Dharwad to Karwar via Dandeli

[Prithayan Barua]

anyone has any idea regarding the condition of the road from Dharwad to Karwar via Dandeli, the State Highway 34 and 46 ?

Please share your experience if you have used or heard regarding that road.

Was planning a cycle tour along that route.

any help is highly appreciated.

[Yateesh Kumar]

Dharwad-dandeli patchy roads.
Dandeli- kadra well maintained
Kadra -karwar is good but can be patchy in 4-5 stretches (max 2km in each such zone)

Enjoy your trip :)

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[suman paul]

this route is through Anshi national park. this area is not very well maintained and the forest is dense along the road soon after monsoon otherwise in summer it is generally less denser. Road is not maintained unless you are lucky to get recently laid top coat. through out the stretch it is quite deserted and certainly not recommended for one or two guys - if it is a large group of atleast 10 people and ride is strictly between sunrise and sunset then it is fine. the entire road will have beautiful tree shades and very winding. traffic is low. very few KSRTC buses ply through this route and rest all are of less number of private cars and rest is trucks. for a long interval you will not get any village to re-fill your bottle or stomach - so better carry more. I would suggest to have a support vehicle going along with the group. if there is woman in the group, then please plan meticulously in terms of stocks and safety and toilet facilities. Safety is top concern. it is almost 160 kilometers. no riding in the dark please.

[Prithayan Barua]

thanks a lot yathi and suman for your valuable comments and advice. 

I will plan accordingly 

[Abhay Kerur]

Had done Dharwad to Ganeshgudi via Anshi (enroute to Goa) in 2012 on a motorbike and thats when it was being dug up for double road to be laid. recently heard few of my relatives took same route and it was all smooth and tarred all the way.

It does get dense and lonely at times but as long as its day time its safe to travel on this route. We saw a lot of two wheeler traffic.

 

Regards,

Abhay Kerur

[Prithayan Barua]

thanks to all the suggestions, 3 of us successfully completed 240kms of ride in 3 days from Dharwad to Karwar via Dandeli and Anshi.

Well as far the road is concerned it is Butter, that's coming from a 700X23c tire. 

90% of the road is newly laid and in superb condition.

thanks to BBC, this google group is a wealth of information. I searched and got lots of information needed to plan my trip.

will post ride report later.

[anil s kadsur]

Prithayan,

That is great to know.....congrats, yes it is. Look forward to the ride report!

very truly,
anil s kadsur
http://kadsur.blogspot.in/

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[abhay kerur]

Congrats on the ride.

Regards,
Abhay

[Deepak dunks]

Hello Sir, 

We are 4 cyclists planning to do the same route in the following weekend. It looks like there are only 2 cyclist groups who has done this stretch. One of it is you. Some advice from your experience will really help 

1) Animals!!! cats especially. Do we need to worry about them during the day? We are only cycling in day time. 

2) Forest officials: Are cyclists restricted at many check posts? Will we be allowed in through the Anshi tiger reserve? We are cycling only on the NH strictly. 

[Prithayan Barua]

Absolutely no issues on that route, when we went the entire stretch had very good condition roads.

Again as far as our experience no issues with any animals or forest officials. Lots of uphills and a final downhill after Anshi.

Our route:
Dharwad->Ganeshgundi

Ganeshgundi -> Kaiga

Kaiga -> Karwar

http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=2720788

This is still one of our best trips, all the best enjoy.

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regards,
Prithayan Barua

[Yateesh Kumar]

Responses inline with queries
You guys planning single day tour or multiple day?

All the best

On 08-Oct-2016 07:06, "Deepak dunks" <deepa...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hello Sir, 
>
> We are 4 cyclists planning to do the same route in the following weekend. It looks like there are only 2 cyclist groups who has done this stretch. One of it is you. Some advice from your experience will really help 
> 1) Animals!!! cats especially. Do we need to worry about them during the day? We are only cycling in day time. 

Generally,  the  road sees a bit of trucks though less frequent.  Cats are rare to find unless you venture out of the tar roads

> 2) Forest officials: Are cyclists restricted at many check posts? Will we be allowed in through the Anshi tiger reserve? We are cycling only on the NH strictly. 

No restrictions on any vehicles as  such. If you stick to NH,  you will not pass through the core anashi reserve.
While going from dandeli to Kadra,  you will rarely see  human habitation after potoli barring joida,  kumbharwada and anashi spanning ~80-90 km. 
But it is mostly downhill and you will be able cover in a day comfortably.
We did the  reverse route from karwar to ulavi but still managed to get to ulavi...
Passing through deadly silence in the  anashi reserve for 18km was a lifetime experience :)

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> On Tuesday, 11 March 2014 12:31:08 UTC+5:30, Prithayan Barua wrote:
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>> anyone has any idea regarding the condition of the road from Dharwad to Karwar via Dandeli, the State Highway 34 and 46 ?
>> Please share your experience if you have used or heard regarding that road.
>> Was planning a cycle tour along that route.
>> any help is highly appreciated.
>

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[Deepak dunks]

We are planning to do it in 2 days. Friday and Saturday. Dharwad to Joida first day. Staying at Kadumane. Next day Joida to Karwar through Anshi. 

[Deepak dunks]

Thanks for the link. It will help  us plan the route. 

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[Deepak dunks]

Had a really good trip. Thank you guys.

[Chidambaran Subramanian]

Send us a detailed note or blog. Would be good to read it.

On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 10:34 PM, Deepak dunks <deepa...@gmail.com> wrote:

Had a really good trip. Thank you guys.

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