Kemmannagundi Tour Guide

kemmannagundi hill station gazes down on the rich, coffee-covered slopes of Malnad, close to the tigerlands of Bhadra Sanctuary 295 km North West of Bangalore.

Kemmannagundi is planted with enough compelling road sings to waylay innocent tourists into some other, seemingly more tempting holiday. But if you stick firmly to your path, skirting the tangential charms of Halebid and Belur, the Chikmagalur coffee estates and the distant road to Kudremukh, you will reach a hill that was once preferred by a monarch.

Kemmannagundi’s compact charms views, waterfalls, gardens all in a day’s work make it one of the most fun-filled short holidays from Bangalore. Depite the fact that it has few amenities and food that breaks the dam on hostel memories, every Saturday morning families and those college students burst upon this royal getaway that still carries the grand title of Krishna Rajendra Hill Station.

Still the 4,705-ft high Krishna Rajendra Hill manages to provide its visitors almost everything a fly-fledged hill station does. There is the Rock Garden within the guesthouse premises maintained by the Horticulture Department. The Kallahati Falls 10 km, also known as Kakahasti Falls, descend from a height of 122 meeter and are quite pretty. It’s a lovely place for a picnic lunch. You could take a short trek to the Hebbe Falls 8 km, but don’t attempt swimming here. They are even more spectacular, with the water cascading down from over 500 ft. And then there is Z point a good place from which to watch sunsets.

Around Kemmannagundi

Chikmagalur 58 km

Chikmagalur has the topography of an ironing board but hills rise all around it, growing coffee in the mottled shade of silver oaks. Most of these are vast farms run by owners who have only recently realized that they grow some of the world’s best coffee coffee that’ll stand substitute for prayer on any day. Stop by Panduranga on MG Road for coffee beanse or freshly ground powder.

Mullaiyanagiri

The highest peak in Karnataka is 6 km from Chikmagalur. Its 6,000 plus ft height is employed mostly to watch sunsets. Another good stop on the way to Bhadra Sanctuary is Nature Craft. It’s around 9 km out of Chikmagalur and sells artifacts fashioned from coffeewood.

Dattatreya Peeth

A laterite cave on the Baba Badanagiri Peak en route from Chikmagalur, 32 km before you hit Kemmannagundi is considered holy by both Muslims and Hindus. The peak gets its name from a legend coffee farmers love to relate. The story goes that coffee was introudeced to India by the Muslim saint Baba Budan in the 16th century who smuggled in seven coffee beans in his belt from West Asia and planted them here.

Railway Station – Kadur 40 km 1hour 30m. Taxi to Kemmannagundi is Rs 400. Hassan 60 km 1hour 45m is a better-connected station.

Road This is the best way to get to Kemmannagundi from Bangalore a beautiful drive up the Baba Budanagiri Hill from Chikmagalur.