Turahalli Forest

Time: Oct 11th 2020

Place: Turahalli Forest

Company: Wife & Daughter

Highlights: My daughter wanted to spend her birthday with Nature! I knew about this forest since quite some time and it is just 20 minutes from my place (owing to me being now at outskirts of BLR). But had postponed visiting for some reason or the other, and now it seemed to be the right place to visit - to celebrate her birthday.

However with the Corona Virus pandemic, it was difficult to find entry into this reserved forest. Finally we found Turahalli Mini Forest. This one was protected, guarded and had de-marked trek paths. Although it was right opposite the reserved forest (separated by a highway like road), this one seemed to have less trees. But there were enough view points, benches amidst silent nature and all in all a very peaceful and soothing atmosphere filled with birds and their loving screeches.

We walked straight through first, and then took left on the unpaved trek routes. The trees gave way for shrubs and they made the trek route narrower and narrower. After few more minutes, it started giving away for wide open spaces. So we took one more left, and this led to a panoramic view of BLR south albeit just being a little high up on the land. Spent some nice time reflecting and then walked again where the nature was in full splendour. 

Surprisingly very few visitors made the occasion extra special even though it was Sunday. We seemed to have the park all for ourselves! Almost like we were in the middle of a sparse forest! Spent about 1.5 hours inside the park and once we had had enough, we made our way back to the exit.

Most of what we had seen on the internet regarding Turahalli forest seems to be more on the reserved forest - but this was not too bad either. A perfect place for those who wish to spend time with nature but not wanting to go too far from city.