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I went for a trip to Yelagiri today.
Route:From Bangalore, get on to Hosur Road (NH7) and head towards Krishnagiri. The 4-lane National Highway is excellent and you should make it in less than 2 hours (crazy driving will get you elsewhere). At Krishnagiri, there's a toll-gate manned by the National Highways Authority. Pay your toll and at the second flyover (don't go over the flyover), take the service road towards the left. This road goes to Chennai. Take the left and for the next hour or so (approx. 50 kilometers), drive on NH46. You'll come to another toll-station. Pay and drive for a few minutes till you see Vanni Matriculation Higher Secondary School. Further up you'll see a sign 'Elagiri' (36 kms) indicated by a 'U' turn arrow (careful not to miss this sign) and that you need to keep left, take the 'U' turn, go under the bridge and on to the road towards Thirupathur. That's the road you need to get on to. Drive for about 7 kilometers (you'll see the winding road that leads up to the hills to your left). On the left, you'll see a big sign board 'Tamilnadu Tourism Department Welcomes You'. Turn left at this junction, there's a sign board pointing towards Yelagiri.
There are around 14 hairpin bends and the Etios tackled them effortlessly.
The roads were good, but I noticed one irritating issue with the car. I had taken the road via Sarjapur circle to Attibele to skip the outer ring road traffic. This road has lot of bumps that are constructed haphazardly. Still, with the Etios fully loaded, even with a ground clearance of 170 mm, the car scraped the bumps. It was really an effort to clear these bumps without scraping them - I was reminded of drivers of honda city I am not sure if this is due to the soft suspension.
For those planning for a trip to Yelagiri, it'll be the drive than the place that you'll enjoy.
Some photos from the trip are attached.
Route:From Bangalore, get on to Hosur Road (NH7) and head towards Krishnagiri. The 4-lane National Highway is excellent and you should make it in less than 2 hours (crazy driving will get you elsewhere). At Krishnagiri, there's a toll-gate manned by the National Highways Authority. Pay your toll and at the second flyover (don't go over the flyover), take the service road towards the left. This road goes to Chennai. Take the left and for the next hour or so (approx. 50 kilometers), drive on NH46. You'll come to another toll-station. Pay and drive for a few minutes till you see Vanni Matriculation Higher Secondary School. Further up you'll see a sign 'Elagiri' (36 kms) indicated by a 'U' turn arrow (careful not to miss this sign) and that you need to keep left, take the 'U' turn, go under the bridge and on to the road towards Thirupathur. That's the road you need to get on to. Drive for about 7 kilometers (you'll see the winding road that leads up to the hills to your left). On the left, you'll see a big sign board 'Tamilnadu Tourism Department Welcomes You'. Turn left at this junction, there's a sign board pointing towards Yelagiri.
There are around 14 hairpin bends and the Etios tackled them effortlessly.
The roads were good, but I noticed one irritating issue with the car. I had taken the road via Sarjapur circle to Attibele to skip the outer ring road traffic. This road has lot of bumps that are constructed haphazardly. Still, with the Etios fully loaded, even with a ground clearance of 170 mm, the car scraped the bumps. It was really an effort to clear these bumps without scraping them - I was reminded of drivers of honda city I am not sure if this is due to the soft suspension.
For those planning for a trip to Yelagiri, it'll be the drive than the place that you'll enjoy.
Some photos from the trip are attached.
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