Cruising on Konkan Coastline - Biker's Delight

This post is for all my biker friends.(For those who love to travel in car please dont follow this route as it is.)

Many people love to go on long bike rides but managing northern expeditions is a tough task for them.. but here is the circuit which will allow you the great joy of ride even if you are alone or with your wife or with just 2-3 friends..
For bigger rides read my posts
http://travellerkk.blogspot.com/2009/09/dream-ride.html
http://travellerkk.blogspot.com/2010/10/colourful-quandrangle-of-rajasthan.html

So enough of preface, lets move straight to contents...

This itinerary is from Mumbai..

Day1: 40 Kms

  Your day will start with heading straight to Bhaucha dhakka. & catch ferry for Revas.

  Load your bike in the ferry & within two hours you will reach Revas.

  from Revas follow the route

   Revas - mandve - kihim - thal - alibaug - nagaon - revdanda
  (places can be covered: 

   Forts: Khanderi, Underi,

           kulaba, 

           revdanda

   Beaches: alibaug, nagaon, ashti, revdanda)

   One can easily get budget hotel or home accomodation in Revdanda or Chaul.

Janjira Fort - Murud

                                 

Day2: 70 kms

   Start bit early today as you have many interesting places to see.

   Revdanda- chaul - kashid - murud - rajapuri(ferry) - dighi - sarve - dive agar - shriwardhan

   (Places can be covered: forts: janjira

                                       beaches: chaul, kashid, dive agar, shriwardhan

                                       temples: dive agar)  

Kadyavarcha Ganpati - Anjarle

Day3: 112 kms

   You can catch sunrise at Harihareshwar temple..
   After visiting Harihareshwar, travel to Bagmandla jetty where you can put your bikes into ferry boat & travel to Bankot.
   shriwardhan - harihareshwar(ferry) - Bankot - velas - kelshi - dabhol(ferry) - dhopave - guhagar

   (Places can be covered:
           forts: bankot, suvarnadurg, gopalgad

           beaches: bankot, guhagar, harne, anjarle

           temples: anjarle, guhagar, harihareshwar, kelshi dargah
           others: Nana Fadanvis house Velas)

Bamanghal - Hedvi

Day4: 80 Kms
Travel on Guhagar - chiplun road & take right turn for Hedvi. After Velneshwar you have to proceed to Katale after narvan & ask for ferry to Jaigad.
Cross the Jaigad creek & take the coastal road to Ganpatipule
Guhagar - hedvi - ganpatipule - sakhartar - ratnagiri

(Places can be covered:
         forts: Jaigad, ratangad

         beaches: ratnagiri, hedvi, velneshwar, bhandarpule, are-ware, ganpatipule

         temples: hedvi, velneshwar, ganpatipule, ratnagiri
         others: Malgund Keshavsut smarak & Konkan museuam)

Day5: 150kms
  ratnagiri - jaitapur - padel - devgad - malvan

   (Places can be covered: Forts: Vijaydurg, devgad, sindhudurg, sarjekot

                                       Beaches: devgad, malvan, devbaug)
  You can you can spend 1 day for enjoying many activities..
  In Malwan you can enjoy snorkling, also dont miss tarkarli creek.
  If you are interested in fort architectures & history Viajydurg & Sindhudurg are must visit..

Nivati rock - Island

Day6: 65 kms
    malvan - chivla - nivati - bhogwa - vengurla 

   (Places can be covered:
          forts: Nivati
          Beaches: Chivla, bhogawe, Vengurla      
          others: Nivati rock, Tsunami island)

   Nivati Island is in deep sea perhaps 15-20 Nmiles..

Day7: 25 Kms
   You can spend some morning time at Vengurla & then start for Redi
   Vengurla - ubha danda - morchemad - shiroda -redi - Terekhol

   (Places can be covered: Beaches: Morchemad, redi, terekhol

                                       Temples: Redi ganesh)

Redi Ganesh 

So my friends enough of leisure biking, now lets do some long runs on amazing NH17..
Get ready on day 8 early morning & hit the road

Day8: 215 Kms
   Terekhol - sawantwadi - kudal - kankavli cross this 85 kms route before you stop for lunch
   Then start for big 130 Kms run
   kankavli - nandgaon - kharepatan - lanja - take left from lanja & head to Pawas

Marleshwar waterfall

Day9:
   You have 2 options now, if you want to complete tonight ride 350 kms to Mumbai straight on NH17
   Or ride till mahad
   Visit Parshuram temple, dervan shivsrushti en route.

Day10:
   If you are not home, & still in mahad start riding & reach home...

So my friends, this was the itinerary for ride mixed of leisure & heavy biking in last two days..
If you dont want heavy rides, then Instead of staying back at terekhol or redi come back till Kankavli.
This will allow you to reach home in 9 days with less than 200 Kms every day..

Have even lesser days??? no problems accelerate on first ride, Come till Harihareshwar on day 1 & instead of Revas come by road.. It can save 2 days & you will miss on Revas & Thal thats it.

I will cover some more interesting places in Konkan in future posts.. till then enjoy riding..