Just to refresh, had been upto the checkpost on the HDKote - Bavalli stretch on the Mysore - Mananthavady road. The road is extremely good till the Nagarhole Park entrance. After which it is reasonably bad till about 5 kms after the Karapura (Kabini River Lodge) turnoff. While speaking with the folks there, they confirmed that the road is non existent beyond the checkpost upto Bavalli on the Karnataka - Kerala border. (It was pretty much the same when I made a mistake to take this road from Mananthavady) With reference to the Hunsur - Nagarhole - Kutta road, the latest update is after Murkal the road has been relaid for about 10 more kms. Effectively you would have about 20 kms of bad road (from within the the Nagarhole NP upto the Karnataka - Kerala border on the Kutta - Tholpetty Road) It is advisable to avoid the first one at any cost and preferable to avoid the second as well.
I think Ad75's suggestion is the best of all, as I did the same route when I came back from Tholpetty to Bangalore.
Cheers.
Srikanth |