Yelagiri Hills Trek

One of my favourite getaways from Chennai is Yelagiri hills (details in my earlier post). This time I went there with my family and my c0-brother’s family for the Xmas holidays. Staying in Yelagiri is a very relaxing experience and I love it. This time 3 of us (myself, co-brother and his son) decided to do the 4KM trekking into Yelagiri forests. We went and came back on our own, but not sure whether we went in the correct trekking track.

Venkatarangan — Yelagiri Trek

ஏலகிரிமலை காடுகளின் ஊடே நடைப்பாதை

Trek path in Yelagiri

Trek path in Yelagiri

Venkatarangan posing in the Trek path in Yelagiri

Natural pond in the trek path in yelagiri

We ventured up to an old pond (360-degree view done with Windows Live Picture Gallery below) in thick of the forest and a little beyond it and when the tracks ended we turned back :-)

Yelagiri trek, 360 Degree taken in December 2009

The experience was wonderful and relaxing. The trek route was peaceful, clean and green, absolute silence almost all the way in the forest — you can hear only the occasional bird chirps (see the video below), that’s all. It took us less than 2:30 Hours to complete the trek & return. Next time, probably I will take a “Guide” so that we can venture more into the forest.

Originally published at Venkatarangan Thirumalai blog.