Mysore to Kollam Cab and Taxi with Driver
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Ashtamudi Lake
Boat and houseboat rides on the lake. Quick in a car.
Thangassery Lighthouse
Quick in a car. Climb for a view of the town and sea.
Munroe Island
Quick in a car. Village canals and coconut groves.
Sasthamkotta Lake
A large freshwater lake near Kollam. The driver waits near the entry.
Distance
545 km
From Mysore
Time
About 11.5 to 12 hr
Via Gundlupet, Thrissur and Alappuzha
Starting from
₹ 16000
4 days, 1,200 km, Dzire
Maruti Swift Dzire
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹14,318 ₹17,264
+ ₹2514 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Etios
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹16,646 ₹20,083
+ ₹2933 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova
LUXURYAC6 Seats
₹21,352 ₹25,771
+ ₹3771 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Crysta
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹23,680 ₹28,590
+ ₹4190 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Hycross
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹30,664 ₹37,048
+ ₹5448 (Taxes & Charges)
Start
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545 km
Pickup at your door
The driver reaches your gate in Mysuru, or the railway station, at six for the long run to Kollam. Instead of battling the old city, the car circles round on the outer ring road, close to 41.5 km in all, and joins the Nanjangud highway on the southern rim. A sedan carries four with luggage, an Innova six or seven. This route crosses Wayanad and the Thamarassery churam to the Kerala coast, about 545 km, roughly 11.5 to 12 hours of driving.
Tea and fuel
Gundlupet, 60 km south of Mysore, is only a tea and fuel halt for the car. Food choices here are thin, a few small roadside places, and travellers bound for Kerala usually eat properly in Sulthan Bathery instead, which is exactly the plan today. Fifteen minutes is enough. Beyond the town the car stays on NH 766, and the next 25 km run through forest that closes to traffic at nine each night and opens at six.
Breakfast
Sulthan Bathery, 115 km from Mysore and about 900 m up, is where breakfast happens. A car can easily slip out to the Edakkal Caves, about 10 to 12 km away, where Neolithic engravings cover the rock; the climb up Ambukuthi hill is on foot, entry is capped each day, and the caves close on Mondays, so mornings are best. Without that detour, half an hour covers breakfast. Kozhikode is about 97 km on, down the ghat.
Drive on
Thamarassery, 180 km out, sits at the foot of the famous churam. The car has just come down about 14 km of road from Lakkidi, with nine hairpin bends, from a top of about 800 m to the plain. Since June 2026 heavy trucks are banned on the ghat by day, which keeps the descent clear for cars but pushes lorries into the night. Nothing to stop for here; Kozhikode and lunch are about 30 km ahead.
Lunch
Kozhikode, 210 km from Mysore, is the lunch stop. After the meal, the family can walk into SM Street, the old sweetmeat street, where Kozhikodan halwa is sold in a dozen colours and banana chips are fried in front of you; a car can park close by. Forty five minutes covers lunch and a quick buy. From here the car takes the coastal highway south towards Thrissur, about 120 km.
Tea halt
Thrissur, 330 km out, is an afternoon tea halt for the car. Any tea shop serves payasam, the sweet milk pudding of Kerala, if someone needs a lift after the long run. Twenty minutes, then on south. Families who would rather not drive into the evening can stay the night in Thrissur and finish the trip next morning; tell us at booking. Kochi is about 75 km ahead on NH544.
Drive through
The car passes Kochi, 405 km out, in the evening. Vaikom is about 33 km from Kochi and Kottayam about 66 km, both to the south east, worth noting if the family plans temple visits on the way back. Today the driver keeps to the highway and the bypass, avoids the city lanes and joins NH66 south. Alleppey is about 55 km on. Evening traffic around Ernakulam is heavy, so expect the city section to take a while.
