Driving Holidays From Bangalore

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Drive to Gudibande and Sabbanahalli Lake

Finally after a long break reviving the blog. This was a one day drive to Sabbanahalli Lake. Bonus was Gudibande Lake which fell on the way.

Map from Bangalore (Hebbal) to Sabbanahalli.

While going we didn't go via the default route that Google maps shows and we took the route via Beechanaganahalli. This is a better route as the default route via Nandaganahalli has some bad stretches.

So after a long straight drive on NH 44 we took left at Beechanaganahalli and took the Gudibande Gouribidnur Road. This road was good.

After 20 minutes on this road we found Gudibande lake on the left. The lake was almost at its brim at certain places!

Post that another 20 minutes we reached Sabbanahalli Lake. This was also on the left.

The location that Google shows as the view point is actually ahead of the proper pathway to the lake. We found a big crowd there!

But the actual pathway to the lake was quite empty! Again thanks to people blindly following google!

We didn't go down to the lake bed but saw few cars had been there. Doable in a hatchback.

10 mins photo shoot and we were back home!

Pick this place if you want a nice driving experience on good roads.

There are almost no shade over there so if you are going with family plan for some options like a makeshift cover etc as it can get quite hot during mid day!

Gudibande Lake

Another view of Gudibande Lake

Gudibande - Gouribidnur Road

Sabbanahalli Lake from a distance

My ride on this trip!

Sabbanahalli Lake

Sabbanahalli Lake - Way to lake bed.

The section between Gudibande and Sabbanahalli

The stretch from Nandaganahalli to Gudibande

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Thattekere, Lake inside a real Jungle!

This journey is of a one day trip to Thattekere, a lake some 50 odd kilometers from Bangalore. This lake is borders Bannerghatta National Park and is very very scenic.

What you will like about this place?

Clean surrounding. A pristine lake. Very less crowd. Maybe one or two families who have driven down.

There is a temple which is open in the morning (9 AM). At that time you will find few people.

Ideal day plan – reach in morning – spend the day – temple, lake and start return by 5. After 6 some of the gates that leads to this place through forest closes.

What you need to take care of?

This is within elephant territory so be careful all the while. Do not stay back after 6.

Roads leading to this place are non existent at many places. A hatchback or sedan cannot make this place in rainy season. I had been in winter and in a swift. The road had loose gravels but could manage.

Other points:

No food joints, eating options. There was a public toilet near the temple. Not in a good shape but then inside a jungle you are probably happy with whatever you get.

Driving directions:

I have given driving directions from Marthahalli bridge. One can take the Hosur road , cross electronic city, Take the u-tuen under the first flyover after electronic city flyover toll ends, then take the first left (Bomasandra – Jigani link road). This road is also good. After you cross the junction that leads to Anekal on the left continue straight and then take left at Shriram YYY. After this continue straight for 15 kms. There are some small diversions that I have marked in the maps. At one junction you have to take left and enter the forest. This road is less than 2 kms but is untarred and in very bad state. In fact once you take the left from Jigni Bannerghatta road the road condition goes bad. The road is good in patches. Out of this 15 kms the first 4 are in very bad state then it’s quite ok.

Google Map:
https://www.google.co.in/maps/dir/Marathahalli,+Bengaluru,+Karnataka/Thattekere,+Karnataka/@12.8066885,77.6412039,11z/data=!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x3bae13b4551d0957:0x597894d77e1e4919!2m2!1d77.697419!2d12.9591722!1m5!1m1!1s0x3bae67c4787da7c9:0xc6f3c241f8dce831!2m2!1d77.590597!2d12.6791765

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