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Gudibande is a city in Chikkaballapur District in the Indian State of Karnataka. “Gudi” means temple and "Bande" means rock in Kannada. So as most of you have guessed it, there is a temple on hilltop, and you can expect the amazing views that is going to unfold in front of you 😊. While you can google on the history and rest of the details about this place, I will take you through my experience of visiting the place with some do’s and don’ts as always.  This is a simple trek with both ascent and descent covering 5 kms. You can reach on top and come down in 1-2 hours or so depending on your pace and the stops you take to click pictures. We had heard a lot about this trek and finally this weekend got an opportunity to visit this place. Thanks to BMC (Bangalore Mountaineering Club) for organizing this.  We all were picked up from our points in Bangalore at around 7 am. We took an intermediate stop for breakfast and started driving along the airport road(Hyderabad Highway). You n

Rayakottai trek – 14th Feb 2021 Things were getting back to normal now that vaccine was in place. Travel industry also started reviving slowly with all travel groups following necessary protocols to ensure hassle-free safe travel. So finally, after a long gap of a year, we decided to venture out on our first trek this year. Thank to my travel buddy who always choses the best place and this time she chose Rayakottai trek which I had never heard of but was super excited to explore. Hence without a second thought, decided to book this trek with BMC (Bangalore Mountaineering Club) which was a day’s trek planned on Saturday.   We were picked up from our designated stops through different parts of Bangalore city at around 7 am. It was hard to get up so early that also on a Saturday morning, but anything for a wonderful trek experience 😊. After a pit stop for breakfast on Hosur Road, we drove straight on Hosur road and upon entering Krishnagiri we took a service road on the left. From here y