Optional halt
Alleppey, 460 km from Mysore, can be a ten minute break on NH66. Toddy shops along the backwater belt serve tapioca with fish curry, a local plate some families like to try on a slower day. Tonight, a restroom stop and a cup of tea are enough. Kollam is about 85 km south on the same coast road, the last leg of the day. The coast road from here is busy with local buses.
Drop at your stay
The car reaches Kollam about 11.5 to 12 hours of driving after Mysore and drops you at your hotel. Kollam is the cashew capital of Kerala and a coir town too, so cashew packets are the gift to take home. Varkala lies about 29 to 30 km south if you want a beach day, and Thiruvananthapuram about 71 km. Rest well; the drive back retraces the coast and the Wayanad road. Dinner is at the hotel.
Booking a Mysore to Kollam cab for four people and a day on Ashtamudi lake? By car, a long day of about ten hours, or two easy days. Some call it the Mysore to Kollam taxi; it is the same car with a driver. It comes from our cab rental in Mysore fleet, running since 2009. Start point in Mysuru can be Mysore airport at Mandakalli or the railway station.
Route | One way | Kollam and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Kollam via Gundlupet, Thrissur and Alappuzha | About 545 km | About 1,090 km | About 11.5 to 12 hr with stops |
Kollam and back from Mysore is around 1090 km. Kollam: a Mysore to Kollam one way taxi is on request. The Innova Crysta, at ₹20/km, works out to ₹25,600 for this trip. Over four days the minimum is 1200 km, so that is the bill. All our cars are AC only. Driver allowance is ₹400 a day; tolls and parking at actual, permits and GST on top. Fuel, AC and the driver come with the rate.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 4 days, 1,200 km | 5 days, 1,500 km | 6 days, 1,800 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹12 | ₹16,000 | ₹20,000 | ₹24,000 | |
₹14 | ₹18,400 | ₹23,000 | ₹27,600 | |
₹18 | ₹23,200 | ₹29,000 | ₹34,800 | |
₹20 | ₹25,600 | ₹32,000 | ₹38,400 |
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, 5 days in the Toyota Innova Crysta is about ₹4,570 a person.
4 or fewer: Dzire or Toyota Etios. 5 to 7, or four with heavy bags: Innova Crysta. Groups of 8 to 12 should look at the Mysore to Kollam tempo traveller; it costs less than two cars.
Eight or more people? The Mysore to Kollam Force Urbania is cheaper than two cars. Kollam with elders? The Mysore to Kollam mini bus rides softer. All cars: cab rental in Mysore.
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
Kollam is about 545 km from Mysore by Gundlupet, Sulthan Bathery, the Thamarassery churam, Kozhikode, Thrissur, Kochi and Alleppey, so about 1,090 km for a round trip. The cab follows NH 766 through Wayanad to Kozhikode and then the coastal highways south. Driving time is about 11.5 to 12 hours, or two easy days with a night at Thrissur. The forest stretch near Gundlupet is closed at night.
Yes. A Mysore to Kollam one way taxi is on request; we send the fare before booking.
Kollam: driving after 10 pm adds the driver night bata, ₹400 a night.
Yes. Varkala is around 40 km south. Add it to the same trip.
A Dzire or Etios takes four to Kollam. Every car we run is on cab rental in Mysore. Kollam with six or seven, or four with big bags: Innova or Innova Crysta.
Kollam is about 545 km away; tolls, parking fees, permits and GST go on top at cost.
It is better by day. Since June 2026, multi axle trucks, containers and tankers have been barred from the churam between 6 am and 8 pm, so they pile onto the ghat at night, and a breakdown at the fourth hairpin in July 2026 caused a jam of about ten hours. We plan the cab to cross the ghat in daylight in both directions.
Yes, if you break it well. Halts come at Gundlupet, Sulthan Bathery, Kozhikode and Thrissur, so children rarely sit more than two hours at a stretch. Carry water and snacks for the churam, where traffic can stop for a while. Many families split the trip with a night at Thrissur, which makes both days easy.
