Bangalore - Kannur : Route Queries

RajeshK · 17th November 2008, 12:06

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Originally Posted by pypkmsrikanth

Hi Dadu, the route which you have put is the one via Antharasanthe, Kabini, Bavali. This route is pretty much non-existent from the check post upto the Kerala / Karnataka border.

The two options which you would find the best are

1. Mysore - Gundlupet - Bathery - Mananthavady and then onwards
2. Mysore - Hunsur - Nagarhole - Kutta - Tholpetty - Mananthavady and then onwards.

Option 1. Roads are in good condition, but longer atleast by 50+km than any other. Roads are open at any time of the day

Option 2. Roads are good except 4-6kms after Nagarhole park to kerala border. National Park gate is closed by 05:30pm and vehicles are not allowed enter in. So one need to start from bangalore atleast by 2 - 2:30pm. Throughout the national park, roads are narrow and has lots of roadhumps.

Thanks
Rajesh

RajeshK · 20th November 2008, 10:42

Looks Virajpet - Makkutta road will not get any blessings... The tender got cancelled the second time as read in newspaper today.

Fresh tender may be invited later.

Thanks
Rajesh

dadu · 21st November 2008, 09:40

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Originally Posted by RajeshK

Looks Virajpet - Makkutta road will not get any blessings... The tender got cancelled the second time as read in newspaper today.

Fresh tender may be invited later.

Thanks
Rajesh

bad news.

I am planning to take the "Mysore - Hunsur - Nagarhole - Kutta - Tholpetty - Mananthavady- Kannur", any estimates of the time, this will be a day journey(early morning start from bangalore).

Taz-On-The-Road · 21st November 2008, 15:26

@dadu, good that you are planning an early morning start. The traffic on the Bangalore-Mysore-Hunsur-Nagarhole-Kutta-Mananthvady stretch is minimal at this time. I had started from Bangalore at 3:00 AM and was in Hunsur at 5:20 sharp. This way, I was able to enter Nagarhole by 6:15 AM after a tea break at Hunsur and spotted quite a variety of wildlife and in large numbers. If you are a fast driver, shouldn't take you more than 2hrs 45 minutes to reach Hunsur from Bangalore. There are a few rough patches after Nagarhole upto Kutta but the roads are excellent after Kutta to Manathvady and onwards. There are also a lot of humps inside the Nagarhole national park and a few of them are quite capable of scraping the bottom if its a smaller car. However, they make the drive pleasurable as you get to enjoy the surroundings which otherwise many of us miss doing.
Total driving time within Nagarhole national park should be around 1hr.Bangalore-Hunsur will take you around 2hrs45mins as I said earlier. You can take a right turn at Srirangpatna and go through the Ranganthittu road. this road connects to the Mysore-Hunsur road at a place called Elwala and saves around 15km plus you wouldn't have to enter into Mysore city.

RajeshK · 21st December 2008, 09:48

I heard that new tender has invited and it will be opening in Jan'09. God only know whether it wil be through this time.

dadu · 22nd December 2008, 11:16

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Originally Posted by dadu

bad news.

I am planning to take the "Mysore - Hunsur - Nagarhole - Kutta - Tholpetty - Mananthavady- Kannur", any estimates of the time, this will be a day journey(early morning start from bangalore).

Any suggestions for an eating joint's on/after Hunsur on this route.

nithinnarayanan · 22nd December 2008, 11:54

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Originally Posted by dadu

Any suggestions for an eating joint's on/after Hunsur on this route.

After Hunsur you have small way side hotels at Kutta, Tolpatty & Katikulam.
And good hotels in Mananthwady town as eating joints.

sbr1304 · 29th December 2008, 21:56

hi all,
am planning to drive on jan 2nd to kannur..as i read the posts ..looks like gundulpet-mananthvady-kannur is the best road...can anyone tell me whether the road conditions are OK still ?
at what time will i reach kannur if i start from blore by 6AM ? with 2 or 3 breaks of 30 mins each ..

recker_us · 30th December 2008, 09:43

I did the this route in october end. The road condition was good. The Kannur - Mysore section took me 6 hours.

