Pearl Valley-Biking experience
Last sunday (3rd of september), me and a couple of my friends had gone on a biking trip to a place called Pearl Valley. Its situated at about 40 kms from bangalore on the bannerghatta road. A beautiful falls is located at this place. Me in my bike (Yamaha RX 135) and another friend of mine in Kawasaki (Wind 125). Both of us took off at around 2.00 in the afternoon. Well we had to contend with another important event which was happening in bangalore, the visit of Smt. Sonia Gandhi. The roads were blocked and the traffic, I have never witnessed such a huge traffic jam. The roads were blocked for about 3 kms from the place where the event was supposed to be held. So we, had to take a detour through the city. This cost us about 1 hr, as we had to navigate inside the city and then reach the highway.
The route which we took is through Dairy circle to IIM-Bangalore. After which you reach Bannerghatta National Park. About 25 km from there is a place called Anekal. On continuing our journey though to Anekal, we enquired about the place called Pearl Valley (Muthulaya Madu, in Kannada). This place was another 2 km from anekal. On the highway, you take a right to reach the place (Pearl Valley). The roads were very good most of the journey. But at some places there was just gravel with no topping of tar. So, we had to slow down after every 10 mts of fast riding.
We had to take a right from the main highway to reach our destination. The road was aweful, with no pukka road, just gravel trap. We had to pay entry fees for this place too. Its anybody`s guess what is done with this entry fee. From this check post it was about 2-3 kms to the actual falls. Now, in between we encountered a group of people. They were collecting money (donation) for Ganesha Chathurthi (which incidentally was over a week back). They were actually blocking the road and forcefully asking everybody for money. We had to give them some money as donation. After which we reached this place. It took us about 2 hrs of total drive. We reached around 4.30 p.m.
The place was a beautiful, with lots of greenery around. There were a lot of small hills around. The main waterfall is located inbetween hills. To go to the main one, you have to do trek for about half a kilometre down. Here either you can walk along the waterflow for a long distance (basically trek around the waterfall) or have a dip in the fall. The water flows from about 90 mts high. So you have to be very careful while taking a dip. Its a very scenic place and you can enjoy out there very much. Also there are treking routes (routes made by just walking) so you can go around that place.
After about 2 hrs in that place, around 6.30 pm we decided to return back as it had become dark. The trip back was uneventful and we stopped by to have dinner during the journey. On the whole it was a fun trip and a good excercise for both me and my bike.
Lastly I would like to complete the blog by saying
" Well right now the waterfall there is totally dry, as there has been no rains in that region."
The route which we took is through Dairy circle to IIM-Bangalore. After which you reach Bannerghatta National Park. About 25 km from there is a place called Anekal. On continuing our journey though to Anekal, we enquired about the place called Pearl Valley (Muthulaya Madu, in Kannada). This place was another 2 km from anekal. On the highway, you take a right to reach the place (Pearl Valley). The roads were very good most of the journey. But at some places there was just gravel with no topping of tar. So, we had to slow down after every 10 mts of fast riding.
We had to take a right from the main highway to reach our destination. The road was aweful, with no pukka road, just gravel trap. We had to pay entry fees for this place too. Its anybody`s guess what is done with this entry fee. From this check post it was about 2-3 kms to the actual falls. Now, in between we encountered a group of people. They were collecting money (donation) for Ganesha Chathurthi (which incidentally was over a week back). They were actually blocking the road and forcefully asking everybody for money. We had to give them some money as donation. After which we reached this place. It took us about 2 hrs of total drive. We reached around 4.30 p.m.
The place was a beautiful, with lots of greenery around. There were a lot of small hills around. The main waterfall is located inbetween hills. To go to the main one, you have to do trek for about half a kilometre down. Here either you can walk along the waterflow for a long distance (basically trek around the waterfall) or have a dip in the fall. The water flows from about 90 mts high. So you have to be very careful while taking a dip. Its a very scenic place and you can enjoy out there very much. Also there are treking routes (routes made by just walking) so you can go around that place.
After about 2 hrs in that place, around 6.30 pm we decided to return back as it had become dark. The trip back was uneventful and we stopped by to have dinner during the journey. On the whole it was a fun trip and a good excercise for both me and my bike.
Lastly I would like to complete the blog by saying
" Well right now the waterfall there is totally dry, as there has been no rains in that region."
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