[Lukeskywalker]

Well, I think I'll take the first route option mentined by you Ravi. Even I was assuming the distance to be above 150 kms from Dharmasthala to Kollur.
Thanks,
Regards

Hari.

[sushrutha]

Originally Posted by ravibhat

Dharmastala - Beltangadi - karkala or moodbidri. From Beltangadi there are multiple routes to karkala check with locals for best road, either direct route or via moodbidri. From Karkala via NH13 to Someshawara then take left to - Vandse - jadkal - kollur. I feel like distance is more than 100km might be around 160km.

Else try NH17 Dharmastala - Beltangadi - mulki - udupi - Kundapura - Vandse - jadkal - kollur.

Hope this won't create confusion

Regards,

Ravi.

As ravi has suggested you can try out the above 2 routes.
Dharmasthala-Belthangady-Guruvayankere-Karkala-Haladi-Kundapura-Kollur

[lohithrao]

Originally Posted by ravibhat

I feel via Karkala is ideal route no need to travel in NH17. State highway from Dharmastala - Beltangadi - karkala or moodbidri. From Beltangadi there are multiple routes to karkala check with locals for best road, either direct route or via moodbidri. From Karkala via NH13 to Someshawara then take left to - Vandse - jadkal - kollur. I feel like distance is more than 100km might be around 160km.

Else try NH17 Dharmastala - Beltangadi - mulki - udupi - Kundapura - Vandse - jadkal - kollur.

Hope this won't create confusion

Regards,

Ravi.

Yea this route would be faster, since the roads are done would be fun to drive

[lohithrao]

Originally Posted by sushrutha

As ravi has suggested you can try out the above 2 routes.
Dharmasthala-Belthangady-Guruvayankere-Karkala-Haladi-Kundapura-Kollur

This route is fun to drive, though lots of winding road will take more time

[lohithrao]

Oops forgot to mention that this weekend rain gods might be on a break, so enjoy the drive

[ravibhat]

Its good to hear Shiradi Ghat is opened for traffic but very unfortunate that heavy over loaded lorrries (mostly Mine lorries) already started travelling there with 30+ ton ores. Words have come from experts/villagers road won't last long! Very unfortunate, So its better people cover these areas for site seeing now itself

I realized in india we should choose the place based on road conditions for healthy trips!

Regards,

Ravi.

[lohithrao]

Ohh was expecting this:(

But Ravi what about people who are from the coastal belt and have to travel regularly

[Lukeskywalker]

Well guys, got my car back from service yesterday and all set to take off early tomorrow.

Route I'm considering :

Day 1 : Bangalore-Nelamangala-Kunigal-Channarayapatna-Hassan-Sakleshpur-Kukke-Dharmasthala.

Day2: Dharmasthala-Ujire-Belthangady-Karkala-Someshwara-Vandse-Jadkal-Kollur- Golihole-Bhatkal-Murudeshwar

Day3: Murudeshwar-Honnavar-Sagar-Shimoga-Arsikere-Tiptur-Tumkur-Bangalore.

The second day's travel is through new places for me, hope the roads are good.

Cheers.

Hari.

[bglsrini]

Very nice thread,I am planning for my trip to kukke shortly and this thread will help me a lot for planning.

[sushrutha]

Originally Posted by Lukeskywalker

Day3: Murudeshwar-Honnavar-Sagar-Shimoga-Arsikere-Tiptur-Tumkur-Bangalore.

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Did a recent trip to shimoga, be careful abt the sudden speed breakers between tiptur - tumkur n small potholes, rest of the road is good

[Lukeskywalker]

Well returned on monday night, still haven't got around to writing a travelogue.

There was a slight change in my original plan. Since I left home at 4 am, we reached Kukke by 9 am after breakfast at Hassan. Dharmasthala was lapped up by 12 noon, so decided to skip halt at Dharmasthala and continue on to Murudeshwar after the visit to Udupi.

Reached Murudeshwar by 7 pm.

Roads from B'lore to gundya are good, Gundya to Kukke excellent, Kukke to Dharmasthala again very good.

Dharmasthala to Udupi via Karkala is good but not as good as the previous ones.

Udupi to Murudeshwar is nerve wracking especially at the end of a long drive, road suddenly gets bad, incessant slow moving traffic and rain to boot.

[ajitkumarlb]

any idea if the road condition is OK for a Santro AT (even less ground clearance) to travel by from bangalore to kuke?

[deepakchiniwal]

@ajitkumarlb, please follow the details on
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/route-...ore-udupi.html

When do you intend to travel. I am planning as well in my Dzire

[ajitkumarlb]

Was planning to start tomorrow morning (21Dec) or tuesday (22Dec) early morning!

Yes saw that post especially the last one not encouraging at all...

Originally Posted by for_cars1

3. Sakleshpur - Gundia (Horrible Stretch ) took 1:30 Hrs. - found very few private cars plying on Shiradi except for the Govt Volvo and non-Volvo buses. No improvement compared to September.
If you plan to take this stretch, set your mind to go very slow to avoid any potential damage. Bad but do-able.

Was reading this other post about a route via mysore, I am planning to take that instead of Hassan.
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travel...rive-trek.html

[deepakchiniwal]

great, I am off on 23rd Noon