Why this ride
379 km from Mumbai to Ratnagiri, about 4 h 55 of riding. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Konkan Coast Road: Mumbai to Ratnagiri
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 379 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 55
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Mumbai
Mumbai is a city that never quite stands still, and for a rider the first lesson is that the road belongs to everyone. Taxis, buses, rickshaws, scooters, handcarts, cows and pedestrians share every lane, and the horn is a language, used for greeting, warning and complaint. More than twelve million people live in the city proper, and many more in the surrounding region, making it one of the largest urban areas on earth. It was called Bombay until 1995.
Read the complete Mumbai write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Mumbai is where the day begins. Next is Alibag.
2. Alibag
Alibag is the unofficial seaside of Mumbai, a small town on the Konkan coast, a short ferry ride and a longer road trip from the city, where the Mumbaikars go to escape on weekends. The town is low-key, with a long, dark-sand beach, coconut groves and a few old colonial-era buildings, and the pace is slower than you would expect given the size of the city across the water. It feels more like a village that has been dressed up for visitors, and it keeps a few of its old habits.
Read the complete Alibag write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Alibag comes up about 95 km into the recorded legs. Next is Ratnagiri.
3. Ratnagiri
Ratnagiri is a port town on the Konkan coast of Maharashtra, with a population of about seventy-six thousand, a lighthouse, a fort and a long strip of black-sand beach. The coast here is red laterite hills falling to the Arabian Sea, with coconut palms, cashew trees and mango groves along the roads, and the whole place feels green and slightly sleepy. It is the starting point for the ride south toward Goa.
Read the complete Ratnagiri write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 379 km.
Leg by leg
Mumbai to Alibag
Mumbai → Alibag is 95 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Alibag to Ratnagiri
Alibag → Ratnagiri is 284 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
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