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A Trip to Hogenakkal

My roommates used to be busy even in the weekends and hardly get time to relax. We planned for a trip to Hogenakkal for the past 4 months and it executed on 08th of March. This trip means something to me and I wish to share the experiences.


Hogenakkal falls is a waterfall on the river Kaveri; sometimes described as the “Niagara of India”. It is located in the Dharmapuri district of Tamilnadu and it is 180 Km away from Bangalore city. Actually the name is derived from Kannada words Hoge (Smoke) + Kal (Stone), which literally mean fog from rock and you can witness this along with drizzling. You should not miss three things in your trip 1. Oil massage and bath in the waterfalls 2. Boating and 3. Fresh fish.  

Instructions which won’t practically apply.

We started by 5 o clock from Bangalore and reached around 8 ‘o’clock in the morning and as usual paid some bucks for entry and parking to unknown persons who disappear afterwards. As soon as you get down from the vehicle people will surround you for cooking and massage, they won’t leave you until you choose one. If you are non-vegetarian and a foodie, I would suggest you to appoint a cook and get the fresh fish from the market located inside.

Waterfalls

As like every tourist place, here also you will be screwed up with the prices, we paid one thousand for fish and cooking for five people, three hundred for oil for five people, thousand five hundred for massage and two litter water battle cost you rupees forty.

Fish prepared for my friends

The massage guys started with three hundred for fifteen minutes, our negotiation skills brought it to two hundred; I’m sure it is more than ours hourly earnings, but it is worth of it. If you have more stress, physical or mental pain; you should get a massage. If you are a vegetarian, you won’t get a pure veg hotel and you need to adjust to the available once. Once bath and lunch is done, you can start with sightseeing and boating in the silent water. They told us the deepness of the water is between 30 to 70 meters, I am surprised how the boat made of bamboo sticks can accommodate eight people. You should think a bit about boating without a life jacket. I never had this much braveness to climb and walk on the unstructured rocks on the mountain. This meant me something that, your disappointment can give you braveness and it matters how you use it.

View of boating from a mountain  

The trip completed in the evening after pleasant massage, nice food (not for veggies/me), and good photos and with a few lessons. I advise you to have negotiation skills or a negotiator within yourself to save some money also buy things required for oil bath, required quantity of drinking water and pack your food if you constraint about veg food.   


Have a nice trip!!!

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