Mysore to Horsley Hills Cab and Taxi with Driver
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Mallamma Temple
The car drops you at the gate. Keep thirty minutes.
Distance
305 km
From Mysore
Time
About 6 to 6.5 hr
Via Maddur, Hoskote and Madanapalle
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
65 km
145 km
175 km
220 km
275 km
305 km
Pickup at your door
The cab collects you at 6:30 am, from home, a hotel near the palace or the station. Horsley Hills is about 305 km away, roughly five and a half hours with stops, so a later start still puts you on the hill by early afternoon. The driver skips the city centre by taking Mysore's ring road, which loops right round the city, to reach the expressway. Breakfast is planned at Maddur, a little over an hour along the way.
Breakfast
The first proper meal is breakfast at Maddur, 65 km from Mysore. Since the expressway bypasses the town, the cab takes the exit to the hotels and vada stalls on the old road; order the flat, crisp Maddur vada. If the family is curious, the Varadaraja temple in town has a deity about 12 ft tall, carved on the back as well as the front. Keep it to fifteen minutes, since the Bangalore stretch gets slower as the morning wears on.
Through to Old Madras Road
The cab has to get across Bangalore, about 145 km from Mysore, to Old Madras Road, the NH75 east to Hoskote and Kolar. The city is among the most congested in the world, and KR Puram, where Old Madras Road meets the Outer Ring Road at the cable bridge, is a slow point at peak hours. The driver times the crossing for late morning, after the office rush, and uses NICE Road where it helps. Horsley Hills is about 160 km beyond the city.
Tea
Hoskote, the first town on Old Madras Road after KR Puram, comes about 175 km from Mysore. It is famous for early morning dum biryani, but by the time a Mysore car arrives, the queues have gone and it is just a tea stop. Here the road to Chintamani and Madanapalle turns north east off NH75, while the Tirupati traffic keeps straight. Ten minutes for tea, then the quieter state road towards the Andhra border.
Drive on
Chintamani, about 220 km out, is a market town known for silk and tomatoes, with some of the biggest markets in Karnataka for both. Its snack shops sell chakli, nippat and roasted groundnuts, good to pack for the hill. Kaiwara, with its hill temples and the cave of saint Narayanappa, is about 11 km away for another trip. Most cab families stop ten minutes at most. The road now goes on to Rayalpadu and crosses into Andhra Pradesh towards Madanapalle.
Lunch
Lunch before the climb is at Madanapalle, after about 275 km. People here call their market the biggest for tomatoes in Asia, and its loads go to most southern states. Rishi Valley School, founded by J. Krishnamurti, is about 15 km out. The cab stops half an hour for an Andhra meal with podi and pickle. After lunch the road leaves town for the ghat, and the hilltop is about 30 km on the timeline.
Drop at your stay
The cab climbs the ghat and reaches Horsley Hills about 6 to 6.5 hours after leaving Mysore. At roughly 1,265 m in the Eastern Ghats the hill is clearly cooler than Madanapalle below, so keep a light jacket for the evening. The driver drops you at your resort or the tourism cottages and parks for the stay. Check in, rest, and keep the sights for the late afternoon light, when the views are clearer.
Need a Mysore to Horsley Hills cab for four to seven people for a cool weekend on the hill? Horsley Hills is roughly 305 km away, via Bangalore, Chintamani and Madanapalle. Get a Mysore to Horsley Hills taxi through cab rental in Mysore: Dzire or Etios for four, Innova or Crysta for seven. The car to Horsley Hills picks you up at a hotel on JLB Road or Mandakalli airport.
Route | One way | Horsley Hills and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Horsley Hills via Maddur, Hoskote and Madanapalle | About 305 km | About 610 km | About 6 to 6.5 hr with stops |
For about 610 km of driving we bill 3 days, which is 900 km at 300 km each day. Extra: ₹400 a day for the driver, and tolls, parking, permits and GST at cost. Mysore to Horsley Hills one way taxi: one way on request, quoted with the km in writing. Air conditioned, always. Fuel, our driver and AC are in the km rate.
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, Andhra Pradesh permit and 5% GST. Shared by 7, 4 days in the Toyota Innova Crysta is about ₹3,660 a person.
4 or fewer: Swift Dzire or Toyota Etios. 5 to 7, or four with big bags: Innova Crysta. For 7 to 12 people, see the Mysore to Horsley Hills tempo traveller.
A group of ten with elders wanting more comfort? The Mysore to Horsley Hills Force Urbania fits; Force Urbania on rent in Mysore has more. For a group of twenty, see the Mysore to Horsley Hills mini bus.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
Travelled to Bangalore
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rahul
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
We (15 families) hired a bus from Tejas to one of the resort at Kanakpura. Interacted with Lakshmi madam and requested her to provide a good Cab . The bus reached at exact time for pickup, the bus was extremely good and looked a new one only. Thanks Tejas team and Lakshmi madam, it was a wonderful experience and I would definitely recommend to avail their services.
Souvik Bhattacharya
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
Hired for day-out trip, It was very pleasant and comfortable journey, with good driver's behaviour and l may strongly suggest Tejas travels for better and comfortable family trip
Kishore Lal
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
Booked cab from tejas travels, bangalore to madikeri. Excellent service, driver was very polite and he knows all nook and corner. Overall we enjoyed the trip
Jai Kumar
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Horsley Hills is about 305 km from Mysore one way, about 610 km for the round trip. The cab goes up the expressway to Maddur, crosses Bangalore to Old Madras Road, turns off at Hoskote for Chintamani and Madanapalle, and climbs the ghat to the hill. Plan on about 6 to 6.5 hours of driving with stops.
No. Plus the Andhra Pradesh entry permit for the car. Tolls, parking and GST are extra on every cab trip.
Yes. Local km at the destination go on at the same rate, and the driver waits at each stop.
An Innova Crysta. See each car on cab rental in Mysore. Six people and their bags fit.
Yes. Ask for a one way quote with your date, and we send it in writing.
The driver gets a night allowance when the drive goes late into the night. You see it in the quote first. ₹400 a night is the cab rate.
Yes, with care. The road up from the Madanapalle side is a ghat with bends, and in heavy rain the driver keeps the speed low and the lights on. The plains around Chintamani and Madanapalle are dry for most of the year. Summer is when the hill is most useful, as it is clearly cooler than the plateau below.
Yes. It is about five and a half hours with breakfast at Maddur, tea at Hoskote and lunch at Madanapalle, so nobody sits for more than two hours at a stretch. The only bends are on the last climb; children prone to motion sickness should sit by a window and eat lightly at lunch.
