Treks near Bengaluru
34 treks near Bengaluru, from Kundana Betta (38 km) to Karighatta Black Hill (140 km). Every place below has its own page with timings, fees, the best season to go and how to get there.
The list includes 33 hills & trekking, 1 offbeat. Distances are road kilometres from Bengaluru.
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Kundana Betta
38 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking · Bengaluru Rural
A small, flat-topped hill in Kundana village, Devanahalli taluk, shaped like a squirrel and about 61 m high. Kempegowda I built a four-round fort here in 1537; the…
Bulge Wall
40 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking
A rock-climbing wall at Yedumadu off the Kanakapura Highway, about 13 m at its highest, with nine easy top-rope routes on bubbly, holed rock. It faces west, so climb…
Hosahalli
40 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking
Savandurga Hill
50 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking · Bengaluru South
One of the largest monolith hills in Asia, about 60 km west of Bengaluru, formed by two hills, Karigudda and Biligudda. The steep bare-rock trail climbs past old fort…
Entry ₹250 per person · hard trek
Senapathi
50 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking · Bengaluru South
Senapathy Betta, a granite slab in the Ramanagara area with over a dozen single-pitch climbing routes, most of them bolted, graded 5.6 to 5.10. The crag is a 5–10…
Shivagange Hill
50 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking · Bengaluru Rural
Shivagange is a mountain peak and Hindu pilgrimage center near Dobbaspet, in Bengaluru Rural district. It is shaped as a shivalinga and a spring flows near locally…
Pond Wall
55 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking · Bengaluru South
A granite rock-climbing area beside the Ramagiri temple in the Ramanagara hills. It lies inside a protected vulture sanctuary and is listed as closed to climbing…
Channagiri Betta
60 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking · Davanagere
Channagiri has a hill fort which was built around 1770 with a Ranganatha temple inside it, rising to a height of about 200 feet to the west of the town. The fort…
Halu Chilume Ganga
60 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking
A hill trek near Doddaballapur, about 65-75 km from Bengaluru, to the Halu Chilume Ganga temple, known for the bells placed around it. The trail is about 3.5 km one way…
moderate trek
Handi Gundi Betta
60 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking
A short forest hill trek near Ramanagara, about 50 km from Bengaluru, with views of Ramadevara Betta and Uttari Betta from the top. The trail runs through forest with…
easy trek
Nandi Hills
60 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking · Chikkaballapura
A hill station about 60 km from Bengaluru in Chikkaballapur district, best known for sunrise views over the clouds. On top are the Yoga Nandeeshwara temple and Tipu's…
Best season: September to February · Entry ₹20 per person
Skandagiri
60 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking · Chikkaballapura
A rocky hill fort near Chikkaballapura, also called Kalavara Durga, climbed mostly as a pre-dawn trek to watch the sunrise above the clouds. The trail starts behind…
Best season: October to March · Entry ₹250 per person · moderate trek
SRS Hills
60 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking · Bengaluru South
Revanasiddeshwara Betta, a hill about 935 m high at Avverahalli, 15 km from Ramanagara. It has three temples: Renukamba at the base, Bheemeshwari midway and…
Makalidurga
62 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking
A granite hill about 60 km from Bengaluru topped by the ruins of Makalidurga fort. The trail starts at the Muthurayaswamy temple and, from the top, you can see a lake…
Entry ₹250 per person · moderate trek
Devarayanadurga
65 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking · Tumakuru
Devarayanadurga is a hill station in Tumakuru district, known for its rocky hills and forests. It is famous for the Yoganarasimha and Bhoganarasimha temples located at…
Horagina Betta
65 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking · Chikkaballapura
A quieter hill next to Nandi Hills in Chikkaballapur district, roughly as high as Nandi Hill, with a small temple on top. The trail is rocky with little shade and no…
Best season: October to March · moderate trek
Narayangiri
67 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking · Bengaluru South
A rocky hill near Jalamangala village in Ramanagara, about 3,800 ft high, with a small temple to Lord Narayana and the remains of an old fort on top. The climb passes…
Best season: October to March · moderate trek
Anthargange
70 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking · Kolar
A rocky hill range near Kolar, about 80 km from Bengaluru, known for its volcanic rock formations, caves and the Sri Kashi Vishweshwara temple. Treks start and end at…
Best season: October to March · Entry ₹250 per person · hard trek
Bilikal Rangaswamy Betta
70 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking
Bilikal Ranganatha Swamy Betta is a hill near Kanakapura town in Karnataka, located about 70 km south of Bangalore. Atop the hill is a temple dedicated to Lord…
Hulukadi Betta
70 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking · Bengaluru Rural
Hulukadi Betta is a hill located in Doddaballapura taluk of Bengaluru Rural district. It is known for the Veerabhadra Swamy temple situated at its peak.
