Even i am planning a trip from Shimoga to Belgaum in April and have heard that the Shimoga - Honnali - Harihar road is in pathetic condition and its better to travel on the following route Shimoga - Sagar - Sirsi - Hubli road the distance will be about 30km more but its worth the extra kms.
Shimoga onwards you can take the route suggested by Abhi as follows in detail - Shimoga - Bhadravati - Tarikere - Chikmagalur - Belur - Hassan - Arkalgud - Ramanathpura - Khushalnagar - Madekeri
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