| How to get to Cloud Valley, Coorg |
Contact us Hem Madappa: mobile number - 98450 01463. Residence - 08272 235441. Uday Muthanna : mobile number - 93413 05423. Residence: 08272 235126. The number of the Cloud Valley guesthouse, though it is not manned at all times is: 08272 235520. Most travellers to Coorg break their journey at Bylekuppe just before Hunsur, where one of the largest Tibetan settlements in South India exists. A sprawling Buddhist temple and monastery keeps them engrossed with beautiful architecture and paintings. You can shop for handicrafts and carpets here. The route from Bangalore to Mercara (or Madikeri) PLEASE PRINT THIS OUT FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE If you’re driving up, to make it as easy as possible to get there, here goes: Mysore is 140 km from Bangalore, and Mercara (or Madikeri) is 120 km from Mysore. You can reduce driving time by at least an hour, if you turn off into the short cut immediately after the bridge at Srirangapatna. Otherwise you will need to drive through Mysore city and have to find the Madikeri Road. Before Hunsur on the road to Mercara (or Madikeri) you will come to a fork in the road with signboards. Take the road leading to Kushalnagar and Madikeri. It usually takes 5 hours to Mercara by car. This bit of picturesque drive is 24 km. If driving from Bangalore, when you reach Mercara town limits simply continue down the road till you reach General Thimmaiah Circle. There is a pedestal there with a black stone statue of the General Thimmaiah on top of it. You will see a petrol bunk behind the statue and to your left. Now look further to your left and you will see a road descending down past another petrol bunk. This is the road to Cloud Valley. This road is called the Bhagamandala road (it is also the road that leads to Mangalore). Go down this road for about 3 km and at Thalathmane you will come to a steep left hairpin bend. Take this bend to the left and you are on the way to Cherambane. The same road also leads to Talacauvery. Mercara to Cherambane is a 35 minute drive. The names of the villages you will cross on the way are Appangla, Bettageri, Kargunda and then Cherambane. The little village after Kargunda is Cherambane, don’t wait to see a signboard. From Cherambane to Cloud Valley As you enter Cherambane you will see a red post box and the signboard of the post office, on your right. Drive down this road and you will (in about a minute) come to a fork in the road, take the road to the left at the fork. A total of 2.5 km from the turn off at Cherambane, you will come upon the Cloud Valley gate on your right. A little shed with a tiled roof is just inside the gate. This is the entrance to Cloud Valley, feel free to open the gate and drive in. Please call us when you reach Mercara. Please do call Uday Muthanna or Hem Madappa from Mercara to tell him you're reaching soon. (It’s a 40 minute drive, in all, from Mercara.) Mobile phone connections work sporadically in the mountains and Mercara is the best place to let him know you're reaching soon. This is especially important if you reach much earlier or much later than you are expected. The numbers are above. If coming by bus: Mercara is 6 to 6 1/2 hours from Bangalore. 3 hours from Mysore and ditto for Mangalore. When you reach Mercara you can hire a jeep or car to bring you to Cloud Valley. The cost is Rs. 450. A Cloud Valley approved transport operator in Mercara, can pick you up at the bus stand, with a jeep, or car. Just let us know when you want to be picked up. You could of course take a local bus to Cherambane from Mercara, provided you reach Mercara at an hour when buses are available. From 6 am to 7 pm. And from nearby Cherambane you could walk the 2.5 km to get here. You could of course get a jeep to bring you here, the cost would be below Rs. 80. |