Winter Trekking Camp for Children

Indiahikes Southern Campus is located near Channarayana Durga. It is a small village near Madhugiri and Tumkur, about 100 kms from Bangalore/Bengaluru, Karnataka. The village is situated at the base of the hill that houses Channarayana Durga fort. It is usually frequented by trekkers on weekends due to its close proximity to Bangalore. The fort has a 500+ years interesting history which adds to its charm. 

Do refer to our previous sections on how best to reach the location.

Children, along with our staff members, will be camping in tents at our Indiahikes Southern Campus during the program. Children will be divided based on their gender and given tents. So boys and girls will stay in separate tents.

There are fixed dry toilets in the campus area. It will have a pit where you do the business and cover it with sawdust. This is the best way to manage human waste and helps in composting faster.

Along with this, there is a designated space for the kitchen, briefing, and storing of our equipment.

We serve simple, nutritious vegetarian food at our winter camps. You can expect roti, subzi, dal and rice at every meal, along with some surprise desserts! Since the group comprises mostly of children, the food will be on the less spicy side. 

All our meals are prepared freshly at every campsite by our kitchen team members. We go to great lengths to ensure that the food is healthy, sustainable and fresh. So avoid sending food with your children. As for packaged snacks, they are banned on our treks. 

We do have options of Jain food / vegan food upon request.

This year, we will be taking in children between the age group of 10 to 16 year olds. If your children are on the borderline of any of these age groups, please get in touch with us.

We will arrange pickup from two locations. You can select the pickup either from our Indiahikes head office at Sahakarnagar at 7 am or Gorguntepalya, People Tree Hospital at 7.30 am.

There is intermittent network connectivity at a few spots throughout the campus and the trek from all major mobile operators - Jio, Airtel, BSNL, Vodafone.

It is an easy to moderate trek. These sections are anticipated to be of moderate difficulty:

• Initial steep section from the base of the hill, for about 20 to 30 mins
• Steps section 10 mins before the summit, for about 10 mins

Since the majority of the trek is on boulders / granite, it becomes quite slippery during and immediately after rain. It is advised not to trek the hill during such treacherous conditions.

It is an easy trek. These sections are anticipated to be of moderate difficulty:

• Initial steep section from the base of the hill, for about 20 to 30 mins
• Steps section 10 mins before the summit, for about 10 mins

Since the majority of the trek is on boulders / granite, it becomes quite slippery during and immediately after rain. It is advised not to trek the hill during such treacherous conditions.

At Indiahikes, we strongly believe that children must trek. When they’re young and observant is the best time to expose them to the outdoors. They absorb lessons of resilience, confidence, leadership and also learn to protect the environment.

Preparing your child in terms of fitness for a trek is also important, however old they are.

For this trek, get them on a fitness schedule a few weeks before the winter camp. We strongly recommend running as good preparation for the trek. Watch this video to know more on how you can get started. This is what we recommend for children who usually go for treks at high altitude. You can follow a few tips from this video.

Even though you might see 2 treks in the 3 day program, we have children and students being able to do multi day treks - in our Southern Campus or even at our higher altitudes in the Himalayas.

We have in fact, given a day in between at the campus for children to get a bit of rest.

Added to this, the two treks that we have selected are Easy-moderate. So keeping these things in mind, doing 2 treks over the 3 day winter program will not be difficult for children.