Accessibility:we can start our trek to kumara parvatha from 2 locations: kukke subrahmanya temple located at D.K district at karnataka state of Indian and another entrance from a place 30kms from somavarpet town in kodagu district.
Most popular starting place is kukke subramanya temple which is a famous piligrimage centre where thousands of visiters come everyday from all over country. Trekking is 14kms .
local Sightseeing: kukke and adi subrahmanya temples, kumaradhara river, vanadurga and ganapathi temple.
trekking details:
way 1(best way)
Ideal time to start trek is at afternoon, we will reach the peak at night .put a tent and sleep at peak, carry thick blankets, because it will be very cold at night.enjoy the cool weather, sunrise, mist at 1500m above sealevel in the morning.Carry some food, lots and lots of water.we also get natural spring water on the way.half of the trek is forest and half of the trek is clear hill .way is clearly defined by continious movement of people.
way 2(need to be very fast and if we face shortage of time, so little risky):here we have to travel 28km in a day.start early morning at 6:30 reach the house midway(popularly known as bhatra house have light food)we reach around 11:00.have food quickly.reach the peak around 2:00.spend an hour in the top.;leave the top by 3:00.start trekking downhill .we need to be really fast because lower 7km is forest area and make it to subrahmanya before dark.so if you take this risk do it during may when days are longer.
Hotels /Accomodation: We have many hotels for accomodation in subramanya town.On the way to peak of kumara parvatha we have one house(bhatra house) which provides food .
Safety:relatively safe.never trek during night in the forests.there are some areas where we have to be careful.if you are having any height sickness, dont go for this trek.go for this trek, only if your health is in good condition.lower half we can trek directly, upper half we need to register at forest office and also intimate to forest office while returning.