14 May 2018

North Group’s Rishikesh Trip – May 26, 2018

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Like one said Why go on an adventure alone when you could have exponentially more fun surrounded by other like heads enthusiasts? The answer was quite simple and is that to gather all North Jeepers again and have blast. Being the early birds and allure the charm we had to raise the bar this time. So decided to do JEEP’s Way, Adrenaline way.

It was time to decide the location and what else could be better option than to  go  all away to Shivalik Range in Uttarakhand and do River Rafting. With Help of WSL Mohali we were able to gets our hands on one of Itinerary  of best property in business. It was Camp Ganges Riverra situated 40 KM Above Rishikesh and 25 Km from Shivpuri.  Finally Jeepers from Tricity (Chandigarh) and Delhi (NCR) ready to had the time of their life. From Bachelors  to Newly Married, From Families to People Enjoying solo time from their spouse gathered . After Having Great 250+ K m Drive in JC’s people were ready to Start Day 1 with breakfast followed by Meet n Greet Session with Fellow Jeepers At Waterfall near the Camp Itself. After Lunch Session Jeepers were introduced with Beach Volleyball so that they could burn calories for Bon fire party in evening. Everyone Enjoyed playing Volleyball, Badminton on White sand after ages and realised how important is to outdoor activities.( Life’s a journey best traveled in Jeep outdoor-JEEP Thing).  Day end with more opening up and enjoying music in the woods.Cherry on the cake , we were allowed to put  our beds outside our camps and sleep under the open sky. It was Nostalgic for most of us and relatable. We experienced one of the most amazing morning to wake up on. Bags were packed and ready for last but not least thing of our journey – River Rafting.

River Rafting said to have its origin from same country from where our Compass got its. Rafting was done about 16 km (Kodiyala to Marine Drive) and another amazing meet came to an end with another drive going back to our cribs. 

Whoever said life is a highway, Never owned a Jeep.

Happy Jeeping.

-Rizul Sharma

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Original Agenda:

Jeep Activity Group North Trip Rishikesh

Trip to Rishikesh on 4th sat (26-27) with help of WSL Mohali.

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8 May 2018

Bangalore Jeep Club Breakfast Drive – May 13th, 2018

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Bangalore Jeep Club Rocked again on May 13th, 2018. On the trip to Lepakshi we stopped by the Naveen’s Farm, Naveen and his family have been great hosts for the Club. Breathtaking views and little off-roading around the farm was a bliss. Lepakshi Temple is a must visit. Overall, an exhilarating weekend activity.

Original Agenda:

Date: Sunday 13th May

Drive: to Lepakshi

Meeting point: Esteem Mall @ 7:00 am

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7 May 2018

JEEP® Official Ladakh Trail

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LEGENDARY JEEP® TRAILS – LADAKH

JEEP® has announced it’s official Ladakh Trail for Exclusively for Jeep Owners between 16TH JUNE – 28TH JUNE 2018. To Register or for more details visit Jeep Trails India.

Image Courtesy: Jeep Trails India

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4 May 2018

Monsoon Trails in God’s own Kerala – Jul 14-16, 2018

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The Monsoon Trails in Kerala was initiated and organized by KJC, had an equal participation from neighboring states Tamilnadu and Karnataka.  This trail fulfilled the craving of Jeepers to drive through lush greenery and rainy off-roading over the slushy paths.  Jeepers also had an opportunity to steer through the dense jungles of Idamalayar reserve forest.

The journey started from their respective cities of 3 states to meet up for lunch at a river side resort in Pollachi.  All Jeepers were welcomed by a scrumptious lunch and a foreword / guidance to all Jeepers about the route to take, safety advices and off-roading instructions by FCA Team.  A Jeep merchandise stall was also made available in the venue with lot of interesting stuff for Jeep fanatics.

A welcome kit consisting of snacks and emergency gears for insect / leeches care was placed in each Jeep. The convoy lined up to their assigned positions and moved forward through the Aliyar dam and Aliyar reserve forest to reach Valparai. The convoy of 32 Jeeps cruising through the towns and villages, astounded the onlookers and many came forward to question as what was going on. The convoy was give an almost a green corridor path by the pedestrians and by on-coming traffic – with dozens of cameras capturing us.

