A Royal Enfield Road Tour through South India - Goa Karnataka Kerala
Goa Karnataka Kerala

Tour through Goa Karnatika and Kerala with FreeSpirit Adventure ToursA spectacular motorcycle Tour riding through a stunning landscapes from India’s warm beaches and tourist hotspots in Goa leading across the Western Ghats; a spine-like range of hills spanning Maharastra's Deccan plateau, into southern India’s most famous hill stations and down to Kerala’s cool southern coast.

We ride through jungles, hill forests and arid landscapes, taking in wildlife sanctuaries and some of India's largest National Parks. We explore hill ranges that climb in places to almost 3,000m, through country where wildlife is often seen at the roadside; monkeys, wild boar, sambar, elephants, even tigers!

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Last Updated on Friday, 23 October 2009 21:57
 

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Overview

Goa Karnataka Kerala Tour Overview

We visit religious sites some of which are quite simply mind- blowingly huge. Works of devotion not seen in the western world for the past 1000 years. We ride through coffee plantations whose nearby towns sport the best of south Indian cuisine followed of course by excellent coffee.

We’ll stay in jungle retreats, cool places where we relax after a tough hot day riding. Good food, nice rooms, cool beer... Meanwhile our mechanic works on the bikes, checking oiling, adjusting. Mysore will surprise you, we stay in a well kept art deco hotel, so close to the action we can walk to the best sights. The Devraj Market, it’s flowers and vegetables and fruit and spices a cacophony of scent and colour; enough to blow your mind! The Maharaja’s Palace which, if we’re lucky we’ll see lit up, with 10 million light bulbs!

...from here on it's beautiful riding country. Hill stations, quiet, jungle shrouded hill roads, until we reach the cool coconut clad backwaters down to the sea in Kerala. You’ve ridden a large swathe of southern India, through villages, towns and cities, along jungle, coast and hill roads, on India’s favourite the Royal Enfield Bullet!
 

Essentials

Goa Karnatika Kerala Tour Essentials

Goa Karnataka Kerala Tour region Location: South India.

Riding Days: 12/13 days.
Rider Price: £ 2,600.
Pillion Price: £2,100.

Duration: 15 days.
Distance: 1,700kms.
Tour Date: 14/01/11 to 28/01/11.
Includes: Bullet ~ Fuel ~ Accommodation ~ Full Support ~ Domestic Transfers ~ Adventure
Excludes: International Air Tickets ~ Visa ~ Bar / phone Bills ~ Insurance

Note: Our Tours are timed conventiently for flights from the UK with www.JetAirWays.com
and from the far east and Australia with www.Quantas.com and www.MalaysiaAirlines.com
 

Itinerary

Goa Karnatika Kerala Tour Itinerary

Day Itinerary Detail
Day 1 Following a short transfer from the airport in Goa we'll meet you at our beach camp in Palolem. There’s time to chill and we spend a day getting our bearings before we synch’ watches on the beaches of south Goa. You get a chance to trial your motorcycle and get to grips with decompressors and that strange Bullet kick routine. We spend our first night on the beach at Palolem.
Day 2 Having landed in India, possibly for the first time, Day 2 is an acclimatisation day for our Riders. We'll relax at the beach and go for a short ride further north up the coast and explore several different beaches.
Day 3
 It’s the first day of the ride and we’re heading south to the beaches of north Karnataka. It’s a gentle ride that gets us across the border and off the highway to the small but popular pilgrimage town of Gokarna with it’s giant Brahmin chariots. We stop for a bite to eat and to buy some comforts. We’re off to the beach to swim in the warm Arabian Sea. We night-stop at a cool restaurant and guest house right on the beach.
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Reality Check

Goa Karnatika Kerala Reality Check

  • This is a fairly physically demanding Road Tour with some long riding days, in typically hot dusty riding conditions.
  • The ride calls for a reasonable degree of mental and physical stamina, Royal Enfields are heavy - 160+ kg with luggage.
  • We may encounter sections of broken road and off-road riding skills may be required.
  • Skill and riding experience are necessary to manoeuvre across rough, muddy and sometimes water-filled sections of roadway.
  • In the hills it can be chilly, and sometimes cloudy and rainy. Several changes of clothing can be required each day.
  • Riding in India can be dangerous! Over-speeding and careless road positioning can lead to accidents.
  • Typically we can expect warm daytime sun, with warm balmy evenings, though in the hills at you may require warm outer clothing.
 

Accommodation

Goa Karnatika Kerala Tour Accommodation

  • Accommodation on this Tour ranges from comfortable 3 star hotels through quiet cool jungle lodges to more basic guest houses.
  • We try to choose comfortable clean accommodation with attached bathrooms. Sometimes guest house bathroom facilities are shared.
  • Jungle lodges have mosquito nets, comfortable beds, linen, pillows and blankets.
  • For those sharing, we put same gender singles together in twin beds or a double and a single according to your choice.
  • Single accommodation (room or tent) is usually arranged before the Tour.
  • Chosing single accommodation en-route will be charged at an additional £30 per night; deducted from the Motorcycle Security deposit.
  • We will arrange Pre & Post Tour Accommodation at the current standard rates.