Distance - 60 Kms from Bangalore.
Travel period - 1 Day
Time to reach - 2 hours
Type - Hill
Best time to visit - Throughout the year
Travel type - Car/Bus/Bike/Taxi. Car is preferred

View from top of the hill

* The entry and exit time is 6AM - 6PM.
* Nandi hills is suitable for a day outing from Bangalore city
* Its situated in Chikkaballapur district and about 10 Kms from Chikkaballapur town.
* Its located at the height of 1455 metres above the sea level. 
* The hill is called as Nandi hills because it resembles the shape of sleeping Nandi(Bull)
* There is one more reason for the hill being called as Nandi hills because there is an ancient Nandi temple situated on the hill

Way to Tipu Drop

* The place is also called as Nandidurga Fort because of the fort built by Tipu Sultan.
* The place is very beautiful to visit throughout the year.
* One of the main attraction is Tippu drop - This is the place from where Tippu used to made the prisioners fall.

View from Tipu Drop

* We can see the old temples Sri Bhoga Narasimha, Sri Ugra Narasimha, Gavi Veerbhadra Swamy and Sri Yoga Narasimha.
* There is a childrens play area surrounded a beautiful and calm park
* Apart from that there is a guest house used where Jawaharlal Nehru used to stay which is called as Nehru Nilaya. 

Guest House

* We can come across several view points on top of the hill and also on the way.

On Top of the Hill

View Point

Tree House

 

How to travel
    * This place is one the best places for bike rides. Most of the bikers visit this place and enjoy the beauty of the hill.
    * Even bus facilities are available to reach this place. The buses leave from Majestic, Chikkaballapur etc.
    * We can even travel in our cars as well.
    * As per my advice going in a car is much better, if we travel in our bus/bikes we have to park it near the entrance and walk for few mins to reach the place.
    * We can even book a taxi and visit the place
    * The road is a two way road, We have to go and return on the same road.
    * We have to travel towards Hebbal from the city center-> Towards Airport road -> Cross Airport flyover and travel for about 7 Kms-> We can see a sign board stating Nandi Hills -> Take a left turn and travel for some distance and we reach near a junction -> Take a right turn which leads to the hill.
    * Its better to leave the place before it gets dark.


Things to eat
    * We see few stalls/shops which sell eatables on top the hill which fills our tummy, however its better if we get some food along with us.
    * We have to be careful with eatables as monkeys will be roaming around and they can come behind us for food.
    * Also do not leave the windows of the cars open as monkeys can enter the car.



Can we stay on the hill?
    * Yes, we also have facilities to stay on top of the hill.