Check-in at the hotel, unleash your bag. Assuming you reach Mangalore by afternoon and have the 2nd half of the day for sightseeing, one can plan the rest of the day as follows.

• Lunch options:
  • Shetty Lunch Home - Famous for sea food, also serves vegetarian food.
  • Janata Deluxe - This is a pure vegetarian restaurant. One can experience vegetarian thali at this eatery.

Milagres Church - One of the oldest churches in Dakshina Kannada which was built in 1680. It's located in the heart of the city Hampankatta. Located 1.5 kms from Mangalore Railway station, the church is well-known for its beautiful architecture.

Sultan Bathery - (a watchtower built by Tipu Sultan), 4 km from Hampankatta.

• Tannirbhavi beach - If travelling by road, then one can travel 13 kms (one way) from Sultan Bathery, and reach this beach; or alternatively, take a to and fro ferry service from Sultan Bathery. Take a liesure walk, enjoy seren waters and watch the beautiful sunset from this beach.
• Proceed to Hotel (15 km from Sultan bathery to Hampanakatta).

Dinner options:

• Maharaja Family Restaurant - Veg & Non-Veg food. The quite popular restaurant, famous for their authentic Ghee Roast Chicken, which is a must-try dish.
• Hotel Sagar Ratna is known for serving the delicious Avalakki curd or Avalakki uppittu (1 km from Hampankatta).

Head to Kukke Subramanya temple (105 km from Mangalore). Private car rentals and buses are available to reach the place. It is advisable to leave Mangalore early in the morning, by 5 am or 6 am, so that one can visit the rest of the places comfortably.

• Temple timings - 6:30am – 1:30pm & 3:30pm – 8pm.
• Kukke Subramanya is the richest temple in Karnataka and one of the most visited temples by many celebrities for a number of 'dosha parihara' poojas.
• If you plan to stay in Kukke, there are a number of lodges available and one can plan a two-day trek for Kumara Parvatha or Pushpagiri which is at an altitude of 1,712 metres above Mean Sea Level.
• Lunch - Prasadam (Free meals) are offered at Kukke which are very delicious.
• Depart from Kukke by 12pm so that you can reach Dharmasthala in an hour or so.

Head to Dharmasthala (53 km from the Kukke).

• Timings 6:30 am – 2:30 pm and 5:00 pm – 8:30 pm (check timings, as they may differ).
• Dharmasthala is the abode of deity - Dharmasthala Manjunatha form of Lord Shiva believed to be an 8th-century temple. One may need to wait for two to three hours just to get darshan.
• After darshan, one can have langar/ prasadam (free meal) at Annaprasadam offered at Dharmasthala temple which is very delicious.
• If you want to stay at Dharmasthala, there are many options.  We stayed at Netravati Guesthouse. For booking accommodation.

Local sightseeing within 1 km radius:

• Lord Bahubali statue (Gomateshwara) on top of a small hillock and Dharmasthala museum. The height of the statue is around 39 feet and it's carved from a single rock.
• Manjusha Museum - It houses a unique collection of heritage objects, artifacts, cameras & many more items which you can see in this museum, which are hundreds of years old. This is just 500 meters away from Shri Dharmasthala Temple.
  • Timing  - 09:30 am to 5:30 pm.
  • There is also a Vintage Car museum which has a total of 50 antique cars in there and all are in working condition.
  • Timings - 8:30am to 7:00 pm.
• Elephant Shed - You can spend 10 to 15 min. here, watching 2-3 elephants.

From Dharmasthala, one can head to Southadka (17 km). Try to leave Dharmasthala by 4 pm.

• Southadka is an open-air Ganesha temple that is known for devotees offering bells and famous for Panchakajjaya (temple prasad).

En-route to Mangalore, take a pit-stop at Hotel Lakshmi Nivas for sipping 'Kalladka tea' (45 km from southadka).

• Return to Mangalore hotel (30 km from Kalladka).

Breakfast Options:

• Taj Mahal hotel - 3 km from Hampankatta - Try local delicacies like patrode, goli bajji, shira (sweet), not to miss Mangalore buns and filter coffee (they serve the best filter coffee of Mangalore).
• Balli Shop at Car - a street is known for Goli Bage and Biscuit Rotti (2 km from Hampankatta).

Temples near Hampankatta

• Kudroli Gokarnanatheshwara temple - This is said to be the one and only temple in Karnataka, sanctified and consecrated by Brahmashree Narayana Guru in 1912. It's 2 km from Hampankatta. This temple is richly decorated during Dasara season but attracts crowds across the year.
• Mangaladevi temple - This is one of the oldest temples in Mangalore and interestingly the city name of Mangaluru derives its name from this temple deity. (3 km from Hampankatta).
• Kadri Manjunatha temple - This ancient temple dedicated to Lord Manjunatheshwara is located on the hills of Kadri. It is believed that the temple was built around the 10th or 11th century and the stone structure was constructed in the 14th century (5 km from Mangaladevi temple).

St Aloysius Chapel - The Chapel built in 1885 is said to be a replica of the world-renowned Sistine Chapel in Rome. (800 m from Hampankatta)

Ullal Juma Masjid (11 km from Hampankatta). This place attracts lot of Muslim visitors and is also known to host Urus, a religious congregation, that is held once in five years with lakhs of people visiting the holy place.

Lunch options:

• Vegetarian Food-
  • Madhuvan's village for traditional Tulunadu food - both veg and non-veg (5 km from Hampankatta).
  • Vrindavan for “dip idli” (3 km from Hampankatta).
  • Dinky Dine known for Banana phodi (4 km from Hampankatta).
• Non-Vegetarian Food-
  • Gajalee known for seafood (3 km from Hampankatta).
  • Machili for local fish varieties (6 km from Hampankatta).
  • Giri Manja (2 km from Hampankatta known for traditional non-veg food).

Post-noon, proceed to Pilikula Nisargadhama (12 km from Hampankatta).

• Pilikula is a major eco-education and tourism development project managed by District Administration of Dakshina Kannada, where one can enjoy boating, visit the zoo, garden, as well as heritage, handicrafts and artisans' village. Once you pay the entry fee of Rs.25 per head, you can avail the hop-in and hop-off electric vehicle to cover the entire expanse of the project. One can easily spend minimum of 2 to 3 hours here.

Dinner options in Mangalore:

• Veg option-
  • Janata Deluxe - You can have south Indian food at this place. (Hampankatta)
• Non-Vegetarian-
  • Food Junction is famous for its delicious biryanis. (1.7 km from Hampankatta)
  • Royal Treat for Mughalai dishes. (2 km from Hampankatta)
  • Pabbas - Don't miss the iconic Ideal ice cream which has been served since 1975. The ice creams here are so famous that at times people have to wait for their turns to eat but it's worth the wait.
• Return to hotel

Breakfast option:

• Ayodhya Hotel at Hampankatta - This is a sweet shop for traditional homely meal & their local sweet - Ragi Mysore paak is their speciality.

Before departing in the evening, if one has spare time in hand, then visit Adyar view point (5-6 km from Hampankatta).

City Center Mall which is half a km from Hampankatta, and local market shopping are best shopping places.

Lunch options:

• For pure veg food-
  • Hotel Abhinandan (near Kadri temple).
• For non-veg food-
  • Vanas Restaurant (also near Kadri temple).
• If you still have more time, you can opt for any of the sightseeing spots from our "Suggestions & Recommendations" section.
• Proceed to Airport / Railway station.