Wanderlust - Elephant camp at Dubare

Not many have heard of this place called "Dubare". Cradled in a secluded place in coorg. I got there by car. Quite some drive that was! Left early morning from Bangalore, had breakfast at Kamat on Mysore road and drove on... On and on... (6 hours on the road makes you say "On and on..." Phew!! And I wasn't even driving!) Once you reach coorg, you better be on the look out for that sign that says "Dubare. Go this Way--->", or you could spend a lot of time in coorg just looking for the place. We had booked cottages from Bangalore. The Jungle resorts' office on M G Road above the good ol' Indian Coffee House does all the work you need to assure you a great holiday. Once you get there you have to give a call to the agent there, who gets you a motor boat and takes you across the stream to your cottage. The cottages there are fantabulous. They really are. They look chic, well-equipped and are awfully comfortable. You go to the main hall for food, which was good too. Then we went to a game drive. Saw a lot of elephants and lot more of thier droppings. At 10, there was camp fire. Dancing around it, is what you are expected to do. At 12, it was black out. The next day was interaction session with the elephants. You get introduced to them, and later choose to bathe and feed them and can sit on its back for a joy ride(at your own risk actually, because our guide was given a couple of blows by a young one that was a li'l camera-shy). We left the place exactly 24 hours from the arrival time. We were taken back to our car by he same motor boat. The chap guiding the boat did a couple of stunts with it and we hopped around in the vessel for a bit till we reached the detination. Bangalore had to be reached. As I left, I decided that I'd go back to that place. As I write this in the car on the busy streets on Bangalore, I cannot but hope that that day would come soon. It sure was a "Bon Voyage".