Mysore to Gingee Fort Cab and Taxi with Driver
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Rajagiri Citadel
Steps up from where the car stops. Time it start by 8 am. A steep climb. 3 hours is plenty.
Krishnagiri Citadel
A climb from the car park. Stay 1.5 hours.
Kalyana Mahal
A short walk from the car. Stay 30 minutes.
Venkataramana Temple
Leave the cab and walk in. Stay 30 minutes.
Arunachaleswarar Temple, Tiruvannamalai
A car can go close. 1.5 hours is plenty.
Distance
385 km
From Mysore
Time
About 8 to 8.5 hr
Via Hosur, Chengam and Tiruvannamalai
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
85 km
180 km
235 km
310 km
345 km
385 km
Pickup at your door
At six the car is at your gate or hotel, fuelled the evening before, and it heads for the expressway. A car reaches Gingee in about seven hours with short stops, early enough to see the town before dark. When you come back, remember Mysore's own buys: silk sarees, sandalwood carvings and incense sticks, all easy to find near the palace. Carry caps and a water bottle each, because Gingee is a place of rock, steps and strong sun.
Tea on the old road
Channapatna comes after about an hour and a half on the expressway, and the car pulls off to the old highway for tea. The town has a government lacquer craft centre where toys are turned on lathes, and its toys carry a GI tag. If you like a quiet temple, the Aprameya Swamy shrine at Doddamallur, with the crawling Krishna, sits just off the Mysore road nearby. Fifteen minutes, then on to the city edge and NICE Road.
Into Tamil Nadu
The car leaves NICE Road for Hosur Road at Electronic City, pays the Attibele toll at the border, and stops briefly near Hosur while the driver settles the Tamil Nadu tax for tourist cabs. Hosur is an industrial town on the plateau. If anyone is interested in freedom fighters, Rajaji was born at Thorapalli nearby. Ten minutes for tea, and the car continues south east on NH44. Krishnagiri is about 55 km ahead on the same highway.
Turn for Tiruvannamalai
Krishnagiri is the big junction of this road, and here the car leaves NH44 for NH77, which runs through Chengam and Tiruvannamalai towards Puducherry. The town sits under rocky hills. In season the stalls by the road sell mangoes; Krishnagiri district grows more than any other in the state. Stop ten minutes for fruit if you like. From here the road narrows and the country turns rural. The driver fills fuel here before the smaller road.
Tea at the pass
Chengam lies in the foothills of the Eastern Ghats, at the gap between the Javadhu and Chennakesava hills, and the road drops to about 272 m here, so the air turns warmer. Ten minutes for tea at the stalls by the road. The town's Venugopala Parthasarathy Perumal temple is said to have been the model for the layout of the great temple at Tiruvannamalai. Tiruvannamalai is about 35 km on.
Temple town
Tiruvannamalai is about 345 km from Mysore, and the holy hill of Arunachala rises right beside the road. The 14 km path round the hill, Girivalam, takes three to five hours on foot, so keep it for another trip. Ramana ashram is near the hill if anyone wants a quiet half hour. The town has plenty of good vegetarian restaurants for a late lunch. Avoid full moon days, when lakhs of pilgrims fill the roads. Gingee is about 40 km on.
Arrival and drop
About 8 to 8.5 hours from Mysore by car with short stops. The driver drops you at the fort entrance, where the Archaeological Survey of India sells tickets; the gates are open roughly from nine to five. Carry plenty of water and food in a closed bag, because monkeys on the hills snatch anything they see. Gingee town has simple meals and tea. Most visitors sleep at Tiruvannamalai, about 40 km back, or carry on towards Puducherry.
Want a Mysore to Gingee Fort cab for a college trek, four to seven people? The same Mysore to Gingee Fort taxi can do a one way drop or a full round trip. Tejas Tours & Travels runs cab rental in Mysore: Dzire or Etios for four, Innova or Innova Crysta for six or seven. For Gingee the driver comes to you in Mysuru, a hotel by the palace, the station or the bus stand.
Route | One way | Gingee Fort and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Gingee Fort via Krishnagiri, Chengam and Tiruvannamalai | About 385 km | About 770 km | About 8 to 8.5 hr with stops |
Gingee Fort and back is roughly 770 km. Mysore to Gingee Fort one way taxi: on request. The Gingee km rate includes fuel, driver and AC. Local runs in Gingee Fort fit in the spare 130 km. Every cab to Gingee is AC. Gingee by cab is billed 3 days at 900 km. Gingee extras: ₹400 per day for the driver, plus tolls, GST, parking and the Tamil Nadu permit at cost.
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, Tamil Nadu permit and 5% GST. Shared by 7, 4 days in the Toyota Innova Crysta is about ₹3,660 a person.
Two to four of you: Dzire or Toyota Etios. Six or seven: Innova Crysta, with bag space. If you are 8 to 12, see the Mysore to Gingee Fort tempo traveller.
Elders and bags? The Mysore to Gingee Fort Force Urbania rides quieter. A group of twenty for Gingee Fort? The Mysore to Gingee Fort Mini Bus takes everyone. Local 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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Gingee Fort is about 385 km from Mysore, so about 770 km there and back. The cab takes the expressway past Channapatna, NICE Road and Hosur Road, NH44 to Krishnagiri, then NH77 through Chengam and Tiruvannamalai to Gingee. By car, plan on about seven hours with short stops.
Yes. A Mysore to Gingee Fort one way taxi is priced on request.
For Gingee, book an Innova or Innova Crysta. For Gingee, six people and bags fit. See each car on cab rental in Mysore.
Yes. Gingee: tolls, GST, parking and the Tamil Nadu permit are extra at cost.
Hotels usually have a drivers' room. The driver bata covers his stay and food.
Yes, on the Gingee trip a night bata for the driver applies after 10 pm. For Gingee it is in the written quote, so no surprise. For the cab: ₹400 a night.
November to February. Gingee is a fort of bare granite hills, and from April to June the rock gets very hot, so climbing is hard after mid morning. Most rain on this side falls from October to December. In the cooler months, start the climb early and carry water.
The lower parts of the fort are easy, but the climb to the top of Rajagiri takes close to three hours up and down and is not advised for elders. They can see the lower palace area and rest in the shade while the others climb. The car stays at the parking, so they can sit in the AC.
