Ranipuram 27-28 July 2019

Day 1 
Ranipuram was in my wish list long back but could not go last year, this year as usual HATS announced the trek so booked ticket to Kanhangad,  plan was to see Bekal fort too as most of them will reach Kanhangad by 7-9am

Train was late by about 45 minutes had a nice sleep, reached Bekal fort station its about 15 minutes walk to Bekal fort joined the team from Kochi took tickets and strolled over Bekal fort it has numerous forts on all of the corners facing sea, and the famous movie Bombay movie song "uyiraee uyiraee"fort spend some time as the other team has to join us

By bus moved to Kanhangad had lunch from Indian coffee house not up to the standards of ICH then waited for the lone KSRTC bus to Ranipuram there is no direct bus to Ranipuram only 2 KSRTC service one in the morning 7am & 2.45pm otherwise you have to catch bus upto Panathady from there you have to take autorickshaw or jeep it will cost about Rs 25 per person from Panathady there is frequent buses to Kanhangad Panathady to Ranipuram is about 10 Km. Boarded the bus thru the winding steep roads reached Ranipuram by 4.30pm after a small walk reached our dormitory Olive

Olive is in a nice location a stream with nice just behind a small pool, huts and orchards individual rooms & dormitory at the top which can accommodate upto 15-20

Ranipuram is a cozy place not much commercialisation only a handful of resorts KTDC also have http://www.ranipuramresort.in/ on the way to the peak so moved to the only namesake hotel a thatched open eatery had tea with snacks and moved back to Olive on the way back there is man made waterfall result of a stone quarry had a nice water massage from the falls


Camp fire & dinner chicken with wheat porotta, had a great time with another group with music, nice sleep in the sleeping bags it was very cozy with the noise of the thundering stream, woke at about 6am



















Day 2 


Ranipuram peak is open from 8am so started by 8am breakfast puttu & kadala curry took tickets and started our trek, thru the well laid paths, the climate was very foggy with visibility only for about 10-15 mtrs thru the winding not demanding paths reached the resting hut spend some time there and moved to the Ranipuram peak, with fog couldn't see the great views of the Brahmagiri ranges of Karnataka as Ranipuram is nestled in the border. Strava showed 4.5 kms which can be easily done  within 2 hours, we took about 3 hours with breaks in between and photo shoots

At 12pm we started our trek back had a small drizzle reached back at Ranipuram entry point, lunch with Kanji & kappa moved to Olive took some rest, went to stream had a refreshing dip in the rushing stream.

All have booked ticket for the Maveli, my train was Malabar at 7.40 train so we have to reach Kanhangad by 6.30 jeep was arranged upto Panathady from there bus to Kanhangad, back home at 3.40am

A nice memorable trek

Location: Ranipuram Peak, Kerala 671532

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