Recently a couple of my friends were visiting from USA. And many of my friends including myself have returned to Bangalore. So we thought this is an awesome opportunity to have a get together with friends, their wives, their children and so on. Since most of us are in Bangalore, we decided we should go out somewhere. Coorg was decided as an obvious choice. There is a place called Honey Valley in Coorg. Around 14 of us finally came together for the trip. We booked a bus from Bangalore to Coorg. It came out to be pretty decent and enjoyable journey. Honey Valley is maintained by a very friendly family and the place of stay was kind of a homestay dormitory.
It was raining heavily though. Seems like Coorg was lashed with rains when we went. So that was kind of a bummer. The heavy rains also caused many leeches to be wandering all around and sucking on our blood.
The place promoted eco tourism.
If you go to such places, go with anti-leech sprays, torches, umbrellas etc.
It was a fun outing.
I would love to go again but this time when it is shining and not raining.
4 comments:
Hi
Was wondering if you have any idea how much it would cost to get to The Honey Valley resort from Mysore by taxi. I do not travel well by bus. How many hours was the bus ride by the way? Where do you have to get to by bus (or taxi) to get to the resort. Thanks
Jane
Hi,
I am not sure of the exact distance between Coorg and Mysore. I think it might be around 200-250 kms. Typically, the vehicles on rent might charge around Rs, 10-15 per km. So you do the math. The bus ride was around 4-5 hours. The resort is kind of on a hill top and the access to the hilltop is real difficult. No civilian vehicle can reach there except the four wheel drive based jeeps. So there was no was our bus could go there. So the bus stops at the foot hill and the folks of Honey Valley receive us with their jeeps at the foothill.
Once you near Honey Valley there are some boards showing the directions.
Hope this helps.
Sastry
Hi,
Do you have any contact information for them -- cell phone of owner would be most helpful.
thanks
Hema
Hi Hema,
You can search for Honey Valley on google and you should find their contact information.
Nevertheless, I found this here :
http://www.soans.com/honeyvalley.htm
Try that number. If you have trouble let me know. I will ask my friend (who did the bookings) for the details. But you should be able to find these details just by googling or even searching on Lonely Planet.
Sastry
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