in the rain, then you don't ride. :).
We made raincoat with huge plastic covers. It was funny but still it worked for us against the rain - our Jugaad. We drove back in that drizzle. It was crazy but fun.