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Gopalaswamy Temple
Forest bus up from the foothill.
Bandipur Safari
Twenty minutes from Gundlupet by car.
Gundlupet Flower Fields
On the way, in season.
Distance
80 km
From Mysore
Time
About 1.5 hr
Via Nanjangud, Gundlupet and Hangala
Starting from
₹ 4000
Same-day return, Dzire
Maruti Swift Dzire
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹3,842 ₹4,579
+ ₹629 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Etios
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹4,424 ₹5,283
+ ₹733 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova
LUXURYAC6 Seats
₹5,638 ₹6,743
+ ₹943 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Crysta
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹6,220 ₹7,448
+ ₹1048 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Hycross
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹7,966 ₹9,562
+ ₹1362 (Taxes & Charges)
Start
25 km
60 km
70 km
80 km
Pickup at your door
An eight o'clock start is right for this trip, because the forest buses up the hill begin at 8:30 am and the car needs about an hour and a half to the foothill. We come to your house, your hotel or Mandakalli airport, wherever you are in Mysuru, and take the Nanjangud road south. Four people sit easily in a sedan, six or seven in an Innova. On the way home, pick up Mysore pak, the ghee rich gram flour sweet that the city sells everywhere. The first halt is Nanjangud, 25 km out.
Breakfast and darshan
Nanjangud is 25 km from Mysore and the obvious breakfast halt for a temple day. The Srikanteshwara temple here holds an emerald lingam gifted by Tipu Sultan, who called the deity Hakim Nanjunda; it is shown only once a year. A car can park near the temple, so fifteen minutes is enough for a quick bite and a look at the gopuram from outside. Dress in traditional clothes if you plan to go in. Your second temple of the day waits 55 km further south, past Gundlupet.
Fuel stop
Gundlupet, 60 km out, is the last town on NH 766 inside Karnataka, close to both the Kerala and Tamil Nadu borders. The driver fills fuel here, because the foothill has nothing of the kind. This is also the place to buy water and fruit, since only pooja items are allowed on the hill and the plain is warm by mid morning. Ten minutes is plenty with a car. The town sits on the dry side of the hills, so the sky is usually clear for the drive on to Hangala, 10 km ahead.
Turn for the hill
At Hangala the car leaves the Ooty highway and turns onto the smaller road that climbs towards Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta. Hangala is 70 km from Mysore, and the foothill parking is about 10 km on. The road narrows past the village and runs between farms and then forest, so the driver keeps a slow pace. Check the time here; if it is close to 4 pm, the last forest bus will already be leaving, and the plan changes to a drive past the flower fields and back.
Foothill parking
The car stops at the forest check post at the foot of the hill, about an hour and a half from Mysore. Private vehicles go no further; visitors ride the forest bus to the temple, which sits at about 1,450 m, the highest point of Bandipur. Since 2023 visitors get roughly an hour and a half on top, and there is no overnight stay. Only pooja items may be carried, in cloth or paper bags, not plastic. The driver waits at the parking, so leave extra bags and snacks in the car.
Need a Mysore to Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta cab for a family day out? A car gets you to the foothill parking quickly, and you can add Nanjangud and the Bandipur safari on the same day. Book a Mysore to Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta taxi through cab rental in Mysore. Pickup from home, a Mysuru hotel or the airport.
Route | One way | Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta via Nanjangud, Gundlupet and Hangala | About 80 km | About 160 km | About 1.5 hr with stops |
A day trip by car is billed as 300 km. Tolls, parking, permits where needed and GST are added. A Mysore to Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta one way taxi can be quoted on request. Every one is AC. A car's km rate pays for fuel, our driver and AC; driver allowance is extra each day.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 1 day, 300 km | 2 days, 600 km |
|---|---|---|---|
₹12 | ₹4,000 | ₹8,000 | |
₹14 | ₹4,600 | ₹9,200 | |
₹18 | ₹5,800 | ₹11,600 | |
₹20 | ₹6,400 | ₹12,800 |
Totals are the km fare plus the day driver allowance. Extra: night driver allowance (₹400 a night), tolls, parking and 5% GST. Shared by 7, 2 days in the Toyota Innova Crysta is about ₹1,830 a person.
Four or fewer: Swift Dzire or Toyota Etios. Up to seven: Innova Crysta. A family of 8 to 12 fits the Mysore to Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta tempo traveller.
See each car on cab rental in Mysore. Twenty people? See the Mysore to Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta mini bus.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
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Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta is about 80 km from Mysore to the foothill parking, so about 160 km for the round trip. The cab goes south on NH 766 through Nanjangud to Gundlupet, then on to Hangala, where it turns off for the hill. Plan on about an hour and a half by car. The last forest bus up leaves around 4 pm, so morning starts work best.
Sure. Give us the date and head count, and the one way fare comes back in writing.
Not on a day trip.
No. All private vehicles stop at the foothill parking.
Yes, at actual cost.
Innova Crysta. See cab rental in Mysore.
It can be. Gundlupet's flower farms supply the Kerala market before Onam, in August or September, so the fields and the highway are busier with traders and lorries. The car still reaches the foothill easily, but we add a little time to the morning plan. In spring, Nanjangud's chariot festival brings huge crowds too, and on that day we skip the temple halt.
No. Only pooja items are allowed on Gopalaswamy Betta, and they must be carried in non plastic bags, so give the children a good breakfast at Nanjangud and keep their snacks and water in the car with the driver. Visitors have about an hour and a half on top, which most children manage well. Keep them within the temple premises; walking beyond them is an offence under the Wildlife Act.
