Hyderabad to Coorg road trip

NareshReddy237 · June 12, 2021

** Pre covid

Note: I already posted same content in my personal blog at that time, Now posting in Trifod, might be useful for someone.

Summary:

Hyderabad -> Mysore -> Coorg -> Srirangapatna -> Lepakshi -> Hyderabad

As usual, I am not mentioning much about roads & routes, Since it is straightforward, Just I followed the maps.

KMS: 1900

Car: Polo Diesel

Members: 2 Adults

Budget:

Fuel + Toll : 10,000

Stay : 15,000

Food: 4000

Extra: 3000

Total: 32,000

Stay Details:

Full Plan:

Let's start with the planning

I won't go anywhere in summer, not a fan of summer vacation, Because I strongly believe it is waste of time and money [in South], So we decided to for a road trip in June end. Searched for a lot of places, Finally decided to go for Coorg.

June 23rd

Hyderabad -> Bangalore

We packed our bags and went to the office, Since we both are working it is not easy to get long leaves, So after finishing some work in the office we finished our lunch and hit the road around 1 PM

We don't want our journey to be hectic, So we took a good amount of breaks. On day 1 we traveled 580 KM to reach Bangalore outskirt.

Around 11.30 PM we reached the hotel, We are done with day 1.

June 24th

Bangalore -> Mysore

We woke up a little early and started to Mysore. We did not take any breaks since it is just a 180 KM journey, By 11 AM we reached Mysore and check into the hotel.

1 PM

We went to the Chamundi Hills and took some pics.

4 PM

Went to visit Mysore palace [Day light visit]

7.30 PM

Again went to the palace to witness the light show. Beautiful.. Don't miss it.

June 25th

Mysore -> Coorg

We had breakfast in Mysore and started towards Palm Valley Resort, Coorg. This route is very scenic and beautiful. We took many breaks in the 90KM journey to take the pics, and it is worth it.

3 PM

We reached the resort, there we opted for buffet breakfast, lunch, and dinner, So no need to think about food. We went out to visit the surrounding areas. In-resort itself we took some photos.

After spending some beautiful time in nature, we went to the resort after sunset. Had the dinner and done with Day 3.

June 26th

Coorg -> Coorg

11 AM

Visited Madikeri Fort.

1 PM

Visited Raja's seat and surrounding areas.

Toy Train.

4 PM

Went to Abbey waterfalls, Since it is monsoon, Waterfall is full force and beautiful.

Yeah tired, enough for the day. Went to the resort to check in. Heritage Resort, Coorg. The best I can say.

No need to visit any place in Coorg, after staying in this resort. It has that much beauty.

We are done with Day 4, Just all my energy restored after seeing the beauty of the resort. Went to bed after having dinner in the resort.

June 27th

Coorg -> Srirangapatna-> Lepakshi

7AM

I know staying in this resort is a best moment, So we don't want to waste any time, We tried to explore the resort as much as possible.

We are done with the resort, we check out it with a lot of memories.

11 AM

Visited few places in Madikeri and moved for River rafting.

12 PM

We reached river rafting and there we met a family from Hyderabad, So we combinedly hired a boat for rafting.

2 PM

Visited Golden temple

We are done with the Coorg job, Now decided to go for Srirangapatna.

5.30 PM

Reached srirangapatna, Visited all Tippu's places, We hired a guide to show all place Since we are near to closing time. He showed the important places before they closed. We paid 300 for him.

7 PM

After sunset we started towards Lepakshi, It is a really hectic journey, W reached the Harita hotel at midnight at 2 AM, We are done with Day 5.

June 27th

Lepakshi -> Hyderabad

11 AM

Harita is just an average hotel, But we don't have any other options to stay there. So Morning we woke up a little late, After fresh up and having breakfast in Harita we went to visit Temple. It is totally empty, Hardly 5-6 tourists.