We needed to go out somewhere after the Hampi trip was cancelled. The plan to go to Mekedatu was first told to me when I was in office on Thursday evening, but we weren't sure about it. It was confirmed late night on the same day. The plan was to take the car from Kumar house at 8am, come to EGL to pick me up and reach to Kanakapura road via BTM.
I went there previously but not till Mekedatu place, there is this place called Sangama where Arkavati river merges with Kaveri river, that's why it's called Sangama. Tourists vehicles can go only till this place, from there you need to cross the river by coracles (small circular boats), one can accommodate around 6 people. There will be a bus (now 3 buses) on the other side of the river Arkavati, which takes you to Mekedatu place which is 4 kilometers from there. There will be no other transportation except the bus and jeep, so you can imagine the crowd. So when I went there before, we were managed to go only till Sangama, we didn't cross the river, the water was very less though at that time. This time I was eager to go there and go to the other side of the river, and if possible we could trek those 4 kilometers to reach Mekedatu.
I went there previously but not till Mekedatu place, there is this place called Sangama where Arkavati river merges with Kaveri river, that's why it's called Sangama. Tourists vehicles can go only till this place, from there you need to cross the river by coracles (small circular boats), one can accommodate around 6 people. There will be a bus (now 3 buses) on the other side of the river Arkavati, which takes you to Mekedatu place which is 4 kilometers from there. There will be no other transportation except the bus and jeep, so you can imagine the crowd. So when I went there before, we were managed to go only till Sangama, we didn't cross the river, the water was very less though at that time. This time I was eager to go there and go to the other side of the river, and if possible we could trek those 4 kilometers to reach Mekedatu.
