Kokkare Bellur bird sanctuary

When we were searching about offbeat places near Bangalore, quiet offbeat place is what we found.

Google said it’s a bird sanctuary and we were super excited after reading about the sightings of migratory birds starting from November. We decided to visit this place in December end.

If you are travelling from Bangalore its 110 kms away from the city and you have to take the Bangalore -Mysore highway. We started early morning in order to reach the sanctuary by 9 am. The roads are pretty wide and well maintained.
 Only while leaving the city we experienced heavy traffic , otherwise it’s a very comfortable drive.

Kokkare belur bird sanctuary is situated in the town of Chennapatna ( city of Indian toys). It’s a densely populated village and as soon as we reached this place we found out that there is no specific area as bird sanctuary, its the whole village which is considered as a bird watching area.Basically you can roam around and if you are lucky you can spot pelicans and cranes in large numbers.

A villager told us that this year the birds haven’t visited yet and we were disappointed. So we decided to have a village tour and visit a nearby lake . there we spotted some birds.

Also during thie trip we found out a very beautiful place which exactly looks like the dear zindagi palm tree place in goa. We were really happy to have explored a village like this. Chennapatna is beautiful and unexplored.

Peaople like us who stay in crowded and polluted cities definitely find it peaceful in a lush green , densely populated village.

What we loved about this place are the roads , its very smooth to have long drive and super clean.

A village tour with fresh air , lush greenery all around, birds singing and beautiful roads to drive is what this bird sanctuary will offer.