Bheemeshwari is approx 100 Km from Bangalore and mostly known for its fishing camp. We started from Bangalore at around 8 AM in the morning with just a cup of coffee! On the way we were very hungry and not in a mood to wait till we get a good restuarant and hence ended up having our breakfast on a road side tiffin stall. We had Set Dosas which were good enough to fill our empty stomach. Actually it was good decision as there were no good restuarants till our next stop which was at Muthathi. It was around 10:30 and we saw hardly any restuarant open, basically we wanted to get our lunch packed as we had heard that there are no restuarants inside Bheemeshwari.
When we entered the Bheemeshwari, we were welcomed my monkeys and those were the only animals that we saw inside in our entire trip. We headed directly to the fishing camp to check if we can go without reservations but it was too costly and we decided to explore on our own. Actually we felt it more costly because we had seen the group on deal for the same camp which was very cheap but we had not bought it :(
So while enjoying the view of Kaveri we started driving ahead but to our disappointment there was nothing but monkeys. We came across a temple which was our next halt, took some pic with Kaveri river and headed ahead. It was already lunch time, and we wanted atleast a place to enjoy our pre packed lunch. We found a place alongside Kaveri and had our lunch with one of us with sticks to scare off monkeys. While we were about to finish off our lunch, there came police wala shouting on us to wind off and told us about the 3 men who died other day because of overflow of water as the dams were opened. Again after a small photo session with the group, we realized that it is the end of the trip as there was nothing else in Bheemeshwari.
It felt very bad to end our trip and hence we made a last minute call to go to Shiva Samudra falls which was~45 kms from Bheemeshwari.
We reached Gaganchukki falls(upper falls of Shiva Samudra) in approx 1 hr even before we had finished our nap. It was very refreshing after looking at the falls from the parking area and we enjoyed every minute of almost 1.5 hrs that we spent there. To add to it, it was perfect weather! Only regret we had was why didn't we go there directly.
Though one cannot go near the falls, we went to falls viewing area which is nothing but ~20-30 steps climb downwards. We enjoyed the fall, took pics, got relaxed and climbed up to buy the refreshing gooseberries. We spent some half an hour relaxing in the lush green lawns of the KTDC park which is just next to parking area after having our coffee. We also played tug of war there :) and had nice time with my daughter enjoying with us.
And then it was time for us to head back to hustle and bustle of Bangalore life.
PS - pics will be uploaded once I have sorted them.
