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BEYOND BENGALURU​

While planning travels, we often tend to miss the worthy next-door options: closer to home and around our city. There are beautiful places with many stories woven around them; at Unhurried, we aim to make this discovery a delightful experience. Scroll down or Email us to know more for beyond Bengaluru.

A Day At Nandi 

Nandi Hills is a popular getaway for Bangaloreans. The hills are good spot for some lovely views, birdwatching or trekking. Our tour is not just the top of the hill, but down below to the ancient & vast Bhoganandi temple, that mesmerizes one with its architecture and stories, and other hidden nuggets in the  the village that surrounds it.

Trek up the Devarayanadurga​

Devarayanadurga is a cluster of  hills located around 70 km from Bangalore. The gradual incline is an easy climb for an amateur or even a beginner. The tour starts with this unhurried trek that provides the hill fort’s stories, spectacular views of the forests below. Coming down the hill, we visit Kaidala and Mallasandra's agricultural farms.​

Melukote -  Fort of the Gods

Melukote or Melkote literally means upper fort. However it transformed from a military history to a centre of philosophy. Today it's a small picturesque town on the hilltop known for its small community of ‘Iyengars’, the vast Krishna temple, spectatcular views and last but not the least, famous for rice based dishes - the  tangy puliogare & the sweet sakkarepongal. A Sanskrit university and a palace ruins complete the picture. 

Srirangapatna & Mysore  - The Southern Bastion

Srirangapatna, a quaint town 100 kms away from Bangalore was once the capital of the powerful Mysore Kingdom. This tour takes you to this capital and later to Mysore, the city of Palaces, silk and handicrafts. An overnight stay at Mysore will also include a visit to the Chamundi hills, an art tour that showcases some Mysore artwork - wooden inlay work and Mysore paintings.

Srirangapatna and Hosaholalu 
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Srirangapatna, 100 km away from Bangalore, was once the capital of the powerful Mysore Kingdom. Today it is a sleepy hamlet that is dotted with some heritage monuments and a fort that still stands around it. In  this trail we explore the stories of this city and then we journey to Hosaholalu, a small town known for its exquisitely carved Hoysala temple.​

By the Sand dunes of Talakad 
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Talakad or Talakadu – was once the flourishing capital of our state. Today it’s a charming laidback town with exquisitely carved temples, the Kaveri river and huge sand deposits. Join us on a day tour of where we time travel across centuries, the river Kaveri which changed the town’s geography, the rural landscape, silk farms and hills which make this offbeat tour very alluring. 

Shiva's cosmic beauty - Nandi and Lepakshi 

The temples of India are the backbones of Indian history, spiritualism and architecture.
Visit two such ancient vast temples - the Bhoganandishwara and Veerabhadra - a few hours out of Bangalore. Elaborate structures in stone, carvings of Indian mythologies, brightly coloured devotees, the occasional clanging of the bell, the tour takes one through a journey of 1000 years.

Hampi and Anegundi - A Vijayanagara Tour

Anyone with an interest for historical ruins,   picturesque rocks & rural life should definitely visit Hampi & Anegundi.

​Our Vijayanagara tour takes one across the journey of the last Hindu empire that defended itself against the Islamic invasion of South India. Walk through the city of Hampi and experience the grandiose that had many travellers in raptures of its riches & prosperity.

Across the river, discover Anegundi - a picture of green fields among rockier terrain and experience the modern rural life while learning more of its link with the Great Indian Epic, the Ramayana.

Shravanabelagola - A Trek Up The Sacred hills​

A day tour from Bangalore takes you to this  quaint little town of Shravanabelagola that is home to the world renowned colossal stone statue of Bahubali or Gomateshwara, a Jain King whose rule predates the Common era.

The tour takes you through the rural countryside to this small town that is sandwiched between two granite hills - Vindhyagiri (the big one with the colossal statue) & Chandragiri (the small one but very interesting)  and is a holy pilgrim site for Jains.

This tour explores the two hills (yes, we trek up the hills), the Jain philosophy, this quaint town, the locals, their culture and of course their cuisine. On the way to the town, we can see sights of a typical South Indian rural countryside. ​

Belur & Halebidu  - A Story Set In Stone​​

The world famous Unesco World Heritage sites - Belur and Halebidu - are best known for their highly intricate carved stone temples.
​The cities were once the capital of the famous Hoysala rulers who ruled much of South India a thousand years ago.

​This tour takes you on a journey through the Hoysala era as you admire the ancient temples stone sculptures, city ruins & tales of yore that are replete with divine and mythological stories.

The Silk Route Trail 
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This day tour is through the areas of Ramanagara and Channapatna, two towns near Bengaluru famous for their cottage Industries.

​This culture tour aims to take a visitor on a Silk trail - from the humble silkworms, their cocoons to the markets & factories - in an effort to show the process and the diverse people behind the silk industry of South India.

It also showcases the very simple & ingenious techniques used for wooden handicrafts of Channapatna.