[rtandon]

Hi All,

I'm planning to drive up to Badrinath. I'd either drive up from Mumbai or fly to Delhi and drive up from there.

Below is the tentative itinerary ex-Mumbai. I would like to know if this do-able in 6/7 days or not. Road conditions and suggested places to stay.
I have done a few long drives but generally prefer to have a 15 min break every 2.5/3 hours to stretch myself. I generally do runs at a fair clip - 120 (I guess this speed is sustainable on this stretch).

Car is a Cedia. Have done a Mumbai-Ooty run in it and it's performance was solid as a rock. I don't think I'm concerned about the car but please do let me know if I should watch out or be careful of anything.

The itinerary ex-Mumbai would be

Day 1 - Leave Mumbai around 4 PM - Arrive Surat by 8 PM
Day 2 - Leave Surat around 8AM - Arrive Kishangarh by 8PM
Day 3 - Leave Kishangarh around 8 AM - Reach Haridwar/Rishikesh
Day 4 - Leave Haridwar/Rishikesh (what time?) - Reach Badrinath
Day 5 - Badrinath
Day 6 - Leave Badrinath - Reach Jaipur (basically cross Delhi)
Day 7 - Leave Jaipur - Reach Surat
Day 8 - Surat - Mumbai

Is this a good route or should we go via Jaipur-Agra-Meerut and save time in crossing Delhi?

Given the car, driving habit, start/end time, do you think this is too ambitious or can it be done?

Thanks much folks.

Mods: I could not find older threads that were for this route. Please merge with any of the existing threads if appropriate.