Re: Tips need for camping in South India

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Re: Tips need for camping in South India

If you're not concerned about your safety & dare taking risks, you're welcome to pitch in your tent at any site like Avalanche or Kotagiri that's cut off from hustle bustle city.

Re: Tips need for camping in South India

What kind of risks? And does one have to get any sort of authorization from the local authorities to do so?

Re: Tips need for camping in South India

Thanks [MENTION=26407]aargee[/MENTION]. By safety you mean safety from wild life or people.

Re: Tips need for camping in South India

Avalanche and surrounding areas, its a hard task to be camping. If you come to the notice of Forest Officials, then you are in trouble for sure. However you can Pitch tents near Toda Tribal areas, with a kind request. We were denied permission to camp anywhere around Avalanche/Emerald. We found a nice place near Manjoor. One village elder told us to use his non cultivating farmland. Also was kind enough to invite us for a wholesome breakfast. Kotagiri, near the view point there is a temple where you can camp. But the major problem camping around Kodanad/Kotagiri is that home of Tamil Nadu CM. I hope you don't want to spent time with Cops, enquiring like you just committed a crime. On the Whole, its the Cops and Forest Department which is something to be concerned of than locals. Locals are very friendly and go out of their way to help.

The forest dept makes you run around till the time you get tired. Once we reached Avalanche, we were told to go to Sandynulla to camp. the next time we went to Sandynulla, we were denied there and told to go somewhere else.

The only thing that needs to be worried around Nilgiris are Elephants and Leopards, If you are going away from prominent places.

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In addition to phanikar's elaboration, in India, if you pitch a tent, you'll be asked 10000 questions by 100s of people starting from your forefather's business to what your sibling will be doing in future!! Pls be prepared to loose a lot of privacy. If you're in isolated location, pls be prepared to face challenges from any anti-social elements in all forms, especially in form of "human"

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Thanks phanikar and aargee for your suggestions I will try out one night and if it doesn't work we will switch to hotels
Do you have any tips on choosing a camp site safe from animals