I have been planning this trip since 2017 but didn't get a chance to make this trip happen. This was happened recently with my colleagues in the month of August 2023. We are five people from Hyderabad planned this trip. But due to time and feasibilty, we first travelled to Bangalore via bus and hired bikes in Bangalore for 3 days. Our itinerary is to cover the following places.
Bangalore - Shravabelagola - Sakleshpur - Mangalore - Udupi - Maravanthe - Agumbe - Chikmagaluru - Belur - Bangalore
Day 1:
We packed our bags and started journey from Hyderabad by KSRTC bus which was scheduled at 06:30 AM and reached Bangalore by 05:00 PM. Booked our bikes at Hebbal location and deboarded the bus at the same place and took the bikes and started our trip.
Our first destination is Shravanabelagola which was 145 kms from Bangalore. We took NH75 and reached Shravanabelagola by the night 11 PM. We called Hotel Raghu which is the only lodge in that provide accommodation in that village for our night stay. We have a plan to visit the Bahubali statue in that village.
Total Distance Covered: 145 kms
Day 2:
Our day started with a Vindyagiri peak trek on which the monolithic statue of Lord Gomateshwara, one of the Jain thirankaras was situated. I would suggest to ascend this hill in the early hours before sunrise or during the sunset. After spending some time on the hill top, we descended and had breakfast in the same hotel we stayed. The breakfast was very delicious with reasonable cost. We checked out from the hotel and resumed our trip at 08:30 AM to our next destination Sakleshpur.
We had a plan to visit Manjarabad fort which was located on our way to Mangalore. A Star Shaped fort located at an elevation of more than 900 meters and can be reached by the steps[around 200-250 steps]. After climbing the steps, one can see beautifull hills surrounded to the fort. Since visited on a weekend, there are lot of visitors and it is hard to find parking. After spending some, we resumed our journey towards Mangalore through of the beautiful ghat roads of Western ghats Shiradi Ghat. We descended the ghat and reached Mangalore by 06:00 PM in the evening.
We booked our stay at Hotel Hanuman[Bhavanthi Street] which was located in the heart of the city. It was a very decent hotel for budget travellers including families. We freshen up and decided to visit Pabbas Icecream shop and had some ice cream. I would suggest to avoid dining here during weekends. We came back to our stay and ordered food online. The Mangalorean dishes were very tasty and one can taste the Chicken Ghee roast which is one of the main dishes in Mangalorean cuisine.
Total Distance Covered: 220 kms
Day 3:
Our day started with visiting couple of temples located nearby and had very good breakfast at Hotel New Om Hotel. The hotel serves mulitple items, one much try these items and any item is only Rs. 30/- per plate.
After had the breakfast, we checked out from the hotel and resumed our journey to next destination to one of the Blue Flag beaches in the Arabian coast located in Padubidri. Our next stop is Malpe, Udupi. Spent some time here and had lunch in the beach side restuarnt and resumed our trip towards Maravanthe Beach where you can see the river and the beach were seperated by a road.
Our next destination is Agumbe a beautiful hill station located on the way to Chikmagaluru. We have planned to reach the Agumbe before sunset and reach before the time. But due to heavy clouds, we didn't get a chance to view the sunset. But enjoyed our ride of 13 km ghat section between the Someshwara and Agumbe is very steep one. We then resumed our journey towards Chikmagaluru our next stop and night stay. By the time, we reached Chikmagaluru, it was already 11 PM and we got some food from a hotel and checked in to the hotels we booked.
Total Distance Covered: 299 kms
Day 4:
Final day of trip started with a breakfast in Mayura Deluxe located in MG Road and spent some time for shopping species. Resumed our journey towards Belur our next pit. Belur is famous for the 11th Century Chennakesava Temple built by Hoyasalas. We spent some time in watching the intrinsic carvings inside and outside the temple premises.
We started from Belur at 12:30 PM and took our next stop for Lunch at Murali Mitry Mane after crossing Channarayapatana by 03:30 PM. This hotel is famous for Non-veg meals. They don't have any nice menu for Vegetarian food. Had food and resumed our trip towards Bangalore and reached Hebbal by 07:00 PM and returned our Bikes. Spent some time in Bangalore and boarded our bus to Hyderabad.
Total Distance Covered: 243 kms
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