I am just back from Kerala last night. The road from Kerala border (after kutta) till Manthanavady is not as great as it was 2 months back. Some potholes have come up. I went towards kapetta aftre manthanavady, so cant tell you about the road condition after Manthanavady towards kannur.

RajeshK · 30th December 2008, 10:52

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Originally Posted by sbr1304

hi all,
am planning to drive on jan 2nd to kannur..as i read the posts ..looks like gundulpet-mananthvady-kannur is the best road...can anyone tell me whether the road conditions are OK still ?
at what time will i reach kannur if i start from blore by 6AM ? with 2 or 3 breaks of 30 mins each ..

If you drive in normal speed, you will reach Kannur by 2:30-3pm. From Mananthawadi, take Kottiyur - Iritty - Mattanur - Kannur route as the alternate road is not in good shape.

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Originally Posted by recker_us

The road from Kerala border (after kutta) till Manthanavady is not as great as it was 2 months back. Some potholes have come up. I went towards kapetta aftre manthanavady, so cant tell you about the road condition after Manthanavady towards kannur.

Heard that Nedumpoyil - Koothuparamba - Kannur road is under maintenance.

nithinnarayanan · 30th December 2008, 11:22

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Originally Posted by RajeshK

Heard that Nedumpoyil - Koothuparamba - Kannur road is under maintenance.

Only patch work is done in this stretch.

Would prefer Nedumpoyil-Peravoor-Irritty-Mattanur-Kannur
Or
Mananthavady-Kottiyoor-Peravoor-Irritty-Mattanur-Kannur

Jaggu · 30th December 2008, 16:51

alright one last time can i confirm on:

Mysore - Gundlupet - Bathery - Mananthavady - Kottiyoor-Peravoor-Irritty-Mattanur-Kannur ?

And whats the differece in distance if i take

Mysore - Gundlupet - Bathery - Mananthavady - Nedumpoyil - Peravoor - Irritty-Mattanur-Kannur

Hope its not one and the same? :P

Also could anyone give some details of turn off's and/or major jn starting from Bathery till Kannur? Me planning to drive down on Jan 2nd noon.

RajeshK · 31st December 2008, 14:14

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Originally Posted by Jaggu

alright one last time can i confirm on:

Mysore - Gundlupet - Bathery - Mananthavady - Kottiyoor-Peravoor-Irritty-Mattanur-Kannur ?

And whats the differece in distance if i take

Mysore - Gundlupet - Bathery - Mananthavady - Nedumpoyil - Peravoor - Irritty-Mattanur-Kannur

Hope its not one and the same? :P

Also could anyone give some details of turn off's and/or major jn starting from Bathery till Kannur? Me planning to drive down on Jan 2nd noon.

In the second route, you will save 10-15KMs.

From Sulthan Bethery after 9-10km towards Kapetta, you will reach Meenangadi, from there take right towards Panamaram. This route will directly take you to Mananthawadi. From there, ask for Kannur road. After 10-11km in Kannur road, you may need to take right turn towards Kottiyur. (There is a sign board saying Kottiyur temple 10Km). Follow this roads and after Manathana the road will split into a "Y" shape, take the right one. This will take you to Peravur, and then to Iritty. Once you reach Iritty-Kannur road, you may need to take left. Once you reach Mattanur, you need to take right towards Kannur in the "Y" section.

Bathery - Manathawadi can be covered in 30-40minutes and Manathawadi to Kannur in 2hrs.

sanjaykk · 31st December 2008, 14:30

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Originally Posted by RajeshK

In the second route, you will save 10-15KMs.

From Sulthan Bethery after 9-10km towards Kapetta, you will reach Meenangadi, from there take right towards Panamaram. This route will directly take you to Mananthawadi. From there, ask for Kannur road. After

I always thought you can go to Kuthuparamba > Kannur directly from Nedumpoyil instead of Peravoor > Iritty > Mattanur > Kannur. It should save considerable distance.

Jaggu · 31st December 2008, 15:40

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Originally Posted by RajeshK

In the second route, you will save 10-15KMs.

