Not so successful Trek to Nagalapuram Falls
Well I won't call this a successful trek but nevertheless it was a great experience.
Four of us planned to go for a outing and finally came across this place Nagalapuram which is supposed to be a beautiful place with a lot of water pools and waterfall. Since we already did a Trek to Tada Falls we were quite confident that we could do this trek as well.
We started at 5 AM in the morning from Chennai, picked one of our friends from Thiruvallur and proceeded towards Nagalapuram. We halted for our breakfast at Uthukottai and then proceeded towards Pichatur Dam and from there we went towards Arai Villag where we parked the car.
We immediately asked a few locals and they directed us towards the trek. We came across a check dam and them we walked through lot of bushes towards the hill. After a few minutes we were unsure whether we were on the right track but then we saw one more villager and he told us we were are on the right track. Finally we saw a stream of water. We spent some time there and cross that stream to proceed further.
Here is where we made a mistake. Instead of taking a steep downslide we kept moving up the hill and walked for almost an hour. We realised that the path was not going down at all. There was no one before and after us. So we decided to get back. Then at one point we met two people who were climbing up a steep who said that the pools are on that way. But the one hour climb up and then walking down had taken a toll on the guys. There was a decent stream on the way which was neck deep.
Neverthless the water was clean and refreshing after the trek up the hill. We had our lunch spent some more time at the pool and headed back to Chennai after visiting VedaNarayana Swamy Temple.
We decided that we would come one more time to visit the further water pools ahead and Waterfall.
But anyways, it was a good day outing which included a decent hill trek and a refreshing bath.
Four of us planned to go for a outing and finally came across this place Nagalapuram which is supposed to be a beautiful place with a lot of water pools and waterfall. Since we already did a Trek to Tada Falls we were quite confident that we could do this trek as well.
We started at 5 AM in the morning from Chennai, picked one of our friends from Thiruvallur and proceeded towards Nagalapuram. We halted for our breakfast at Uthukottai and then proceeded towards Pichatur Dam and from there we went towards Arai Villag where we parked the car.
We immediately asked a few locals and they directed us towards the trek. We came across a check dam and them we walked through lot of bushes towards the hill. After a few minutes we were unsure whether we were on the right track but then we saw one more villager and he told us we were are on the right track. Finally we saw a stream of water. We spent some time there and cross that stream to proceed further.
Here is where we made a mistake. Instead of taking a steep downslide we kept moving up the hill and walked for almost an hour. We realised that the path was not going down at all. There was no one before and after us. So we decided to get back. Then at one point we met two people who were climbing up a steep who said that the pools are on that way. But the one hour climb up and then walking down had taken a toll on the guys. There was a decent stream on the way which was neck deep.
Neverthless the water was clean and refreshing after the trek up the hill. We had our lunch spent some more time at the pool and headed back to Chennai after visiting VedaNarayana Swamy Temple.
We decided that we would come one more time to visit the further water pools ahead and Waterfall.
But anyways, it was a good day outing which included a decent hill trek and a refreshing bath.
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