Sakaleshpura trek

# On Bangalore-Hassan-Mangalore highway (NH48)
# 225km from Bangalore, 35 km West of Hassan, 128km East of Mangalore

# How To Reach: From Bangalore, take any bus to Mangalore. Best option is to board the night train to mangalore,
which reaches Sakleshpur by 4:00-4:30.
From Mysore, take the 12:10 train to sakleshpur-subramanya-mangalore.Which reaches sakleshpur by 4:00-4:30.
There is a couple of minute stop in Donigal,make sure to get down quickly.The trek starts from Donigal.

# Part of 147 km meter gauge rail track from Sakleshpur to Mangalore (Kankanadi).
# Trekker's Territory: stretch from Sakaleshpur to Subramanya (2 days+), through the Western Ghats

# Sakaleshpur (starting near Donigal Station) to Yedakumeri Station (20km) can be trekked in a day.
# Best Season : Oct - Jan

# Stuff to carry: Food, Water and a Torch Light (to traverse the long Tunnels, upto 572m)

# Now there's train service in this route. Mostly goods train, the only passenger trains are Bangolore to Mangalore and vice versa.
Trek starts from Donigal railway station, abt 7 kms down the road from Sakleshpur


# Once on the tracks, after the Highway-bridge over the tracks near Donigal,
There are only 2 access points to the Highway.. one,
4km trek thru' jeep tracks from the Base Camp of the
workers, just before the First Tunnel..
which is at 55th km-mark (the trek starts near 48th km.)
The Next access to highway is a 5km trek down the jungle-slopes behind Yedakumeri Station.
Have to cross a shallow river next to the Ghat-highway, with rocky, slippery riverbed.
Which is a dangerous route, hence get the help from the locals at Yedukumeri station.
From there you could reach subramanya by taking a jeep at the nearby village.
Another route is also around 5-km trek in the jungle to reach another village.Take a jeep from there to reach back to sakaleshpura.
P.S consult the locals at the yedukumari station.