[gypsyFreak]

Originally Posted by nutmello

hello. this is the correct road to mysore. roads are in excellent condition. do not worry. i did it last monday.

How is the road condition between Honnavar and Jog? Read that it is very bad.

Any idea about Mensi route?

[misquitas]

Originally Posted by nutmello

hello. this is the correct road to mysore. roads are in excellent condition. do not worry. i did it last monday.

Glad to hear that the following route is in good condition:

Goa - Honavar (NH17) - Sagar (NH206) - Shimogha (NH206) - Bhadravati (NH206) - Arsikere (NH206) - Channarayapatna (Nr. Hasan, SH7) - Srirangapatna - Mysore

We (wife, daughter and myself) are planning to drive from Goa-Mysore on Oct 24 or 25 and we plan to take this above mentioned route.

Nutmello, would you suggest some decent place along this route where we can stop for meals and for the rest room? Much obliged.

OR, do you suggest the Goa-Honnawar-Hubli-Tumkur-NICE road-Mysore as a better option? The expressway may be longer but it could also be a much better road. What say?

We may also consider a Mysore-Mangalore route sometime on Oct 29 or 30 as our friends will be driving from Goa-Bhatkal-Mangalore around that time and we plan to meet up there.

So, which would be the best Mysore-Mangalore route at this point in time? Also, places to stop for meals/restroom along this route would also be welcome.

@gypsyfreak

Sorry for not checking your last PM. Will be in touch with you shortly.

[himavanth_m]

Originally Posted by gypsyFreak

How is the road condition between Honnavar and Jog? Read that it is very bad.

Any idea about Mensi route?

Not very bad when i did it in Feb this year. Not sure now. At one place though they were quite bad.
Link to my travelogue.
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travel...ll-2-days.html


Not sure about Mensi road.

[akshay380]

Guys, how is present condition of NH206 route? Planning a drive from Mysore to Goa. Any other alternatives also welcome.

[ampere]

Originally Posted by akshay380

Guys, how is present condition of NH206 route? Planning a drive from Mysore to Goa. Any other alternatives also welcome.

If you are heading to south Goa then yes you can take the 206. Its good with some bad roads around ghats at Honnavar. If you are heading for north Goa, then:

Mysore-Srirangapatna-Nagamangala-Neligere-Huliyar-Hiriyur-Hubli-Belgaum-Chorla-North Goa.

[Caadmara]

Originally Posted by ampere

If you are heading to south Goa then yes you can take the 206. Its good with some bad roads around ghats at Honnavar. If you are heading for north Goa, then:

Mysore-Srirangapatna-Nagamangala-Neligere-Huliyar-Hiriyur-Hubli-Belgaum-Chorla-North Goa.

Hello Amp, Would you know the existing road condition on the Srirangapatna- Channarayapattna stretch? I occasionally have to travel from Sakaleshpur to Mysore mostly during last evenings. I currently take the Sakaleshpur- Holenarsipur- KR Nagar-Mysore route and the problem with this route especially in the evenings is the heavy oncoming bus traffic with high-beams on which makes for a stressful-tiring drive.

Was exploring BING-Maps and saw the alternative Channarayapatna- Srirangapattina route. Distance wise almost seems the same so would like your valuable opinion if this is doable. Thanking you in advance.

Cheers.

[ampere]

Originally Posted by Caadmara

Hello Amp, Would you know the existing road condition on the Srirangapatna- Channarayapattna stretch? I occasionally have to travel from Sakaleshpur to Mysore mostly during last evenings. I currently take the Sakaleshpur- Holenarsipur- KR Nagar-Mysore route and the problem with this route especially in the evenings is the heavy oncoming bus traffic with high-beams on which makes for a stressful-tiring drive.

Was exploring BING-Maps and saw the alternative Channarayapatna- Srirangapattina route. Distance wise almost seems the same so would like your valuable opinion if this is doable. Thanking you in advance.

Its a fantastic road CR Patna - KR Pete-Pandavpura-Srirangapatna-Mysore). The only negative is the Pandavpura-Srirangapatna stretch. Its full of sugarcane traffic. Apart from that its a brilliant road. Absolutely no traffic.

[Osteon206]

We went to Goa last weekend. I wanted to update route details and road condition. Onward journey was Mysore - Srirangapatna - Pandavpura - Melukote - CR Patna - Arsikere - Kadur - Tarikere - Shimoga - Sagara - Honnavar - Kumta - Karwar - Goa (Canacona)

Decision to take this route onward was because of the incessant rain in Dakshina Kannada and unknown road condition in Sampaje, Sullya, Puttur due to tremors and landslides. The Shimoga route was suggested by a Coorgi friend, in case of night driving. We (my wife, two of our friends and myself) left from Mysore in our VW Taigun 1.0 TSI MT at 7pm and reached Goa at 6am with a dinner stop at CR Patna.

