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Originally Posted by praful 2. Bangalore-Neelamangala-Channaryapatna-Hassan-Belur-<Fill in the blank>
Again have been till Hassan and the roads are pretty good till there and Belur even. What I am confused about is where to head from Belur, I have a few options in front of me :- a) Belur-Mudigere-Hornadu-Kudremukh-Karkal(Slightly Off this)-Udupi
b) Belur-Mudigere-Koppa(Via Muthodi Sanctuary)-Tirthalli-Agumbe-Manipal-Udupi
c) Belur-Chikmagalur-Koppa(Via Muthodi Sanctuary)-Tirthalli-Agumbe-Manipal-Udupi d) Are there any other better/faster options
This route would be longer than Route#1 for me, but then I can cover either Agumbe or Kudremukh on one day itself, and these two places are on my to-do list for this trip anyways.
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Praful, sorry if I posted this reply late.
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Just as I had stated in my earlier post, if you are going towards Udupi, the Madikeri route will be very circuitious.
Out of the 3 routes you have stated in option 2, Route (a) is feasible but roads are not that good. This is also the shortest route after Charmadi & Shiradi.
The other routes which you have stated are feasible to some extent. Going through Muthodi sanctuary, Koppa and to Thirthalli is not at all necessary (unless you want to visit these places)
The best route other than the Kudremukh route would be
Belur-Chikmagalur-Aldur-Balehonnur-Jayapura-Sringeri-Agumbe-Someshwara-Hebri-Manipal-Udupi. You will encounter good roads until Agumbe and Hebri
Since you know roads upto Belur, i'll continue from there.
Belur-Chikmagalur stretch is very good with long straights.
After Chikmagalur, turn towards Mudigere. The Mudigere road is broken in places. Turn right near Vastare village towards Aldur.
Aldur to Balehonnur there is a good 2 lane road except for a few kms in the forest. But it is easily manageable in a bike.
Balehonnur-Jayapura is also a beautiful winding road. At Jayapura take a left 'U' turn towards Sringeri. Straight goes to Koppa. Only buses take the Koppa-Agumbe Koppa-Sringeri route because they can't handle the short curves.
Good road Sringeri to Agumbe.
Agumbe to Someshwara, ghat road broken in a few places.
Someshwara to Hebri single lane road but smooth surface.
Hebri to Manipal 2 lane road but rough.
This is the shortest route to Agumbe from Bangalore