Yelagiri is a small hill station in the state of Tamil Nadu and it is just 150 km from Bangalore.The hill station is not much popular and in this post i will just reveal my experience in the hill station.Nearest railway station is the Jolarpettai junction.
**Our Trip plan**
*June-25-2011 Saturday afternoon my friend text ed that he is damn bored sitting in home and wanted to go somewhere to a silent and green place away from the busy city.As i'm a travel lover always waited for such kind of opportunity and even i wanted a break from the office life so i agreed.Now we had just 1 1/2 day of our weekend left and we should plan for the same.So the big question was Where To GO? We Googled and got few places but for them to visit we needed at-least 3 days as we where suppose to get back to work so we didn't think about that option.So finally we ended up with Yelagiri,as we heard that this is a hill station so our expectations from this place was quite large.As we googled we didn't got clear information about this place.
We decided to leave Bangalore on the same night and planned to travel by train as this was our last minute plan so we where suppose to travel in a general compartment.We decided to go by Cauvery express and the ticket price for both was Rs 74 :) we boarded the train at around 11:30 pm and reached Jolarpettai station around 3:00 am.We where suppose to wait till the early morning for the bus,we inquired the locals and came to know that the first bus to Yelagiri is at 5:00 am and the ticket cost for two was just Rs 12 :).
**All about Yelagiri**
Places in Yelagiri :
* Telescopic point -- It is around 2-3 km from the bus stop.Best time to visit is early morning as you need to walk through the nilgiri trees you can enjoy the fresh aroma early morning.
*Youth camp -- It is around 6 - 7 km from the main bus stop.Buses are available but check for the bus timings. Facilities available here are Boarding,Food,Camping,Fire place.For treckers it is the destiny.
*Lotus pond -- This is on the way to youth center and it is just a waste to visit this place.
****Though they say Yelagiri is a hill station but the climate is normal and sunny.
*Lake -- It is in the center of the village. It has an park which is quite old and an artificial lake with some boats.There is an entry ticket to the lake which is Rs 3.There is nothing to say about this place if you want to go for a boat ride be ready to stand and wait in long queues as they wont have much boats.
*Nature Park -- This is one of the best place in Yelagiri.This is a beautiful park located just opposite to the lake.The entry ticket is Rs 15 for each.Best time to visit is morning or evening not in the afternoon as it will be sunny.
Things to do in Yelagiri:
Walk through the nilgiri early morning till the telescopic point , treck (2 trecking routes of 3km and 6km are available) and a visit to the natures park.
**Our Trip plan**
*June-25-2011 Saturday afternoon my friend text ed that he is damn bored sitting in home and wanted to go somewhere to a silent and green place away from the busy city.As i'm a travel lover always waited for such kind of opportunity and even i wanted a break from the office life so i agreed.Now we had just 1 1/2 day of our weekend left and we should plan for the same.So the big question was Where To GO? We Googled and got few places but for them to visit we needed at-least 3 days as we where suppose to get back to work so we didn't think about that option.So finally we ended up with Yelagiri,as we heard that this is a hill station so our expectations from this place was quite large.As we googled we didn't got clear information about this place.
We decided to leave Bangalore on the same night and planned to travel by train as this was our last minute plan so we where suppose to travel in a general compartment.We decided to go by Cauvery express and the ticket price for both was Rs 74 :) we boarded the train at around 11:30 pm and reached Jolarpettai station around 3:00 am.We where suppose to wait till the early morning for the bus,we inquired the locals and came to know that the first bus to Yelagiri is at 5:00 am and the ticket cost for two was just Rs 12 :).
**All about Yelagiri**
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| Way top to the hill |
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| Top from the hill The bus started moving through hilly curves and as it was early morning we where able to feel the cold breeze,as we went through we came across Nilgiri trees and every one in the bus felt fresh aroma of nilgiri I felt wow awesome place but after few minutes those trees disappeared and we ended up with a small village.It just took 45 min to travel up the hill. i felt what is this place?It doesn't seems like an hill station:( but what to do we decided to explore the locals about the place and started exploring. |
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| Tourist places |
Places in Yelagiri :
* Telescopic point -- It is around 2-3 km from the bus stop.Best time to visit is early morning as you need to walk through the nilgiri trees you can enjoy the fresh aroma early morning.
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| Nilgiri plantation |
*Youth camp -- It is around 6 - 7 km from the main bus stop.Buses are available but check for the bus timings. Facilities available here are Boarding,Food,Camping,Fire place.For treckers it is the destiny.
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| Youth camp treck route |
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| Treck route |
*Lotus pond -- This is on the way to youth center and it is just a waste to visit this place.
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| Lotus pond |
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| Tree at lotus pond |
****Though they say Yelagiri is a hill station but the climate is normal and sunny.
*Lake -- It is in the center of the village. It has an park which is quite old and an artificial lake with some boats.There is an entry ticket to the lake which is Rs 3.There is nothing to say about this place if you want to go for a boat ride be ready to stand and wait in long queues as they wont have much boats.
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| Lake |
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| Lake |
*Nature Park -- This is one of the best place in Yelagiri.This is a beautiful park located just opposite to the lake.The entry ticket is Rs 15 for each.Best time to visit is morning or evening not in the afternoon as it will be sunny.
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| Nature's park |
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| Me in Nature's camp |
Things to do in Yelagiri:
Walk through the nilgiri early morning till the telescopic point , treck (2 trecking routes of 3km and 6km are available) and a visit to the natures park.
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| Random |
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| Temple on the way to youth camp |
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| Me and My friend |
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