NALLAMALA EXPEDITION Don’t be a tourist, be a traveller….

2nd FC for Group 1 Officers

GROUP B

22 MEMBERS

DAY 1:

Mannanur halt

Srisailam Darshan

Akka Mahadevi Caves visit

Octopus View point

DAY 2:

Saleshwaram trek

Farahabad Viewpoint

Snake show - Mannanur

ITINERARY

Gateway to Srisailam and Nallamalas

Briefing by forest officials AMRABAD TIGER RESERVE

MANNANUR HALT

BRIEFING BY FOREST

DEPARTMENT

Shrine in Nallamala mountain ranges

Jyotirlinga as well as shaktipeetha

A dam and reservoir place on river krishna

Tourism developed – Ropeway and Boating

SRISAILAM TEMPLE DARSHAN

SANCTUM SANCTORUM

Lingayat sect, ascetic and philosopher, prominent poet

150-250m deep caves

Prominent Rock Arch

Limestone formations

ABODE OF SIDDHAS

AKKA MAHADEVI CAVES

THE MAJESTIC CAVERN

SCENIC VIEW OF BACKWATERS OF KRISHNA, WHICH RESEMBLES TENTACLES OF OCTOPUS

ECO TOURISM RESERVE

BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAINS AROUND RIVER WITH GRASS AND TREES ON SLOPES

OCTOPUS VIEWPOINT

THERE’S JUST SOMETHING

ABOUT CAMPFIRE…..

¶ In a canyon like formation within Nallamala Hills/Amrabad tiger reserve.

¶ 3-4 kms of trek from basepoint. ¶ Jatara held every year in chaitya

masa.

SALESHWARAM TREK

TIRED BATTALION

THE SWAYAMBHU LINGA

UNIQUE GEOLOGICAL FEATURES

DEEP IN THE VALLEY

CASCADING WATERFALLS

WITH THE GREEN ARMY

THE NATIVE CHENCHU KIDS

FAUNA OF THE FOREST SEEN BY THE TEAM

FLORA OF THE CANOPY FELT BY THE TEAM

LUSH GREEN FLORA

FARAHABAD VIEW POINT

Knowledge Session about snakes and their characteristics

Live demonstration

Apprehensions were cleared about the venomous snakes

SERPENT’S SHOW

NO FEAR, ONLY CONCERN

◊ It’s not the mountaIn that we conquer but ourselves – Edmund Hillary

◊ There are no shortcuts to any place worth going

◊ In every walk with nature, one receives more than he seeks

◊ The best view comes after the hardest climb

TAKEAWAY

RISK

SELF DISCOVERY

NOT AN EASY TERRAIN

DEGREE OF UNCERTAININTY

BETTER HEALTH, IMPROVED SELF ESTEEM AND INCREASED CONFIDENCE

TEACH PEOPLE – SELF RELIANCE, TEAM WORK AND to come OUT of COMFORT ZONE

CHALLENGES FACED

Bharat Pallavi Brinda

Shankar Vimala Ramesh Rajesh

Ramu Umesh Kumar

Arundhati

Vanaja Aruna

Rajeshwari Saritha

Jagadish Venkatesh

Vishnu Susheel

Venkateshwar Santosh Naveen

THE SPORTIVE TEAM