From Sulthan Bethery after 9-10km towards Kapetta, you will reach Meenangadi, from there take right towards Panamaram. This route will directly take you to Mananthawadi. From there, ask for Kannur road. After 10-11km in Kannur road, you may need to take right turn towards Kottiyur. (There is a sign board saying Kottiyur temple 10Km). Follow this roads and after Manathana the road will split into a "Y" shape, take the right one. This will take you to Peravur, and then to Iritty. Once you reach Iritty-Kannur road, you may need to take left. Once you reach Mattanur, you need to take right towards Kannur in the "Y" section.

Bathery - Manathawadi can be covered in 30-40minutes and Manathawadi to Kannur in 2hrs.

Thankx a ton Rajesh am taking a print out of this

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Originally Posted by sanjaykk

I always thought you can go to Kuthuparamba > Kannur directly from Nedumpoyil instead of Peravoor > Iritty > Mattanur > Kannur. It should save considerable distance.

Thanks Sanjay, have you tried this route?

@Rajesh: any inputs on this from you?

20th November 2008, 10:42	#107
RajeshK BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 696 Thanked: 260 Times	Bangalore Highcourt cancelled the Tender Looks Virajpet - Makkutta road will not get any blessings... The tender got cancelled the second time as read in newspaper today. Fresh tender may be invited later. Thanks Rajesh
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21st November 2008, 15:26	#109
Taz-On-The-Road BHPian Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 62 Thanked: 0 Times	@dadu, good that you are planning an early morning start. The traffic on the Bangalore-Mysore-Hunsur-Nagarhole-Kutta-Mananthvady stretch is minimal at this time. I had started from Bangalore at 3:00 AM and was in Hunsur at 5:20 sharp. This way, I was able to enter Nagarhole by 6:15 AM after a tea break at Hunsur and spotted quite a variety of wildlife and in large numbers. If you are a fast driver, shouldn't take you more than 2hrs 45 minutes to reach Hunsur from Bangalore. There are a few rough patches after Nagarhole upto Kutta but the roads are excellent after Kutta to Manathvady and onwards. There are also a lot of humps inside the Nagarhole national park and a few of them are quite capable of scraping the bottom if its a smaller car. However, they make the drive pleasurable as you get to enjoy the surroundings which otherwise many of us miss doing. Total driving time within Nagarhole national park should be around 1hr.Bangalore-Hunsur will take you around 2hrs45mins as I said earlier. You can take a right turn at Srirangpatna and go through the Ranganthittu road. this road connects to the Mysore-Hunsur road at a place called Elwala and saves around 15km plus you wouldn't have to enter into Mysore city.
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21st December 2008, 09:48	#110
RajeshK BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 696 Thanked: 260 Times	I heard that new tender has invited and it will be opening in Jan'09. God only know whether it wil be through this time.
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29th December 2008, 21:56	#113
sbr1304 BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 53 Thanked: 10 Times	hi all, am planning to drive on jan 2nd to kannur..as i read the posts ..looks like gundulpet-mananthvady-kannur is the best road...can anyone tell me whether the road conditions are OK still ? at what time will i reach kannur if i start from blore by 6AM ? with 2 or 3 breaks of 30 mins each ..
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30th December 2008, 09:43	#114
recker_us BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 189 Thanked: 28 Times	I did the this route in october end. The road condition was good. The Kannur - Mysore section took me 6 hours. I am just back from Kerala last night. The road from Kerala border (after kutta) till Manthanavady is not as great as it was 2 months back. Some potholes have come up. I went towards kapetta aftre manthanavady, so cant tell you about the road condition after Manthanavady towards kannur.
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30th December 2008, 16:51	#117
Jaggu Team-BHP Support Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 20,215 Thanked: 15,908 Times	alright one last time can i confirm on: Mysore - Gundlupet - Bathery - Mananthavady - Kottiyoor-Peravoor-Irritty-Mattanur-Kannur ? And whats the differece in distance if i take Mysore - Gundlupet - Bathery - Mananthavady - Nedumpoyil - Peravoor - Irritty-Mattanur-Kannur Hope its not one and the same? :P Also could anyone give some details of turn off's and/or major jn starting from Bathery till Kannur? Me planning to drive down on Jan 2nd noon.
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