4 days, 3 nights
Coorg and Bylakuppe
Coffee country, and a Tibetan monastery close by.
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Kodagu grows its coffee on estates shaded by tall trees, with pepper vines climbing them.
Close by at Bylakuppe are Tibetan settlements and the great Namdroling monastery, home to thousands of monks and nuns. The two are half a morning apart and could hardly be more different.
- How long
- 4 days, 3 nights
- Where
- Karnataka
- Kind of journey
- A short escape
The route
6 stops
- Madikeri
- Coffee estates
- Talakaveri
- Abbey Falls
- Bylakuppe
- Namdroling
Highlights
Along the way
- 01A working coffee estate, at whatever stage of the year you arrive
- 02Pepper growing up the shade trees
- 03Talakaveri, the source of the Kaveri
- 04Namdroling at Bylakuppe, at prayer time
- 05Kodava food, unlike anything else in the south
- 06Nights on an estate rather than in town
Day by day
The plan
- Day 1Arrive in Kodagu and drive up to Madikeri. Settle in on the estate, with a walk through the coffee before dark.
- Day 2The estate in detail: picking, drying or grading, depending on the month. Abbey Falls, and Raja's Seat in the evening.
- Day 3East to Bylakuppe for Namdroling and the settlements around it, returning through Kushalnagar.
- Day 4Talakaveri in the morning if the weather allows, then down out of the hills.
Tell us about your journey
Since 1997
Our team has been in tourism since 1997. Scenic Escapes India Private Limited is a private company registered in Kerala and based in Karunagappally, Kollam. Its registration details are published for anyone to check.
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