Aronda To Sulthan-Battery

A Perfect Getaway

Post by Rajiv

WAYANAD WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, MUTHANGA RANGE. DO NOT GET OUT OF THE JEEP IN THE JUNGLE. Do hire a guide. You will not even notice animals without his awesome sense of sight and experience. THE CHEMBRA PEAK. Do not take drizzles lightly! No one from our helpful staff at Pepper Grove, The Base office at Chembra and our guide (who could not speak a word in hindi/english :-)) warned or stopped us from going to the peak despite of the continuous light showers. Trusting their experience, we started the trek but the rains started pouring so heavily that we could not reach the top and had to turn back and descent to the camp after the guide received a warning of Wild elephants and heavy rainfall which could trigger soil slides - from base office. We were trapped midway and had to sit resting against a rock for shelter, for more than an hour drenched in stormy downpour, afraid of wild elephants, soil slipping from below our feet!!! If weather is good, Do Not Miss this one. !

Waynad

Post by Ashish | Pune | Dec 31, 2012

Sultan battery is easily accessible by road from Calicut and Mysore. Calicut and Mysore are well connected with the country by road, air and train. Ooty is just 90 km away from Sultan Battery.