Mysore to Guruvayur Mini Bus Hire for 14 to 25 People
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Guruvayur Sri Krishna Temple
Early morning darshan is calmer. Keep footwear and phones at the counters outside.
Punnathur Kotta
The elephant sanctuary, about 3 km out. Children enjoy the bath time in the morning.
Mammiyoor Mahadeva Temple
Walking distance from the main temple. Visit both together.
Parthasarathy Temple
A short walk from the centre, around 30 minutes.
Chavakkad Beach
Evening stop about 5 km away. The mini bus parks near the beach road.
Distance
255 km
From Mysore
Time
About 6.5 hr
Via Gundlupet, Gudalur and Perinthalmanna
Starting from
₹ 20400
2 days, 600 km, 14 seater
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)
Start
60 km
80 km
110 km
165 km
205 km
255 km
Pickup for the group
The mini bus is at your temple, office or community hall in Mysuru by half past five, ready for 14 to 25 pilgrims. Plenty of groups carry Mysore silk or a bundle of the city's incense as an offering; the shops do not open this early, so buy them on the previous evening. We head out on the Nanjangud highway. The temple town is 255 km away, a drive of about six and a half hours once meals are counted.
Breakfast and fuel
After a quick run past Nanjangud the mini bus halts at Gundlupet, 60 km on, for breakfast. This is Karnataka's final town on the highway; Kerala and Tamil Nadu are both only a short drive beyond. Half an hour lets twenty people eat and take their seats again. The driver fills fuel, and the group should use the toilets, because the forest that starts a few minutes later allows no halt for roughly 50 km.
Forest drive
Tiger, sloth bear, wild dog, gaur and golden jackal all live in Bandipur, though they seldom show themselves to traffic. Deer and langurs are far easier to see. The mini bus keeps moving through the reserve, and passengers stay seated with the windows half down. Children can keep score for the first half hour. Beyond the Tamil Nadu check post the same forest continues as Mudumalai until the Gudalur turn.
Tea halt
At Gudalur, 110 km from Mysore, the mini bus pauses for tea. Every hillside here is planted with tea, and a few factories near town allow visitors, an idea for the return journey. Our road now swings south west and drops through the Nadukani churam into Kerala, roughly 48 km to Nilambur. Fifteen minutes covers tea and toilets. Anyone who suffers on winding roads should move to the front seats.
Lunch
Nilambur, 165 km out, is lunch. Teak made this town famous, and Nilambur teak became the first forest produce in the country with a geographical indication of its own. Forty minutes is enough for twenty people to eat and be counted back in. If legs need stretching, the Chaliyar riverbank is close to the main road. Guruvayur lies about 90 km further, across the Kerala plain, so this is the last long halt of the day.
Restroom halt
Perinthalmanna, 205 km from Mysore, is the last big town before Guruvayur, which is about 50 km on. If the group needs it, the mini bus stops ten minutes for restrooms, though we try to do that on the edge of town, since the centre is usually jammed. Use this halt to remind everyone of the temple dress code, so the right clothes are in each hand bag before the lodge.
Arrival at Guruvayur
Roughly six and a half hours after the pickup, the mini bus reaches Guruvayur. Since the temple lanes are pedestrian only, we stop at the lodge or as close as the vehicle can get, and luggage is carried the final few steps. For darshan, ladies may wear a sari, a churidar or a skirt with blouse; gentlemen go bare chested in a white or cream dhoti. The mini bus parks nearby for the trip home.
Looking for a Mysore to Guruvayur mini bus for a family darshan trip, a choolal ceremony or a ladies group of 20? A mini bus is easy on the Nadukani ghat and finds parking near the temple faster than a big bus. We collect from homes in Mysuru, the railway station or your hotel. Book mini bus on rent in Mysore.
Route | One way | Guruvayur and back | Time by mini bus |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Guruvayur via Gudalur and Nilambur | About 255 km | About 510 km | About 6.5 hr with stops |
The trip is around 510 km out and back, billed as two days and 600 km. The rate covers diesel and the driver; allowance for the driver starts at ₹600 a day, and tolls, parking, permits and GST come at cost. You can have it with or without AC. Thrissur Vadakkunnathan on the way back adds around 30 km. Kerala entry tax is extra.
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 | ₹29,000 | ₹43,500 | ₹58,000 | |
₹36 | ₹23,000 | ₹34,500 | ₹46,000 |
Totals are the km fare plus the day driver allowance. Extra: night driver allowance (₹600 to ₹700 a night, by size), tolls, parking and 5% GST. Shared by 25, 3 days in the 25 Seater Mini Bus is about ₹1,380 a person.
For 14 to 16: 16 seater mini bus. Up to 20: 20 seater mini bus. 21 or 22: 22 seater mini bus. For up to 25: 25 seater mini bus.
More than 25 going? Take the Mysore to Guruvayur bus. Elders in the group? The Mysore to Guruvayur Force Urbania rides softer. Larger groups: bus on rent in Mysore.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
Travelled to Bangalore
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21/04/2026 Bangalore
5/5
Mysore to Coimbatore
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6/11/2025 mysore ooty coimbatore
5/5
Mysore to Chikmagalur
Excellent service from Tejas travel, we had booked 25 seater mini bus for two days to visit Chikmagalur from Mysore with family and kids, vehicle was good, neat and clean, driver Sandeep was excellent person with soft spoken and good attitude, we enjoyed the trip, Mr. Imran provided timely help and made our booking and vehicle arrangements easy and comfortable. Thanks Tejas Travels, Imran and Sandeep. Looking forward to utilize Tejas travel service again.
Mr Mohammed
6/11/2023 Chikmagalur
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
Very well maintained vehicles, polite and cooperative staff, excellent service, worth recommending. We used their mini bus for 8 days. Our driver Nutan and our point of contact Laxmi were super supportive.
Abhas Patel
3/4/2024 Bangalore
5/5
The temple town is roughly 255 km from Mysore, so about 510 km if the mini bus brings the group home. On the road it takes around six and a half hours with breakfast, tea and lunch. We pass Gundlupet, cross the Bandipur forest, leave the Ooty highway at Gudalur, descend the Nadukani churam and cross Malabar by Nilambur and Perinthalmanna.
Yes, quoted when you ask. One way is quoted at ₹2 more per km than the return.
The forest closes at 9 pm, so we leave Guruvayur early enough to cross before that. If the driver works late into the night, the rate card night allowance applies. Per night it is ₹600 to ₹700, by size.
Not comfortably. It is about seven hours each way and the forest closes at night. Two days is the right plan.
No. Two days, 600 km, in a 20 seater is ₹20,400, with ₹1,400 driver allowance. Tolls, Kerala entry tax, parking and GST are charged extra.
The 20 seater leaves room for bags. Sizes on mini bus on rent in Mysore.
Busier than usual, especially near Gundlupet and inside Kerala. Marigold growers around Gundlupet sell to the Onam flower trade, so late August and September bring a stream of lorries, and Guruvayur itself fills with holiday pilgrims. On those dates the mini bus leaves Mysore at half past five and we pad the timetable a little. The rest of the year, traffic flows normally.
It is about six and a half hours, so we break it up. Halts come at Gundlupet, Gudalur, Nilambur and, if needed, Perinthalmanna, so nobody sits more than about an hour and a half. Use the restroom before the forest. On the Nadukani ghat, give elders and children front seats and a light breakfast.
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