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Bengaluru to Coorg Nature Trail.
The classic Bengaluru weekend escape extended into a proper trip. Palace city, coffee country, and Western Ghats nature.
Bengaluru to Coorg Nature Trail
The classic Bengaluru weekend escape extended into a proper trip. Palace city, coffee country, and Western Ghats nature.
Highlights
Logistics
Bengaluru to Mysore: 150km (3hr via expressway). Mysore to Coorg: 120km (3.5hr via Hunsur). Well-maintained roads throughout. Coorg roads are winding — drive slow.
Day by Day
Drive the new expressway. Afternoon at Mysore Palace. Evening Brindavan Gardens light show.
Chamundi Hill sunrise. Devaraja Market. Mylari Hotel dosa. Afternoon: Srirangapatna Tipu Sultan fort.
Drive through elephant corridor (Hunsur road). Check into coffee estate homestay. Evening plantation walk.
Abbey Falls morning. Dubare Elephant Camp. Talacauvery if time. Pandi Curry dinner at homestay.
Morning Madikeri Fort. Drive back via Mysore. Buy Coorg coffee and honey en route.
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