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Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary
Go in the morning for the treks. Quick in a car.
Thoovanam Falls
A guided forest trek leads to the falls. Quick in a car.
Marayoor
The driver waits near the entry. About 20 km past Chinnar; good for the night.
Distance
310 km
From Mysore
Time
About 7 to 7.5 hr
Via Nanjangud, Coimbatore and Udumalpet
Starting from
₹ 12000
3 days, 900 km, Dzire
Maruti Swift Dzire
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹10,826 ₹13,036
+ ₹1886 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Etios
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹12,572 ₹15,150
+ ₹2200 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova
LUXURYAC6 Seats
₹16,114 ₹19,429
+ ₹2829 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Crysta
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹17,860 ₹21,543
+ ₹3143 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Hycross
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹23,098 ₹27,886
+ ₹4086 (Taxes & Charges)
Start
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310 km
Start from Mysore
The cab picks you up at 5:30 am from your home or hotel anywhere in Mysuru and heads south on the Nanjangud road, NH766. Chinnar is about 310 km away, a day of plains and two forest stretches, so a dawn start matters. Pack a light bag for the forest and keep a jacket handy for the hills. If you plan Mysore shopping on the way back, note that shops and most restaurants in the city close before 10 pm, so a return after dark leaves no time for it. The first short halt comes at Nanjangud.
Temple halt
Nanjangud is only about 25 km out, too soon for breakfast, but a fine first halt if anyone in the car wants darshan. The Srikanteshwara temple on the Kapila river is one of the largest in Karnataka, and its gopuram, about 120 ft high, was built in 1845. The temple opens at about 6 am, so a cab reaching at 6:15 can be in and out in 15 minutes. Dress modestly. Breakfast follows at Chamarajanagar, about 35 km on, and the forest starts after that.
Breakfast
Chamarajanagar is the breakfast stop, the last big town in Karnataka on this road. Banana fields come right up to the edge of town. Breakfast at a main road hotel takes about half an hour for a car of four, and the driver fills fuel at the same time. If there is a minute spare, the Chamarajeshwara temple in the centre has a tall gopura from the time of Krishnaraja Wodeyar III. After the town the cab enters the Hasanur forest and then drops down the Dhimbam ghat towards Tamil Nadu.
Tea after the ghat
Sathy, as the town is called, is the tea stop after the 27 hairpins of the Dhimbam road. Night curbs on the Bannari to Dhimbam stretch have been eased and tightened over the years, so the safe plan is always to drive it by day, as this cab does. The town sits on the Bhavani, and the river bridge at the entry is a good place to stretch your legs. Fifteen minutes here, then NH948 to Coimbatore.
Lunch
Coimbatore is the lunch stop, a large city at about 427 m, and the cab leaves it by Pollachi Road, one of its main exits. Kaalaan, the spicy fried mushroom dish of the street stalls, is the local snack to try. For a quick buy, Cross Cut Road has rows of jewellery shops, and a cab can stop near them where a bus cannot. Keep 45 minutes in all. Chinnar is about 100 km on, through Pollachi and Udumalpet.
Short halt
Pollachi is a market town, known for its trade in jaggery, vegetables and cattle, with paddy fields and coconut groves all round. Many films are shot in the countryside here. The Masani Amman temple is one of the main temples of the area. For a car, 15 minutes is enough for tender coconut and the restroom. Valparai and Topslip are reached from here too, but today the cab turns east for Udumalpet, about 30 km on.
Last town before the border
Udumalpet is the last Tamil Nadu town, set at about 1,208 ft with the Western Ghats on three sides. Fill fuel here if the tank is low, because the next stretch is forest and hill. The town grows coconut, maize and sugarcane, and wind turbines line the ridges because of the Palghat gap winds. The Munnar road, SH17, starts here. Ten minutes for tea, then about 30 km to the Chinnar check post.
