PEDAL WEEKENDS OF HYDERABAD
(HYDERABAD
TO MEDAK TO POCHARAM RESOURVOIR AND BACK )
Peddaling weekends are series of blogs for adventure
seeking hyderabad gen x who wanna explore the hidden gems of the city to which
we belong to and even might be the case of born and brought up in same city. In
first series, i am gonna write about
north of hyderabad . To distance from hyd to medak is around 80 km and
further 20 km ahead is pocharam hunting ground of erstwhile nawabs.
DEGREE
OF DIFFICULTY
Its a medium level of difficulty according to my views.
Roads are good, terrain is more or less flat with small stretches of up slope
and downslopes in between , terrain from dundigal after air force academy till
narsapur is lush green forest with two small villages in between. Even ahead of
medak till pocharam is also reserve forest. Over all road through out is good
and is both traffic , road and terrain is bike friendly
MUST
VISIT
(1) 14 th
century medak is a must visit, make effort to go till top, all around the year
there is good winds which are experience while sitting on top beside the mosque
(2) Pocharam
bird sanctuary and reservoiur which was old hunting grounds of nawabs is a place
where you can sit for hours
(3) Church of
Medak with its huge entry cathedral structure is a place where regular prayers
are offered.
CONTIGENCIES
AND NEAREST PLACES OF HELP
Unlike other parts of hyderabad this stretch is much less
populated thanx to reserve forest , still there is a villages every 10 Km where
you can get your basic first aid and cycle mechanic shops. Only big towns are
medak and to some extent narsapur depending on your defination of big town.
CLEAN
LOO GUIDE
Though a very difficult discovery on least on this road
only decent washroom are on 4-5 petrol filling stations but have to check out
about their present state depending on your search operation on call of nature
BUDGET
Practically you ask this is a trip which can be done with
a budget of Rs 100 to 200. Good number of public transport is also available
throughout as a need arises. Even if after reaching medak and you run out of
stamina or other reasons you can put your cycle on the state govt bus which runs every hour back
to hyderabad with ticket of just Rs 40. For Snacking and smoking brakes good
amount of tea stalls are available through out. If you want to stay put over
night Haritha hotel in medak fort is a descent option. Entry of bird sanctuary
is around Rs 20.
PEDAL WEEKENDS OF HYDERABAD
HYD-AFA DUNDIGAL-SHIVAMPET-NARSAPUR-AFA DUNDIGAL-HYD
Peddaling weekends are series of blogs for adventure
seeking hyderabad gen x who wanna explore the hidden gems of the city to which
we belong to and even might be the case of born and brought up in same city. In
first series, i am gonna write about
north of hyderabad . To distance from hyd till afa dundigal is around 20
km and further 20 km till shivampet and return via narsapur and back.
DEGREE
OF DIFFICULTY
Its a medium level of difficulty according to my views.
Roads are good, terrain is more or less flat with small stretches of up slope
and downslopes in between , terrain from dundigal after air force academy till
narsapur is lush green forest with small villages in between
ROUTE
From hyderabad head along medak road north of hyd. After
around 20 km you will reach first land mark of air force academy. From next
village ahead from afa dundigal gate i.e . around 5 km ahead of afa dundigal
you wil reach villlage of gummadiadala. From Y fork of gumdidala take rt turn ,
there z around 3 km stretch of unbuilt road, there is again a T junction, take
left head in north direction , after 2 village , you wil hit main narsapur –
tupran road, from here either you can turn left and reach narsapur after 8 km
and return back to hyd by same road. Another option is to turn rt and head
towards tupran and return via nagpur highway via medchal.
MUST
VISIT
(1) Unexplored and not shown on most of maps, Lake
south of narsapur home to lot of migratory birds during winters.
(2) Narsapur
reserve forest and look out birds and
wild as you pedal along the route
(3) Gagillapur
Church with its huge entry cathedral
structure is a place where regular prayers are offered on sundays
CONTIGENCIES
AND NEAREST PLACES OF HELP
Unlike other parts of hyderabad this stretch is much less
populated thanx to reserve forest , still there is a villages every 10 Km where
you can get your basic first aid and cycle mechanic shops. Only big towns are Narsapur
and to some extent shivampet depending on your defination of big town.
CLEAN
LOO GUIDE
Though a very difficult discovery on least on this road
only decent washroom are on 4-5 petrol filling stations but have to check out
about their present state depending on your search operation on call of nature
BUDGET
Practically you ask this is a trip which can be done with
a budget of Rs 100 to 200. Good number of public transport is also available
throughout as a need arises. Even if after reaching narsapur and you run out of
stamina or other reasons you can put your cycle on the state govt bus which runs every hour back
to hyderabad with ticket of just Rs 30. For Snacking and smoking brakes good
amount of tea stalls are available through out..
