Last month I visited goa with family. We decided to drove down in our car.
From Mumbai, there are 2 options - Either to go via Mumbai -Panvel -Goa NH17 or to go via Pune - Kolhapur - Goa NH04.
We took via pune option mainly because expressway connectivity till kolhapur and also NH17 is not that safe due to frequent movement of Trailors and lot of out of age 3w blocking roads through out raigadh. I traveled a lot on NH17 in Raigadh due to my sales job and decided to avoid same.
Via pune route is longer by around 60-70 kms but one can make out for same in time due to expressway.
While going we took a halt in kolhapur - Panhala ( One day in kolhapur and one at Jyotiba royale near Panhala ). Coming back was non stop with total journey time of around 14 hours with one hour break.
We had a 12 month baby with us, so were careful on speeds. But one can cover same distance in around 12 hours. Following is route map from Pune till Panjim.
Till Kolhapur its smooth expressway where one can drive at 120-130 kmph. After kolhapur - Nipani , leave expressway and take right for Amboli-ajra road. This road of around 60 kms till amboli is in bad shape and one can hardly go beyond 25 kmph. One patch in amboli ghat is very dangerous so one have be careful here.
From To Distance Pune Khed 25.32 Khed Nasrapur 10.09 Nasrapur Shirwal 14.47 Shirwal Khandala 15.57 Khandala Surul 13.71 Surul Kudal 4.79 Kudal Nimb 10.10 Nimb Satara 16.31 Satara Atu 18.11 Atu Umbraj 15.78 Umbraj Karad 12.35 Karad Kale 12.77 Kale Kasegaon 0.84 Kasegaon Peth 15.87 Peth Kameti 6.55 Kameti Vadgaon Kasba 16.05 Vadgaon Kasba Kolhapur 19.44 Kolhapur Kagal 16.69 Kagal Nipani 20.82 Nipani Kanagle 6.23 Kanagle Bahirewadi 11.49 Bahirewadi Uttur 8.85 Uttur Ajra 17.67 Ajra Amboli 26.13 Amboli Sawantwadi 27.61 Sawantwadi Aros 9.01 Aros Ajgaon 7.27 Ajgaon Pernem 10.54 Pernem Mapusa 18.55 Mapusa Panaji 10.62 Total Distance Travelled 419.60