Sunday, March 25, 2012

Mukurthi Fishing Hut Trip - Feb 19-20, 2012

After a long time, a real trip into the forests. Mukurthi Fishing Hut is famous in that you can't do any fishing around there :-) Well, it was built by a Britsher named Richard Radcliffe. When you go there, make sure that you take enough candles or electric lanterns and buy groceries from the market at Ooty as there is no electricity, and if you are working tell your supervisor that he/she can't reach you for 2 days because there is no cellphone reception there - what a nice way to live, really!!!

It is maintained by the Nilgiri Wildlife and Environment Association, which incidentally is the first wildlife conservation organisation in India. You either have to take a SUV or rent a jeep from Ooty to reach there as the access road to the hut is not paved. I don't want to describe much about it as you really have to be there to enjoy the place.










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2 comments:

mathiraja said...

Hi Vijay,

Am Raja from Chennai, we planned to mukurthi park next week Aug 12-15. It will helpful to know how you got permission to stay in mukurthi fishing hut. Do we go through NWEA for permissions?

mathiraja.kannagi@gmail.com

7:20 pm
sridhar varma said...

hai i dr sridhar from andhra.i went to mukurthi when i was in college and it was the best trek we ever had.we spotted a nilgiri marten there which was very rare to find.thanks for the wonderful photos /.very nostalgic

8:24 pm

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