Check post arrival
Chinnar is the Kerala check post at the Tamil Nadu border, and the forest office for the sanctuary is close by. The cab stops where the forest staff tell visitors to park, and your guide or stay takes over from there. The sanctuary lies in a rain shadow with only about 500 mm of rain a year, so carry water and caps, as afternoons are warm and dry. The road onward climbs from about 400 m towards Munnar. The driver waits or goes on to your stay as planned.
Booking a Mysore to Chinnar cab for four people and the Chinnar forest treks? A car makes the long drive faster, with a night at Marayoor or Munnar. Pickup anywhere in Mysuru: a hotel near the zoo or the palace or the city bus stand. Some call it the Mysore to Chinnar taxi; it is the same car with a driver. We have been doing cab rental in Mysore since 2009.
Route | One way | Chinnar and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Chinnar via Nanjangud, Coimbatore and Udumalpet | About 310 km | About 620 km | About 7 to 7.5 hr with stops |
The return run to Chinnar means roughly 620 km driven and 900 km billed for three days. No non-AC cars; all are AC. Extra: ₹400 a day for our driver, plus tolls, parking fees, permits and GST. Our rate covers fuel, AC and the driver. Mysore to Chinnar one way taxi: on request. Take the Innova Crysta: ₹20/km, so ₹19,200.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 3 days, 900 km | 4 days, 1,200 km | 5 days, 1,500 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹12 | ₹12,000 | ₹16,000 | ₹20,000 | |
₹14 | ₹13,800 | ₹18,400 | ₹23,000 | |
₹18 | ₹17,400 | ₹23,200 | ₹29,000 | |
₹20 | ₹19,200 | ₹25,600 | ₹32,000 |
Totals are the km fare plus the day driver allowance. Extra: night driver allowance (₹400 a night), tolls, parking, Kerala permit and 5% GST. Shared by 7, 4 days in the Toyota Innova Crysta is about ₹3,660 a person.
Groups up to 4: Dzire or Toyota Etios. 5 to 7, or four with heavy bags: Innova Crysta. 8 to 12 people? See the Mysore to Chinnar tempo traveller; it costs less than two cars.
Eight or more going to Chinnar? The Mysore to Chinnar Force Urbania is cheaper than two cars. Chinnar with elders? The Mysore to Chinnar mini bus rides softer. All cars: cab rental in Mysore.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
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Chinnar is about 310 km from Mysore by road, so about 620 km there and back. The cab goes by Nanjangud, Chamarajanagar, the Dhimbam ghat and Sathyamangalam, then Coimbatore, Pollachi and Udumalpet, and turns onto SH17 for the Kerala border. Plan about 7 to 7.5 hours with breakfast and lunch. The Dhimbam ghat is the only slow hill stretch on the way in.
Yes. A Mysore to Chinnar one way taxi is on request; we send the fare before booking.
Yes. Chinnar is in Kerala, so the permit is added at actual.
Four people: Dzire or Etios. All our cars are on cab rental in Mysore. Six or seven, or four with big bags: Innova or Innova Crysta.
No. Tolls, parking and any state permit are billed as paid, plus GST.
A night allowance applies when driving goes past 10 pm; we show it on the quote. On our Mysore card that is ₹400 a night.
Chinnar is in the rain shadow of the Western Ghats and gets only about 500 mm of rain, on about 48 days a year, so it stays dry when Munnar is soaked. That makes the monsoon months a good time for this side. The plains on the way, around Coimbatore, get their rain in July to October and the northeast spell in October and early November, when the Dhimbam ghat is wet and the drive is slower.
We keep the return in daylight. Chinnar itself is a sanctuary with elephants on the road, and on the Mysore side NH948 runs through the Sathyamangalam reserve, where animals have been hit by vehicles at night. The Bannari to Dhimbam stretch has had night bans in the past. Leave Chinnar by about 10 am and the cab is in Mysore by evening; a later start means a night halt in Coimbatore.
