Hassan is called "Poor Man's Ooty", Ooty is a popular Holiday hill station in India. This quiet and peaceful town, Hassan, is a convenient base to visit Shravanabelagola, Belur and Halebid. District is popular with lot of tourism activities around the Hoysala temples and sculpture in Belur, Halebid & Shravanabelagola. However, there is also some unique trekking places around the place, like railway track trekking.

Railway Track trekking

An interesting trekking variation called "Railway Track" trekking can be a unique experience. One of the spectacular sections of the Western Ghats lies between the towns of Donigal and Kukke Subramanya on the Hassan-Mangalore rail route over a length of 40 km. Some 50 odd bridges and tunnels span this length of the rail track. Trekking on the railway track from Doniga station to Yedakumeri, Shiribagilu and finally Kukke Subramanya, camping for the night at each station, savouring the natural beauty and side tracking to soak oneself in streams or a fall and watching trains thundering past you especially in a tunnel is truly an "off the beaten track" experience. What is most important is to ask the station master each day about current running times of trains. This way, and along with some logical thinking, one is totally assured of safety on the track especially if one is crossing a long bridge.

Bisle forest trekking

Bisle forest, in the heart of south-western India's Western Ghats, is home of India's (and indeed earth's) most spectacular rainforests. It is located in Hassan District's Sakleshpur (Sakaleshpura) Taluk. Bisle village adjoins this forest to the east. To the north it is contiguous with Kempuhole Reserve forest. To the south it merges with Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuary of Kodagu (Coorg) district. To the west it has the Kukke Subramanya forest range. The dense rainforests, the hilly terrain, rich flora and fauna and innumerable water courses make it a nature lovers and a trekker's heaven.