
Mysore to Kochi Mini Bus for 14 to 25 People
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Distance
405 km
From Mysore
Time
About 9 hr
Via Gundlupet, Sulthan Bathery and Thrissur
Starting from
₹ 30600
3 days, 900 km, 14 seater
14 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/1
NORMALAC14 Seats
₹30,282 ₹36,543
+ ₹5343 (Taxes & Charges)

15 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/1
NORMALAC15 Seats
₹30,282 ₹36,543
+ ₹5343 (Taxes & Charges)
16 Seater Mini bus A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC16 Seats
₹30,282 ₹36,543
+ ₹5343 (Taxes & Charges)

18 Seater Mini Bus A/C
NORMALAC18 Seats
₹32,128 ₹38,757
+ ₹5657 (Taxes & Charges)

19 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC19 Seats
₹32,128 ₹38,757
+ ₹5657 (Taxes & Charges)
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20 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC20 Seats
₹32,128 ₹38,757
+ ₹5657 (Taxes & Charges)

21 Seater Mini Bus A/C
NORMALAC21 Seats
₹32,128 ₹38,757
+ ₹5657 (Taxes & Charges)

22 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC22 Seats
₹33,874 ₹40,871
+ ₹5971 (Taxes & Charges)

25 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC25 Seats
₹33,874 ₹40,871
+ ₹5971 (Taxes & Charges)

12 Seater Mini Bus Executive A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC12 Seats
₹30,282 ₹36,543
+ ₹5343 (Taxes & Charges)

Mini Bus 13 Seater Executive A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC13 Seats
₹30,282 ₹36,543
+ ₹5343 (Taxes & Charges)

14 Seater Mini Bus Executive A/C 2/2
LUXURYAC14 Seats
₹30,282 ₹36,543
+ ₹5343 (Taxes & Charges)

18 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC18 Seats
₹37,366 ₹45,100
+ ₹6600 (Taxes & Charges)
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19 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC19 Seats
₹37,366 ₹45,100
+ ₹6600 (Taxes & Charges)

20 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC20 Seats
₹44,450 ₹53,657
+ ₹7857 (Taxes & Charges)

21 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
NORMALAC21 Seats
₹37,466 ₹45,200
+ ₹6600 (Taxes & Charges)

22 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/2
LUXURYAC22 Seats
₹42,704 ₹51,543
+ ₹7543 (Taxes & Charges)

24 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC24 Seats
₹42,704 ₹51,543
+ ₹7543 (Taxes & Charges)
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405 km

One boarding point
The mini bus starts at 5:30 am from one boarding point, the palace area or the suburban bus stand, with a name list for the group. Kochi is a nine hour day with halts, so leaving early gives a daylight run through the forest and the ghat. The route takes the Nanjangud road south and skips the city centre. If the group plans a Mysore day before leaving, the zoo and Karanji lake are shut on Tuesdays. Big bags go in the rear; water and snacks stay under the seats.

Head count halt
Gundlupet is 60 km down the road, and twenty people need fifteen minutes for tea and the restrooms, so the coordinator calls time early. The hill temple of Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta, the highest point of Bandipur, is reached from here via Hangala, with forest buses running up from about 8:30 am to 4 pm; it is a separate trip. Diesel goes in now. About 25 km of the 55 km to Sulthan Bathery is forest, where the bus cannot halt.

Tiger reserve
Bandipur begins about 20 km after Gundlupet. The reserve has been under Project Tiger since 1973, and along with elephants it holds gaur, sloth bear, dhole and the four horned antelope, though most sightings from a bus window are deer and langurs. The mini bus does not stop on this stretch and nobody leans out. Night closure runs 9 pm to 6 am, with only emergency vehicles let through. Sulthan Bathery is 35 km on.

Group breakfast
Sulthan Bathery is the mini bus breakfast stop, 115 km from Mysore. The driver finds a hotel that can seat twenty together, and thirty five minutes covers puttu or appam for everyone. Edakkal Caves, about 12 km away on Ambukuthi hill, allow only 1,920 visitors a day and close on Mondays, so a group that wants them plans a separate Wayanad day. The town is the main transport hub of the district. Kozhikode is 100 km ahead.

Lunch halt
Kozhikode, 215 km out, is lunch. Thamarassery is about 30 km back up the road at the foot of the ghat, so the driver has already taken the bends slowly. The mini bus parks off the main road and the group walks in together. After lunch, banana fritters and samosas are sold around SM Street, the pedestrian shopping street where a statue of the writer S.K. Pottekkatt stands. Forty five minutes is the halt. Thrissur is 115 km south.

