The frustration resulting in the plan
Well it had been a long time since I went out for a trip with my friends
and I desperately wanted a break after few hectic projects in office. My friend
from Pune called and said he would be visiting Bangalore for a day and thus was
born the idea for a weekend trip. My friend was Available for just a day and
overnight stay was not possible, so all the far-away places like Chikmagalur
& Coorg were ruled out. After much discussion and research online for day trip we narrowed down
to Bheemeshwari Fishing camp run by Jungle lodges. We heard it was a good place
for one day outing. We were planning to cover Mutathi/Mekedath on the way to
the resort but due to time constraints we decided to directly go to the fishing
camp. So the plan was set.. it was going to be a Bheemeshwari day trip in Bheemeshwari Jungle lodges.
Bheemeshwari Route
There are two routes to go to Bheemeshwari fishing camp.
Route1:- Bangalore->
Kanakpura-> Mutathi-> Bheemeshwari Fishing Camp
Route2:- Bangalore-> Kanakpura-> Halaguru-> Bheemeshwari
Fishing Camp
Route1 has lot of bad stretches and so we chose to travel via the 2nd
route. There is a Forest check post on route 2 where there are bag checks etc
and where they note down your vehicle number and details, but there were no
animals on the way though.
Jungle lodges and resorts Bheemeshwari
The look and feel of the Bheemeshwari Jungle lodges was not that great compared to Jungle
lodges Kabini/Bandipur where you are admist nature and abundant wildlife. This
resort is good for one day activities.
I feel the tariff of 1700 per person that the resort charges for just the activities and
lunch was very high. But we couldn't do anything about it as we had no
other option.
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The Activities
We reached the resort by 12PM and were directed to the front office. We
were given the itinerary for the day and directed to the cafeteria where we
were served lemonade as the welcome drink. There was a guide assigned to us who
took us to the spot where adventure activities were held. There were three tall
trees to which ropes were tied to making a triangular circuit. The ropes were
tied about 20feet above the ground. We were supposed to walk on these ropes and
that constituted 3 activities ( Burmaloop, Elephant walk & parallel walk).
We completed these activities and headed to our next activity which was called
Zip line where you would be tied to a rope over your head and you will go from
one end to another hanging on the rope. We completed this activity too and were
directed to the dining room for lunch. The food was good and I liked the
chicken a lot.
After Lunch we were made to sit on the round boats and ferried along the
Bheemeshwari River. This was called the coracle ride. The Coracle ride was
exciting as there were some good rapids in the water which threatened to topple
the boat at some places. After the Coracle ride we spent some leisure time at
the resort and were served Tea.
We checked out by 5.
All in all the experience was ok but I still feel the Bheemeshwari jungle resort tariff of Rs 1700 per person for the
activities is way too much…. Hope the resort reduces the price someday and
includes some more activities like Trekking etc. to the itinerary overall bheemeshwari fishing camp day trip was a funfilled day trip.
