Two and a half months had passed and luck was certainly running out on long rides , though I was doing short rides around Bangalore. After seeing images of few of my friends who had recently rode to Maharastra I wanted to ride to Maharashtra and cover Amboli ghat and Mahabaleshwar , and also had a decent plan in place well , with August 22nd Wednesday being holiday ,it gave me 5 days of road time and had planned 2000 km road trip to Maharashtra . Unfortunately none of my friends could join the road trip and Ravi told he can join if we start Thursday afternoon , so , the dates were fixed , but I had to tweek the route and decided to do Gokak Falls , Godchinmalki Falls , Sathodi Falls and Magod Falls.
We started at 1pm from Parle G factory toll gate
The first breather after lunch at spacious restaurant after Davanagere
Silky smooth roads and gorgeous golden hour catching up , somewhere near Haveri.
Good rains this year has ensured greenery everywhere and the natural hues of green and yellow and orange during the golden hour , somewhere near Haveri.
Day 1 ended with we resting at Cotton County resorts at Hubli. Thanks to dear friend and fellow rider Ashish Dada for getting us a room at this special place.
Day 2 started early with ride to Gokak Falls in Belagum District.
Man and his machine , Ravi riding his Himalayan , somewhere near Savadatti.
On the way we visited the famous Savadatti Yellamma temple as well. But was extremely dissapointed with how the whole Savadatti area was maintained , seems like the concept of Swach Bharath has not reached here at all. It seemed like no house had toilet. There was mass defecation evident everywhere. Was Very disheartening to see that.
The first view of the majestic Gokak Falls.
Another view , good rains had ensured the waterfalls was in its full glory.
A different perspective , Bird and the waterfalls.
The Gokak Falls is a waterfall located on the Ghataprabha River in Belagavi district of Karnataka,The waterfall is six kilometers away from Gokak town.
After a long winding course, the Ghataprabha river takes a leap of 52 metres (171 ft) over the sand-stone cliff amidst a picturesque gorge of the rugged valley.
Me enjoying the glorious sight.
15kms from Gokak Falls , is the beautiful Godchinmalki Falls.
The Godachinmalki Falls is a waterfall located on Markandeya river in Belgaum district, Gokak Taluk, Karnataka. It is 15 kilometers away from Gokak and 40 kilometers from Belgaum. It is located in a deep green valley.
Me and Ravi at Godchinmalki Falls.
Met my good friend Ramesh at Belgaum, it was very sweet of him to host us for lunch at his home. Ramesh was my colleague from Samsung and had started his own venture at Belgaum , work had not allowed us to meet for nearly 3 years and I had not seen his sweet daughter as well. We first went to his office and was so heartening to see the board " Ramesh Naik Managing Director " on the door.
Well done my friend and really proud of you .
On the way to Dandeli from Belgaum , had to stop for a railway crossing and thought to click a few of these.
We stayed in a place called Jungle Nest in Dandeli , very decent place , near to the Safari park , good food and very helpful staff.
The above image was captured on the start of day 3. The plan was to do Sathodi Falls , Magod Falls and hit Davanagere and call of the day.
Beautiful greens everywhere in Dandeli and enroute Yellapura.
Kids going to school , this was taken inside the wildlife sanctuary , I loved the freelife but was unhappy with the facilities these kids get and the danger of waking unattended by elders in a forest.
Ravi's bike had a puncture 25kms before Yellapura , lucky that the puncture happend near a town and we fixed it , but it took more than 2 hours of our time and we were not sure that we could cover both the falls , nevertheless we started once the bike was fixed , had our lunch at Yellapura and hit towards Sathodi Falls
On the way to Sathodi Falls.
Boys having some fun.
Time for some photoshoot as well.
Time for some photoshoot as well.
A monkey and the stunning Sathodi Falls
Another View of the stunning Sathodi Falls.
Sathoddi Falls is formed by several unnamed streams near Kallaramane Ghat, Uttara Kannada District, near Yellapur, Karnataka, and 32 km from Yellapur. It is about 15 metres (49.2 feet) tall. The stream then flows into the backwaters of the Kodasalli Dam, into the Kali River.
The Two tiered Stunning Magod Falls
Magod Falls is a group of waterfalls in Karnataka where the river Bedti falls from a height of nearly 200m in two steps.The falls are located about 17 km from the town of Yellapur
After the Magod Falls we planned to hit Davanagere and rest for the night and hit Bangalore the next morning , however we rode to Chitradurga and rested for the night and hit Bangalore the next day.
There ended our 1400 kms ride . See you on the next ride. Till then be exited and be happy.
Be well
Santhosh
