Covering Karnataka in a week My friends, a couple from Japan, are visiting starting Dec 20. I wanted to show them all flavors of Karnataka in a week - monuments, coastal region, temples, palaces (OK, there is only one - at Mysore), nature, wildlife ...
I have a few tentative plans, but I am not sure of the do-ability. We would be traveling by road in my Safari, would like to stay in decent places, limit distance traveled in a day (my friend has just retired after a long innings), and see as much as possible. I have omitted a few obvious popular places for want of time. Plan 1:
Day 1 Bangalore - Hospet, 1400-2100 (they arrive the previous night, so start only in the afternoon), Night stay at Hospet
Day 2 Visit Hampi, night stay at Hospet
Day 3 Hospet - Kundapura, en route visit Kollur, Murdeshwara etc. (no idea where to stay)
Day 4 Udupi - Hassan, look at coastal life, visit Sringeri, Belur (stay at a hotel in Hassan or home stay in Coorg?)
Day 5 Bylakuppe - Mysore, Golden Temple etc. (night stay at Mysore)
Day 6 Mysore - Bandipur or BR Hills, some sightseeing in Mysore, Jungle Lodge at Bandipur or K-Gudi, Jeep Safari, night stay
Day 7 Bandipur / BR Hills - Bangalore, via Srirangapatna, back to Bangalore by evening
Day 8 Bangalore, the usual places
Day 9 Bangalore, depart at night Plan 2:
Day 1 Bangalore - Mysore, 1400-1900, via Srirangapatna (Tipu Palace, Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary etc.), stay at Mysore
Day 2 Mysore - Coorg, after visiting Palace, Chamundi Hill etc. and Golden Temple on the way, stay at a home stay in Coorg
Day 3 Coorg - Hassan, visit Belur, Sringeri etc. stay undecided
Day 4 Drive to west coast via Udupi or Kundapur, visit Anegudde, Kollur, etc., stay undecided
Day 5 Visit Murudeshwar in the morning, Drive to Hospet (route undecided), night halt at Hospet
Day 6 Hampi
Day 7 Back to Bangalore, reach Bangalore by evening
Day 8 Bangalore, the usual places
Day 9 Bangalore, depart at night
Plan 3:
Day 1 Bangalore - Hospet, 2230 - 0800 (+1), night train to Hospet
Day 2 Hampi, night train back to Bangalore
Day 3 Bangalore - Mysore, visit Mysore, night stay at Mysore
Day 4 Mysore - Coorg - Hassan, visit Golden Temple, belur etc. on the way, night stay at Hassan or Chikmagalur (or may at a home stay in Coorg, and see Belur next morning)
Day 5 Hassan - Udupi, visit Anegudde, Kollur, Murdeshwar etc., stay undecided
Day 6 Udupi - Bhadra Tiger Reserve
Day 7 Bhadra - Hassan - Bangalore, back to Bangalore by evening
Day 8 Bangalore, the usual places
Day 9 Bangalore, depart at night Plan 4:
Same as Plan 3, but go south-west from Coorg to Kannur etc. instead of going to Kundapur etc. and skip Bhadra
I welcome your comments and suggestions: route tips, where to stay, what to see and what to skip, must see places, 'must eat at' places (and shouldn't eat at ones),etc. Most of these places I have seen in the past, but would like to see again from a different p-o-v. |