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A beautiful place in the forest region for a short visit

BR hills is a nice place right in the forest area. The forest entry is open from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00... read more

Reviewed 5 November 2019
VB_82
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Bengaluru, India
Visit to BR Hills

Beautiful place to visit. Stayed in Gorkana, which is an excellent place to stay. Took a walk with... read more

Reviewed 29 September 2019
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Reviewed 3 February 2014

We a family of four (2 couples) planned to go to B.R.Hills .After searching in the website we were able to get a home stay called Giri darshini.The owner vasu responded well and booked 2 rooms for us.Since we had some work in mysore and najangud we left from nanjangud around 11am and reached B.R.hills aroun 2pm.The road is good and with some enquiries we reached giri darshini.The owner greeted us and gave us 2 roomsin the middle of a coffee plantation.He gave us a delicious vegitarian dinner experianced in middle of a plantation.Since we were pure vegitarians we got a good dinner with lot of varaities.After lunch we had a small nap and a guide taken us round the plantations.It was a good experiance.Later in the evening we went to ranganathaswamy temple and after darshan we went around the temple.What a majestic view from the top.With cool breeze it was a memorable sight.We came back and had nice dinner.In the early morning we got up at 4am and left for k.gudi which is about 30km from b.r.hills.It was a real treat to have made that journey in middle of jungle with full silence.We reached k.gudi at 6am and went for wild life safari in a jeep.Though we spent an hour in the forest we could not seeany animals .only nature,nature.Came back taken late breakfast and left for Bangalore.One has to stay for one night for real enjoyment of nature.Thanks to vasu for pravoiding good accomodation and good veg food.Accomodation is mare than basic with good viewes.Must visit to get away from traffic,noise and dust of bangalore.

Date of experience: March 2013
12  Thank chandra shekar s
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Reviewed 20 October 2013

Biligiri Ranganathaswamy Temple is situated on top of a hill must be over 200 years old, built entirely of granite stone. . You have to climb about 150 steps to reach the temple. At the foot of the hill there are a number of stone caved rooms, must have been built as accommodation for pilgrims. Unfortunately these rooms are used a garbage dumps and some have built walls around them and are being used as houses by the locals. The entire area is littered with garbage and totally neglected. The view from top of the hill around the temple is beautiful as you can see miles and miles of forests. But as you look down the hill close to the temple you can see a number of small houses coming up. It looks like people have come here to start a business as this temple besides being beautiful attracts a lot of pilgrims. I wish the authorities cleaned up the area and retain the original look of the temple and its surroundings.

Date of experience: October 2013
9  Thank Matthew3504
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Reviewed 6 April 2013 via mobile

We visited BR hills and stayed at the jungle lodges property and the experience was outstanding. The property though owned by the government was excellently maintained and you get the experience of camping in the jungle and you can see wildlife all around you at night and listen to the calls of various wildlife.

Date of experience: May 2012
9  Thank Mohan S
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Reviewed 5 January 2013

The BR( Biligiri Ranga) hills are in the Bandipur forest range.It is a nice 4.5 hrs drive from Bangalore.Once you leave the crowded city traffic,the drive is comfortable,after you enter the Bandipur forest range it is even more green,clean and exciting.We were a group of friendsa driving ther to stay in the BR hills forest gust house.The excitement in the jungle drive always makes you alert to spot wildlife.if one is lucky you can see elephants,spotted deer and even a tiger .even if you are not soo lucky just being in the jungle and breathing the fresh air is invigorating.The guest house is atop a small hillock,with a huge rock face incorporated into the building with very nice paintings of nature,the facilities is basic,but for us trekkers it was a luxury.we trekked in the jungle for 2 days,spotted several deer,elephants,bison but no tiger.There is the ancient temple dedicated to the lord RAnganathaswamy - the preciding deity of this region,a nice temple too.In all a trip worth it

Date of experience: February 2012
17  Thank govindbabu
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