Route to K.Gudi (B.R.Hills) Jungle lodges and resorts

I made a trip to K.Gudi (B.R Hills) jungle lodges and resorts this weekend (last week may'09). There are few routes possible from bangalore. This is the one i took and i think the shortest (given my residence is in bannerghatta road).

1. Took nice road on bannerghatta road to Kanakapura road (6.5 kms)
2. Keep on kanakapura road which becomes NH-209. Kanakapura, malavalli and kollegal are on the way to B.R.Hills. The road is generally very good even though it is only a 2 lane highway and some patches were under repair work. The distance from nice road kanakapura to kollegal bus stand is 130 kms (2.5 to 3 hr drive).
3. After kollegal bus-stand keep on NH-209 towards chamrajnagar after 3 kms there is a road starting towards B.R.Hills (signs are there) just before a bridge.
4. This road is good for 4 kms and next 8 kms is generally bad (with patches being good), then next 8 kms it is generally okay (with patches being bad). This road goes thru many villages and hits a T-junction at a point where you'll have to take a left. (45 mins drive).
5. After 20 kms on the road you'll enter B.R.T hills sanctuary area where there is a checkpoint. Road is pretty good here and for next 13 kms you'll keep driving and just 2 kms before B.R.Hills you'll see a road (signs are there for jungle lodges) on left. Another 17 kms drive brings you to the K.Gudi jungle lodges. (45 mins drive).

Total distance from nice road intersection of kanakapura road to K.Gudi is 174 kms and 4.5 hrs drive.

The other alternate route possible is take mysore road till maddur and take SH-33 highway from maddur towards malavalli which merges into NH-209 at malavalli. Follow the rest of the route the same.

One more alternate route possible is drive to mysore and from there to chamrajnagar via nanjangud. Chamrajnagar - BR.Hills highway passes thru K.Gudi (28 kms from chamrajnagar).

One variation possible on kollegal route is continue on NH-209 till yelandur and from there go towards B.R.Hills - i did not try this route and this is what is shown on jungle lodges website.