BangaloreNandi HillsNandi Hills: the sunrise climb
Bangalore's standard early-morning ride: an hour of highway, then a short hairpin climb. Leave by 4am if you want the sunrise from the top.
60 km ~2 hrs Oct – Feb
Explore RidesBangaloreNandi Hills 
BangaloreShivanasamudra
BangaloreLepakshi
BangaloreMysuru
BangaloreHorsley Hills
BangaloreKabini
BangaloreYercaud
BangaloreSakleshpur
BangaloreChikmagalur
BangaloreCoorg
BangaloreKolli Hills
BangaloreWayanad (Kalpetta)
BangaloreGandikota
BangaloreOoty
BangaloreHampi
BangaloreGokarna
Bike rides from Bangalore
16 motorcycle routes that start in Bangalore, shortest first (60 to 483 km). Each has its distance, riding time, difficulty, best season and road conditions.
Routes16
Shortest60 km
Longest483 km
For beginners6
Good in Oct16
BangaloreNandi HillsBangaloreShivanasamudraShivanasamudra: the monsoon falls run
Down Kanakapura Road and through farm country to the Kaveri's twin falls, Gaganachukki and Bharachukki. Go in the monsoon, when they are loud and full.
108 km ~3 hrs Jul – Nov
BangaloreLepakshiLepakshi: highway to a temple town
Straight up NH 44 into Andhra to a 16th-century temple with a hanging pillar and a giant stone Nandi. An easy breakfast ride.
125 km ~3 hrs Oct – Mar
BangaloreMysuruMysuru: an easy highway day out
Wide highway the whole way with plenty of places to stop, which makes it a forgiving first long ride. Four hours each way, so it works as a day trip.
140 km ~4 hrs Oct – Feb
BangaloreHorsley HillsHorsley Hills: a quick Andhra climb
Out past Chintamani into dry Andhra country and up a short ghat to a small hill station with eucalyptus and big views over the plains.
144 km ~4 hrs Oct – Mar
BangaloreKabiniKabini: elephants on the backwaters
Through Mysuru and HD Kote to the Kabini backwaters, between Nagarhole and Bandipur. The slowest weekend from Bangalore, and that is the point.
199 km ~5 hrs Oct – May
BangaloreYercaudYercaud: twenty hairpins up the Shevaroys
Through Hosur, Dharmapuri and Salem, then 20 hairpins up to a coffee-country hill station with a lake at the top.
214 km ~6 hrs Oct – May
BangaloreSakleshpurSakleshpur: ghats, no crowds
The same Western Ghats as Coorg with a fraction of the traffic. Highway first, then a proper hill road.
220 km ~5 hrs Oct – Mar
BangaloreChikmagalurChikmagalur: into coffee country
Long highway to start, then countryside and hill roads through coffee estates. Nearly six hours of riding — most riders make a weekend of it.
242 km ~6 hrs Oct – Feb
BangaloreCoorgCoorg: into the coffee hills
Half highway, half winding road through coffee country. Long enough that most riders leave Friday night rather than Saturday morning.
245 km ~6 hrs Oct – Mar
BangaloreKolli HillsKolli Hills: seventy hairpins
Highway to Salem, then past Rasipuram to the foot of the hills and 70 numbered hairpins in one climb. Much quieter than Yercaud.
275 km ~7 hrs Sep – Mar
BangaloreWayanad (Kalpetta)Wayanad: through Bandipur
Mysuru, Gundlupet and then the forest highway through Bandipur into Kerala's green hills. Time it right: the forest road closes to traffic at night.
281 km ~7 hrs Sep – May
BangaloreGandikotaGandikota: the canyon ride
Up NH 44, then across the Rayalaseema plains via Kadiri to a fort above a red granite gorge on the Penna. Camp for the sunrise; it is the reason to come.
283 km ~7 hrs Oct – Feb
BangaloreOotyOoty from Bangalore: the Bandipur way
Through Mysuru, Bandipur and Mudumalai, then up through Gudalur to the Nilgiris. The most scenic weekend from Bangalore, and the one with the most rules.
298 km ~8 hrs Sep – May
BangaloreHampiHampi: plains, then ruins
A long, flat haul with the boulder landscape of Hampi at the end. The distance is the challenge, not the road.
344 km ~8 hrs Oct – Feb
BangaloreGokarnaGokarna: a long run to the coast
Hours of highway before the road reaches the sea. Quieter than Goa at the other end, which is most of the appeal.
483 km ~11 hrs Oct – Mar