Gandikota Canyon Camping & Kayaking
★ 5.0 (1)📍 Gandikota· by Backpackers HyderabadVerified ✓
Highlights
- ✦ Sunset over the Penna gorge from the fort wall
- ✦ Tents pitched on the canyon rim
- ✦ Kayaking on the reservoir below the gorge
- ✦ Jamia Masjid and the Madhavaraya temple
- ✦ Stargazing with almost no light pollution
- ✦ Belum caves on the drive back
Quick facts
- Group size
- Up to 25
- Transport
- tempo-traveller
- Stay
- camping
- Difficulty
- easy
- Duration
- 2D1N
- From
- Bangalore
What's included
Stay
- ✓ 1 night(s) stay — camping
Food
- ✓ Meals as listed in the day-wise plan
Transport
- ✓ AC tempo traveller / bus from the boarding hub
- ✓ All local transfers, tolls, parking and driver charges
Team
- ✓ SoloTrips-verified trip captain throughout
- ✓ First-aid kit and emergency support
Not included
- ✕ Meals not listed in the itinerary
- ✕ Entry fees and camera charges unless stated
- ✕ Personal expenses, tips and anything not in inclusions
- ✕ Travel insurance
Day-wise itinerary
Day 1 — Drive in, gorge sunset, rim camp⌄
Overnight drive from Hyderabad, reaching Gandikota by mid-morning. Explore the fort, the mosque and the temples, then kayak on the reservoir in the afternoon and set up camp on the rim for sunset, dinner and stargazing.
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🏨 Rim campsite, Gandikota
Day 2 — Sunrise, Belum caves and back⌄
Sunrise over the gorge, breakfast at camp, then the two-hour drive to Belum caves for the underground walk before heading home. Hyderabad drop by 10 pm.
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Cancellation policy
| Cancel before | You get back |
|---|---|
| 15+ days | 90% refund |
| 7+ days | 50% refund |
| 3+ days | 0% refund |
Refunds processed within 7 working days.
About the organiser
Backpackers Hyderabad✓ Verified
610 trips completed · since 2016 · ★ 4.4
Backpackers Hyderabad specialises in the parts of Andhra and Telangana that don't make the tourist lists — Gandikota, Belum, Ahobilam, Maredumilli. Budget backpacking format: sleeper buses, shared tents, one big pot of dinner, and departures that skew under thirty.
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★ 5.0 · 1 reviews
★ 5 · Worth every rupee
Stay was clean, food was proper home-cooked local stuff, and the itinerary had enough slack that we weren't rushing between viewpoints. Would book with them again.