Mysore to Kanyakumari Cab and Taxi with Driver
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Vivekananda Rock Memorial
Keep two hours.
Thiruvalluvar Statue
Easiest by car; an hour.
Bhagavathy Amman Temple
Plan an hour; parking is easy for a car.
Suchindram Temple
About an hour; the car waits close.
Padmanabhapuram Palace
The car goes right up; two hours.
Vattakottai Fort
Plan forty minutes.
Distance
655 km
From Mysore
Time
About 15.5 to 16 hr
Via Chamarajanagar, Dindigul and Tirunelveli
Starting from
₹ 20000
5 days, 1,500 km, Dzire
Maruti Swift Dzire
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹17,810 ₹21,493
+ ₹3143 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Etios
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹20,720 ₹25,017
+ ₹3667 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova
LUXURYAC6 Seats
₹26,590 ₹32,114
+ ₹4714 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Crysta
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹29,500 ₹35,638
+ ₹5238 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Hycross
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹38,230 ₹46,209
+ ₹6809 (Taxes & Charges)
Start
60 km
140 km
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270 km
345 km
410 km
510 km
570 km
655 km
Pickup at your door
Two days of driving lie between Mysore and the tip of India, so the cab rings your bell at 5:30 am, whether you are at home, in a hotel by the palace, at Mysore Junction or at Mandakalli airport. Travelling in the Dasara weeks of September or October? Police divert traffic on the city exits then, so we leave earlier still and never start on Vijayadashami. The car runs south towards Nanjangud, swings across to Chamarajanagar, and should be in the forest soon after sunrise. Tonight you sleep in Madurai.
Breakfast
By about seven the cab is in Chamarajanagar, 60 km out, and four people need only twenty minutes for idli, vada and a strong coffee near the bus stand. This quiet town governs Karnataka's southernmost district. Look for the tall gopura of the Chamarajeshwara temple, which Krishnaraja Wodeyar III started in 1825 in memory of his father; you can see it from the car. Fill up with fuel here, because there is no pump in the Hasanur forest or on the ghat. About 595 km still separate you from the cape.
Tea in town
Bend after bend, 27 of them, the Dhimbam ghat drops the car to Bannari, and a few minutes later you are in Sathyamangalam, 140 km from Mysore. Ten minutes for tea is plenty. The jungle you crossed is a tiger reserve of roughly 1,408 sq km, where the Eastern and Western Ghats run into each other, so the driver keeps going until town. The Bhavani flows beside the road from here, and the long plains begin. Kanyakumari is about 515 km away.
Quick halt
It is mid morning when the cab reaches Erode, 205 km out, and a ten minute tea near the NH544 bypass keeps the day moving. Turmeric and cotton cloth are what this city sells. Six km from the centre, the Thindal Murugan temple sits on a low hill, a quick darshan for a family that wants one. Hungry already? Dosa and parotta are cheap and quick in Erode. Lunch is planned later, in Dindigul.
Stretch break
Karur, 270 km from Mysore, is a good place to get out and stretch for fifteen minutes. Spinning mills and coach builders crowd the edges of the town, and its main shrine is the Pasupatheeswarar temple. Weekend picnickers from here head to Ponnaniyar dam in the Kadavur hills, near Pooncholai, but that is for another trip. At Karur the cab joins NH44, and that one highway will take you almost all the way to the southern tip.
Biryani lunch
Around lunchtime the car pulls into Dindigul, 345 km out. Order the Dindigul biryani; it is cooked in a style of its own and known across Tamil Nadu. Vegetarians get rice, sambar and rasam. Forty minutes is enough. While you eat, the rock fort looms over the town from a bare hill about 900 ft high. The shops sell Sungudi and silk sarees if anyone wants to buy on the way back. Madurai, tonight's stop, is about 65 km further.
Night halt
The first day ends at Madurai, 410 km from Mysore. After checking in, there is time for the Meenakshi temple, which stays open until about 10 pm; cameras and phones are deposited before entry. If you leave a little later next morning, Thiruparankundram, a hill temple about 8 km from the city, makes a calm first stop. Before bed, try a glass of jigarthanda. Day two is about 245 km on NH44, around five hours to Kanyakumari.
