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A weekend trip with friends to the Balur Estate, about 25
Kms from Mudigere on the Kalasa road took us to the Coffee Luxuriance around
Western Ghats of Karnataka. Surrounded
by quiet picturesque wooded trees and the silhouettes of
mountain tops to the western sun, a little windy road takes you up on the Ghat
section. The silence is further enhanced
as except BSNL telephone, nothing works!
No TV, but served with excellent food from time to time and unlimited
coffee!
The staffs were kind and helpful. The lady cook was too good. In the evening we
had a Bon fire light and sometime went star gazing.
Balur Estate Link: http://linger-at-balur.in/
Had a quick tour of the Coffee estate and some 400 acres are
maintained well. One could see how the
coffee taken from the plants were brought the dried beans stage ready for the
auction.
Returned on Sunday evening, back to the hustle bustle of the
city !
Bangalore – Hassan – Belur – Mudigere – Pattaduru – Balur =
290 Kms
Left: Saturday, 6.00 AM Shoppers Stop Bannerghatta Road
Arrived: 12 noon with
one stop
My Avenger 40 Kms / litre
Getting There:
Nelamangala > Hassan > Belur
At Belur, turn left towards the Belur Temple/Mudigere towards
Mudigere Handpost
(2 kms)
At the Handpost, at the circle, you need to take a left
towards Kottegehara. ( 9 Kms)
*Make a call to Balur Estate
At Kottegehara take the road going towards Kalasa,
At Balur Village, take the left "U" hairpin - still
towards Kalasa/Kudremukh about 2 Kms
There's a small fork going left towards a gate and a bungalow
(behind trees) - this is Balur Estate.
