[royalcruiser]

Originally Posted by Indian Ranger

Hi Hari,

The road till Arsikere via tumkur is decent but I do not have much idea from there to chikmagalur.

There is a route - from Arsikere you hit Kadur and there is a road from Kadur to C'lore (about 38kms). Dont even think of going by this road, cos its one of the worst roads I've ever seen and driven! That was a coupa years back and from what I heard, the road is still in the same condition

Stick to the Hassan, Belur route ..

[Indian Ranger]

Thank you NFS2024 and Kannan666.

Please check the below thread for more details on the accommodation which I have already updated.

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travel...n-rates-7.html.

Hope this will help and do let me know if you need any other info.

[sushrutha]

Originally Posted by royalcruiser

There is a route - from Arsikere you hit Kadur and there is a road from Kadur to C'lore (about 38kms). ..

Believe it or not. This route was constructed way back by Britishers. This road was good till recently, but now coz of mining lorries + heavy rains it might have gone for a toss cos of this.

[royalcruiser]

Originally Posted by sushrutha

Believe it or not. This route was constructed way back by Britishers.

true .. my granddad used to tell me that

This road was good till recently, but now coz of mining lorries + heavy rains it might have gone for a toss cos of this.

i never knew that the road was done up? anyway, there seemed to be only ksrtc buses and lorries that ply on this road.

[crazydrives]

Hi friends
We are planning to have a visit to Udipi and other places in 3 days and get back to Bangalore. Can anyone who travelled recently suggest me the preferred places and itenary of the 3 day trip?

i have in mind places like this:Udipi, Kollur,Hornadu.
We already had a visit to Sringeri.(No problem though it is included again as i liked that place very much.)

Please give me the preferred route too.
Thank you

[sushrutha]

Originally Posted by crazydrives

Hi friends
We are planning to have a visit to Udipi and other places in 3 days and get back to Bangalore. Can anyone who travelled recently suggest me the preferred places and itenary of the 3 day trip?

i have in mind places like this:Udipi, Kollur,Hornadu.
We already had a visit to Sringeri.(No problem though it is included again as i liked that place very much.)

Please give me the preferred route too.
Thank you

Follow this route for Bangalore-Jog-Kollur-Udipi-Sringeri-Horanadu-Bangalore trip if Jog falls is also there in your iternary

Bangalore - Tumkur-Kadur-Shimoga - Sagara - Jog - Kollur
Kollur- Kundapura - Udipi - Manipal- Parkala- Someshwara - Agumbe - Sringeri
Sringeri- Jayapura - Basarikatte - Hornadu - Kalasa - Mudigere - Belur- Hassan - Bangalore

Day -1 Travel to Jog n Kollur . Stay @ Kollur
Day -2 Travel to Udupi, Agumbe, Sringeri. stay @ Sringeri
Day -3 Travel to Hornadu early morning(around 8am) from Sringeri(65kms), Finish darshan n start towards Bangalore same day by afternoon(around 12pm).

[crazydrives]

Thank you Sushutha

Your itenary will definitely help us a lot
will return with the details of our the trip soon

[i20maverick]

Hey Guys,
I am planning a drive from Bangalore to Shimoga-Sagar-Jog Falls and surrounding places during mid-July (15th - 18th). Can anyone please let me know about the road conditions from (Bangalore to Shimoga and Shimoga to Jog) and if it is ok to drive down there at this time of the year considering the monsoon?
I am planning to take my one year old kid with me.
Your suggestions/comments will be very much appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Regards,

[sushrutha]

Originally Posted by i20maverick

Hey Guys,
I am planning a drive from Bangalore to Shimoga-Sagar-Jog Falls and surrounding places during mid-July (15th - 18th). Can anyone please let me know about the road conditions from (Bangalore to Shimoga and Shimoga to Jog) and if it is ok to drive down there at this time of the year considering the monsoon?
I am planning to take my one year old kid with me.
Your suggestions/comments will be very much appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Regards,

Yeah, the road condition is good as of now all the way till JOG falls.
Just be careful about the Illegal road humps between Tumkur-Arasikere.
They may take you by surprise.

[Tempelhof]

Can anyone update on the Bangalore to Kollur (Mookambika) route?

Some candidate routes are:

Bangalore-Tumkur (NH4) – Arasikere – Shimoga (NH 206) – Malur – Thirthahalli (NH13) – Nagara – Nittur – Kollur (approx. 420kms)

Bangalore-Tumkur (NH4) – Arasikere – Shimoga (NH 206) – Ayanur – Ripponpete – Hosanagara – Nagara – Nittur – Kollur (Approx 400 kms)

For the other route (Bangalore-Hassan-Shiradighat-Mangalore-Kollur) I guess the road condition is bad between Hassan and Mangalore.

Want to know the current road conditions, especially after the recent heavy rains.

How will a taxi ride be (Innova with 4 passengers)?

Thanks in advance.

[Fauji]

Originally Posted by Tempelhof

Can anyone update on the Bangalore to Kollur (Mookambika) route?

Some candidate routes are:

Bangalore-Tumkur (NH4) – Arasikere – Shimoga (NH 206) – Malur – Thirthahalli (NH13) – Nagara – Nittur – Kollur (approx. 420kms)

Bangalore-Tumkur (NH4) – Arasikere – Shimoga (NH 206) – Ayanur – Ripponpete – Hosanagara – Nagara – Nittur – Kollur (Approx 400 kms)

How will a taxi ride be (Innova with 4 passengers)?

Thanks in advance.

I would recommend route 1 via Tirthahalli which is good and also more pictureque. The road conditions thorugh out is decent.

The ride in innova will be comfortable. No worries.

BTW, is this trip only to Kollur? Since you are going all the way and plan to hire a taxi, why dont you spend some days exploring Malnad? Take a look at this thread.

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/route-...ve-malnad.html

[Tempelhof]

Originally Posted by Fauji

I would recommend route 1 via Tirthahalli which is good and also more pictureque. The road conditions thorugh out is decent.

The ride in innova will be comfortable. No worries.

BTW, is this trip only to Kollur? Since you are going all the way and plan to hire a taxi, why dont you spend some days exploring Malnad? Take a look at this thread.

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/route-...ve-malnad.html

Thanks for the information ! Malnad is reserved for some other time.

[C300]

Nice TL Indian Ranger. Reminded me of my visit to Jog falls almost a decade back. In your pics I noticed the volume of water is less when I compare it with my faint memory. Being the monsoon season I was expecting it to be in full flow. Is that the sign of reduction in overall rainfall in that region?

[Indian Ranger]

Originally Posted by C300

Nice TL Indian Ranger. Reminded me of my visit to Jog falls almost a decade back. In your pics I noticed the volume of water is less when I compare it with my faint memory. Being the monsoon season I was expecting it to be in full flow. Is that the sign of reduction in overall rainfall in that region?

Thank you C300. The journey was done back in 2009 and since then i have not done this route again nor visited these places, hence really do not have the latest update on the waterfront.