A Very Happy and Green New Year

My Dear fellow Trekkers,

We have come to end of another year. The year 2010 was so good and buzzing with activities. Only regret is we did not have chance to announce many treks as we were full almost all the weekends with our standard camp activities. The year 2010 monsoon treks were amazing as usual. We explored 3 more new water falls in the season. We had a clean up session along with students of 'Madras Christian college' in the valley. We cleaned up a common tourist point in the valley. It was another memorable moments with you all for the activities in the valley. Thank you all for making such a wonderful year of activities.

Moving forward,

We, the staff of "The Sharavathi Nature Trails.." Wish You Very Happy and Green New Year" in advance. We look forward to have you back in the valley.

With Best Wishes and Regards,

Staff of "The Sharavathi Nature Trails..."

Bit of Trek, Bit of Cave Exploration, Bit of Wild life

Bit of Trek, Bit of Cave Exploration, Bit of Wild life

Month of September was hectic for us, so could not think of announcing any trek. Many were asking for the trek trip after our first successful trip in august.
So we are planning this "Bit of Trek, Bit of Cave Exploration, Bit of Wild life " program again this weekend (9/10th October 2010) with little change in the program. The stay will b inside wildlife sanctuary with tents.

Synopsis of the Bits.....
Bit of Trek:- This is trek up to a hill lock. this hill lock is near Sakaleshpur Bisile ghat. This trek will b around 5KM one way. Its easy trek. On the trek route we come across 2 beautiful lakes on top of the hill and also a small water fall.
Bit of Cave Exploration:- On top of the hill there is a huge and beautiful stone formation. In this stone formation there is a cave.
Bit of Wild life:- We will b going for early morning safari in Nagarahole wild life sanctuary.


Stay:- Stay in the jungle by pitching tent.


Probable itinerary of the program.

Day1:-

• Reach Trek Starting point and freshen up in the stream.
• Have Breakfast and start the trek towards hill top.
• Enjoy the beautiful lakes view and play in a small water falls.
• Have lunch and rest for a while.
• Trek up to the top of the hill and explore the cave. U get 360 degree view of the western ghat from this point.
• start trek down to the foot hills and travel to the camp near Nagarhole national park.
• Reach the camp, Have camp fire and dinner.

Day2:-

• Wake up by 4AM. Freshen up and have tea and leave for Wild life Safari.
• Roam around in the park travel back to the camp and have breakfast.
• Visit Irupu falls,play in the water and have lunch.
• Start travel back and reach Bangalore by around 10PM.
  

For the trek route blog and photos please refer the fallowing link.

http://sharavathi.blogspot.com/2010/08/unforgetable-trek-trip.html

Please mail me (prapancha@gmail.com) if anymore info u require. Let me know ASAP if u r joining us.

Some pics of these Bits....:-

Beautiful lake on top of the hill (i call it 'Spatika sarovara')















Beautiful falls on the hill top















Cave on top of the hill

A Memorable day of the year

As planned we had this year "Parisara Sri" and "Samaja Sri" Award function on 1st of April 2010. It was also a annual fest called "ayanotsava" of the village deity Sri Lakshmi narasimha swamy. The event was supposed to start at 6PM, But as our chief guest of the occasion Mr. Vijaya Kumar Range Forest Officer(RFO) of Sagar arrival was delayed, event started of at 7:30PM. Villagers had taken a very special interest in setting up dais for the event. The function was started off with invocation by Ms.Bhageerathi. Then Our Trust Joint Secretory Mr.Sridhar Hegde welcomed the gathering. Chief guest RFO vijayakumar inaugurated the function by lightening up the lamp. Then Trust Secretory Mr.Sampath Kumar briefed about organization last 1 year achievement and the next year plans to the gathering. Then award was presented to the awardees. This time "Parisara Sri" award was presented to Mr. Ranganath Hegde, a well known environmentalist who has been involved with many environmental organizations like "vruksha laksha" andolana. The award carried a cash prize and a memento. The award was presented by RFO Vijayakumar. His achievements were read out by Kumari Nayana. Then "Samaja Sri" award was presented to Mr. Siddaraju, State advocacy Secretory, Dalith Human rights. Mr. Siddaraju has been very active social worker and he has been involved with providing free legal help to the poorest of poor daliths in the state. The award was presented to him by Tust president Mr.Subbarao. His achievements were read out by Kumari Asha. Then "Seva Sri" award presented to Mr. Srinivas , driver and Mr. Ramesh, conductor of Gajanana Transport for their hard work and selfless service.
Later while addressing his inaugural address, RFO vijayakumar stressed the need of eco friendly alternative economical activities in and around forest. He briefed the gathering about the significance of eco touirism in the region. He detailed how kerala has been benefited with eco tourism activity. Later "Samaja Sri" Awardee , Mr. Siddaraju spoke on the occasion. He also stressed about the need of alternative economical activity in the vicinity of the forest, so that poorest poor gets benefited. Then "Parisara Sri" Awardee Mr. H G Ranganath Hegde spoke on the occasion and stressed the need to prevent forest destruction further in the region. He also said how forest destruction has been ruining the life of local dwellers and how its affecting the common man as a whole. Later kumari nayana gave vote of thanks. Mr.Ganesh , member, gram panchayath was the master of ceremony.
There were journalists from most local and state media. It has been covered very well in the media. Here are some press coverage clips(click on image to zoom in),

Vijaya Karnataka Dated 3rd April 2010
























Samyuktha Karataka dated 3rd April 2010