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Now that you mention, the entry to Aldur has one of the worst roads on this section. And yes, the craters are tyre ripping - lost a rim cover while trying to negotiate a crater.

"I departed Hassan at 6 AM on October 19th and arrived in Manipal at 1:45 PM via Hassan-Belur-Charmadi-Ujire-Karkala. We took a 30-minute break during the journey. The road from Hassan to Belur (approximately 20 km) and from Charmadi to GV Kere was in poor condition, as reported by other travelers. Light traffic and the scenic beauty of Charmadi made the drive relatively smooth.
On October 20th, left Manipal at 1:15 PM and reached Bangalore at 9:30 PM via Karkala-Dharamsthala-Shiradi-Hassan. We stopped for 45 minutes in Sakleshpura. After ascending the ghats, the road for about 12 kilometers is still under construction. There's a high risk of landslides in this area if it rains, but hopefully, appropriate measures will be taken to stabilize the soil in certain sections. Near Nelmangala, I encountered a 2-kilometer traffic jam where NH 75 merges with NH 4. Heavy weekend traffic, rain, and poor management at the intersection caused me to lose approximately 30 minutes. It was raining heaving from Sakleshpura all the way to Bangalore.

Now, that you have traversed the 2 major ghat options for M'lore, which would you advise for a sedan?

As of now no big difference between them, probably shiradi is marginally better for sedan.

Hi All,

Planning to travel to Kundapura this weekend and would like to know about the road condition via Tumkur - Hosadurga - Tarikere - Theerthahalli - Agumbe. I usually travel via Hassan-Chikmagalur-Agumbe but the road condition has deteriorated recently. Google shows a different route connecting Belur to Aldur directly too bypassing chikmagalur and my God, it's in shambles.

Contemplating which route to take this time. Should it be Via Hosadurga - Tarikere -Theerthahalli or Via Chitradurga - Shivamogga - Theerthahalli? There is another route via Tumkur - Kadur as well.

I took the trip from Bangalore to Kundapura during the beginning of the month. I did the Bangalore > CR Patna > Arasikere > Bhadra dam > Tirthahalli > Agumbe > Kundapura. The usual good tarmac until CR Patna (I encountered crazy weekend traffic as I left around 8 AM) Roads till Bhadra dam is good with a few 4/6 lane highway stretches inbetween, passes through some towns inbetween which slows you down and there are some small patches of bad roads but easily manageable. Road from Bhadra to Tirthahalli has some potholes and is not in great shape but we easily managed in a low GC Hatch so should not be a problem. Roads post Tirthahalli is amazing and a driver's paradise.

Based on this post, I took the Shiradi today. Here is the entire stretch from Sakleshpur until the beginning of the concrete road, covered in 20 minutes. But the video is only 10 minutes since I uploaded in 2X speed. Play in 0.5 speed to see the actual pace.

It is not that bad actually, sedans can do it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9WCGnnALZk

How is it from Gundya till the diversion to Dharmasthala?

Or if you drove straight towards Uppinangady, is that any better than 2 months ago?

From Gundya untill the diversion to Dharmasthala is good with cleared stretches of new 4 lane roads.

Not sure about the road till Uppinangady though.

I turn at Uppinangady towards GV kere, it was quite ok. Nothing comes close to the sakleshpur-marenahalli section.

This is more of a weather question. Is this a good time to drive and visit below mentioned places?

Planning to drive to Udupi on Wednesday from Bangalore and then spend weekend sightseeing across Udupi,Gangolli,Murudeshwara,Kumta,Gokarna etc

I am asking this because I am unsure about the prevailing rain conditions in this belt. Thanks in advance

Started from Bangalore at 6:30 AM on Saturday 26th Oct to Udupi to attend some function and cover a couple of places. We took the BEST route, although the longest in terms of distance. Thanks to all the people who strongly suggested this route!

• Yeswantpur to Chitradurga - The road is awesome, but due to Diwali weekend, the traffic was too much, so much that A2B sira was requesting people not to park on the road as their huge parking was full, their hotel was full and there was a long wait list!!
• Chitradurga to Channagiri - Very good, undivided wide 2 lane road
• Channagiri to Shivamogga to Tirthahalli to Agumbe - patchy at places but good undivided 2 lane
• Agumbe Ghat - The road surface is in quite a good condition - considering the heavy rains that poured off late.
• Agumbe ghat to Hebri - very good road
• Hebri to Udupi via Hireyadka - divided wide four lane construction is in progress, but nothing that a hatchback cannot conquer (we were in an Innova Crysta 2.8 automatic)

On the way back - Udupi to Bramavara to Hebri - very good 2 / 4 lane roads.
While the distance in terms of kilometers is more, but the roads are very good in comparison to the one via Hassan - Dharmasthala - Karkala

I am taking this route to Udupi in a couple of weeks. Generally leave JP Nagar at 5.30AM, so the breakfast stop would ~8AM near Sira - A2B or Paakashala.
Can anyone suggest a good place for a light lunch after descending Agumbe? I have heard of places around Someshwara, but which is the best of the lot?

Perennial query. Travelling to Chickmagalur from Mangalore tonight. My office driver said last month the charmady route was undriveable even for an office Scorpio and anything smaller was just hitting all the potholes hard all the way across the Dharmasthala under construction roads.

Has anyone been through charmady to Mangalore lately? Shiradi route is an hour longer and I'm not sure how much better it is for me tonight.

Any other route I can take to reach Chickmagalur other than these 2? Preferably in better road conditions?

We too were not sure about the food (lunch) options on the Chitradurga - shivamogga-Agumbe-Hebri route, so we were on the look out for any hotels that had a fair amount of vehicles parked in front of the hotels! lol: .

Found one just before Sakrebyle elephant camp - New Sarovara fish land - as it was too early for us, We just had some Ghee rice and Dal (me being vegetarian) one of my friend ordered a Pomfret and he was raving about how tasty and delicious it was. The majority of the crowd seemed to agree with him too!!

On the way back, JUST after climbing the Agumbe Ghats ,we saw this fantastic Vegetarian Udupi restaurant - Shri Ganesh Grand, ( https://maps.app.goo.gl/S96xyBG7aPyAK6ZQ9 ) The food and tiffins here are very good.