[carmania]

Hi,

I am planning to travel to Sringeri and Horanadu nextweek.

The tentative plan is:
Oct 2: BLR-Magadi-Hassan-CKM-Aldur-Jayapura-Sringeri
Oct 3: Sringeri-Horanadu-Sringeri
Oct 4: Sringeri-BLR

From Morgul's post I see that the road conditions are good for the most part.

I have heard that it is raining heavily in the western ghats. I will be travelling with my 10 month old. I would rather postpone the trip than getting stuck enroute.

Any good options in CKM for lunch (parents prefer South Indian)?

Thanks

[Glifford]

Originally Posted by sushrutha

Bangalore - Kunigal via Nelmangala is 74Kms
Bangalore - Kunigal via Magadi is also 74kms (BLR-Magadi =46 Magadi-Kunigal - 28kms)

Yes, but the via Magadi route is much more scenic, fast and safer(?). Great if you love curves (gentle ones, not hair pins).

Originally Posted by carmania

Any good options in CKM for lunch (parents prefer South Indian)?

Several! All around the Main KSRTC Bus Stand in Chickamagalur city. Decent places.

[addyhemmige]

Originally Posted by sushrutha

Bangalore - Kunigal via Nelmangala is 74Kms
Bangalore - Kunigal via Magadi is also 74kms (BLR-Magadi =46 Magadi-Kunigal - 28kms)

From my place in Basaveshwaranagar, the distance is equal. but it will differ for people travelling from different parts of Bangalore.

For Example, for people travelling from South Bangalore, travelling via Magadi will be shorter than via Nelamangala and it is vice versa for people from North Bangalore. So, people travelling from North Bangalore will find it shorter (not necessarily faster) to travel via Nelamangala.

[lohithrao]

It will work out lot faster if one starts early...

ANy updates on peenya road? how horrible it has got?

[ravibhat]

Untill 4 years back I used to take bangalore-magadi-kunigal-channarayapatna-arasikere-shimoga route but now it looks like this route is again worth since roads are better now. My friend started taking same route. Distance wise its same as other normal route.

Ravi.

[mohan41]

Planning a trip to Mangalore during Oct2nd weekend in my Getz.

Route options:
After going through several posts in this thread, wondering if the route below is the best one (avoiding Shirady and the bad sections on NH48 near Mangalore)

Bangalore - Hassan - Belur - Charmadi - Belthangadi - Mudabidre - Mangalore

Please provide any info based on recent travel especially about Charmady as this will be the first time I will be driving through Charmadi.

Places to see in Mangalore
- Beach: Is the Suratkal beach good? Any other beach that is not too remote and not very crowded?
- What other places nearby? Please suggest

thanks in advance!

[JMaruru]

Originally Posted by mohan41

Planning a trip to Mangalore during Oct2nd weekend in my Getz.

Route options:
After going through several posts in this thread, wondering if the route below is the best one (avoiding Shirady and the bad sections on NH48 near Mangalore)

Bangalore - Hassan - Belur - Charmadi - Belthangadi - Mudabidre - Mangalore

Please provide any info based on recent travel especially about Charmady as this will be the first time I will be driving through Charmadi.

Places to see in Mangalore
- Beach: Is the Suratkal beach good? Any other beach that is not too remote and not very crowded?
- What other places nearby? Please suggest

thanks in advance!

The route is fine, as it avoids shirady and also the dreaded BC Road - M'lore stretch. There are beaches galore out there, noteworthy ones are summer sands/someshwara (view is damn good) and the tannerbhavi (near the mangalore port). If you can travel up further, you can try one's in kaup or malpe. Mangalore has so many places to go around, depends what you are looking out for.

[lohithrao]

mohan i wont take "Charmadi" 15+days back had been in that route, though the ghat is not a challenge at all but at some curves the road gets too narrow where just 1 car or a bus can pass... anyhow since the Shiradi route is open i dont see KSRTC buses using this route Buses and truck traffic should be less..

