Devbagh
& Dandeli Trip
Devbagh beach is one of the cleanest beaches in India. We planned
this trip to have a quiet, relaxing weekend alongside a beach, and it was a
good choice. An island, exclusively, just for you! It’s a very calm and quite
place with pleasing sound of birds, trees and sea.
Really great experience. As usual we went by KSRTC. Booked
online AIRAVAT (VOLVO AC) MULTI AXLE
tickets 0f 14 Jan 2012 night at 8.30 pm.
On the way, at 9.30 bus stops at one the hotel for dinner. Early morning of 15th
at 6.30 am, we reached Jungle Lodges & Resorts Devbagh office in Karwar.
All families there of Maharashtra & Kannada culture mix and are of hardworking
nature. Our check in time in Resort was 9.30 am & boat left from resort to
pick us from Karwar. Till the boat came, we got freshen up and went for
breakfast at nearby Udupi restaurant. We saw unique tree of Dev-Kadagi, a type
of jack fruit grown in temples as well as beetle leaf plant in the office.
Location-
We liked the well organised pick up
from Karwar and the disciplined activities most there. Resort is situated near
the junction of River Kali with Arabian Sea. And it is completely surrounded by
pine jungle. First impression at resort is of Wooden Cottages and net swing for
relaxing in front of every cottage. There are also tent houses around the beach.
Every cottage is provided with AC, Water heater, emergency lamps, and electric
kittle for making tea/coffee. Room service is excellent. Immediately after
keeping our luggage we rushed to see the sea………Allas! Sky blue water with white
waves. The sand on beach is very fine and full of shells with different rocks.
We took sea bath and then sun bath which was really amazing. Surprisingly, the
water was not that much salty. At the surrounding of beach, showers are
provided so that the skin will not get dry soon. After bath we were very hungry
and tired because of which we had lunch and slept for one hour. Afternoon we
had tea and enjoyed some water sport like KAYAKING. I did rope climbing also.
After that we were taken on the jetty to see dolphins, but without much luck. In
the evening we went to see fishing point near beach and most important was the
Sunset at beach. Ojas is really a very good photographer and he took good snaps
of sunset, I am taking some tips from him…..J. We played
beach volleyball too. After that bar-b-que and bonfire was soothing in the cold
evening on the beach; overall a very nice and amazing experience.
Definitely you will enjoy company of very good and caring staff and
most importantly you will enjoy continuous munching of snacks and food provided
by them. In the night you will have a very relaxing sleep. Next day morning the
Guide there will take you to nature walk in the forest and into the sea for
seeing dolphins. But unfortunately we can’t see them :). Anyways better luck next time :).
Really, watching sun rise with
morning tea, long walks along the beach made us very relaxed. Not only this, relaxing
on the beach and behold a glorious sunset as the lighthouse flashes across the
distant horizon to guide ships to the port was great.
9.30 am was our check out
time so we had brunch after that bath in the sea once again . Ojas had jungle
safari half-pant for remembrance from there. We would love to be there again!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We left for Karwar on 16th
Jan 2012 morning for our next destination to Dandeli. A cab was waiting on the
port to catch us. Near about it is three hours journey from Karwar. We reached
Dandeli at 1 pm, occupied cottage in Bison River Resort, had our lunch `and
immediately chalked out our plans and activities with the help of guide. It was
our 2 night and 3 days package plan.
On 16th
evening we had Jungle Safari, where we were accompanied by very enthusiastic
and strong two young couples ;) from Bombay (actually retired couples). After
coming from there we sat in front of Bonfire and had our bar-b-que dinner along
with them. We had a very good group singing songs and doing general discussions.
That was their last night in Dandeli, they shared all activities they did with
us and told us about do’s and don’ts. From there we got enthusiasm that age is
no bar for doing various activities. Next day on 17th early morning
we left for nature walk where our guide shown us different species of birds. Immediately
without wasting any minute, after having our breakfast we left for River
Rafting in KALI river. Never carry any valuables along with you while going for
rafting. Each rafting boat will have 7 to eight persons along with one guide.
It was one of our favourite thrilling and joyful activity. We enjoyed it a lot
…………J Why it is thrilling
activity? one must go & experience …………..,it’s a top secret ;) . Rafting of
9.5 KM for continuous 2 hours is really breath taking but refreshing sport. One
drawback is that we become very hungry after that .Hence as soon as rafting
finished by 1 pm, we left to our resort. It took 1 hour to reach there. As I
was in wet clothes, I met with cold & fever. I took medicine and slept for
some time. Later in the evening, we did coracle ride. In this ride we need to
only sit on teppa (circular boat) and they will have big round showing scenery
in and around 50 feet kali river belt . We also saw Mahua tree near river from
which strong wines are made. Had dinner & immediately went to sleep due to
tiredness and feverish feeling. Next day on 18th 8.30 am we had
breakfast & went for River Crossing and Jacuzzi Water fall Bath where I did
photography. After all things got over, we had lunch and good nap afterwards because
our check out timings were near. Just one hour before checkout we meet all
staff there especially Sunil and thank them for his services. After that we sat
for some time in front of river Kali seeing fisherman doing fishing . One jeep dropped
us till Bus station for AIRAVAT bus of KSRTC. But very strange thing happen,
the bus got cancelled due to only two passengers and we came to know about this
after reaching at the station. Immediately we rushed for some other travels .By
god’s grace we got tickets for two last seats. All this got over by 6 pm and still
lots of time was there because bus was at 8.00 pm. The same jeep driver took us
to the Crocodile viewing point, Dandeliappa god temple and at last Kali
adventure camp Resort. There we had head massage in Kerala Ayurveda massage centre
in that camp. We returned back to the market place but still 45 minutes was
there, so we had dinner of bhakri, jhunka, mirchi thecha,…………etc. and coffee of
pure malai milk in a 60 years old hotel of Dandeli. Sharp at 8 pm our bus left
and reached Banglore on 19th
early morning at 6 am………..:) .
We enjoyed
this Dandeli adventure trip a lot!!!!!!!!!!!
