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Distance
525 km
From Mysore
Time
About 11 to 11.5 hr
Via Chamarajanagar, Dindigul and Kumily
Starting from
₹ 16000
4 days, 1,200 km, Dzire
Maruti Swift Dzire
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₹14,318 ₹17,264
+ ₹2514 (Taxes & Charges)
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₹16,646 ₹20,083
+ ₹2933 (Taxes & Charges)
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LUXURYAC6 Seats
₹21,352 ₹25,771
+ ₹3771 (Taxes & Charges)
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LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹23,680 ₹28,590
+ ₹4190 (Taxes & Charges)
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₹30,664 ₹37,048
+ ₹5448 (Taxes & Charges)
Start
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525 km
Pickup at your door
The cab is outside your home in Vijayanagar, Kuvempunagar or Hebbal, or your hotel near the Chamundi Hills road, at 5 am. It heads out on NH766, the Nanjangud road, which reaches Nanjangud in about 25 km, and turns off for Chamarajanagar before the temple town. Gavi sits deep in the Kerala forest, about 525 km away, and its entry runs in the morning, so the plan is a long first day to Kumily, a night there, and the forest drive next morning.
Breakfast
Chamarajanagar is the breakfast halt, 60 km and about an hour and a half from home. The family has idli, vada and filter coffee in twenty minutes. Look out for the temple gopura in the town centre; Krishnaraja Wodeyar III began the Chamarajeshwara temple in 1825 for his father. Fuel up before going on, because nothing is available until the plains. Tonight's stop at Kumily is still about 420 km away, so the cab keeps a steady pace.
Tea in town
Twenty seven hairpins on the Dhimbam ghat bring the car down to Bannari, and Sathyamangalam follows at 140 km. Ten minutes for tea is enough. The forest above the town is a tiger reserve of about 1,408 sq km, where the Western and Eastern Ghats meet, and the driver does not stop inside it. From here the cab crosses the Tamil Nadu plains, and you climb into the Western Ghats again only near the end of the day, after Theni.
Quick halt
Erode, 205 km from home, is a ten minute halt by the NH544 bypass. The city deals in turmeric, cloth and coconut oil. Thindal Murugan temple sits on a small hill about 6 km from the centre, a short darshan if the family wishes. Dosa and parotta are cheap in the eateries if anyone missed breakfast. Lunch is planned later, so the cab moves on to Karur, about 65 km south.
Stretch break
Halfway through the first day, around 270 km, the cab gives everyone fifteen minutes at Karur to get out and walk about. On the town's edge, workshops weld the frames of new buses, a trade Karur is known for across India, while its main shrine, the Pasupatheeswarar temple, sits in the old centre. Families with a spiritual bent sometimes ask for Nerur, a nearby village with the Adhishtanam of Sadasiva Brahmendral; save it for the drive home. Dindigul, for lunch, is about 75 km down NH44.
Biryani lunch
Lunch is at Dindigul, 345 km from Mysore. Order the Dindigul biryani, cooked in a way found nowhere else, or rice with sambar and rasam for the vegetarians. Forty minutes is enough. The fort sits on a bare rock about 900 ft high beside the town. From Dindigul the cab leaves NH44 and turns west for Theni and the hills. The roads through the villages around Dindigul can be narrow, so the driver takes it easy.
Gateway to the hills
After 420 km the cab reaches Theni, a valley town about 70 km from Madurai that heads its own district. Twenty minutes for tea and a snack is right, because the road starts climbing soon after. Locals call Theni the gateway to the highlands. Further on, the Cumbum valley is grape country, and the fruit sellers by the road have fresh bunches. If you return this way with time, the Vaigai dam, about 111 ft high, is near Andipatti.
Night halt
The last climb of the day goes up from Cumbum, roughly 23 to 30 km of ghat, to Kumily, 480 km from home and right on the Kerala border. The family sleeps here. This small town in the Cardamom Hills is full of homestays and lodges, so a room is rarely a problem. Before dinner, walk the main road, where shops sell cardamom, pepper and loose tea from the estates around. Set an early alarm, because the forest drive to Gavi starts in the morning.
Forest gate
On the second morning the car covers the last 45 km to Gavi, which brings the total to about 11 to 11.5 hours of driving from Mysore. Vehicles go in at the Vallakadavu check post, and only a fixed number of day passes are issued, so ours is booked in advance. Inside, the road is narrow forest track where elephants are often seen; the driver creeps along and the windows stay up. Lunch is a simple Kerala meal that comes with the forest package.
Need a Mysore to Gavi taxi for a small family? Here is how a Mysore to Gavi Cab trip goes, with stops, timing and car rates. We have been running cab rental in Mysore since 2009. Pickups are anywhere in Mysuru city. The cab picks you up at homes in Vijayanagar, Kuvempunagar or Hebbal or hotels near Chamundi Hills road. Take a Dzire or Etios for four, or an Innova Crysta for six or seven.
Route | One way | Gavi and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Gavi via Chamarajanagar, Dindigul and Kumily | About 525 km | About 1,050 km | About 11 to 11.5 hr with stops |
The cab covers around 1,050 km out and back, billed 4 days and 1,200 km. Fuel, AC and the driver come with the rate. Every extra day is another 300 km. A Mysore to Gavi one way taxi is quoted when you ask. The driver bata is ₹400 each day; parking, tolls, permits and GST are extra at actual. AC only.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 4 days, 1,200 km | 5 days, 1,500 km | 6 days, 1,800 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹12 | ₹16,000 | ₹20,000 | ₹24,000 | |
₹14 | ₹18,400 | ₹23,000 | ₹27,600 | |
₹18 | ₹23,200 | ₹29,000 | ₹34,800 | |
₹20 | ₹25,600 | ₹32,000 | ₹38,400 |
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, 5 days in the Toyota Innova Crysta is about ₹4,570 a person.
Cars by group size: 4 or fewer: Swift Dzire or Toyota Etios. 5 to 7 people, or four with heavy bags: Innova Crysta. For 8 to 12 people, see the Mysore to Gavi tempo traveller.
Travelling with older people and more bags? See the Mysore to Gavi Urbania. See each car on cab rental in Mysore.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
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5/5
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6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
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6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Gavi, deep in the Kerala forest, is about 525 km from Mysore, close to 1,050 km for a return. The cab crosses the Dhimbam ghat, runs over the plains past Karur and Dindigul, turns west at Theni and climbs to Kumily for the night; the forest road to Gavi comes next morning. Driving time is about 11 to 11.5 hours with meals.
Yes. Ask for a Mysore to Gavi one way cab quote with your date; you get the distance and fare as a written quote.
An Innova Crysta suits six travelling to Gavi with luggage. On this trip it is ₹24,000 for 1,200 km at ₹20/km, and ₹1,600 allowance for the driver. Every car we run is on cab rental in Mysore.
Around 5:00 am, so the forest and ghat stretches are done in daylight. Since a car is faster than a bus or van, a late riser is not a problem.
Only late night driving carries a driver night allowance. It is shown in the quote. Expect ₹400 a night.
No. Tolls, parking and any state permit are billed as paid, plus GST.
It can slow it. Dindigul and the plains around get most of their rain from October to December, and heavy showers slow the highway and the villages after Dindigul. Theni gets about 658 mm of rain a year. The road stays open, but we add an hour to the first day in those months. January to March is the driest window for the plains.
Yes, with planning. The longest gap without a halt is the forest and the Dhimbam ghat after breakfast, about two hours, so give children a light meal and a window seat. The climb from Cumbum to Kumily also has bends. The night at Kumily breaks the trip, and the forest drive to Gavi next morning is short, about 45 km, but slow.
