Hyderabad to Kochi trip: Route options, tips for first time travellers

Trip from Hyderabad till Nandi Upachar, Devanahalli was routine one i.e via Jadcherla, Kurnool, Ananthapuram, Penukonda, Bagepalli toll.

BHPian vivekcochin recently shared this with other enthusiasts:

This is to update about route taken for my last Hyderabad to Cochin (Fortkochi) trip.

Trip from Hyderabad till Nandi Upachar, Devanahalli was routine one i.e via Jadcherla, Kurnool, Ananthapuram, Penukonda, Bagepalli toll.

Maps didn't show me any route crossing through Bengaluru city (which I usually take i.e via Hebbal, Koramangala, Attibele to Hosur etc).

Hence I thought to take the map suggested route and I ignored the route which goes through Mysore road side & enter through Sathyamangalam route.

At last, I decided to take this route as mentioned here in bullets:

• From Nandi upachar, took first left towards Hoskote side.

• Looks like new construction is ongoing towards probably Chennai side?

• I stayed on to Hoskote Malur road

• It was purely village feeling after this stretch towards Berigai which is in Tamil Nadu

• Proceeded towards Athimugham, Puliyarasi and then Shoolagiri to enter NH 44 thereby reaching Krishnagiri side.

• Once I enter Krishnagiri side, I tool usual Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Salem, Avinashi, Neelambur, Palakkad, Thrissur route to reach my destination

Some tips for those who are not familiar with this route:

• Kindly use this route only if you feel traffic via BLR city is going to be horrible

• There is not much savings on time. I probably saved a 15 minutes but the stretch of roads after Hoskote was quite bad and then you have small towns at Athimugham with high density of people with narrow streets. It took me 2 hours and 15 minutes from Nandi upachar to enter NH 44 in Shoolagiri/Krishnagiri side. The route via BLR often taken 2 hr 30 minutes but if traffic is too much then it can be an issue.

• Do not use this road if you enter Nandi upachar after 4pm as it is not easy to navigate through the narrow village roads and help is not that easy since at many places you don't see any people.

• If this stretch is taken there is only one toll (Nalluru) till you enter NH44 at Shoolagiri/Krishnagiri side. The city route will have these tolls - Devanahalli, Electronics city flyover & Attibele toll.

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