The art of travelling between Bangalore - Mangalore/Udupi

nikhilthegunner · 23rd September 2019, 16:08

Hi all, does anyone know what the road condition in Shiradi Ghat is? Need to know because I'm gonna be driving to Mangalore sometime next month so I need to know if I have to take a high GC car or not.

paragsachania · 23rd September 2019, 16:20

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Originally Posted by nikhilthegunner

Hi all, does anyone know what the road condition in Shiradi Ghat is? Need to know because I'm gonna be driving to Mangalore sometime next month so I need to know if I have to take a high GC car or not.

Please search the forum with appropriate keywords to find the latest updates on the route that you need. This thread is quite active where travelers post their experiences like this one from first week of September:

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Originally Posted by unk9ja

Did a Bangalore - Udupi run yesterday.

Exhaust_Note · 25th September 2019, 00:36

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Originally Posted by hallik9

Used this route

Blr(Nice Road)-Tumkur-Hiriyur-Hosadurga-Ajjampura-Tarikere-Bhadra Dam-Muttinakoppa-Thirthahalli-Agumbe

After going through all the recent threads, I have arrived at 2 options.

A. As quoted above.

B. Bangalore - Hassan - Chickamanguluru - Aldur - Agumbe - Koteshwara - Udubi.

I plan to start at 12 midnight this Friday, to reach early morning.
Which of the two will be preferable? From road condition perspective. Or, if there is a 3rd better option, please do suggest.

We had done the same trip last Dec, and enjoyed the Shiradi Ghat road.

Car: Kwid
Travellers: My wife and myself.

Request for a reply by Friday morning, to finalize the route.

Many, many thanks.
Saurab

Kosfactor · 25th September 2019, 10:30

Dear Exhaust Note, Please start a bit late . BLR to Hassan is smooth roads so you can do this before daylight, afterwards you can proceed through Shiradi ghat and reach Udupi. The drive is not enjoyable through the rest of the road at night, it's alright during the day. Carry a proper spare tire just in case and remember there aren't many rest stops for family once you cross Bellur cross coffee day and the A2B afterwards.

PrideRed · 25th September 2019, 10:53

During my recent travel back to Bangalore tried a new route.
Puttur-Subrahmanya-Bisile-Shanivarsanthe-Arakalgud-CR Patna-Bangalore. The roads for most part is in pretty good shape barring few patches. Took me about 7 hours including 30 mins break. Even on Sunday evening, traffic was sparse until CR Patna. Bisile ghat has about 3-4KM stretch which is not tarred but a hatchback can easily do this. There are some intermittent bad patches from Bisile till CR Patna but manageable. There are no food options until 4 lane highway. The ghat road as I know is not safe between 6PM-6AM.

rajshenoy · 26th September 2019, 22:16

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Originally Posted by Exhaust_Note

B. Bangalore - Hassan - Chickamanguluru - Aldur - Agumbe - Koteshwara - Udubi.

I plan to start at 12 midnight this Friday, to reach early morning.
Which of the two will be preferable? From road condition perspective. Or, if there is a 3rd better option, please do suggest.

I think you meant -

Bangalore - Hassan - Chickamanguluru - Aldur - Agumbe - Hebri - Udupi

Please note that Koteshwara is on the coast near kundapur.

Any specific reason you want to reach early morning ? After Hassan, this route will not have many facilities till you reach Udupi. Also the roads will be very twisty after say CKM

How about leaving early morning around 4ish and still making it to Udupi by 11ish. ?

Exhaust_Note · 26th September 2019, 22:32

Thanks Kosfactor and Rajshenoy.
The reason to start early is to make itnarpund morning and have part of the day sightseeing.

I have been through the ghats at night and yes, it is not enjoyable from the sights perspective, but almost zero traffic makes me attracted to the proposition of night drives.

Which of the roads are better in general? Or, rather, considering the night drive, which road would touch suggest as more optimal?

In Dec I reached Udupi arnd 7:30 AM, this time, considering the rain damaged, am targetting 9 or 10 AM.

Your suggestions are sound and prudent, but, still heart calls for the night run.

Cheers,
Saurab C

Exhaust_Note · 27th September 2019, 21:23

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Originally Posted by rajshenoy

I think you meant -

Bangalore - Hassan - Chickamanguluru - Aldur - Agumbe - Hebri - Udupi

Please note that Koteshwara is on the coast near kundapur.

Taking this route. Planning to start at arnd 12 AM or a little later. I really get bogged down by traffic jams.
Shall update this thread sometime tomorrow after reaching.

Thanks!
Saurab C

rajshenoy · 27th September 2019, 21:49

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Originally Posted by Exhaust_Note

Taking this route. Planning to start at arnd 12 AM or a little later. I really get bogged down by traffic jams.
Shall update this thread sometime tomorrow after reaching.

Thanks!
Saurab C

I am driving down to udupi tomorrow morning and planning to take same route as well (though i prefer ghats in the mornings). Wish you a safe journey !! take care

Exhaust_Note · 27th September 2019, 21:57

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Originally Posted by rajshenoy

I am driving down to udupi tomorrow morning and planning to take same route as well (though i prefer ghats in the mornings). Wish you a safe journey !! take care

Thanks. It will be a nice back to back comparison of notes over here.

Good luck to you too.

fast_elegance · 28th September 2019, 15:45

Just reached MLR from BLR. Took the regular Shiradi route and took 7:30 hours with a breakfast stop at Mayura for almost an hour.

Was driving my BIL's Baleno. The roads are still motorable in this route. You have to be careful about the sections with stones scattered all around. A police jeep that was escorting a Lodgy that met with an accident, triggered a stone from its tyres that came flying and hit the rear door causing a few scratches. The stone missed the window by a few inches. I noticed quite a lot of cars just flying through this rough sections and i found that to be extremely dangerous.