Roads between Mysore to Srirangapatna are a mix of good stretches and yet to be made patches due to ongoing expressway construction. After that till Jaknahalli (Melukote), the road is good. From Melukote to Shravanabelagola, roads are very narrow surrounded by dense vegetation with many tough patches.

Finding a place for Dinner at CR Patna was challenging and we repented not having carried food from Mysore itself. Immediately after crossing the Bangalore - Mangalore highway onto Arsikere road, it worsens a lot. The road all the way upto Shimoga is in a very bad state. Average speed was less than 60kmph for most part of it. After Shimoga the roads are very good and well marked all the way upto Kumta

Between Kumta and Karnataka-Goa border road widening is still underway, so there are a few bad patches to look out for. You have to be especially careful in the section since the road shifts between single carriageway and double carriageway frequently without warning.

On the return leg took the decision of sticking to my usual route that I was well versed with after speaking to the Coorgi friend Dr. KCK who confirmed that rain had reduced and there was no waterlogging.

Route taken was Goa (Agonda) - Karwar - Kumta - Honnawar - Bhatkal - Maravanthe - Kundapur - Udupi - Mangalore - Bantwal - Puttur - Sullia - Sampaje - Madikeri - Kushalnagar - Periyapatna - Hunsur - Mysore. Departed Goa after breakfast at Treetop Tava, Agonda at 11am and reached Mysore at 11.30pm with a break at Mangalore for 1.5 hours and a 15minute stop at Maravanthe.

The roads were great throughout except some patches of rough roads between Mangalore to Adyar and some patches where road widening is underway till Bantwal. Post this roads were really awesome, super smooth all the way to Mysore. Really applaudable that despite the rains the roads were in great shape. No landslides anyway all the way upto two spots in the vicinity of Madekeri. One was at a place 14km away from Madikeri and the other at 5.5km from Madikeri in the Madikeri-Mekeri road (this diversion has to be taken due to the recent breach of the retaining wall adjacent to Madikeri DC office at the start of the Mangalore road from Madikeri just after the petrol pump at this circle. Really pity of the KSRTC Airavat buses having to take this narrow stretch upto Thalatmane.

I will take this route to Goa anyday compared to the one through shimoga just to avoid the section between CR patna to Shimoga especially if driving at Night. Between Tarikere and Shimoga, there are many spots with multiple speedbreakers (more than 10 together) which have no warning signs, this adds to the discomfort waking up the other occupants each time I missed noticing these in advance. Only after Shimoga, did the wife and our friends have good sleep, after that they woke up when i stopped for a coffee break near Jog falls diversion and after that they again could sleep comfortably till Karwar.

Whether driving in the morning or night time, I would recommend driving through Madikeri - Mangalore route if there is no waterlogging and if you don't own a Mahindra Thar or Isuzu V cross or any other proper SUV for getting past waterlogged areas safely.

[Osteon206]

Did an impromptu roadtrip to Goa on Independence day 2022. Our close friend Dr. KCK had some official work at Goa and flight tickets were too expensive, so the wife and me decided to get him there by road. We left from Mysore at noon on 15th August after flag hoisting at the respective hospitals we work at.

For the onward journey we took the following route Mysore - Srirangapatna - Pandavpura - Bellur cross - Sira - Davanagere - Hubli - Anmod - Mollem - Vasco da Gama. We had to avoid our favourite route through Madikeri and Mangalore due to unknown road condition between Madikeri and Mangalore off late (KCK is a Coorgi, so we took his advice on this). The roads are ok till Sira, from here to Hubli roads are good. The Anmod ghat road was pathetic, stretches of white topped roads and then stretches of deadly potholes till the Karnataka-Goa border.

For the return route we took an alternative route. Vasco da Gama - Mollem - Anmod - Ramnagar - Haliyal - Khalgatgi - Shiggaon - Haveri - Davangere - Hosadurga - Turuvekere - Bellur cross - Pandavpura - Mysore. The alternative route was much shorter in distance and was a little quicker, on the downside though we did this completely at night time, it's not recommended to do so since there is absolutely nothing on this stretch in terms of restrooms, restaurants, garages, hospitals if need be. The only advantage was negligible traffic. We came across less than 50 vehicles between Davangere to Srirangapatna between 11pm to 4.30am. As for the stretch between Anmod to Shiggaon, the road was very narrow at places with many stretches where there were non metalled roads in between Forrest areas. So it's really not worth trying to bypass Hubli. Though it was about 60km shorter, we hardly saved any time.