Tea and a stretch
Thrissur, at 330 km, is the tea stop before Kochi. Twenty people can stretch for twenty minutes near the Thekkinkadu Maidan, the big ground in the centre. In April and May the Pooram exhibition runs for 40 to 50 days around the festival and the centre gets crowded, so the driver may stop on the outer road instead. Gold jewellery shops are a Thrissur speciality. Kochi is the last 75 km.

One hotel for all
The mini bus reaches Kochi in about nine hours with halts. We drop the group at one hotel, ideally on the Ernakulam side, where parking for a mini bus is easier than on the islands. If your hotel is in the old town, the bus stops on the main road and bags go a short way on foot. Fish curries and the meen molee of the Kochi kitchens make a good group dinner. Book rooms on one floor so the morning start is quick.
Need a Mysore to Kochi mini bus for 15 to 25 people? Kochi groups find a mini bus the right size between a tempo traveller and a full bus. You may see Kochi signed as Cochin. Mysore is Mysuru on the new signboards. We have offered mini bus on rent in Mysore since 2009. Pickup is from a kalyana mantapa after a wedding or a college or office gate.
Route | One way | Kochi and back | Time by mini bus |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Kochi via Gundlupet, Sulthan Bathery and Thrissur | About 405 km | About 810 km | About 9 hr with stops |
About 810 km in all, which the mini bus bills as 3 days and 900 km. AC and non-AC available. Fuel and driver are in the rate. One way drops: quoted on request. Stay longer in Kochi and each day adds 300 km. Driver allowance is ₹600 to ₹700 per day; tolls, parking, state permits and GST are charged at actual.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 3 days, 900 km | 4 days, 1,200 km | 5 days, 1,500 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹32 | ₹30,600 | ₹40,800 | ₹51,000 | |
₹32 | ₹30,600 | ₹40,800 | ₹51,000 | |
₹34 | ₹32,700 | ₹43,600 | ₹54,500 | |
₹34 | ₹32,700 | ₹43,600 | ₹54,500 | |
₹34 | ₹32,700 | ₹43,600 | ₹54,500 | |
₹36 | ₹34,500 | ₹46,000 | ₹57,500 | |
₹46 | ₹43,500 | ₹58,000 | ₹72,500 | |
₹36 | ₹34,500 | ₹46,000 | ₹57,500 |
Totals are the km fare plus the day driver allowance. Extra: night driver allowance (₹600 to ₹700 a night, by size), tolls, parking, Kerala permit and 5% GST. Shared by 25, 4 days in the 25 Seater Mini Bus is about ₹1,840 a person.
For Kochi, count everyone, kids above five too. For 14 to 16: 16 seater mini bus. 21 of you: 21 seater mini bus. For 22 to 25: 25 seater mini bus.
Only 9 to 17 coming to Kochi? See the Mysore to Kochi tempo traveller. More than 25? See the Mysore to Kochi bus. For Mysore sightseeing on the day before or after, see mini bus on rent in Mysore.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
For a mini bus, Kochi lies about 405 km from Mysore, so about 810 km for the return. It follows NH766 through Gundlupet, the Bandipur forest and Sulthan Bathery, comes down the Thamarassery ghat to Kozhikode and then takes the highway south through Thrissur. Allow about 9 hours with halts.
On request, yes. Send the date and pickup point, and the one way quote comes in writing.
Yes. Nedumbassery airport is on the way in from Thrissur, before the city.
A night allowance is charged only for late night driving. The quote lists it. For the mini bus: ₹600 to ₹700, by size a night.
The 25 seater, with room for bags. Every size is listed on mini bus on rent in Mysore. For this trip it is ₹32,400 for 900 km at ₹36/km, with ₹2,100 allowance for the driver.
No. GST, tolls, parking and any permit are charged at actual.
Very wet. Vythiri, on this road between Kalpetta and the ghat top, gets about 3,840 mm of rain a year, with July the wettest month. From June to September expect slow driving on the hills, mist on the ghat and short halts. Carry umbrellas and keep a spare set of clothes in the cabin, not in the rear, for the group.
Only partly. The highway through Muthanga and Bandipur is shut to traffic from 9 pm to 6 am, so an evening start from Kochi would reach Sulthan Bathery and then wait for the gates to open. Either leave Kochi early in the morning to reach Mysore the same evening, or break the night in Wayanad and cross the forest at 6 am.