Trek from Donigal to Yedakumeri trek

                                 
                                              It was a Dusk during wee hours of Saturday. We set out to trek from Donigal which is around 8 Km from Sakleshpur a small town which mesmerises with its beauty. We were 5 people who set out to trek from Donigal to Yedakumeri . Donigal is a small town which in the highway connecting Sakleshpur to Mangalore. Probably you need a help of GPS to spot this station if you are going by a bus , there are some small tea stalls which is near the Railway station adjacent to the highway.

                                             It was 3:30 A.M when we reached Donigal Railway station.so we waited till 5:30 A.M til the dawn welcomed us . we could see other trek teams coming to Donigal Station . we had 2 tents which we carried along with us all the way from Bangalore but never got the opportunity to use it unless in Railway station where we took rest for sometime. Initial stretch of the trek was during dawn and couldn't spot much of the greenery but as sun started welcoming even western ghats started showing its splendid beauty.But the track always gives the impression that it will converge at the far end but our wisdom stops us from accepting this fact.This trek is composed of 16 Bridges and 23 Tunnels each tunnels ranges from 250m to 900m . Knowing this fact we were very excited to explore the nuke and corners of this trek.

Western Ghats with its mesmerising beauty

Mother Nature with its Lush green Colour

Namma WesternGhats

Far View of Western Ghats

                  Fog Adding its attributes to the beauty of western Ghats

After walking for 5km we came across a first tunnel seeing which we were very excited and were equally excited surpass the tunnel

Gururaj Photographing the first Tunnel

                                                   

Sarvesh and Dileep Posing in Front of Tunnel

                                         

                                       

L-R (Sai , Dileep , Sarvesh) 

As we walk passed the tunnel we could see the small opening which lead us to mesmerizing view of Yettinahole rushing with its full momentum. The river reminded me of Ganga flowing in the Uttarakhand.

Breath Taking Yetthinahole Rivere

Yettinahole in its full Momentum 

As we walked pass the Tunnel we came across a Bridge built over a stream . we were stunned to see both the human engineering and breathtaking view of the nature

River Flowing beneath the Bridge

Human Engineering sublimed with Nature 

After walking for around 16 Km we reached a intermediate railway station which was almost abadoned except station masters who reside here.We stayed here for some time and then started towards yedakumeri which was around 6 km from this place and we were almost tired at this time . we stayed in the middle were we could find some shadows and had biscuits and our water bottle were replinished by the streams. We came across around 12 Tunnels and 10 Bridges each one was entirely breathktaking.

Also people need to be extra cautious regarding the train that commutes over the track and its functional . Though the siren of the train is audible at the fare end we will be deceptive for small trolleys which can be very dangerous.

We came across 3 trains through our journey from Donigal to Yedakumeri and station master threathen you of imprisonment as the trekking over this trail is illegal.

We didnt have exit route from Yedakumeri once we reached Yedakumeri , only option was to crosss yetthinahole which was furious flowing during that time. Then fortunately we go to know from station master that 3:30 P.M there is a train from yedakumeri to Sakleshpur.

We waited till that train and got into train and came back to sakleshpur by which our trek also get ended.