Himalayan Tour & Travels

24/02/2024

Our trip to the Sunderbans with my old colleague Rajiv, his wife and our guest Tony and Ketty for UK.

24/02/2024

20/02/2024

20/02/2024

Memories of our Sunderbans trip with our guests Tonny and Ketty from the UK and my old colleague Rajiv and his wife Sarita..

20/02/2024

Our customised trip for two foreign guests to the Sunderbans this month..

20/02/2024

Our Group Tour to North East.

20/02/2024

Our Group Tour to Kaziranga, Shillong, Cherrapunji and Guwahati..
This was the largest group of 50 guests that we took to North East.
The group consisted of old college friends from Cochin, having a Alumni meet in Kolkata and then taking a vacation together.
We were fortunate to get the offer and gave them a beautiful trip to the North East.
Some photos follow..

27/07/2023

The zero music festival is a must visit...

16/07/2023

Our new venture Adventure Tourism..

24/04/2023

Our new group of guests travelling in Bhutan... Today was their day one...

28/03/2023

Images from the beautiful town of Punakha, Bhutan..

27/03/2023

Guests of Himalayan Tour & Travels having a 5 Nights 6 Days guided tour in Bhutan, posted their photo.. You will all love to see them..

17/09/2022

Reached Rambha on the second day evening. View of Chilika Lake..

17/09/2022

Passing Vizag..

15/09/2022

Starting our drive from Bangalore to Kolkata today...

08/02/2022

On the 25th of January I and my wife planned to travel by train with our dog Chance from Bangalore to Kolkata. On the earlier occasions we have always driven by car. However we wanted to experience travelling by train with our dog.
As per rules we bought First AC tickets and submitted an application with the dog's vaccination report and details to the railway authority requesting for a two berth coupe... But on the journey date we found that we were allowed a Cabin.
On reaching the station we realised that if our co-passenger does not agree the we cannot take our dog in. Cancelling our ticket ment we loose the entire 12K. The only option was to see if our co-passenger agreed.
Fortunately we found that they were in the same dilemma and they had travelled from Kolkata to several destination and never had this problem.
We were told that we have to give a joint letter and agree to travel in the same cabin. While both signed a consent letter and got the tickets for the dogs they had to agree to travel together...
After getting I told the cabin, and the initial displeasure of some growls both the guys surrendendered to the fate to traveling together till Kolkata....
On my end I will never take a second chance of depending on the sencebilities of the railway authorities with my dog....

31/12/2020

Wish Everyone a Very Happy New Year 2021!

24/11/2019

Travelled by car from Bangalore to Kolkata by road from 20th to 22nd of this month.
2010 KMs with two night halts in Vijayawada, Andhra & Brahmapur Orissa.
Drove down with my son and our dog Neon..
Adding some views on the way, Gopalpur Beach, Barhampur Orissa and Sri Kalahasti Shiva Temple in Andhra..

19/11/2019

Travelling by road from Bangalore to Kolkata tomorrow!
Will be posting on the on the way..

24/04/2019

My first set of Guests... At the Kodaikanal Cottage..

21/04/2019

My New Cottage in Kodaikanal

01/01/2019

Sravanabelagola is a glorious and popular Jain centre since the 6th century. Established by the Gangas and later on nurtured by Hoysalas, the centre is famous for the standing statue of Bhagavan Bahubali Gommateshwara, is 58.8 feet in height and is the tallest monolithic stone sculpture in the world standing on Vindyagiri or Doddabetta.
This holy Jain pilgrim is a small township situated between the two hills Vindyagiri and Chandragiri, locally known as Doddabetta and Chikkabetta respectively. Shravana refers to the member of Jain community and Belagola means a White pond.
Vindyagiri is about 1020 meters high above sea level and is about 143 meters high from the ground level and one has to climb 641 steps carved out of the hill rock itself leading to the top of the hillock.

