Chikmagalur is a city in Karnataka which is also known as the Coffee Capital of Karnataka. Apart from being a coffee-lover’s heaven, there are many more reasons why you must ride to Chikmagalur. Here are the top 5:

The well maintained & managed wildlife parks

Chikmagalur district has quite a few Wildlife parks which are well managed with restricted entry points and strict checking of tourists to ensure no plastic, matches and lighters are carried into the protected zones. There is strict monitoring of the time being spent within the parks, thus ensuring that tourists just ride through the parks without really creating a nuisance. The size and beauty of the wildlife parks make you realize just how insignificant man is and just how important it is for us to appreciate and preserve nature. Some of the parks covered on our tours are Kudremukh National Park and Bhadra Tiger Reserve.

The tea & coffee estates

Riding up the winding roads leading to and through Coffee and tea estates have an otherworldly feeling all together. From the low and bright green tea estates to the denser and darker coffee plantations, the landscape can sometimes transport you to a dream world. A world with little to no people, a world where you are surrounded by varying shades of green, a world that appears too remote to feel true. While this dream is interrupted from time to time by the occasional estate bungalow you realize that even this is but a part of that fantastic dream.

The beautiful streams & rivers winding through dense forests

Every winding road pretty much has a winding stream or river charting a similar path below and bikers are often the lucky few who can find a way down to the place where the sound of gurgling water melts into the sound of the wind in the trees. Many people’s most perfect vision will be losing oneself in this wilderness, only to find one’s true meaning and purpose when you spend some time at this beautiful crossroad in nature.

The picturesque winding roads & beautifully laid tarmac

Probably the most mesmerizing part of riding through Chikmagalur is the beautiful winding roads lined with ever changing scenery all around. At one time you will find yourself winding through the most beautiful dense tropical forest and at other times you will lose yourself in the never ending plantations ranging from Tea, Coffee, pepper and teak trees all around. Most of the roads are as scenic if not more than the most beautiful European routes, while the tarmac is as well laid as many MotoGP track. You can just imagine how intoxicating this combination must be! Adding to this is the low density of population leading to pretty empty roads, often making us wonder if there was anyone else around. These beautiful roads are really the “Roads less travelled”.