Few days ago, I received a call from a close friend Safu, who was planning a day trip to visit Mirjan Fort. I was very excited and I couldn't wait more!
I reached the Mangalore Railway Station around 7:40 A.M. and parked my vehicle there. I met Safu and Rakesh at the station.
We had our breakfast and boarded the 8:15 Mangalore-Madgao route train. It was a local train, so there was no sleeper coaches. The train was delayed due to railway crossings. This gave us more time to talk and catch up with each other. We started sharing our travel and adventurous experiences and also began planning for more such trips.
The best part about the train journey was the scenery, amongst the green land with hills and mountains. Also the rivers and streams along the train route. You will also get few tunnels on the way, some with waterfalls inside them.
We reached the Kumta Railway Station around 12:45. We took a auto rickshaw to the town to have lunch. We had an awesome meal then we boarded a taxi to the Mirjan Fort. You can also take a bus however the fort is around 1.5 Km from the bus stop. If you take the auto rickshaw they will drop you till the fort (confirm while you get in).
The rickshaw driver dropped us at the Mirjan Fort. We explored most of the fort area. The view was breath taking, with nice view and greenery everywhere.
You can watch the video of the fort at:
Then we took a rickshaw back to the Kumta Railway Station, then we boarded the 4:00 PM train back to Mangalore. We took Sleeper coach tickets and we reached back to Mangalore around 8:30 P.M. It was an adventure experiences.
You can watch the Travel vLog at:
To know more about the Mirjan Fort, you can visit the Wiki Link (Click Here)!
