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Muthanga Wildlife Safari
A group of twenty fills a few forest jeeps. Keep two hours with the queue.
Jain Temple, Sulthan Bathery
A quick stop in town on the way to the hotel.
Edakkal Caves
Park at the base. The walk up is steep; keep two hours.
Distance
250 km
From Bangalore
Time
About 5.5 hr
Via Maddur, Gundlupet and Moolehole
Starting from
₹ 19200
2 days, 600 km, 14 seater
Start
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Group pickup
The mini bus leaves at 5:15 am from one pickup point. For a group of 20 or more, one point saves the first hour. The coordinator checks names before moving, and bags go at the back. The route is Mysore Road to the expressway, where tolls are paid by FASTag at Kaniminike. Breakfast is at Maddur, about 80 km out. The aim is Muthanga by late morning, so the group has the afternoon there.
Breakfast
The mini bus turns off the expressway at Maddur, about 80 km from Bangalore, for breakfast at a large roadside hotel. Twenty people eat Maddur vada, idli and coffee in two rounds within thirty minutes. Anyone keen on old temples can visit the Varadaraja shrine about 1 km into town, where a deity about 12 ft tall is carved on both its faces. The river at Maddur is the Shimsha, which people here call Madduru Hole. The next stretch, about 60 km, takes the group to Mysore.
Ring road
The mini bus passes Mysore on the ring road and does not stop. From the ring road the Wayanad and Ooty roads go south through Nanjangud, the Kabini road through HD Kote, and the Coorg road west through Hunsur; the driver takes NH 766 for Wayanad. Mysore pak, the ghee rich gram flour sweet, is the city's buy for the return. During Dasara, in September or October, roads are diverted, so we add time.
Tea
At Gundlupet the mini bus stops for tea before the forest, the final town in Karnataka. Right here, NH 181 splits off towards Ooty, and the bus keeps to NH 766 for Kerala. Give the group fifteen minutes for tea, the restroom and a count. In the summer monsoon months, the farms near Kakkalthondi are full of sunflowers. Fill every bottle now; from here to Muthanga is about 50 km, most of it forest where the bus cannot stop.
Check post
Moolehole is the forest check post on the Karnataka side, closed from 9 pm to 6 am. If a group is ever late, the night alternative is a much longer road via Hunsur, Gonikoppa, Kutta and Mananthavady, so we plan never to need it. The mini bus slows at the gate and moves on, as stopping in the forest is not allowed and fines have been reported. Muthanga is about 20 km on, across the Kerala border.
Arrival
The mini bus reaches Muthanga in about five and a half hours, and the group gets down at the range office or goes on to the stay. The sanctuary borders Nagarhole and Bandipur in Karnataka and Mudumalai in Tamil Nadu, one forest across three states. Sulthan Bathery, about 15 km on, is the nearest town for hotels and meals. December to May is the best season. Keep the group together and voices low near the forest.
Planning a Muthanga safari weekend for 15 to 25 colleagues or friends? Here is our Bangalore to Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary Mini Bus plan, with the halts and the fare for each size. A mini bus is the right size: one vehicle, one driver, and it parks where a big bus cannot. Book a mini bus on rent in Bangalore with Tejas Tours & Travels.
Route | One way | Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary and back | Time by mini bus |
|---|---|---|---|
Bangalore to Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary via Maddur, Gundlupet and Moolehole | About 250 km | About 500 km | About 5.5 hr with stops |
The sanctuary is about 250 km from Bangalore. With the safari and a night in Sulthan Bathery, it is two days, billed 600 km. Edakkal and the Jain temple fit inside that. Tolls, parking, Kerala permit and GST extra, at actual. Fuel and driver are included in the rate, and the day allowance for the driver is separate. You can book the mini bus with or without AC, and the rate changes with that choice.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 2 days, 600 km | 3 days, 900 km | 4 days, 1,200 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹32 | ₹20,400 | ₹30,600 | ₹40,800 | |
₹32 | ₹20,400 | ₹30,600 | ₹40,800 | |
₹34 | ₹21,800 | ₹32,700 | ₹43,600 | |
₹34 | ₹21,800 | ₹32,700 | ₹43,600 | |
₹34 | ₹21,800 | ₹32,700 | ₹43,600 | |
₹36 | ₹23,000 | ₹34,500 | ₹46,000 | |
₹46 | ₹29,200 | ₹43,800 | ₹58,400 | |
₹36 | ₹23,000 | ₹34,500 | ₹46,000 |
Totals are the km fare plus the day driver allowance. Extra: night driver allowance (₹600 to ₹800 a night, by size), tolls, parking and GST. Shared by 25, 3 days in the 25 Seater Mini Bus is about ₹1,380 a person.
