Huthridurga Trek

 

This place is known for viewing sunrise and people used to trek at night to see that. Huthridurga/ Huthri Betta, as it is called is situated 3 Kms from Huthri village.

We decided to explore it in day-time first instead of taking chances at night. So my friend & I started early on a Sunday morning from Bangalore. We took the Hassan road from Nelamangala and followed Google Maps. After having hot Thatte Idli on the way, we took the Kunigal-Magadi road as navigated by Google. To our surprise, road construction work was going on & was dug up for about 5 Kms. We managed to drive through because of our SUV. We drove through some beautiful villages.

Finally we reached the arch saying “Welcome to Huthridurga Hill Station”. Further driving inside the arch, we went through some hair pin bends above a hill. Road work was going on there too. When you reach the top, you’ll be surprised to see a small village of around 20-30 houses there. Parking the car was an issue there. Either you have to park it in a ground behind one temple or at the entrance of the village. We parked it behind the temple as suggested by a local there, where few bikes & cars were already parked. The time was around 8 am.

The foot hill is just a few meters from the village. We reached there in no time and it seemed like some sort of fort with multiple levels of stone walls at different altitudes. As read in the internet about this place, we have to cross 5-6 doorways to reach the top of the hill. That almost coincided with the number of stone walls seen from the base.

Initially, the path was straight forward as we crossed a couple of doorways. Then the rocks had the old steps etched on it and work was progressing on machine-cutting of new steps and fitment of railings. Later the direction to move forward was marked by arrows on the stones, which led us to some single paths into the bushes. In some places the bushes were high enough to hide yourself.

After climbing for some 40 mins., we reached a point where we could see the temple on our right side. The left path leads to the sunrise point. We took the right path to the temple first. A small climb to reach the temple & the view was awesome from the top & dangerous too. 

Spending some time there, we proceeded towards the sunrise point, which was in the adjacent hill. On the way, there was a view point worth spending some time. We took some pics there & continued our walk.

The path took us behind a huge rock with some steps going down; this was an ultimate place to spend some time. It was cool at that stretch & looked like a jungle. After following the arrows & climbing some rocks we reached the so-called sunrise point. The spot was nice there to take some cool pictures. As we spent some time there, we imagined how sunrise will look like from there.

 

We retraced back the same path following the arrows, climbing the rocks, into the bushes & doorways and finally reached the base around 11 am. Looking at the hill from the parking, we decided to come back to see the sunrise. We then headed back to Bangalore after a break for lunch.

Overall, Huthri betta is one of the less crowded places that you can enjoy especially the greenery after the rains. Just follow the marked arrows. Also there were a bunch of monkeys near the sunrise point, snatching bags that had eatables, so beware.

 

Location: https://goo.gl/maps/uJmzcFs6Biqa73Re9

 

Distance traveled: 

Bangalore-Huthridurga-Bangalore: ~200 Kms.

 

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