01/01/2019

Hoysaleshwara Temple - Halebidu

Dora Samudra or Halebidu was the Capital citiy of Hoysala dynasty. The Hoysaleshwara – Shantakeshwara dwikoota temple at Halebidu is considered another important monuments of the Hoysala period, constructed by Kethamalla a general and chief of public works under king Vishnuvardana built this temple in his honour during 1121AD.

01/01/2019

Belur - Vijaya Narayana Temple

When we talk about the culture, history, sculpture, art and architecture of Karnataka state, Hoysala sculpture, architecture and the temples definitely comes to ones’ mind. The multi sanctum sanctorum temples, stellate designs, the carved plank doorways, lathe-turned pillars and the sclpural carvings are of unique in their grandiose style and beauty.
Hoysalas were great patrons of art, music and architecture. They built number of magnificient temples during their reign of 300 years and their temples and monuments are indeed the best in the world.
The greatest among the Hoysala kings Bittideva later on called as Vishnuvardhana was an efficient rular [1108ad to 1152ad]. In 1116ad he defeated the Cholas and conquered Tallakud. In commemoration of this victory the Vijaya narayana temple at Belur was built. The first important monument of Hoysala architecture.

01/01/2019

Manjarabad Fort

A vist to the Star Shaped fort built by Tipu Sultan in South Karnataka. Just a few KMs away from Sakleshpur taluk centre in Hassan district. The fort is built on a hilltop on the Bangalore-Mangalore National Highway.
The fort is at an elevation of 988 m above sea level. The fort, which stands at 3393 feet and one has to climb 252 stairs to reach the “Giridurga” to reach this star-shaped fort built. Tipu Sultan of Mysore records the construction of the fort starting in AD 1785 and completing in 1792 AD.

31/12/2018

On the 22nd of December I and my wife had a quick trip of South Karnataka by Car.
We started slightly late and after a 5 Hours drive reached Ballupet and stayed in a resort named Nature Nestate right inside a Coffee garden.

23rd Early morning we started for Manjarabad Fort , a star shaped fort 588M above sea level and situated on a hill top. One has to climb 252 steps to reach the top. Tipu Sultan of Mysore built this fort between 1785 to 1792.

Next we visited Belur, an hours drive and 38 KMs away and reached the Vijaya Narayana Temple built by the King Bittideva of Hoysala. The first important monument of Hoysala Architecture.

Our next destination was Halebidu 17 KMs and about 45 minutes drive, a capital city of the Hoysala dynasty. After Halebidu we took a night halt in a place named Kudur as that was the toen where we found a pet friendly hotel.

24th December morning we drive to the Jhari waterfalls which was an hours drive in the hills and then take a Jeep down to the base of the falls. The Jeeps charge Rs.700/- for a group of 6 to 8 people. We made friends with four young guys who joined us in the trip.

On the way back to Bangalore we visited Sravanabelagola about 150 KMs before Bangalore. Place is famous for it's 58.8Meter high stone curved statue of Bhagavan Bahubali Gomateshwara. It is a Jain pilgrim center and the temple is at the top of a hill named Vindyagiri or Doddabatta. One has to climb 641 steps curved out of the rocks to reach the temple top. A clear picture of the statue could not be taken because of the repair work in progress.

Reached Bangalore the third day night at 9.30 pm.

10/11/2018

St. Peter's Church, Kurinji Temple & Kurinji Flower and Kodai Lake

08/11/2018

My trip to Manavanur Lake and Murugan temple in Kodaikanal

25/08/2018

Monsoon in Kodaikanal is a beautiful time, the trees start flowering, the waterfalls are in full flow and the mountain slopes smell of fresh vegetation.
This time I found a new thing and it was hundreds of birds chirping away in the thick foliage of the forests.
My friend tells me that they call these birds Kukripuchi. I told my friend to stop the two wheeler so that I can go close to the foliage and get a view of the birds, but it was in vain. Could not sight even a single bird but recorded their collective song which I am posing here.

29/06/2018

Yes! This is how close to nature Mikey's place is... Get in touch with me for a such a stay