Up the ECR to Mahabalipuram
The long one. A hundred kilometres each way of coast road, shore temples at the end, and back before dark if you leave early.
- Round trip
- 200 km
- Riding time
- 4 hrs
- Petrol, 45 kmpl scooter
- ≈ ₹453
The route
- 1ECR north
- 2Marakkanam salt pans
- 3Kalpakkam
- 4Shore Temple
- 5Pancha Rathas
On the map
Directions in Google Maps ↗Start Stops on the way Far endDashes join the stops, not the roads; Google Maps has the road route. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
🛵 Which vehicle?
Any petrol scooter in the fleet. None of the electrics has the range for the round trip on one charge, so take petrol.
⏰ Best time
Leave at 6am, turn for home by 3pm
⚠️ Road note
Take a petrol scooter: this is 200 km and no electric in the fleet has the range for the round trip. Mahabalipuram is in Tamil Nadu, so confirm at handover that your vehicle may leave the territory. Fill the tank in Puducherry.