Best of Kerala : Wayanad

Tripoto
15th Oct 2019
Photo of Best of Kerala : Wayanad by Akshay Bhatt
Day 1

Hyderabad to Mysore

Started from Hyderabad(7pm) to Mysore via train.
Got down to mysore next morning 9am.
Had planed this trip with 3 of my friends.

Spend a day exploring Mysore.
1) Mysore Palace - Must visit palace
2) Brindavan Garden - it's best of its time
3) chamundi Hill - Got to see whole mysore city
4) Mysore place light show at evening 7pm.

In Mysore we rented 2 Vogo bike for 4 of us costed around 400
Our stay was in "The Mansion 1907" this is the best hostel.

Mysore Palace

Photo of Mysore, Karnataka, India by Akshay Bhatt

Mysore Palace at night

Photo of Mysore, Karnataka, India by Akshay Bhatt

Mysore local

Photo of Mysore, Karnataka, India by Akshay Bhatt

Chamundi Hill view

Photo of Mysore, Karnataka, India by Akshay Bhatt
Photo of Mysore, Karnataka, India by Akshay Bhatt
Photo of Mysore, Karnataka, India by Akshay Bhatt
Day 2

Mysore To Wayanad.

Early morning we rented zoom car for 3.5 days to explore wayanad.
Zoom car - Cost 88OOO / km 750 / Days 3.5

It took us around 2.5 hours to reach wayanad.
Lunch - Wilton Restaurant.

Photo of Wayanad, Kerala, India by Akshay Bhatt

Wilton Restaurant

Photo of Wayanad, Kerala, India by Akshay Bhatt

We visited Wayanad wild life sanctuary which was waste of money as we spend almost 1500 for 4pax and we just saw 2 elephant. So I don't recommend anyone to visit.

Photo of Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, Sultan Bathery, Kerala, India by Akshay Bhatt

Had our snack and dinner at zostel wayanad and had some fun there as it was raining the weather was just amazing.
Met couple of Travellers had fun and some good conversation.

Zostel

Photo of Zostel Wayanad, Kottappadi part, Kerala, India by Akshay Bhatt

Zostel

Photo of Zostel Wayanad, Kottappadi part, Kerala, India by Akshay Bhatt

Zostel

Photo of Zostel Wayanad, Kottappadi part, Kerala, India by Akshay Bhatt
Photo of Zostel Wayanad, Kottappadi part, Kerala, India by Akshay Bhatt

Sunrise

Photo of Zostel Wayanad, Kottappadi part, Kerala, India by Akshay Bhatt
Photo of Zostel Wayanad, Kottappadi part, Kerala, India by Akshay Bhatt
Photo of Zostel Wayanad, Kottappadi part, Kerala, India by Akshay Bhatt
Day 3

Visited 900 kandi but unfortunately due to rain we were not able to drive thru.

Next was Kanthanpara Waterfalls, it was good/average if you have time then visit.

Then we planed for Lakkidi view point bur unfortunately again due to rain visibility was zero 

Waterfall

Photo of Wayanad, Kerala, India by Akshay Bhatt

we thought of going to Kozhikode (culicut) as it was just 55km from laddaki view point, so we visited kozikode beach in evening and came back to zostel at night 11pm.

Beach

Photo of Kozhikode, Kerala, India by Akshay Bhatt

Kozikode beach

Photo of Kozhikode, Kerala, India by Akshay Bhatt
Day 4

Wayanad

Early morning at 8 we visited Banasura sagar Dam. We also enjoyed zip lining
It's worth visiting as its the largest dam in Asia.

Banasura sagar

Photo of Banasura Sagar Dam, Padinjarathara, Kerala by Akshay Bhatt

Phantom Rock view

Photo of Banasura Sagar Dam, Padinjarathara, Kerala by Akshay Bhatt

Rock view

Photo of Banasura Sagar Dam, Padinjarathara, Kerala by Akshay Bhatt

Phantom Rock

Photo of Banasura Sagar Dam, Padinjarathara, Kerala by Akshay Bhatt

Then we visited Pokoode lake and did boating. It's very peaceful and quite nice.

Photo of Pookode, Kerala, India by Akshay Bhatt
Photo of Pookode, Kerala, India by Akshay Bhatt
Photo of Pookode, Kerala, India by Akshay Bhatt

Next stop was Phantom Rock and it's amazing, the view is mesmerizing.

Phantom Rock view

Photo of Phantom rock, Kerala, India by Akshay Bhatt
Photo of Phantom rock, Kerala, India by Akshay Bhatt
Photo of Phantom rock, Kerala, India by Akshay Bhatt
Day 5

Waynad to Mysore

Morning we had breakfast at zostel, had clicked some photos.

Drove Car to mysore via Bandipur Tiger reserves.

Bandipur

Photo of Bandipur National Park, Bandipur, Karnataka, India by Akshay Bhatt

Bandipur

Photo of Bandipur National Park, Bandipur, Karnataka, India by Akshay Bhatt

Bandipur

Photo of Bandipur National Park, Bandipur, Karnataka, India by Akshay Bhatt