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
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DelhiJaipurJaipur: the expressway run
Fast, wide and simple — the kind of road you cover quickly and then have the whole day in Jaipur.
270 km ~7 hrs Oct – Mar
PuneGoaGoa from Pune: ghats then coast
Shorter than the Mumbai run and with more hill riding in it. The ghat sections in the middle are the best part.
449 km ~10 hrs Oct – Mar
ChennaiKodaikanalKodaikanal: a long climb up
Hours of flat highway before the road turns upward. Save something for the climb — it comes right at the end of a long day.
518 km ~12 hrs Oct – May
HyderabadNagarjuna Sagar DamNagarjuna Sagar: out to the dam
Long, quiet stretches of open road with very little to break them up. Nearly four hours out, so plan fuel and food rather than assuming you'll find it.
155 km ~4 hrs Oct – Mar
HyderabadAnantagiri HillsAnanthagiri: a forest escape
Two hours from the city into forest roads that feel much further away than they are. Short, easy, and the closest thing Hyderabad has to a hill ride.
80 km ~2 hrs Oct – Feb
ChennaiPondicherryPondicherry: East Coast Road
The ECR is the ride, not just the way there — long open stretches with the sea alongside for much of it. Easy road, so you can enjoy the view.
160 km ~4 hrs Nov – Feb
ChennaiYelagiriYelagiri: highway, then hairpins
Five hours of highway before the road turns up into the hills. The climb is short but tight — worth arriving with energy left for it.
221 km ~5 hrs Nov – Feb
ChennaiMahabalipuramMahabalipuram: an hour of coast
The shortest ride here — barely over an hour on coastal highway, with stone temples at the end. Easy enough for a first ride out of Chennai.
55 km ~2 hrs Nov – Feb
PuneMahabaleshwarMahabaleshwar: the Pune climb
Countryside for the first half, then a proper hill climb into Mahabaleshwar. Three and a half hours, and the last stretch is where the ride actually starts.
123 km ~3 hrs Oct – Feb
PuneLonavalaLonavla: a short run from Pune
Under two hours and mostly gentle climbing, which makes it the easier side of Lonavala. Good for a first ghat ride before trying anything longer.
65 km ~2 hrs Oct – Feb
MumbaiAlibaug BeachAlibaug: an easy, flat coastal run
Open road that turns coastal, with no climbing to worry about. Three hours of riding and the sea at the end — the gentlest ride out of Mumbai.
107 km ~3 hrs Oct – Mar
MumbaiMalshej GhatMalshej Ghat: monsoon roads
The most demanding ride on this list: tight mountain sections and a monsoon season that's both the reason to go and the reason to be careful.
139 km ~4 hrs Jul – Sep
MumbaiLonavalaLonavala: Mumbai's ghat ride
Short but not simple — highway out of Mumbai, then the climb into the Western Ghats. Weekend traffic is the real difficulty here, not the road.
95 km ~3 hrs Oct – Feb
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