Cradle Lake
Hosur, Krishnagiri
Overview
A short, flat trail through reserve forest to a clean jungle lake - easy navigation, almost no crowd, and reasonable for a swim if you're cautious.
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🌦️ Season
Any season should be fine.
🎟️ Permit
Officially this is inside a reserve forest, so entry is prohibited. But practically no one would prevent you from going here. I have not come across any problems with accessing the place.
🐾 Wildlife
Could be active wildlife here. Especially bears and leopards. You don't need to worry when there's daylight. But only venture out here in the dark in a group no smaller than 3-4 people.
🌊 Water body
- The lake is pretty clean in my opinion. Kinda muddy, but no pollutants coming in. Mostly rain water trickling in from the surrounding jungle.
- But please be cautious if getting in to swim. There are rocks in the lake that you might hit. There's also a well in the middle, whose walls might not be visible when the water level is high. And the depth of lake can be more than 15 feet depending on the season.
Trail description
The trail to the lake is nice and wide. Doesn't need much trail finding. Very straightforward.
Cleanliness
Pretty clean. Maybe some trash from local villagers and herders.
Crowd
Almost no one apart from the locals know or visit this place.