Once you get down 20+ kms will be a snail ride with bad patches appearing very often and since the road is narrow it is a pain...

I would suggest Madikeri route.

btw people who might have traveled to Mangalore this week, has anyone taken SHiradi?? update madi )

[mohan41]

Originally Posted by lohithrao

mohan i wont take "Charmadi" 15+days back had been in that route, though the ghat is not a challenge at all but at some curves the road gets too narrow where just 1 car or a bus can pass... anyhow since the Shiradi route is open i dont see KSRTC buses using this route Buses and truck traffic should be less..

Once you get down 20+ kms will be a snail ride with bad patches appearing very often and since the road is narrow it is a pain...

I would suggest Madikeri route.

btw people who might have traveled to Mangalore this week, has anyone taken SHiradi?? update madi )

Going through Madikeri means the BC Road - Mangalore part of NH48 has to be avoided somehow - I saw a suggestion about that but it was not clear to me, hence I thought Charmadi may be better.

I hope someone who travelled during last week on Shiradi/Charmadi can give updates, based on which I can decide. Hopefully Shiradi is patched up (too much to expect?) or Charmadi is having less traffic now as you mentioned

[lohithrao]

Mohan, i dint find BC road as a challenge, CHarmadi...Ujre route will consume a lot more time and you will have to go through fair amount of bad patches...thanks to narrow road and village transport buses..

Anyhow if you want to avoid BC road, take diversion in Melkar and connect to NH17 via Infosys(Mlore University)

[Rajiv-Bang]

btw people who might have traveled to Mangalore this week, has anyone taken SHiradi?? update madi )[/quote]

I had been to Dharmasthala this week,the Shiradi Ghat is bad as always, but somehow i felt it was better in terms of drivability as compared to my earlier experinces on this ghat section. What i mean by earlier experiences is those potholes which were bigger than car size itself , now there are potholes alongwith bad road surface but i guess managable. But with heavy rains i guess this can worsen further.

[mohan41]

Originally Posted by lohithrao

Mohan, i dint find BC road as a challenge, CHarmadi...Ujre route will consume a lot more time and you will have to go through fair amount of bad patches...thanks to narrow road and village transport buses..

Anyhow if you want to avoid BC road, take diversion in Melkar and connect to NH17 via Infosys(Mlore University)

Lohith, thanks a lot, only now I went through your post about Charmadi experience.
However my plans might change and I have to go to Mysore in the weekend and then visit Kukke Subramanya. The route I am planning is Mysore->Madikeri->Sampaje->Sullya->Subramanya, and I am not sure how good the last part is i.e., the route from Sulya to Subramanya. In the yahoo maps, I see a SH37 connecting Sulya to Subramanya. Anyone knows about this route?

[lohithrao]

Rajiv that sounds promising thanks for the update!

Originally Posted by Rajiv-Bang

btw people who might have traveled to Mangalore this week, has anyone taken SHiradi?? update madi )

I had been to Dharmasthala this week,the Shiradi Ghat is bad as always, but somehow i felt it was better in terms of drivability as compared to my earlier experinces on this ghat section. What i mean by earlier experiences is those potholes which were bigger than car size itself , now there are potholes alongwith bad road surface but i guess managable. But with heavy rains i guess this can worsen further.[/quote]

[SureshS]

Which is the best route now to get to Kukke Subramanya from Bangalore? Is it better to take the Madikeri route or is it better to go via Bisle ghat. I want to try going on the Bisle Ghat. Is it in a drivable condition?

[for_cars1]

Originally Posted by Rajiv-Bang

btw people who might have traveled to Mangalore this week, has anyone taken SHiradi?? update madi )

I had been to Mangalore last week and returned on Sunday 27th Sep via Shiradi(to and return).
* Bangalore - Sakleshpur - roads are good/ok
* Sakleshpur - Gundya (Shiradi section) - road condition is bad but manageable, not very deep potholes - will not hit the bottom but progress is painfully slow
* After Gundya, roads are ok with regular pothole junctions
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