Morning tea
Day two's first tea stop is Kovilpatti, 510 km from Mysore, after the cab passes Virudhunagar on NH44. Buy a few packets of kadalai mittai, the peanut and jaggery candy that earned the town a GI tag; it keeps everyone happy on the road. If the family ever comes back this way with a free hour, the rock temples of Kalugumalai are off the highway towards Sankarankovil. From Kovilpatti, Tirunelveli is roughly 60 km and the cape about 145 km.
Lunch
Lunch on day two is in Tirunelveli, 570 km out, a city that grew along the Thamirabarani river. Forty minutes covers the meal. If someone in the car is curious, the Nellaiappar temple has two stone pillars in its Mani mandapam that ring like music when tapped, a quick visit before you move on. Pick up Tirunelveli halwa, the soft ghee sweet, to enjoy at the hotel. The last leg is about 85 km south, under two hours.
Hotel drop
After about 15.5 to 16 hours of driving across the two days, the cab drops you at your Kanyakumari hotel in the afternoon. Most food here is South Indian vegetarian. Along the shore, stalls sell conch shells, straw hats and little clips carved from coconut shell. For onward plans, Nagercoil is the nearest big transport hub, and Thiruvananthapuram is about 85 km away. Ask for a room facing the sea, so you can watch the sunrise from the window without leaving the hotel.
Booking a Mysore to Kanyakumari cab for a small family for the sunrise at the tip of India? Kanyakumari (Cape Comorin) is roughly 655 km away, via Sathyamangalam, Madurai and Tirunelveli. Our car to Kanyakumari comes for you at a homestay in Gokulam or the suburban bus stand. Our Mysore to Kanyakumari taxi comes from cab rental in Mysore, with drivers who know this road.
Route | One way | Kanyakumari and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Kanyakumari via Chamarajanagar, Dindigul and Tirunelveli | About 655 km | About 1,310 km | About 15.5 to 16 hr with stops |
For roughly 1,310 km of driving we bill 5 days, which is 1,500 km at 300 km a day. Extra: ₹400 each day for our driver, and tolls, parking, state permits and GST at cost. The per km rate includes fuel, AC and our driver. Air conditioned, always. Mysore to Kanyakumari one way taxi: one way on request, quoted with the km on paper.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 5 days, 1,500 km | 6 days, 1,800 km | 7 days, 2,100 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹12 | ₹20,000 | ₹24,000 | ₹28,000 | |
₹14 | ₹23,000 | ₹27,600 | ₹32,200 | |
₹18 | ₹29,000 | ₹34,800 | ₹40,600 | |
₹20 | ₹32,000 | ₹38,400 | ₹44,800 |
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, 6 days in the Toyota Innova Crysta is about ₹5,490 a person.
Four travellers: Swift Dzire or Toyota Etios. Five to seven of you: Innova Crysta. For 7 to 12 people, see the Mysore to Kanyakumari tempo traveller.
Want more comfort for a group of ten with elders? Look at the Mysore to Kanyakumari Force Urbania or Force Urbania on rent in Mysore. A big party of twenty fits the Mysore to Kanyakumari mini bus.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
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6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
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Souvik Bhattacharya
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
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6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
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Jai Kumar
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Kanyakumari, India's southern tip, is roughly 655 km from Mysore, so about 1,310 km if the cab brings you back. Day one goes over the Dhimbam ghat and across the plains to Madurai; day two stays on NH44 nearly all the way to the cape. Driving time is around 15.5 to 16 hours with meals, and you arrive on the second afternoon.
No. Every cab trip has parking, tolls and GST extra. Plus the Tamil Nadu entry permit for the car.
Past 10 pm on the Kanyakumari trip, the driver gets a night allowance of ₹400 a night.
Yes. The driver waits wherever you stop; local km are charged at the same rate.
An Innova Crysta. Kanyakumari: six people and their bags fit. The full car list is on cab rental in Mysore.
Yes, Kanyakumari one way on request; it runs ₹2 a km over a return, in writing.
December and January are the peak months, with the most visitors and the highest room rates, and the sunrise point is packed. If you travel then, book the hotel early and plan the morning outings before 8 am. February and March are calmer. We fix the night halt at Madurai either way, so the cab reaches Kanyakumari by the second afternoon.
We do not drive the forest section at night. The Sathyamangalam forest and the Dhimbam ghat have had night traffic bans, and animals cross the road after dark. The plan is a 5:30 am start, a night in Madurai and arrival on the second afternoon, so you see the sunset that evening and the sunrise the next morning, rested.
