Pickup from your home at about 6:30 AM. Breakfast at Maddur, then drive through Malavalli and Kollegal to Yelandur for its carved Gaurishvara temple. Climb the hill road to the Biligiri Ranganatha Swamy temple, reach the camp at K Gudi for lunch, and head out on your first jeep safari at 4 PM. About 190 km, 5 hours of driving with stops.
- 6:30 AM
Pickup from your home
Your driver calls you 30 minutes before. We leave early so you reach the hill temple before it closes at 2 PM.
- 1 h 33 min · 84 km
- 8:00 AM
Breakfast stop at Maddur
Maddur vada, idli and filter coffee. Pay as you eat.
- 1 h 24 min · 74 km
- 10:30 AM1
Gaurishvara Temple, Yelandur
30 min hereA small 16th century Shiva temple with a carved entrance hall hung with chains cut from stone. A quick, quiet stop at the foot of the hills.
- 42 min · 25 km
- 11:45 AM2
Biligiri Ranganatha Swamy Temple
1 h hereThe hilltop temple of Lord Ranganatha, at the edge of a cliff with views over the plains. Climb a short flight of stone steps. The morning darshan usually ends at 2 PM.
- 36 min · 19 km
- 1:30 PM
Lunch at the camp
Check in from 1 PM and have the buffet lunch, which is included. Rest before the safari.
- 4:00 PM3
Evening jeep safari in BRT Tiger Reserve
2 h 15 min hereAn open jeep with a naturalist, included with your stay. Elephants, gaur and deer are common, tigers and leopards are seen only now and then. Phones are not allowed on safaris in Karnataka tiger reserves, so leave yours in the room. Cameras pay a fee.
- 6:30 PM
Your night at the K Gudi camp
Tea, a wildlife film and the buffet dinner are part of the camp evening. A campfire is lit in season. No alcohol is allowed in the camp.
