It was a Rollercoaster ride and taking it through the boat wash.
This was my first 2021 trip. Dandeli is a town in North Karnataka, India, known for river rafting and other adventure activities. The river "Kali" is where rafting happens. This trip was with my Engg friends, a group of 6 people.
* How to reach Dandeli? - We hired a taxi and started from Bangalore which was a overnight journey. We reached our stay around 9 AM. We got freshen up, ready to start our rafting and other water sports.
We had pre booked our whole day activity which came along the stay accomadation package. It was my first rafting experience and absolutely loved it. We had given a big boat with one trainer. He got our body warmed up for rafting. While starting i was siting in the middle, with just not doing anything but chilling the river beauty.
See how the setup looked like,
I was in front, getting a nice shower myself! HAHA...
After the rafting, we were just lying in the water like a fish in the sea. I realy did not want my ass off the water. It was so so good to be in the semi chilled water, also because i am a water baby!
After playing enough in water, we came back to the starting point. While coming back, our trainer said, if at all someone still wants to play in water, may just jump into the water and enjoy a lil more! I was like, are you serious? Then, he said yes, even if you do not know swimming, its safe and that's why the "LIFE JACKET".
That moment i felt, the water looks so good and not that deep, just jump! I literally jumped and for that moment, i was like, wow, i can swim, i can dance in the water, YAY! I also did encourage my friends to do the same. After 5 mins looking at me not sinking, i made sure they are in water with me! We also did some Natural Jacuzzi Bath which is like a water slide sport.
*Things to do in Dandeli:
Water sports - Kayaking, White water rafting, natural Jacuzzi bathing, Water Zorbing, River Crossing etc.
Off water - Canyoning, Trekking, Nature walk, Jeep Safari etc.
* What to wear for Water Sports? Swimwear is recommended. Wear comfortable clothing. Avoid loose clothing.
I also tried kayaking - A single ride. That floating moment in the water is just magical.
It was quite tiring since it was a water activity the whole day, we came back to our stay. By the way, we stayed in a camp.
By the time we reached our stay, it slightly got a lil bit of cold weather and we had a nice bon fire in the night. I had stayed in the camp, when i went Himalayas trekking in 2020, so kind of having a different setup this time.
There we few other event like Rain dance, DJ etc. We just had chit chats, dinner and sleep!
The next day morning, took a small nature walk, did some circus, swingy swingy for some time. It was a "me" time!
Our beautiful, "Crocodile Hulk" stay.
We started our 2nd day journey with super tasty north karnataka dish, Akki rotti!
We visited, Supa Dam reservoir, Hanging bridge, Yellapur and Sathodi falls.
We were done with our 2 days of exploring and came back to Bangalore, having a yummy highway Dhaba dinner.
Go take the opportunity to navigate the turbulent rapids of the Kali river with world-class white water sporting activities.
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