Seven months back, by the end of May-2013, we went for a tour on Wayanad. That was a three days, two nights trip from Bangalore.
DAY #1: 25 May 2013
Started from Electronic city, Bangalore on 25 May 2013 around 07:15 Hrs IST. We took the NICE road to Mysore. There was a toll at 4.7 KM. The toll was Rs 80 for our Santro. Filled petrol at 8.3 KM. From then, we just followed the route showed by the Google navigator to Kalpetta, Wayanad.
We had to pass through Bandhipur Wildlife Sanctuary. We were lucky to see the wild elephants. One elephant was standing by the roadside. We slowed down the car to click some photos. By that time another elephant was crossing our car from behind. Also we saw an elephant herd at some distance.
It was around 14:30 Hrs IST when we reached Sulthan Bathery. And the odometer reading was 264.1 KM. We had lunch in Hotel Mintflower, Sulthan Bathery. We enjoyed the lunch at Hotel Mintflower. The food was good. The ambiance was decent. The prices are cheap. Below is the bill for the lunch we had. I would recommend this hotel.
From there, we started towards Kalpetta, Wayanad. We had reserved accommodation in the Verdure Resort, Kalpetta. We reached the resort around 16:15 Hrs IST. By then, the odometer reading was 293.3 KM.
The Verdure Resort is a private property covering a whopping area of around 70 acres on the mountain. There are many cottages across the resort. But there is enough distance between the cottage such that the cottages are not visible to each other. So the privacy would be there for each cottage. Also one would get the feel as in the mid of woods.
The cottage was very spacious and clean. The cottage had sofas and tea table in the front room, a double cot and TV in the bedroom, cupboard and dressing table in the store room and a very spacious bathroom.
We were four families went together in three cars. We checked in our rooms. The weather was cool. After having a quick refreshment, we all came out of the cottage. The children were enjoying themselves by running here and there. We were chatting and making fun on each other.
We walked to the canteen. Had tea with pakoda. Then played table tennis and badminton for sometime. Returned to our cottage around 19:00 Hrs IST.
One of our friends offered to treat us dinner for his birthday. So we decided to go out of the resort for the dinner.
We went to Hotel Haridagiri in Kalpetta which is around 5 Kms from the resort. Had to wait for sometime for the table. Had dinner and we were not satisfied with the food and the service. They had very less number of waiters to manage the crowd. The quality of the food is not worth for the price. Below is the bill for the dinner we had. I won't recommend this hotel.
It was around 22:40 Hrs IST by the time we reached the resort.
DAY #1: 25 May 2013
Started from Electronic city, Bangalore on 25 May 2013 around 07:15 Hrs IST. We took the NICE road to Mysore. There was a toll at 4.7 KM. The toll was Rs 80 for our Santro. Filled petrol at 8.3 KM. From then, we just followed the route showed by the Google navigator to Kalpetta, Wayanad.
We had to pass through Bandhipur Wildlife Sanctuary. We were lucky to see the wild elephants. One elephant was standing by the roadside. We slowed down the car to click some photos. By that time another elephant was crossing our car from behind. Also we saw an elephant herd at some distance.
It was around 14:30 Hrs IST when we reached Sulthan Bathery. And the odometer reading was 264.1 KM. We had lunch in Hotel Mintflower, Sulthan Bathery. We enjoyed the lunch at Hotel Mintflower. The food was good. The ambiance was decent. The prices are cheap. Below is the bill for the lunch we had. I would recommend this hotel.
From there, we started towards Kalpetta, Wayanad. We had reserved accommodation in the Verdure Resort, Kalpetta. We reached the resort around 16:15 Hrs IST. By then, the odometer reading was 293.3 KM.
The Verdure Resort is a private property covering a whopping area of around 70 acres on the mountain. There are many cottages across the resort. But there is enough distance between the cottage such that the cottages are not visible to each other. So the privacy would be there for each cottage. Also one would get the feel as in the mid of woods.
The cottage was very spacious and clean. The cottage had sofas and tea table in the front room, a double cot and TV in the bedroom, cupboard and dressing table in the store room and a very spacious bathroom.
We were four families went together in three cars. We checked in our rooms. The weather was cool. After having a quick refreshment, we all came out of the cottage. The children were enjoying themselves by running here and there. We were chatting and making fun on each other.
We walked to the canteen. Had tea with pakoda. Then played table tennis and badminton for sometime. Returned to our cottage around 19:00 Hrs IST.
One of our friends offered to treat us dinner for his birthday. So we decided to go out of the resort for the dinner.
We went to Hotel Haridagiri in Kalpetta which is around 5 Kms from the resort. Had to wait for sometime for the table. Had dinner and we were not satisfied with the food and the service. They had very less number of waiters to manage the crowd. The quality of the food is not worth for the price. Below is the bill for the dinner we had. I won't recommend this hotel.
It was around 22:40 Hrs IST by the time we reached the resort.
Good writeup Chandra Kumar...
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