The pot holes have turned into an entire section with no tar and only stones scattered. Exercise extreme caution if you decide to take this route between MLR - BLR.

Exhaust_Note · 29th September 2019, 10:34

Bangalore - Hassan - Chickamanguluru - Aldur - Agumbe - Hebri - Udupi
The above route took around 9 hours to Kaup starting at 1 am. Took 2 fuel stops and one rest/coffee break. The roads were very good all the way, except a few KMs of not so good patches. But on that too, you could maintain decent speeds.

The ghats started post sunrise and it was a very good experience to navigate the twisties. No fog to hamper visibility.

Samurai · 29th September 2019, 11:15

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Originally Posted by Exhaust_Note

Bangalore - Hassan - Chickamanguluru - Aldur - Agumbe - Hebri - Udupi
The above route took arnd 9 hours to Kaup starting at 1 am.

You took a 35kms longer route with risk of fog at night. You were lucky not to encounter fog. I am curious why you took this route.

Exhaust_Note · 29th September 2019, 11:52

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Originally Posted by Samurai

You took a 35kms longer route with risk of fog at night. You were lucky not to encounter fog. I am curious why you took this route.

As per the last couple of pages, this looked to be the best. Shiradi was faster but broken roads post the ghat all the way to Mangalore put me off.

Overall 35 kms is short, but this route indeed feels much longer.

Sri Vathsa · 29th September 2019, 16:20

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Originally Posted by dailydriver

And closed again

.

Looks like charmadi ghat is open, gmaps shows traffic on that route, not sure if we can trust Google on this, if someone has info please update.

23rd September 2019, 16:08	#8206
nikhilthegunner BHPian Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: London Posts: 234 Thanked: 558 Times	Re: The art of travelling between Bangalore - Mangalore/Udupi Hi all, does anyone know what the road condition in Shiradi Ghat is? Need to know because I'm gonna be driving to Mangalore sometime next month so I need to know if I have to take a high GC car or not.
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Kosfactor Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: COK\BLR\MYS Posts: 3,603 Thanked: 10,191 Times	Re: The art of travelling between Bangalore - Mangalore/Udupi Dear Exhaust Note, Please start a bit late . BLR to Hassan is smooth roads so you can do this before daylight, afterwards you can proceed through Shiradi ghat and reach Udupi. The drive is not enjoyable through the rest of the road at night, it's alright during the day. Carry a proper spare tire just in case and remember there aren't many rest stops for family once you cross Bellur cross coffee day and the A2B afterwards.
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25th September 2019, 10:53	#8210
PrideRed Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2012 Location: BLR/PTR Posts: 3,282 Thanked: 9,680 Times	Re: The art of travelling between Bangalore - Mangalore/Udupi During my recent travel back to Bangalore tried a new route. Puttur-Subrahmanya-Bisile-Shanivarsanthe-Arakalgud-CR Patna-Bangalore. The roads for most part is in pretty good shape barring few patches. Took me about 7 hours including 30 mins break. Even on Sunday evening, traffic was sparse until CR Patna. Bisile ghat has about 3-4KM stretch which is not tarred but a hatchback can easily do this. There are some intermittent bad patches from Bisile till CR Patna but manageable. There are no food options until 4 lane highway. The ghat road as I know is not safe between 6PM-6AM.
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26th September 2019, 22:32	#8212
Exhaust_Note BHPian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Kolkata Posts: 215 Thanked: 41 Times	Re: The art of travelling between Bangalore - Mangalore/Udupi Thanks Kosfactor and Rajshenoy. The reason to start early is to make itnarpund morning and have part of the day sightseeing. I have been through the ghats at night and yes, it is not enjoyable from the sights perspective, but almost zero traffic makes me attracted to the proposition of night drives. Which of the roads are better in general? Or, rather, considering the night drive, which road would touch suggest as more optimal? In Dec I reached Udupi arnd 7:30 AM, this time, considering the rain damaged, am targetting 9 or 10 AM. Your suggestions are sound and prudent, but, still heart calls for the night run. Cheers, Saurab C
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28th September 2019, 15:45	#8216
fast_elegance BHPian Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Mangalore/Bangalore Posts: 437 Thanked: 248 Times View My Garage	The art of travelling between Bangalore - Mangalore/Udupi Just reached MLR from BLR. Took the regular Shiradi route and took 7:30 hours with a breakfast stop at Mayura for almost an hour. Was driving my BIL's Baleno. The roads are still motorable in this route. You have to be careful about the sections with stones scattered all around. A police jeep that was escorting a Lodgy that met with an accident, triggered a stone from its tyres that came flying and hit the rear door causing a few scratches. The stone missed the window by a few inches. I noticed quite a lot of cars just flying through this rough sections and i found that to be extremely dangerous. The pot holes have turned into an entire section with no tar and only stones scattered. Exercise extreme caution if you decide to take this route between MLR - BLR. Last edited by fast_elegance : 28th September 2019 at 15:46.
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29th September 2019, 10:34	#8217
Exhaust_Note BHPian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Kolkata Posts: 215 Thanked: 41 Times	Re: The art of travelling between Bangalore - Mangalore/Udupi Bangalore - Hassan - Chickamanguluru - Aldur - Agumbe - Hebri - Udupi The above route took around 9 hours to Kaup starting at 1 am. Took 2 fuel stops and one rest/coffee break. The roads were very good all the way, except a few KMs of not so good patches. But on that too, you could maintain decent speeds. The ghats started post sunrise and it was a very good experience to navigate the twisties. No fog to hamper visibility. Last edited by GTO : 1st October 2019 at 09:26. Reason: Typos. Please run a spell-check before posting. Thanks!
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