This blog is about our journey when we left Bangalore and shifted to Mumbai…. again ?
We had given lot of thought for choosing the best way to travel with our little one, considering the cost and time. After considering all the options like transporting the car through packers and then coming via flight or train or bus, I had good experience via bus from Bangalore to Mumbai, I have jotted it do read it here.
We finalized traveling around 1000 Km via road. This was due to 2 main reason first being safety of our vehicle as we have heard few bad instances with car transporting through packers. Second I love driving and finally cost as there was not much overall difference in transporting it or driving it.
Route – it’s a straight road means NH 48 via
Tumkur – Hubli – Belgaum – Kolhapur – Satara – Pune and then Mumbai.
After doing a lot of research, going through lot of travel logs of different people (on TeamBHP) we came to know that it is good to leave Bangalore as early as possible so that we can get ahead of all the heavy traffic and cover more distance. So, we decided to leave around 5 AM or before that.
As we are traveling with kid and we has never driven this long in a single day, so we decided to make it a break journey. We finalized Belgaum for our stay as we got a 5* property at a very good price and Belgaum is mid-way for this journey.
Our first stop was Shree Ratnam at Nelamangala at around 7 AM. It was around 1 hr 30 min drive from Bangalore, here had our b/f and it was cheap and good. Washrooms were also clean. Then we continued with our journey. We didn’t take many stops as our thought was to reach the hotel as early as possible and then rest as we didn’t have good sleep the night before due to packing.
The cult
In total we stopped 3 time till we reach Belgaum, our second stop was at some CCD and then finally we stopped for Lunch before Belgaum. For lunch we stopped at this place named Hotel The Cult
After traveling for around 500 Km and eating at all those different places we reached our hotel UK 27 The Fern. It’s a 5-star property and the check in was easy and completed timely. The room was quite big with all the facilities. We didn’t try the food here instead went to a place nearby, but yes, they have 2 restaurants right next to reception area which is quite big and nice.
The place we went was walking distance from the hotel named Wild Sugar. It’s a nice small shop with sitting inside and outside, the only drawback of outside sitting is people smoking there. The food was quite good, and we really liked the food, we had Veg pasta, tandoori momos(veg), and there most famous dish i.e. paneer stuffed kulcha.
After having a good night sleep and freshen up we started our rest of the journey towards Mumbai – City of Dreams ?. We started at around 6.30 AM again we want to beat all the bus and truck traffic on the highway.
This time we stopped just once for b/f at Hotel Amar and then directly in Pune at cousin house. We reached Pune at around lunch time i.e. 12.30 to 1 PM. Our initial thought was to directly go to Mumbai but then we thought to stop at there place and enjoy some time with them, also her daughter is of same age as of our daughter, so they enjoy playing with each other.
Overall it was a nice pleasant and memorable journey, one could complete it in a single day also in around 14-16hrs but if you have time then it’s always better to take rest.
Roads throughout the journey was amazing, just few diversions as they are creating some bridge’s/flyovers to bypass the diversion/traffic of small towns on the highway.
One main thing to tell about the rout is that – as you get such a nice highway to be prepared to pay heavy toll charges. In all there were 16 toll booths on this route, and we paid a total of Rs 1,185 as toll, this includes the Mumbai – Pune express way toll as well.
It took around one and half tank of fuel to reach Mumbai, ours is a diesel car so it was little cheap and good on mileage. Total fuel cost was around
Rs 4,000.
Total cost of trip –
Hotel – 3662
Fuel – 4000
Toll tax – 1185
Food – 1550, Total would be around Rs 10,500 with some misc. amount.
But yes, we had freedom to stop anywhere, take pics, enjoy the natural scenery on the way ? We really enjoyed this road trip.
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I hope to drive across Karnatak someday. One of the less explored states in India
Enjoyed reading your post. I myself love driving and early this year took a road trip up to Kerala. I took two stops first one at Hubli, stayed overnight there and the next day we stayed at my cousin’s house in Bangalore. The following day we drove to Pallakad and stayed with our long-time family friends. The roads are awesome and driving at 80-100 km/hr was such a pleasure. Not to mention all the food and scenery made it all the more enjoyable 🙂
That seems to have been a really interesting trip. I guess it is always fun driving. Thanks for this interesting post.
That seems to have been a really interesting trip. I guess it is always fun driving.
It is so nice to see that even in India we have great roads that make journey by road so comfortable, here also with the noida-lucknow expressway is so awesome that we reach hardly in 6-7hrs, where as even the train takes 9-10hrs to reach
road trips are always fun and bring lots of memories. That’s an intriguing read, Loved the post and your unique writing style.
road trips are always fun and bring lots of memories. That’s intriguing read, Loved the post and your unique writing style.
Road tips are fun and a good experience to see the surroundings around and stop at few places in between.
Road trips are real fun. Although I prefer short trips with my daughter but cant deny the fact that travelling with a large group can be vety enjoyable.
That’s quite a road trip you have had! The stops you have made were also so pretty. Liked the Hotel UK 27 The Fern. I always feel with small kids road trip will get tiring, but you proved it wrong.
I like road trips too .But definitely need multiple good stopovers .Scenic beauty is always more on such trips.
This is a detailed post and the restaurant where u stay look amazing and food make my mouth watering
Oh God I so love these kind of road trips and your sounds spectacular. But you hubby must have got drained.. poor him..
No re he enjoyed a lot and he is the one who wants to go road trip… We took one night break that was really helpful.
Good to know about your experience. We too travel a lot from Mumbai to Bangalore but never tried road as an option. Your post helps in case we explore bus travel.
Quite a good summing up of your road trip. We’ve done a lot of road trips and they’re too much fun.
That was a lovely decision you mAde buddy we normally drive down to Goa from pune this way
Road trips I just love and when it is between two of my fav cities it’s perfect !! I am sure you had a great trip
I have never done a road trip like this for such long distances ? this sounds so much fun!
hey 10500 for the entire trip is definately worth it. I guess the flight tickets with cab would also go somewhere around the same amount or little more..But I am more curious to know how did you manage with your little one. My brother had done the same route on Enfield.
Road trips are the best. They give you the freedom to drive, stop, explore, relax and enjoy at your own pace. UK 27 The Fern seems like a cool contemporary place. Thanks for a detailed travelogue.
Yes I feel road trips are really good with small breaks
Last year, same time we moved houses too, and traveled by car and it was seriously such a fun ride we even carried our fishes with us.
I liked the post. I felt as I was travelling for the same destination. You mentioned all the details here. Did a fan job.
Road trips are really amazing for all the views and the freedom to stop and enjoy them or the local food. Just loved reading your adventure.
I like road trips for the same reason of freedom to stop anywhere. Your detailed post is quite interesting to read along with numbers.