The Monkey falls greeted us to start our climb up hill to cover the strenuous 40 hair pin bends to reach our respective destinations. En-route we passed through a few famous places like Carver Marsh statue covered under scotch mist, breathtaking view points to overlook at the overflowing river and Muneeshwarar temple. All Jeepers were accommodated in the best available resorts of Valparai and the age old well maintained bungalows.  After a quick freshup and couple of Jeepers taking a quick walk through the tea plantations greeted by lot of Leeches and Bison, headed to group dinner and cocktail at Directors Bungalow. Jeepers exchanged their experiences and winded up on time to retire to bed as scheduled.

Day 2 started off early with Jeepers lining up by 5:30 AM for the 4 kms off-roading trail through the Briar’s plantations which was exclusively made open for Jeepers – another great endeavor by KJC organizers.  Everyone were astonished by the capabilities of their beast cruising through the slippery slush, bouldering the rocks, crossing the water logs and climbing the unimaginable steep slopes.  After a fresh tea break at the peak all of us headed back to our respective bungalows / chalets and tents for the late breakfast.

A quick lunch at Director’s bungalow and everyone lined up for the next journey through the reserve forest to the Athripilly falls. All Jeepers were disappointed when the scheduled trip was about to be cancelled due to road closure through the narrow lanes of forest due to falling of trees and a local bus veered off – blocking the road. When everyone were about to turn back their Jeeps, the organizer got a green signal from forest officials to enter the forest area and those officials were kind enough to lead our convoy for few kms. The view through the dense jungle ride was astonishing with a few water crossings and whispering birds / animals all through, also a few resonance waterfalls on the way to main water falls.

The entire forest roads were filled with and only Jeeps all through, as this was limited entry roads with pre-approvals to drive through the jungle.  The most highlighted scene of this trail was we keep seeing boards everywhere like elephants crossing / animals crossing, but for the Jeepers it was unique sight as if the elephants were warned with a board “Caution – JEEPERS crossing please give way”.

The next stop at Rainforest resort opposite to Athripilly water falls hosted a grand dinner exclusively for us, with very tasty and live counters of local delicacies.  The view was mind-boggling from our seating area and we could feel the showers and mist from the falls.  There comes the end for another fabulous trail and respective Jeepers departing to their schedules or stays, clutching lot of memories from the drive.

The additional stay for BJC and MJC was well spent witnessing the spectacular FIFA finals on big screen with Champagnes, Beers etc. Everyone back to home shared their experiences of the Trails and thanked whole heartedly the organizers for putting forward such an exceptional show, the last liner uttered as usual – when and where is the next trail..

Happy Jeepin.

Original Agenda and Itinerary: 

 

Kerala Jeep Club has planned a Monsoon trail during June/July. This will be a great opportunity and experience to enjoy the drive through the natural beauty of Gods own county during the splendid rains in Kerala. This will be planned along with Bangalore Jeep Club and Madras Jeep Club, including participation from south members as well as from other club members who wants to drive down to Kerala.

Depending on the availability of space for co-passengers in our jeeps, the invite will be extended to North, West and East members so that they can fly down here and join one of the jeeps and enjoy the drive.

Contact Here to be part of it.

Register with JeepAG Here.

Summary

Dates Planned: 14th and 15th July

Route Planned: Pollachi -> Valparai -> Athrimpally

  • 40 hairpin bends to reach Valparai from Pollachi
  • 55 kms from Valparai to Athrimpally through core forest.
  • Offroading Trail planned at Valpari Briar Plantations

Itinerary

BJC & MJC:

  • BJC to start by 6:00 AM from Atibelle Toll Plaza, Bangalore
  • MJC to start by 4:00 AM from Poonamala Toll, Chennai
  • Break fast at Sai Sangeeth , Dharmapuri by 8:00 AM to 9:00 am.
  • 9:00 AM drive to Pollachi
  • Lunch at Pollachi by 1:00 PM (Place: Sakthi Resorts), SAKTHI RIVER RESORTS INDIA PVT LTD, 10th km , Opp to Subbe gounden pudur pirivu,Meenkarai Road , Trissur Highway , Pollachi.

KJC

  • Meet at Saravan Bhavan , Vadakkencherry for Coffee at 10:00-10:30 AM
  • 11:00AM Drive to Pollachi. Reach SAKTHI RIVER RESORTS by 12:30. Have early lunch before the MJC and BJC. Once MJC and BJC arrives, KJC will help with stickering the vehicles, arranging convoys etc

Starting Point of Drive: Pollachi (on a Saturday, 14 th July)

  • Once MJC and BJC arrives, KJC will help with stickering the vehicles, arranging convoys etc
  • Sub convoys will be arranged depending on your assigned place of stay with an admin vehicle for each sub convoy
  • Starting point of drive from SAKTHI RIVER RESORTS by 2:30
  • 2:30 PM drive together to Valpari. This is a 2 hrs scenic drive with 40 hairpin bends.

