When Adventure Calls

The Hyundai Venue N Line is a cool attention-grabber in urban conditions, but is it as cool when adventure calls? We find out as we take one on a drive to the mountains of Pithoragarh

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A couple of pine needles fell on me, and considering it was 2am and I was in the middle of the forest that makes up the Askot Musk Deer Sanctuary, it was an unnerving experience, to say the least. The fact that I am not exactly the outdoorsy type didn't help either. Here I am, nevertheless, writing about an amazing three days spent driving around the magnificent Pithoragarh region of Uttarakhand, in torrential rain, with a few landslides and some camping thrown in.

Now, we've driven the Venue N Line thoroughly since it was launched, and we know it's a fun car to have as a road trip companion. When we set out for the next chapter of our ongoing Essence of Motoring series with Hyundai, the Venue N Line was our ride of choice. We wanted to explore a little-known area, and we wanted to do it not through the comfort of the usual resorts and mod-cons, but by camping out in the wild and driving around in areas that Google maps may not have seen.