A Majestic view of "Shivanasamudra" waterfalls

When: 8th Sept 2012.
Destination: Shivanasamudra (Gaganachukki and Barachukki waterfalls)
How and who all are: Myself(Apachian), Arun(Apachian), Harsha(Fazer), Vidyasagar(Centro) 

Odometer reading: 270Kms.
Route Map: Bangalore - Kanakapura - Malavalli - Shivanasamudra - Kanakapura - Bangalore

Short n Sweet description about trip:

                                    Shivanasamudra falls!! Really feast for eyes.

Travelogue:

As we planned to meet at NICE road Electronics city toll gate, I was the last person to join the team at Assemble point. Initially we thought of taking Bangalore - Maddur - Malavalli- Shivanasamudra route which is 4 lane till Maddur and after that it's of state highway roads. On the spot I've suggested to take Banagalore - Kanakapura - Malavalli - Shivanasamudra route as it is a scenic stretch.

    As we've reached Kanakapura road from NICE raod, since it was busy hours of the day we were forced to ride at 40KMPH speed. This continued till we reached Kanakapura. We had
breakfast in Kanakapura. Kanakapura is a common place to reach either Mekadatu or Shivanasamudra. We have taken Shivanasamudra route. Kanakapura to Malavalli stretch was full of pot holes.. After crossing Malavalli roads were good till Shivanasamudra.

After crossing Malavalli, we could see paddy fiels all around. The stretch was really beautiful.

Myself

Arun

Beauty of  Paddy fields during Monsoon

I caught you babe :)

Apache 180 RTR - My Beast

Sagar

Artistic click

Perfect reflection of Sky n clouds

Royal Enfield of Villages ,

There are two waterfalls in Shivanasamudra. One is Gaganachukki and another one is Barachukki. During our visit Gaganachukki waterfall was not so impressive, so we decided to reach Barachukki.

Gaganchukki and Barachuki are about 10kms apart. We've reached Barachuki in another 10-15 mins. Unlike Gaganachukki falls , Barachukki was at it's peak... You can see only Barachukki snaps in my post.

There were some view points for Barachukki falls. There is a way to reach till the foot of the falls. It was tiring long climb down… Since we didn't want to loose the chance of enjoying in
water.. we descend all the way down and surprised to see the crowd at falls...  As it was holiday and since the falls were at it's peak I could see crowd like ppl in Bangalore malls..:) 

By supporting each other we've crossed a small stream which packed a lot of force, then we've reached a very beautiful falls. It was an amazing spot!! I had to wait till last minute to get the perfect snaps of water fall. 

Near Gaganachukki falls

Near Gaganachukki falls

Shivanasamudra Falls

The ride back to "Namma Bangalore" was very hectic. As it was started raining heavily.. since rain didn't stop even for a second, we were forced to ride back in rain itself. It was raining all the way till Bangalore. Safely we reached Bagalore at 11PM.

Apart from rain this trip was worth and really Shivanasamudra falls were feast for eyes.

Happy Reading 
\m/ Happy Riding \m/