Hyderabad -Belgaom-Goa and Goa -Hubli-Rayachur Road Trip

I have done Hyderabad-Goa road trip by Santro. We started at 2PM in Miyapur (Hyderabad).
As Zappo suggested I took Homnabad -Gulbarga route to reach Bijapur. SH12 is too good
and I covered Hyderabad- Bijapur in 6 hours (370KM). We reached Bijapur at 8PM and
checked in to a decent hotel near Gol Gumbaj. As it was my first long drive I started
hesitantly but after reaching Bijapur I felt comfortable.
Next day early morning we started from Bijapur towards Belgaom. Surprisingly we came
across Krishna River before Chikodi. We have taken few photos there.
There is small junction after 2KM from Chikoti. If you take right turn here NH4 Jn. is just
22KM . We took right turn and its straight road till NH4.
You will meet NH4 Jn at Gotru, Belgaon still 46Km from here.
After reading lots of travelogues here we thought of taking Amboli route to Goa. But at last
moment we took Khanapur, Londa route. Except few Kms bad stretch this road is good. We
reached Panaji by 3PM. We covered Hyderabad-Panaji in 15hours(Total 743KM).
Please find below the distance chart.
Place - KM - Highway
Miyapur - 0 - NH9

Homnabad - 135 - NH9

Gulberga - 185 - SH12

Bijapur - 370 - SH12

Athni - 448 - SH12

Chikoti - 520 - SH12

Gotru - 547 - NH4 (NH4 Junction)

Belgaon - 586 - NH4

Khanapur - 618 - NH4A

Londa - 644 - NH4A

Molem - 690 - NH4A

Panaji - 743

On the way back to Hyderabad we wanted to try a different route. We were unaware of road
conditions of ankola-hubli-hospet-rayachur but decided to take a risk. We started from
Palolem in the afternoon, thoroughly enjoyed NH17 drive till Ankola. We had to pay 600rs at
Karnataka border near Karwar for carrying port wine battles, we felt bad for a moment
because of this incident. We stopped at Rabindranath tagore bridge near Karwar, this is the
place where Kali river meets arabian sea. Had lunch at Kamat hotel near Ankola, the food
really fantastic. We taken left turn on NH17 at Ankola started towards Hubli. There was not
much traffic on the road we cruised at more than 100Kmph and reached Hubli by 7PM.

There is no bypass to NH63(Ankola-gooty) in Hubli, had to ask lot of people the route to
Gadag. reached Koppal by 9.30PM took dinner. There are quite decent hotels to stay in
Koppal. I was in dilemma whether to take rest in Koppal and start next morning to
Hyderabad or continue the driving. I decided to continue and took a left turn on NH63 near
Harsha hotel started towards Rayachur. The SH 23 which connects Hospet to rayachur is
awesome. Finaly reached Hyderabad at 5AM. Now I think that people who go to Hampi can
take Mahaboobnagar-rayachur-hospet route instead of NH7. In overall I observed that
Hyderabad-Rayachur-Hubli-Goa route is much better than Bijapur-belgaom route. I agree
there is few KM bad stretch between Hubli- Koppal but in the remaining whole (Panaji to
Hyd) route roads are too good. Moreover you can halt at number of places in between HydGoa (Rayachur, Hospet,Koppal, Hubli, Karwar and Palolem).
Please find below Palolem-Hyd distance chart.
Place - KM - Highway
Palolem - 0 - NH17

Karvar - 46 - NH17

Ankola - 74 - NH17

Hubli - 210 - NH63

Gadag - 267 - NH63

Koppal - 330 - NH63

Sindhapur - 426 - SH23

Raichur - 515 - SH23

Maktal - 558

Jedcherla - 36 - NH7

Home - 735