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Hampi-Badami Heritage Triangle.
Motorcycle ride through the Deccan Plateau connecting three UNESCO/heritage sites. Flat roads, epic sunsets, and 1500 years of temple architecture.
Hampi-Badami Heritage Triangle
Motorcycle ride through the Deccan Plateau connecting three UNESCO/heritage sites. Flat roads, epic sunsets, and 1500 years of temple architecture.
Highlights
Logistics
Hampi to Badami is 140km (3hr). Badami to Aihole 45km (1hr). Aihole to Pattadakal 15km (20min). Good highways throughout. Fuel available in all towns.
Day by Day
Full day at Hampi. Vittala Temple, Royal Enclosure, Matanga Hill sunset. Stay on Hippie Island.
140km ride through Deccan plateau. Arrive Badami. Evening at Agastya Lake with cave temples reflected in water.
Morning: 4 Badami cave temples. Afternoon: ride to Aihole (Cradle of Indian Temple Architecture). 125+ temples in one village.
Morning: Pattadakal UNESCO site (30km from Badami). Chalukyan masterpieces. Return or continue to Goa.
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