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Hello!

I'm looking to do a round trip as follows:

Bangalore to Mangalore (via NH 48)

South from Mangalore on NH 17 to Kasarkode & Kannur

Loop back to Bangalore on state highway from Kannur via Virajpet, Hunsur & Srirangapatinam

Planned night stays at:

1. Sakhleshpur
2. Kappil OR Bekal (near Kasarkode)
3. Around Virajpet/ Arabithittu Wildlife Sanctuary

Please advise me on:

1. Current road conditions as per the above route
2. Accommodation options for night stays
3. Any other driving tips/ guidance

Any help anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated as I'm doing this route for the first time.

Thank you in advance!

Hotel info for kannur.
Bekal International Hotel
KMC 2/696, Hosdurg, T B Road, Kanhangad
Phone:0467-2204271, 0467-2202017, 0467-2209763

More details -> http://www.ashextourism.com/hotelsre...ernational.htm

No, I planned a similar trip and booked these places, but could not do the trip and so no feedback from me on this place. But heard its a decent one.

For Sakhlespur, PM our member chandan. he owns a homestay. Btw, what car are you driving?

Any particular reason why you are going to Mangalore and then traveling south?
The Sakleshpur-Mangalore road stretch, where you cross the Shiradi ghat was pretty bad till recently, don't know how it is now.

Thanks very much!

I will be driving a Santro.

I was told that Bangalore-mangalore stretch, the roads are very bad
again mangalore to kerala border, the roads are bad.

Saturday,12th dec, I drove to Bangalore and 13th returned back to
Payyannur.
I took following route to Bangalore:

Kannur - Kuthurparambu - Nedumpoyil - Mananthavady - Kattikulam - Tholpatty - kutta - mysore - Bangalore.
The roads were okay except the mysore border road -just after kerala border to mysore road, the forest section- the road work is in progress hence one need to take diversion through the villages nearby and those roads were really bad (waste of time also).

I took another route on return.

Bangalore - mysore (before mysore, I took the left turn -outer ring road goes to ooty/calicut) - nanjagod (the road upto nanjagod is not good) - Gundalpet -sultanbathery - mananthavady (very good roads).
After mananthavady, I took the Palchuram ghat area-kottiyur-peravur-irritty-sreekantapuram-Thaliparamba-payyannur.(this route have got too much curves and not easy to find signages for a new person)

Since you want to proceed to Kannur, you may opt for mananthavady-
negumpoyil-kuthuparambu-Kannur ?

Mangalore-Kasargod has some bad stretches - near the border - but not too bad to drive.

Thanks!

Just a round trip to see a bit of Karnataka and North Kerala.