[CannedShroud]

I am planning a trip in May from Goa to Ooty via Mysore, with my mother and younger brother. I'm planning to take my Tata Altroz iTurbo 1.2T (2022). This is going to be my first time driving on that route. Can you please suggest the best route possible as well as good places to stay and eat. And also, please do share your experiences for the same as well as caveats.

[goandude]

Originally Posted by CannedShroud

I am planning a trip in May from Goa to Ooty via Mysore, with my mother and younger brother. I'm planning to take my Tata Altroz iTurbo 1.2T (2022).

Did you do this trip? If so, which route did you use.

From what I've read the Coastal route should be the quickest from Mysore to Goa. However, the road condition between Madikeri, Sullia, Puttur and Bantwal is unknown at this time. Especially as the rains have ravaged the region last few weeks.

Anyone can update the condition of this road?

[CannedShroud]

Originally Posted by goandude

Did you do this trip? If so, which route did you use.

From what I've read the Coastal route should be the quickest from Mysore to Goa. However, the road condition between Madikeri, Sullia, Puttur and Bantwal is unknown at this time. Especially as the rains have ravaged the region last few weeks.

Anyone can update the condition of this road?

Hey!, yes I kind of completed the trip but not exactly Goa-Ooty-Goa,

We came down from Pune. So we ended up doing Pune-Hubli-Mysore-Ooty.

from Hubli to Mysore you will have a freshly paved 6 lane highway - this was amazing ( you can easily cruise at 120 with almost 0 intervention as there is minimal traffic on this route - at least that was my experience).

We then decided to proceed to Mysore Via the NICE ring road around banglore - this was under maintenance. Not sure about current condition.

From Mysore to Ooty we took the Gundupete-Theppakudu route (the steep but scenic route)

From Ooty back to Mysore, we took the other ghat - Ooty-gudalur-theppakadu. This ghat was much easier (more turns but less steep hence easier on the car). This one goes through the nilgiris - you can see/smell the blue trees around and it an amazing experience.

Mysore to Goa, we took the Coastal Route - Mysore-Manglore-Karwar-Goa

We took a halt at Manglore for Dinner. This route is more tiresome due to it going through more hubs/cities unlike the Hubli-Blore highway - but the food along this route is amazing. You can hit Coorg on you way back as well

[Oppanna]

Originally Posted by goandude

However, the road condition between Madikeri, Sullia, Puttur and Bantwal is unknown at this time. Especially as the rains have ravaged the region last few weeks.

Madikeri to Mani is a breeze. No diversion or bad patches which will hamper your travel experience.

Mani to B C Road is little tricky as the road widening is in progress and the rains are causing trouble. Not that one cannot travel. It will slow you down drastically as you need to negotiate the potholes/mudroad carefully.

B C Road onwards it is a four lane and you will face bottleneck at Nanthoor Junction where you connect to the Cochin Panvel highway.

[goandude]

Originally Posted by CannedShroud

Mysore to Goa, we took the Coastal Route - Mysore-Manglore-Karwar-Goa

Thanks, but could you elaborate a bit on this route. Like time taken for your journey, condition of roads, How long did you stop en route.

Originally Posted by Oppanna

Madikeri to Mani is a breeze. No diversion or bad patches which will hamper your travel experience.

Mani to B C Road is little tricky as the road widening is in progress and the rains are causing trouble. Not that one cannot travel. It will slow you down drastically as you need to negotiate the potholes/mudroad carefully.

B C Road onwards it is a four lane and you will face bottleneck at Nanthoor Junction where you connect to the Cochin Panvel highway.

Thanks for the detailed info but I confess that I'm not familiar with places on this route and thus not sure where Mani is? or what BC road stands for.

Mani shows Manipal on GMaps and BC road shows Bantwal. Is this correct?

[Oppanna]

Originally Posted by goandude

Mani shows Manipal on GMaps and BC road shows Bantwal. Is this correct?

When you drive from Mysore via Madikeri - Sullia - Puttur you join the NH 75 at Mani (https://goo.gl/maps/sjBbp1S7SnaiuNRk8)

B C Road is Bantwal Cross Road from where the 4 lane starts. Please let me know if you need any more information. Glad to help.