Plan it yourself
Kudremukha is a long, rolling, fully exposed day on open grassland. Doing it yourself is entirely possible — provided the permit, the bed at Mullodi and the jeep are locked before you leave Bengaluru.
Work down the list. Book anything through us, or do it yourself.
Kudremukh National Park caps daily trekker numbers and the permit is checked at the gate. Slots open on Aranya Vihaara 30 days ahead, and the weekend ones go first. Nothing else you book matters until this is confirmed.
KSRTC runs this route. Take an overnight service — a dawn arrival in Kalasa is the only one that leaves enough daylight to finish the trek the same day. Anything later and you are committing to a second night.
The last leg in. Shared autos and jeeps run from the Kalasa stand through the morning; the local bus is cheaper but leaves on its own schedule. Small fares, cash only — a phone number beats a checkout here.
Mullodi is the last settlement before the trail, and its homestays are the most booked-out thing on this trek. They also tend to run the jeeps and pack your lunch — which is why sorting the bed usually sorts the other two as well.
₹1,500 /person
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The track on from Mullodi is a broken jeep road that gets genuinely bad in the monsoon. Walking it costs you hours you will want later on the ridge.
We do not sell this leg yet. Tell us what you need and we will arrange it by hand.
One day pack, carried the whole way. Everything below earns its weight — and the forest gate checks for plastic before you start.
This is a long day on open grassland with almost no shade and no reliable water source after the early streams. Carry more water than you think. Leeches are relentless through the monsoon months. Start at first light — the forest gate turns back late starters, and it is right to.
Inside the national park, reached down a long flight of stone steps. Best right after the rains.
The horse-face profile that gives the peak its name, seen properly from the road rather than from on top of it.
The temple that famously feeds every visitor. The obvious stop on the drive back out.
Riverside temple town on the Tunga. An easy unwind before the night bus home.
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