Saturday Night

  • Reach Valparai by 5:00 PM
  • Each team will go to their respective assigned resorts/Bungalows to get fresh
  • Stay is arranged at multiple bunglows like
    • Stanmore Bungalows, Briar Group
    • Monica Bungalows, Briar Group
    • Sirukundra Bungalow, Briar Group
    • Fair Villa Bungalows, Briar Group
    • Directors Bungalows , Briar Group
    • Soul Bungalows, LNB Group

  • Meet for Dinner by 8:00 at Directors Bungalow

Sunday

  • Breakfast 6:30 to 7:30 at their respective bungalows
  • 8:00 AM Trail through Briar Bungalow plantations.
  • Lunch 11:00 to 12:30 at Directors Bungalow.
  • 1:00 PM drive to Athrimpally. This is around 60 KM scenic drive through Sholayar forest to reach Athrimpally.
  • 3:30 PM: Reach Rainforest Athrimpally for dinner with lake access and waterfall view at Rainforest Resorts, Athrimpally
  • 8:00 PM: Bangalore and Madras group will move to Trichur for Sunday night stay at Casino Hotel and for the screening for World cup Finals. Kerala group will disperse (any one requesting stay will be provided a Sunday stay).
     

Monday

  • Vadukumnathan Temple visit for those who wants at 6:00 AM
  • Morning Breakfast at Casino. Start from Trichur by 8:00 AM to Bangalore and Chennai
  • Teams will drive back to their respective places

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27 Apr 2018

First Kolkata Jeep Trail – Apr 29, 2018

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The first ever Kolkata Jeep trail held on Sunday, 29th April 2018. The meeting place was Celica Automobiles, the Jeep Showroom at Park Street, Kolkata where all reported alongwith their friends/family. The Participants has been given the Jeep Trail T-Shirts. The lead car from the Showroom was a SRT Grand Cherokee to lead the trail of Kolkata Jeepers.

One Sweep Car followed in the end to ensure proper path being followed. The cars departed at around 8:30 am towards Durgapur Expressway (NH2), West Bengal. The team halted at Azad Hind Dhaba at Gopalpur (approx.70 kms from the Showroom), followed by Brunch and interaction among Kolkata Jeepers. The Jeepers also tried their hands on the SRT. This brings the Trail to an end. To make this first Jeep Trail a memorable one a professional photographer was accompanied to shoot videos and click snaps.

The whole purpose behind organising the Jeep Trail was to promote the International 4×4 Month of Jeep, brand promotion and the 4×4 Legendary Capability. In the near future there will be more Jeep Trails including Off-Roading Events, Trips to Leh-Ladakh etc.

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20 Apr 2018

Bangalore Jeep Club Breakfast Drive – May 6th

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Original Agenda:

Friends,

Greetings from the Bangalore Jeep Club!

Our very first Breakfast drive to Saisangeet in Dharmapuri and we did love you to join us.

Dharmapuri is a city in the western part of Tamilnadu in South India and is located in the foot hills of Vytla Hills. The town is located some 130kms from Bangalore. It is one of the top leading Mango cultivator and producer of the state.

Saisangeet serves authentic and mouth watering South Indian food. Also, there is a tentative plan to visit Mango Farm of one of our fellow Jeeper.

When – 6th May 2018, Sunday

Where – Saisangeet, Dharmapuri

Price – Self sponsored

Happy JEEPing! This promises to be an enjoyable drive for sure.

Bangalore Jeep Club

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15 Apr 2018

Western Wanderers’ Night Drive – Apr 13th

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The searing April heat of the Western Ghats was no deterrent for the Western Wanderers. A bunch of adventurous Jeepers got together on the night of April 13th disregarding everything that was thrown their way: meeting up at the end of a work day, the heat, as well as the fact that they were meeting on Friday The 13th!

3 Pune Jeepers met up with 7 from Mumbai at Lonavala from whence they proceeded for a long drive towards Mulshi in pitch darkness on roads that did not have a breathing soul on them.

