Road Trip - Bangalore To Wynad

Travelled on 24 Jan 2016. Went through Route IV and returned through Route III

There are various routes are there from Bangalore to Wynad. Where you are heading to Wynad matters.  If it is to Kalpetta, SultanBattery, Pulpally, Panamvaram, Pookode lake, Edakkal caves, Vythiri, Chundale then it is better to take Route I . If travelling to Tirunelly temple, Kuruvadweep, Manathavady then any route other than "Route I" you can opt.

Route Options

Route	Via
Route I	Bangalore - Mysore - Nanjangud - Gundlupet - Sulthan Bathery - Kalpetta (Closing time - 9 p.m - 6 a.m)
Route II	Bangalore - Srirangapatna - Hunsur - Nagarhole - Kutta - Tholpetty - Kattikulam - Manathavady (Closing time - 6 p.m - 6 a.m)
Route III	Bangalore - Mysore - H.D. Kote - Antharasanthe - Bavali - Kattikulam - Manathavady (Closing time - 6 p.m - 6 a.m) (For me, this is the best route in day time, condition of road is decent as well as shortest route. Use Mysore bypass road (outer ring road) and check for sign boards for HD Kote).
Route IV	Bangalore - Srirangapatna - Hunsur - Gonikoppa - Kutta - Tholpetty - Kattikulam - Manathavady (This route is open 24x7. All other routes are closed at night with different timing)

Here, in all these routes there is no toll, but while entering into Nagarhole route(Route II), you have to enter details about vehicle and passengers.

Also there is kanakapura, Malavalli, Gundlupet, Sultan Battery route is there. Take NICE road and exit through Kanakapura road and pass through Kanakapura, Malavalli, Gundlupet, then to Sultan Battery. Its a two lane road and till Kanakapura, heavy traffic you can expect. There are not many restaurants in this route. In Kanakapura and Malavalli, you can find a few.

Restaurants

Earlier there are not many restauarants are there in this route. But recently lot of new restaurants opened. Even A2B is opened recently. When coming from Mysore after Mandya and before Maddur you can see A2B. Then Hotel Empire, Kamat etc are there. In Mandya, you can see Hotel Amaravati. In Mysore Hotel Dasa Prakash is a good option. Then on Mysore - Gundlupet route you can see Hotel Kamat just after you cross Mysore city. Then in Gundlupet you can find CCD(Cafe Coffee Day).

Highway Robbery

There are reports of highway robbery in an around Hunsur mainly during night time (in Route IV). Now Hunsur police has nabbed the dacoits in a coveted operation, thumbs up to Hunsur Police.

Reference:
https://www.facebook.com/RepairHunsurGonikoppalRoad/posts/699302463536306:0
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/494330/gang-seven-highway-dacoits-arrested.html

Photos

Bavali Bridge

From here on it is Kerala state

The famous Y junction, when you go along through the kattikulam in the tholpetty route, after few kilometers, you can see this famous Y junction. Also you can also find famous "neyyappam" (Ghee appam) shop in the junction.

Kattikulam junction