Trip to Kuntala Falls July 31, 2006
Posted by Rakesh in Life, Personal, Random Ramblings.Tags: Masti, Memories
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I was quiet bored lately with this daily cycle of Home-> Office ->Home, so when Bala asked about going out I agreed instantaneously without even asking about the Place where we were going.
Well it was only on the very day of the trip that I came to know that apart from Bala almost everyone wasnt aware of the destination.
Actually Bala has just brought his car from his home and is very passionate for driving and he wants to explore all the places worth seeing in Andhra Pradesh. It was the second trip that he planned. First he wanted to go to Ramappa Lakes, which somehow got scrapped.. anyway, lets leave that story aside.
It was decided that we are going out for the week end and after several permuations and combinations the final list that was made, included 8 people, Amar, Amit, Arjun, Bala, Francis, Rakesh (Me), Shiva & Viresh.
We had two cars, the Sexy Swift and the Attractive Alto. As both the cars were starting off from different places so the plan was to leave early on saturday morning and meet at Kukkatpalli by 6:30 PM.
I woke up at 5:30 am (after probably a decade 
) so that I can join the Amar and the gang (in Swift). We reached Kukkatpalli on the scheduled time and thats when we realised about the Indian Standard Times. When the four of us were waiting for them at 10Kms away from Hitech city.. some of them were still under the covers [:)]… so to spend the time we a futile search for some place which can offer breakfast at this point of time … and we clicked some snaps.
We left soon after the other car arrived. Let me remind you we were all damn hungry by this time. Bala had brought the ration of Bread, Butter and Jam but no one was interested in making the sandwitches so it was decided that we will stop at very first place whereever there is a chance to get someething to eat.
So we stopped at this roadside eatery and it was this place only that we came to know that we are going to Kuntala Falls, before that I knew that we are going to some place in Adilabad District. See this video if you dont believe me
The next few hours spent in the car only. Though we stopped here and there to took some snaps or at times to have soem tea or some snacks.
at one such place we noticed a small mountain kind of thing (basically a giant heap of rocks) on top of which there were two watch posts. We first decided to take some snaps only but when we went close we thought it could be a nice place for trekking. Everyone liked the idea and soon we were , climbing from one rock to another. Here is a video showing the place, Amar and Amit are doing the commentary.
We moved ahead and the next destination was Sri Ram Sagar Project. A beutiful dam built on the river Godavari.
We sat here for some time ..enjoyed the cool breeze… soaked ourselves with the water of The Southern Ganges… and set off for Kuntala falls.
The kuntala fall is located in a very picturesque location. Throughout the journey we went gasping about the beuaty of this place.
Here is a google video showing the fall and its surroundings.
At kuntala falls…
We snapped some photographs….
Danced in the water
Slided with the waterfall slope
Had near death experience [in some other post]
in short enjoyed a lot.
Now back to hyderabad.
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fundoo post yaar
hi,
i have read your tour plan. it was good can i have your contact number i need some details coz we are also planning to go to that place .
i also work in hitech city.
naveen
nipuna
[...] the personal side as well, I am slowly and steadily getting known as the guy with a blog. Some time back we went for Kuntala falls trip and I made a blog entry about it. Last week one ofmy team mates came smiling to me saying that he has seen my blog while searching for Kuntala Falls in Google. Similary my childhood friends found my blog while searching for my name and Palojori. Once Bhaiya called me to let me know that he had forgotten the link of my blog but he too was able to locate it by googling for “panchagani trip photo”. [...]
near death experience [in some other post]
is this post up?
YES!!! true..u are the guy wid the blog, coz the amazing illustrations would carry anyone to that place. i recalled there is a great waterfall somewhere, as someone had mentioned, other than the one near nagarjuna sagar which i ve seen, i came across your posting.
Need your help in 1) are there hotels to choose from. 2) usual budget of the hotels 3) do i need to book or can i take the risk to going there and seeing
take care, hope you enjoy many such journeys and we enjoys such great pics.
[...] Rakesh had informed us about the scarcity of food near the Kuntala Falls, and hence we bought fruits before turning off the highway (NH-7: the Nagpur route). Actually after leaving Nirmal (the closest town to the falls, 40 kms away), we hardly met any civilization till a kilometer to the turn. 15 kms more, and we could hear the sound of the fall. And then the rain decides to drop in. For a few minutes our march to the fall was stalled, but not for long. After descending more then 1000 steps, the beautiful Kuntala Falls greeted us. The greenery around refused to let us have a peek at the falls while descending, and only when we were at the foot of the falls, were we able to see the falls. Unluckily four JNTU students had drowned in the falls few days back, and hence there was tight security. We were not even allowed to touch the water, although after seeing the force of the waterfall bulls would have been needed to pull me to the waterfall. Due to the incessant rains, the water was very muddy and so the steady water was also not inviting enough. Anyways just getting close to the water is an arduous task – proper hiking was needed just to get near the water. By the time we started the climb up to the place where the car was parked, we were exhausted, and famished, and parched – all water and food had been consumed long back, and a mere 1000+ stairs removed the replenishments. Somehow made it to the top, and went straight for water. The water has never tasted sweeter. [...]
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Do we have any cottages over there to stay and do we get for boozing there are else should we carry the drinks with us yaar
hey bro… this post is a great help for us… as we were planning to get outta da city… hummm…. probably we get more company from our other collegues who may join us for august 1st week sojourn to Kuntala Falls…
Thanks-A-Lot
hey thanx for d info..nice post..can u please temme d distance n time to the water falls from hyderabad?