THADIYANDAMOL is the highest mountain in Coorg (Mercara) Dist ( 1750 Mtrs. MSL). This place is around 250 Kms from Bangalore - via Virajpet. The climb to this mountain is gradient passing through grassland.
If you are the type who likes to mingle with nature, see the snow-like mist romance with mountain slopes, feel the tingle of the cool and gentle breeze, watch the leaves flutter in dance-like movements, hear the sounds of chirping birds fill the air, then Coorg is the place for you. Kodagu is noted for its scenic beauty.
Hiking, cross-country, or simply motoring down mountain trails in Coorg, the visitor encounters panoramic views of the morning mist rolling down thickly wooded hill slopes and the undulating paddy fields and neat rows of coffee bushes resplendent under the blue skies. Now a flourishing agricultural centre, Kodagu produces cash crops of coffee, rice, orange, pepper and cardamom. With its misty mountains and dense forests, Coorg seemed like a little corner of England to the British.
They left behind a legacy, which is still an important source of national wealth. The well laid coffee plantations in Coorg account for almost half of Karnataka’s coffee production. And Karnataka continues to be India’s largest producer of coffee. Other reminders of the colonial past are the spacious estate bungalows, many of which still have British names and the meandering roads that wind through the district.
We 33 of us started off from Bangalore on the Friday night 22nd of Oct 2004. All set in a Sathya Sai Deluxe bus, Our vehicle was parked @ the parking lot of City Central Railway Station, Bangalore, Headed by Mr.Sheshadri and his team a doctor and a trek expertise, who organises trekking camps to in and around Bangalore.
Saturday morning we reached the base camp, which is a Coffee Estatet. Had a cup of tea and Tiger Biscuit, and all the 33 of us starting climbing the Mountain. Fresh trekkers would really be delighted walking along with the nature. It was awesome. Cool breeze and climbing thought the thick forest, it was one straight up while climbing we had to take the support of the tree branches and the leaves.
No matter how cool was the mountain area but we were sweating as thought we all had a quick bath. We all reached the top of the mountain, that was a pretty good sight 360 degree of mountain coverage, we started climbing down in the mid of the forest we had our lunch and got back to the base camp. Evening was the time to have a camp fire and was called the talent night, each one of us executed our talents, singing, dancing, a magic show was organised by Mr.Sheshadri.
Over night we stayed in the base camp, High altitude Portable Tents were pitched the base of the Thadayandamol Hill, in the Coffee Estate.
Next day we all returned to Bangalore with great memories.