Hutridurga
70 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking · Tumakuru
Hutridurga is a fortified hill in Tumakuru district, located about 65 km west of Bengaluru. The ruined fort was built by Kempegowda in the 16th century.
Kabbaldurga
70 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking · Bengaluru South
Kabbaldurga is a ruined fort in Bengaluru South district, about 75 km from Bangalore. It is a popular, relatively easy trekking destination known for night trekking and…
easy trek
Kaurava Kunda
70 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking · Chikkaballapura
A twin-peaked hill near Hariharapura village in Chikkaballapur district, about 70 km from Bengaluru, popular for night and sunrise treks. The summit has a temple…
Best season: October to March · moderate trek
Minchukallu Betta
70 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking · Tumakuru
A hill near Masanipalya village in Tumakuru district, about 18 km from Tumkur, with remnants of fort walls and a Hanuman temple at the peak. It is a moderate trek with…
moderate trek
Bananthimari Betta
80 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking
A rocky hill near Kanakapura, also called Karadi Betta, with the Bananthimari Devi temple at its base. The 2.5 km trail is moderately easy but the markings are easy to…
Best season: October to March · moderate trek
Huliyurdurga Fort
80 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking · Tumakuru
A rocky trekking hill in Tumakuru district, about 90 km from Bengaluru. The trail starts near Huliyurdurga village, a few minutes' walk from the town centre; there are…
Free entry
Avalabetta
90 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking · Chikkaballapura
A hill near Peresandra in Chikkaballapur district with the Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple at the top and two viewpoints on either side of it, including a hanging cliff…
Best season: October to February
Gudibande Fort
90 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking · Chikkaballapura
Gudibande is a town in Chikkaballapura district. It features a multi-level fort built by local chieftain Byre Gowda in the 17th century, drawing inspiration from…
Siddara Betta
90 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking
A rocky hill in Tumkur district surrounded by temples and caves, where pilgrims visit the shrine of Lord Siddalingeshwara inside the caves. The official Karnataka…
Entry ₹250 per person · hard trek
Varlakonda
90 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking
A hill next to Varlakonda village on the Hyderabad highway past Chikkaballapur, with old fortifications and a small temple to Lord Rama on top. The trek is about 2 km…
easy trek
Channarayana Durga
100 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking · Tumakuru
A 17th-century hill fort near Madhugiri in Tumakuru district, with bastions, water tanks and small temples inside its walls. It is a moderate climb that becomes…
Best season: September to February · moderate trek
Madhugiri Fort
110 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking · Tumakuru
Asia's second-largest monolithic rock, about 110 km from Bengaluru in Tumkur district, with the ruins of Madhugiri Fort climbing up its face. The upper half is steep,…
Free entry
Kunti Betta
125 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking · Mandya
A rocky hill near Pandavapura in Mandya district, about 125–130 km from Bengaluru, popular for night treks. It is a short but steep climb over slippery rock faces with…
Best season: October to February · moderate trek
Karighatta Black Hill
140 km from Bengaluru
Offbeat · Mandya
A 2,697-foot hill about 5 km east of Srirangapatna on the Lokapavani river, topped by a Venkataramanaswamy (Srinivasa) temple built in the time of the Mysore kings. The…
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