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Chikmagalur to Mullayanagiri
Chikmagalur, Karnataka → Mullayanagiri
25 km · Oct – Mar · Easy
Coffee shade, then grassland, then Karnataka’s highest point. A short climb that opens like a map of the Baba Budangiri. Best at seven, gone by ten.
Viewpoints
Siri coffee belt
The road leaves the town and enters shade.
8 km
1,200 m
Mullayanagiri peak
Walk the last steps. The wind is the view.
25 km
1,930 m
- Road
- Narrow estate-then-hill road, decent surface. Weekend jeeps. The last kilometres are one-lane with passing bays.
Tips
- 01
Be there at 7am
Clouds eat the ranges by late morning.
- 02
Weekdays
Sunday is a car park. The peak is not designed for one.
From the road
1 notes
Field reports from people who have driven this route.
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Divya R.
Jan 2026
Peak at 6:50. Baba Budangiri was a map. Coffee on the way down. Do not try this on a Sunday.
