Kuduremukha Trek- Useful Details/Accidental Trekker Series

This blog is to give pin-pointed details and tips about Kuduremukha Trek which may be helpful for trekkers.

Two Broad ways of planning the trek

1. Trekking organizations like Thrilophilia, Get Beyond Limits etc. have weekend treks where the pick up Trekkers from Bangalore on Friday Night and drop them back to Bangalore on Sunday Night. 

This could be the easiest and cheapest way to do it as all the logistics are taken care by them. 

Due to the pandemic they also customise it for you on request if you do not want to travel with a big group

2. Trek via a Home Stay at Kuduremukha - 

Reach Kuduremukha by personal transport, The Home Stay will pick you up from Tyre Circle Kuduremukha and further take care of stay, food and the forest permissions needed for the trek and Jeep transport till the basecamp. In this case, the homestay needs to be provided with a scanned copy of ID proof for forest permissions. Homesstays have an union and almost all homestays have similar charges. 

Main Trek : 

1. Basecamp: Home stay / Trekking Organization will arrange for a Jeep transport to the base camp around morning 7AM

2. Breakfast: will be provided at the home stay , and lunch box will be packed. 

3. Plastic: Kuduremukha being a completely plastic free zone, bags will be checked at the basecamp. Hence, do not carry any plastic materials to the trek. 

4. Water: There are plenty of water streams on the way. Hence 1 water bottle half filled would be sufficient 

5.Total Trek:  The trek to the peak is 10kms . So , reaching the peak and getting back would be 20kms in total.

6. Timing: Camping is not allowed , it's expected that the trekkers are back by 5PM, and start back from wherever they are at 1PM . Thus, starting early would be very beneficial

7. Difficulty level: First 4.5 kms is a combination of uphill, water crossing and plain land. Last 5 kms is uphill in zig zag manner.

8. Half way: Half way @4.5 kms is called onTi Maraa. The view is great at this place. Many trekkers rest here for a while and return back aswell.

9. 3/4th way: There is a water stream at 7kms . Some Trekkers decide to return back after this place aswell.

10. Peak : 1894mtrs /6207ft above sea level. Beautiful view and breeze . However due to clouds you may not get good pictures at times. 

11. Rain: Generally mountains are more prone to rain post noon, so it's always better to finish clicking pictures in the first half of the day. Also Raincoat is a must for this trek. 

12. Footwear: Descends are pretty steep. A proper Trekking shoe / shoe with grip would be very useful . Be very careful while getting down .

13. leeches: Carry dettol water to protect legs from leech bites. If it still bites, don't worry much, it's ok . Just take care and make sure there are no leeches on your dress and bag . 

14. Routes: Routes are not marked. Guides will guide the way. Sometimes if you decide on not completing the trek and come down unguided, there could be couple of streams where there are multiple routes and could be misleading. Please wait near the streams and don't take the wrong route if in doubt as the wrong routes will again lead you back to the peak. 

15. Network: Jio network is available in Kuduremukha. All networks are available at the peak. No networks are available during the trek. 

16. Backpack : Carry, water bottle, lunch box, dettol, eatables(in non plastic containers)  , raincoat, emergency tablets, cap, sun screen( if you believe in it) .

Have a nice trek . Hope this was useful.