WEEK-END TREK TO ANANTAGIRI HILLS

It was sharp 5 am when this melodious voice hits my eardrum "Ranu get up we have a  plan for trekking Anatagiri hill today" and  very next moment i was on my toes with all my excitement buzzing in my heart.I quickly prepared myself, did basic packing for the trek and with full enthusiasm we started for Anantagiri.Just to share we had no well defined itinerary for this place except great excitement for this hills,which doubles as our car started moving on its wheel from our house.
Yesterday night it rained heavily at Hyderabad so it was wet in the morning and everything was looking very neat and new.Listening melodious songs sung by my all time favourite Sonu Nigam,we were enjoying every moment of our journey.Beautiful weather was making the mood.Route to the destination was very beautiful,our car was passing through dense thick canopy and old giant magnificent trees on both side of lane.We are totally thrilled to see them and hardly could believe it's so close to our doorstep that we could simply come for breathing more air(as we call it :)).We passed through serpentine road with dense plantation of various crops as we took narrower lane off to the main highway.In very early morning panorama with cloudy weather i am really running short of words to explain you the exact beauty of the place.

POND IN PADMANABH SWAMI TEMPLE

We kept our heading and finally after 1.5 hour drive we reached the place called Anantagiri.As i got down at once i uttered "this is super awesome...." i really meant it.I don't remember when last time i had seen such serenity.We all three were completely moved to see the beauty of the place.Right in front there was a Temple for Lord Padmanath swami so we did darshan.

MY BREAKFAST AT ANANTAGIRI

As it was very early in the morning only people visible are Chai shop so we too took the sip of tea which tasted best ever in that mild winter.Seeing their hospitality and happiness we decided to top up our self and prepare for the trek.

ENTRANCE TO JUNGLE-ILLUMINATED WITH FIRST LIGHT OF THE DAY

Right outside the temple one boy was standing when we came out after darshan and asked us Rs 15 for parking our car.I thought there was nobody in or outside the temple when we came so how this fellow appeared from where?First I asked him about jungle he warned us "Please do not go very inside,the forest is dense" and i threw his warning out of my mind saying "please come to rescue us if we don't come out in 6 hours and we will pay you our parking charge then only " and with the sound of our laughter we were inside the jungle.

SPOTTED SPIDER ENJOYING IT'S BREAKFAST

It wasn't a steep climb or rather we took a straight trail.First we explored the jungle to the extend we can.Best things were the chirping of birds,sometimes it's raining a bit,air was so pure and smelling the mild soil.Well just to share as i have trekked in several jungles before i want to mention the difference of this place.There was no tourist activity at all,no well defined path and no sign boards for guiding trails making it a wonder for us.So simply we kept following our instincts and going deep into jungle.



ENTRANCE TO THE JUNGLE RIGHT BENEATH PADMANATH SWAMI TEMPLE

We followed the basic trail and did elementary exploration about the terrain.Forest was very calm and quite except chirping of birds and sound of leaves falling off trees with sweeping wind..

FOUND NILGIRI PLANTATION IN DEEP WITHING JUNGLE

We kept walking within and spotted this Nilgiri plantation inside where traces of earlier camping group remained.

TRAILS

As i have already mentioned it had rained previous night and weather was in the mood that anytime it will shower again,trails were wet and slippery but thanks to our quality sole shoe kept us
going without fear of falling down.

 

FOUND THIS AMAZING MEADOW IN DEEP INSIDE THE FOREST

NILGIRI PLANTATION



VIEW FROM THE HILL TOP

After exploring the basic we decided to climb.It was steep but equally interesting,we were going up and up,making our own path and finally reached on top then started enjoying the scenery,jungle was looking beautiful,we could see tall eucalyptus trees,meadows and other neighbouring jungles clearly from there.



GREEN CARPET TO EASE OUR TIREDNESS OF TREKKING

We completed most of trails then we decided to take bigger risk.We got off trail and tried to search some treasure and luckily we found one and it was a eureka moment for us.We were wonder struck,lost in the feeling of awe and my partner said "it's hard to believe that such a beautiful place exist so close to our place and we are standing right here to see them".Believe me it was just AMAZING.Captivating beauty of nature so untouched,no movement of any life ware and just mesmerising landscape so original to take our heart away.

CHANGING WEATHER

SURPRISE TO SEE BEAUTIFUL FLOWER ON GRASS



MEADOW

We were in no hurry and full mood to enjoy the beauty of mother nature,weather kept changing from rain to shine and back again and every colour of it was adding on to our wonder.All our tiredness of trekking have gone already and greenery was so pleasing that we were running,dancing,jumping and sleeping all on the lap of mother nature.
 

ENJOYING THE WALK



ME CAPTIVATED IN THE BEAUTY OF THE PLACE 

After spending quality long hours we were back on to trail and got our way out,again that parking guy standing welcoming us (may be because of his Rs 15 )and i enquired about any more spots in nearby area,so we headed for Kotpalli project.The road was beautiful ghat road,totally different than others we have followed,so again lost in beautiful scenery with melodious songs.




DRIVE BACK TO HOME

Again the toughest time of the trip to say good bye and head back to home.After spending such a beautiful day out here i prepared my mind now that sweet home is calling and with beautiful memories we started our drive back to the most serene place in earth called home.