
Mysore to Kasaragod Cab and Taxi with Driver
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Distance
225 km
From Mysore
Time
About 5 to 5.5 hr
Via Hunsur, Madikeri and Sullia
Starting from
₹ 8000
2 days, 600 km, Dzire

Maruti Swift Dzire
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹7,334 ₹8,807
+ ₹1257 (Taxes & Charges)

Toyota Etios
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹8,498 ₹10,217
+ ₹1467 (Taxes & Charges)

Toyota Innova
LUXURYAC6 Seats
₹10,876 ₹13,086
+ ₹1886 (Taxes & Charges)

Toyota Innova Crysta
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹12,040 ₹14,495
+ ₹2095 (Taxes & Charges)

Toyota Innova Hycross
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹15,532 ₹18,724
+ ₹2724 (Taxes & Charges)
Start
45 km
90 km
120 km
170 km
225 km

Early pickup
Coast trips from Mysore begin before sunrise. Give us the address the evening before, whether it is your own street, a lodge near the palace, the main entrance of Mysore Junction or the airport terminal at Mandakalli, and the car will be outside by 5:30. That start means the Sampaje ghat comes in daylight and Kasaragod by early afternoon, roughly four hours with halts. Kodagu is chilly at dawn and Kasaragod is humid, so dress in layers you can peel off.

Tea halt
At this hour Hunsur, 45 km out, is good for a ten minute tea and a restroom, with breakfast saved for Kushalnagar. The town wakes early; its small hotels are cheap and quick. Hunsur stands on the Lakshmana Tirtha at about 800 m and is known for teak. The Kabini side and HD Kote are reached from here by SH 86, but the car carries on along NH275 for Kodagu and, beyond it, the coast. Kasaragod is still about 180 km away.

Breakfast
Kushalnagar, about 90 km from Mysore, is the breakfast stop. Eateries here open with south Indian vegetarian plates, and Kerala style meals are common later in the day, a hint of the coast ahead. The Kaveri bends round three sides of town. If anyone wants coffee or spices to carry, the shops are on the main road, though traffic is slow while NH275 is widened. Madikeri, the last hill town, is about 30 km on.

Tea and fuel
Madikeri, 120 km out and close to 1,170 m up, gets ten minutes for tea and topping up the tank. Below the town, NH275 winds down the Sampaje ghat to Sullia. That descent is the weak link of the route: slides blocked it in August 2018, and after a slip in July 2024 it shut every night from 8 pm until 6 am. So in the rains the driver phones ahead. With a spare minute, buy GI tagged Coorg Arabica.

Lunch
Sullia, about 170 km from Mysore, is the lunch stop at the foot of the ghat. The town is the taluk headquarters in Dakshina Kannada, surrounded by arecanut, rubber, coconut and pepper farms. Lunch can be a rice meal, and for snacks try goli baje or patrode, the colocasia leaf rolls of this coast. About 9 km on, at Jalsoor, the road for Kasaragod turns off towards Kerala, and Kasaragod is about 44 km beyond that junction.

Hotel drop
Roughly 5 to 5.5 hours after Mysore, the cab pulls up at your house or hotel in Kasaragod. This is where Malabar cooking takes over; order parotta with fish curry at night, and try unnakaya or pazham pori with evening tea, while vegetarians find plenty of choice. If energy remains, Bekal Fort sits some 15 km south, an easy evening run in the same car. Kerala charges a permit for tourist vehicles, which we pass on at cost.
Need a Mysore to Kasaragod cab for just your family and the coast? A car takes the Coorg road and the Sampaje ghat quickly, and a Mysore to Kasaragod taxi stops wherever you like. Ask for cab rental in Mysore with Tejas Tours & Travels: Dzire or Etios for four, Innova Crysta for seven.
Route | One way | Kasaragod and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Kasaragod via Hunsur, Madikeri and Sullia | About 225 km | About 450 km | About 5 to 5.5 hr with stops |
Kasaragod at around 225 km each way is 2 days and 600 km for a car round trip. Driver allowance ₹400 each day, parking, tolls, permits and GST at actual. Kasaragod: fuel, driver and AC are in the rate. All our cars to Kasaragod are AC only. A Mysore to Kasaragod trip with a night there costs the same. A Mysore to Kasaragod one way taxi is quoted on request.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 2 days, 600 km | 3 days, 900 km | 4 days, 1,200 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹12 | ₹8,000 | ₹12,000 | ₹16,000 | |
₹14 | ₹9,200 | ₹13,800 | ₹18,400 | |
₹18 | ₹11,600 | ₹17,400 | ₹23,200 | |
₹20 | ₹12,800 | ₹19,200 | ₹25,600 |
Totals are the km fare plus the day driver allowance. Extra: night driver allowance (₹400 a night), tolls, parking, Kerala permit and 5% GST. Shared by 7, 3 days in the Toyota Innova Crysta is about ₹2,740 a person.
Four people with small bags fit a Swift Dzire or a Toyota Etios. Six or seven need the Innova Crysta or the Innova.
Going to Kasaragod with eight or more? The Mysore to Kasaragod tempo traveller costs less than two cars. Taking older people to Kasaragod? Look at the Mysore to Kasaragod Force Urbania. Airport and city drops are on our taxi service in Mysore.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
Plan on roughly 5 to 5.5 hours in a car for about 225 km, the one way Mysore to Kasaragod run; a same road return doubles it to about 450 km. You climb through Hunsur and Kushalnagar to Madikeri, wind down to Sullia, and cross into Kerala after the Jalsoor junction. Breakfast and a short lunch are included in that time.
Yes. The extra km are added to the trip at the same rate.
No. For Kasaragod, tolls, the Kerala permit and parking are extra at actual, and GST goes on the bill. Fuel and the driver are in the km rate.
Yes. A written one way quote follows once you send the date.
A Dzire or Etios is enough. Each size and rate is on cab rental in Mysore.
A night allowance for the driver applies only if the drive runs late into the night. Rate card figure: ₹400 a night.
We avoid it. The ghat below Madikeri has had landslides, and after one in July 2024 vehicles were barred between Sampaje and Madikeri from 8 pm to 6 am. Kodagu roads also have unmarked speed breakers and animals at night. We leave Mysore by 5:30 am so the ghat is done in daylight, and the return is planned the same way.
It is the hardest season. June to August brings heavy rain to Madikeri, about 3,200 mm a year, and the Sampaje ghat is the first road to watch for slides. When a closure is ordered, traffic has been sent round by the Charmadi ghat, which adds hours. Book with a flexible day, and we check the road the evening before.