Route Query Approved

I am no expert and I haven't visited all the places you have mentioned.

This might be useful for evaluating stay options:-

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I've stayed here Stay@matthuga - Reviews last monsoon and found it to be very good.

You can also consider staying in Bhagvati Nature Camp, Kudremukha.

On day 1:cover the first line you have listed under 'places of interest' to conclude in Kemmangudi. I have no idea about stay options here.

On day 2: start from Kemmanagudi and visit, Jog->Kodachadri and camp at Kollur.

On day 3:start from Kollur and head to Kudremukha. Probably you can stay at Bhagavathi Nature Camp near Kudremukh.

On day 4:start from Bhagavathi Nature Camp and ride to Maravanthe->Murudeshwara->Gokarna.

I haven't considered Aug 15th and Aug 20th as you would be making your to & fro journey on those days.

If I were you, I would have gave beaches a miss during monsoon.

It would be raining during August. I don't think trekking is possible in most of the places.

I am kind of negative about sunrise and sunset also because weather tends to be gloomy and cloudy. But if you must, then Kodachadri peak should give you good sunrise view (if the skies are clear). You can probably do this on your day3.

Malnad experts here like phanikar will be able to help you more. Good luck

Good Luck for your ride.

Some route map i could suggest for your place of preference: Chennai, Tamil Nadu to Chennai, Tamil Nadu - Google Maps


Day 1: Chennai - Blore - Chickmanglur (Stay)

Day 2: Chickmanglur - Kemmanugundi - Places Around Kemmanugundi - Kalasa (Stay)

Day 3: Kalasa - Kudremukh - Sringeri - Kodachadri - Marvanthe (or) Mrudeshwara
(Stay)

(Or)

Day 3: Kalasa - Kudremukh - Sringeri - Kodachadri - Jog Falls (Stay)

You have 2 options.. Either take the ferry after climbing down from Kodachadri and reach Jog Falls (By skipping Marvanthe) or Head to Marvanthe and reach Jog Falls while coming back.

Day 4: Marvanthe - Mrudeshwara - Honavar - Gokarna - Sirsi - Jog Falls (Stay)

Day 5: Jog Falls (Shimoga) - Davangere - Bangalore - Chennai

Good Luck

My Trip Log on a similar route (Minus Jog Falls / Gokarna) can be seen here:

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Would go with the route suggested by Ananth with some small changes here and there.
1. You can eliminate Sirsi, head to Honnavar directly from Jog falls.

2. You can try squeezing in Aagumbe, on the return or onward leg when going from Kudremukh to Kodachadri.

3.You can head from Kemmangundi to Tarikere, while going to Jog. on the return/forward journey. there nothing much to praise about the route from Bangalore to tarikere.

Stay :
You can budget accommodation at all the places mentioned in the map apart from Kemmangundi, where the Horticulture Guest House is under renovation and will unavailable till this November. Most places have temples which provide "Very Basic" accommodation along with food, massive cost cutting there for other places like Jog Falls you can opt for PWD guest Houses which provide accommodation at nominal Price.

Phanikar, Would you not suggest the Sirsi route? I heard the road is heavenly with beautiful greenery on both sides. Or is it Sirsi - Haveri (On the other side) ?

I heard from colleague, who visited Sirsi, that the route is absolute delight on greeneries

Thanks! Nitin,Ananth,Phanikar and Aargee. Appreciate your inputs. Will work on the daywise routes in a couple of days.


Tenatative Extension plan:
I am planning to extend the holiday by taking mon-tue(13,14) leaves too, having 4 more days to ride. I can ride down to ghats of KL /goa/ghats of MH again. As said its just a tenatative plan.

Roads are good , no doubt about it Looks something like this in summer (after rains u can imagine )


Misread that he wanted to go to Gokarna, directly from Jog falls. Sorry buddy

Welcome to Karnataka

Hi,

This is Sakshar, based out of Mangalore for last couple of years.
First of all, warm welcome for this ride. The route suggestions, as mentioned above, are perfect. A couple of pointers as a regular visitor to these routes:

1. Good thing or Bad thing is that the rainfall is pretty less in Karnataka this year. So, riding will be easier, but at the same time you will loose the charm of riding in heavy rain.

2. Try investing time in Chikmagalur. Worth it. If possible, try visiting ayyanakere lake (20 kms outside the town). Amazing place for rediscovering yourself.


3. Trek to Z point is a must in Chikmagalur.

4. A rain ride in Charmadi Ghats and Kudremukh forest is something you should not miss.

Though it should not be a part of your trip, but try avoiding Shiradi Ghat (Sakleshpur) at any cost. Looking at your plan, it will not be applicable to you.


I will be out of Mangalore for my Konkan ride during that time, but do call me in case of any urgencies.

Once again, Welcome.

Sakshar
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Thanks for the warm welcome!

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