Destinations covered - Bangalore - Mangalore - Sringeri - Coorg - Mysore - Banglore
No of days - 8
Mode of travel - By Road in a Zoom rented Ford Figo
Stay - Bangalore - home, Mangalore at Brother in law's home, Sringeri at the trust rooms, Coorg Club Mahindra Kodagu valley
Places we saw
Mangalore - Kadri Manjunath temple, Mangala devi, Moodabidri and Bahubali, Agumbe, Someswara and Panambur beach, Pilicula Biological park, Agumbe Rainforest Research station, Sringeri
Coorg - Dubare elephant camp, Bylakuppe, Talacavery, Raja's seat
Mysore - Mysore palace
Travelogue of the trip - Click here
Drive from Bangalore to Mangalore
Distance - 400 kms
Time - 7hrs
Start at 5.10am
Tumkur toll plaza at 6:00am
Neelamangala at 6:24am Toll of Rs 38/-
Belur cross at 7:10am toll of Rs 38
After 1 km there is a CCD which was open so had breakfast and coffee here
Devihalli-Hassan tollway 7:25 for Rs 35. The toll is roughly 5 mins after the CCD break
Devenghalli Hassan tollway 8:25 another toll of Rs 20 (13 kms to Hassan from here)
MG Melanta toll at 12:25 of Rs 20/-
20 kms to mangalore from here.
Reach home at 1:00pm
Drive from Mangalore to Coorg
Distance - 143kms
Time - 6hrs
Start at 10:00
Toll Rs 20/- at 11:30am after 21 kms
Sullia big town at 12:55 pm after 66 kms
After 23 kms we enter Kodugu and the roads till here were really bad.
Reach Club mahindra Kodagu valley at 3:30 (including lunch break)
Drive from Coorg to Bangalore via Mysore Palace
Total distance - 300 kms
Time taken - 8-9 hrs (with breaks for breakfast, lunch and at Mysore palace)