The destination: wilderness.

The road: non-existent in most places.

The spirit of adventure: undying.

After a 2+ hour drive and some stops in between, the Jeepers arrived at their destination: EcoGrid near Mulshi Lake. This is a quaint homestay run by an enterprising and cheerful couple – Andy and Nandini – who put the ‘Home’ in homestay. It didn’t matter that we reached close to midnight, it didn’t matter that we were just getting started with our evening. The hosts were ever cheerful and energetic in rustling up the most interesting dinner for everyone, accompanied by warm conversation. Andy the Adventurer is a person who has travelled almost the whole of India on his bike (currently owns a Harley!).

 

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4-5 hours of merry-making and folks decided to get a couple of hours of shut eye. Anticipation levels were beginning to rise with the almost poetic description Andy and Nandini provided of a nearby off-road site that led up to the lake bed. With the promise of rising early and heading there, the Jeepers retired to their tents, albeit not before 2-3 adventurous (and sober) souls, headed out for a short drive further into the unknown. 

 

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The next morning, the early birds were up as early as 5:30am to watch the sun rise, dog walks, and some exploring on foot.

 

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When everyone was ready to leave, we set off for the lake bed with our host and guide Andy. A short 10 minute ride off track got us to a view that blew our minds, disregarding the challenge of the access point even for the 4×4 Compass. With one of us leading the way, and others following behind, the Jeep’s made short work of the challenge.

The semi-dry lake bed with all its mud and rocks was just the environment for the Compass. The enthusiastic amongst us skimmed the water and tried their hand at some drifting too. Inevitably, the first vehicle got stuck in the mud with wheelspin and then the next. What was endearing about the whole experience was that while the others were having their schadenfreude moment watching the wheels dig deeper into the mud, the drivers themselves were also having fun watching mud fly all over the place and see their beloved Compass sink in into the soft earth.

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Out came the towing cables, up went the sleeves, with a tug here and a push there, the vehicles were out – only for the drivers to find another spot where they could stick it in again!

After these adventures, it was time to head back to the campsite to escape the rising heat and for a late breakfast for the hungry souls.

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With full bellies and an (almost) satiated hunger for adventure, it was time to bid goodbye to Andy and Nandini with promises of returning during the rains when the landscape transforms and the dime-a-dozen waterfalls make driving through paved roads an adventure in water wading.

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On the way back towards Pune/Mumbai, the group passed a point near Kundalika Valley. The fact that most folks were getting late, had other commitments back home, and that was nearing 40 C did not deter anyone from indulging in photo-ops and some more off-roading.

Finally, it was time for the groups to disperse towards the two cities for the longish drive back home, every mile becoming hotter than the last.

On the trip were: Akshay Thakurdesai, Gaurav Pradhan, Krishna KD, Ponz Bopanna, Pravin Shetty, Padamdeep Singh Handa (our special guest from Bangalore), Rajesh Asnani, SJ, Ujval Nanavati, Vinayak Bagwe, and June!

 

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13 Apr 2018

JeepAG Delhi and NCR DD&D Meet – 13th April, 2018

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As it’s been a long time since we last had a NCR Jeepers meet-up, we have scheduled a Drink, Dance & Drive meet-up for Delhi NCR Jeepers. All the Jeepers from NCR are welcome to join the meet-up and make it as enjoyable as it’s always been.

Date : Friday, 13th April, 2018

Time : 1900 hrs onwards

Place : The Whisky Bar (Opp. Ministry of Beer), Sector 29, Gurgaon

Start giving confirmations to the following Jeepers so as to make appropriate arrangements:

Mohit Gupta : +91 93111 23839

Ayush Lamoria : +91 99100 88526

11 Apr 2018

When we met as JOG – Oct 29, 2017

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Ever since the Jeep Owners Group (renamed as Jeepag) was established, there has been a constant push to meet and interact with fellow Jeepers, with the intent to share experiences and suggestions. The idea to meet took shape when a fellow Jeeper sent out an invitation to meet for an early morning drive to the outskirts of Bangalore into a small village and grab some of the staple Karnataka food. 

The idea got an overwhelming response from fellow community and all 6 members from Bangalore came together for the wonderful drive to Nandi hills and get our hands on some traditional food from the village. The event was very well captured by our fellow enthusiast Chirag (not in frames – he was behind the camera). 

This was the 1st ever meet of JOG in India and instigated many more nation wide mini meets.

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