Banglore Kozhikode - Best route

[sudev]

I was looking to fly in to Banglore and from there drive to Kozhikode.I will reach Banglore late night and would like to straight away drive on from airport.
nHow muany hours it will take?
Need inputs on best route
Distance
Are there any restrictions of night travel on any portion of the road? I was told that the state border between Karnataka / Kerela closes at night. This on face of it seems ridiculous but could be due to Bandipore wild life sanctuary.

TIA

[Sha]

The route is Bangalore-Mysore-Sultan Batherry-Kalpetta- Calicut. it will take you 6 hrs and the road is good with few potholes. Forest route is closed between 9pm-6am.

[rjstyles69]

sudev your best bet is the route suggested by Sha. However I really doubt if you can do it in flat 6 hrs considering the state of the roads in Karnataka. Bangy -Kalpetta(Wayanad) is roughly 285kms or so and Kalpetta-calicut is another 70 odd kms.

Once you enter the kerala the roads are really good and shouldn't be a matter of concern.

[Sha]

I have done Bangalore-kalpeta(vythiri) in 5 hr in normal speed. Had been last week the road from gundelpet to kerala border has lot of potholes and one 100 metre stretch in bad condiditon. Kalpeta to Calicut has big potholes in Ghat section, In normal speed 6-7 hr can be done Bangalore-Calicut.

[ranjitp1]

Originally Posted by sudev

I was looking to fly in to Banglore and from there drive to Kozhikode.I will reach Banglore late night and would like to straight away drive on from airport.
nHow muany hours it will take?
Need inputs on best route
Distance
Are there any restrictions of night travel on any portion of the road? I was told that the state border between Karnataka / Kerela closes at night. This on face of it seems ridiculous but could be due to Bandipore wild life sanctuary.

TIA

My recco,do an early morning Blr departure for Calicut.The route suggested earlier is the shortest route and given the present conditions,the best.Under normal conditions,BLR City to Kozhikode would take 7-8hours.If you do leave Bangalore by 5-6am you should be able to reach Calicut for a late lunch around 3pm.You could have breakfast enroute at Kamat Lokaruchi @ Janpada Loka,a recco place for breakfast stops.

Yes the night traffic has been stopped through all roads going through sanctuaries towards Kerala so that the animals can catch up on some sleep.

[tsk1979]

Sudev, once you come down from Waynad, often the ghat section often has thick fog/clouds. The KSRTC buses also on that road as well as privates after Kalpetta will make a Blueline driver scream in fear

If you cross into the forest area before evening, you should be okay.
Remember, rural Kerala sleeps early, and once after around 9pm you will have difficulty in directions.

I have done this route multiple times in bus, and it took 8 hours by overnight bus(PK travels and the likes)

[sudev]

Unfortunately it looks I will have to drop this. I can not get to Bangalore before night and with night drive not allowed around Bandipore I can not reach Calicut before 8AM - the time deadline. If the deadline is shifted to beyond lunch time I can fly from Delhi the same morning and be there by lunch.

Oh so some other time.