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Long winding roads, pleasant, sweet aroma of coffee flower blooms, delicious food, endless motorcycle conversations and the best superbikes on the planet cherished with great friends elevates a motorcycle trip into an exquisite experience.❤️

Our 3-day ride across the Western Ghats of Karnataka took us through beautiful coffee estates, gurgling streams, majestic national parks, gorgeous dam reservoirs and breathtaking grasslands 3,500 feet above sea level – all this surreal landscapes blessed with fantastic roads and warm, welcoming locals 🥰😊

Being a summer ride – the soaring temperatures didn’t seem to bother the motorcycles, although we took frequent breaks to indulge in lots of ice cream and hydrate with the local-coolers:

• The popular tender coconut water
• Fresh sugarcane juice
• Kokum-juice (a red-coloured fruit berry native to the Western Ghats region of our country)
• Coconut water mixed with Heralekai juice (Citron Lime) – which is supremely tasty and thirst-quenching.

Useful Information:

• Total Circuit Distance: 820 kms 
• Full Route:
  • Day 01: Bengaluru > Hassan > Belur > Devaramane > Kottigehara > Balehonnur > Koppa
  • Day 02: Koppa > Thadasa Old Bridge > Muduba Tunga River Bridge > Mandagadde > Sakrebyle Elephant Camp > Thirthahalli > Kuppalli > Koppa
  • Day 03: Koppa > Balehonnur > Kottigehara > Mudigere > Belur > Hassan > Bengaluru
  • Click to View the Full Route on Google Maps
• Road & Route Condition:
  • Perfect for a super sport, fantastic tarmac all along
  • Ideal for Solo Riders, Women Riders and small groups of upto 4-6 motorcyclists
• Premium Fuel Stations Enroute:
  • Plenty of IOC XP95 fuel bunks on the national, state highways and in major towns like Hassan, Koppa, Thirthahalli, Belur, Mudigere etc
  • Use the IOC app to locate the XP95 outlet along the route
• Public Toilets: No designated public toilets are available enroute | recommend to find a hotel/cafe to use the restrooms
• Stay at Muudana Mane Home Stay Koppa:
  • Beautiful and pleasant home stay with delicious local veg, non-veg food
  • Clean beds and restrooms
  • Suitable for family, friends and couples
  • Pet-friendly homestay
  • Parking for cars and motorcycles: inside the premises of the homestay
  • Location: Muudana Mane Home Stay, Near Hirikere, Koppa Rural, Karnataka [Google Maps link] 
  • Tariff: INR 2.500 per person/per night [includes breakfast, lunch and dinner]
  • DO NOT FORGET TO carry a mosquito repellent cream/spray

• Food Stops we loved:
  • Hotel Udupi, Kottigehara
    • Stop for juice, breakfast, snacks
    • Must Eat: Kokum Juice, LIme Soda, Coconut water mixed with Heralekai juice (Citron Lime), Neer Dose, Mangalore Buns
    • Motorcycle Parking: free parking outside the hotel 
    • Mode of payment: accepts cash and UPI only [credit/debit cards are NOT accepted]
    • Location: Hotel Udupi, Opposite bus stand, Kottigehara, Karnataka [Google Maps Link]

• Hotel Devi Krupa, Devangi, between Thirthahalli and Koppa
  • Stop for lunch
  • Must Eat: fish curry meals, rava masala fish fry, butter milk, veg meals
  • Motorcycle Parking: free parking outside the hotel 
  • Mode of payment: accepts cash and UPI only [credit/debit cards are NOT accepted]
  • Location: Hotel Devi Krupa, NH-169, Devangi, Karnataka [Google Maps Link]

• Growers Coffee House, Cheekanahalli, NH-73, between Belur and Mudigere
  • Stop for coffee, breakfast
  • Must Eat: Idly vada, puri saga, organic Bella coffee, fruit salad with ice cream, carrot halwa with ice cream, Masala Dosa
  • Motorcycle Parking: free parking outside the hotel 
  • Mode of payment: accepts cash, UPI and credit/debit cards
  • Location: Growers Coffee House, Cheekanahalli, Karnataka [Google Maps Link]

• Take it easy and relish the ride: Don’t get hustled, ride at your comfortable pace, take frequent breaks to sip lots of local-coolers, water, soak-in the views, cherish the time with your motorcycle group and enjoy the ride 😊

Our Western Ghats route was charted to ride the best winding roads, good food enroute and to experience different, stunning landscapes offered by this part of Karnataka. 😍

ALWAYS ON A MOTORCYCLE:

✅ Wear Full Riding Gear

✅ Be courteous, Respect the speed limits on public road/highways & Go Easy on the throttle while crossing a village

✅ Hammer the racetrack, pace the street

✅ DO NOT Litter, carry back your disposable bottles/snack wrappers etc