Up to 20 people: 20 seater mini bus. 21 people: 21 seater mini bus. 22 to 25: 25 seater mini bus. Camera bags and a night's luggage fit in all three.
Group of 30 or more? See the Bangalore to Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary bus. Only a dozen of you? The Bangalore to Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary tempo traveller is enough. Stays and other sights are in the Bangalore to Wayanad travel guide.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
14 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/1
NORMALAC14 Seats
₹20,388 ₹24,562
+ ₹3562 (Taxes & Charges)
15 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/1
NORMALAC15 Seats
₹20,388 ₹24,562
+ ₹3562 (Taxes & Charges)
16 Seater Mini bus A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC16 Seats
₹20,388 ₹24,562
+ ₹3562 (Taxes & Charges)
18 Seater Mini Bus A/C
NORMALAC18 Seats
₹21,652 ₹26,071
+ ₹3771 (Taxes & Charges)
19 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC19 Seats
₹21,652 ₹26,071
+ ₹3771 (Taxes & Charges)
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20 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC20 Seats
₹21,652 ₹26,071
+ ₹3771 (Taxes & Charges)
21 Seater Mini Bus A/C
NORMALAC21 Seats
₹21,652 ₹26,071
+ ₹3771 (Taxes & Charges)
22 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC22 Seats
₹22,816 ₹27,481
+ ₹3981 (Taxes & Charges)
25 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC25 Seats
₹22,816 ₹27,481
+ ₹3981 (Taxes & Charges)
12 Seater Mini Bus Executive A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC12 Seats
₹20,388 ₹24,562
+ ₹3562 (Taxes & Charges)
Mini Bus 13 Seater Executive A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC13 Seats
₹20,388 ₹24,562
+ ₹3562 (Taxes & Charges)
14 Seater Mini Bus Executive A/C 2/2
LUXURYAC14 Seats
₹20,388 ₹24,562
+ ₹3562 (Taxes & Charges)
18 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC18 Seats
₹25,144 ₹30,300
+ ₹4400 (Taxes & Charges)
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19 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC19 Seats
₹25,144 ₹30,300
+ ₹4400 (Taxes & Charges)
20 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC20 Seats
₹29,900 ₹36,038
+ ₹5238 (Taxes & Charges)
21 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
NORMALAC21 Seats
₹25,244 ₹30,400
+ ₹4400 (Taxes & Charges)
22 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/2
LUXURYAC22 Seats
₹28,736 ₹34,628
+ ₹5028 (Taxes & Charges)
24 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC24 Seats
₹28,736 ₹34,628
+ ₹5028 (Taxes & Charges)
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Muthanga is roughly 250 km from Bangalore, about 500 km there and back, by Maddur, Mysore, Gundlupet and the Moolehole check post. A mini bus needs about 5.5 hours with the Maddur breakfast, so leaving at 5:15 am gets the group to the sanctuary by about 11 am.
Two days, 600 km, at ₹34/km: ₹20,400. Driver allowance ₹700/day for each day. Tolls, permit and GST extra.
By 5:15 am. You reach Muthanga around 10:30 with breakfast on the way.
No. Stopping on the forest road is not allowed. The driver slows down if animals are near.
The 25 seater. Every size is on mini bus on rent in Bangalore.
Yes, on day two. It is near Mananthavady; the extra km are added.
Yes, at Moolehole on the Karnataka side, inside the Bandipur reserve. The gates close from 9 pm to 6 am. Vehicles registered in Kerala face strict document checks. Our driver carries the mini bus papers and the state permit, so the group stays seated during the check.
The Moolehole gate stays shut until 6 am, and the only night route is a much longer road via Mananthavady, Kutta, Gonikoppa and Hunsur. To avoid that, the mini bus leaves Muthanga by about 3 pm on the return, clears the forest in daylight, and the group has dinner at Mysore.
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