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Distance
190 km
From Mysore
Time
About 4.5 to 5 hr
Via Nanjangud, Bandipur and Ooty
Starting from
₹ 8000
2 days, 600 km, Dzire
Maruti Swift Dzire
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹7,334 ₹8,807
+ ₹1257 (Taxes & Charges)
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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
25 km
60 km
80 km
110 km
160 km
190 km
Pickup at your door
Seven in the morning, and the car is at your gate somewhere in Mysuru, or waiting outside the railway station if you arrive by train. Our drivers speak Kannada, which smooths things at the forest check posts, and they get by in Tamil once we cross into the Nilgiris. A sedan suits four; an Innova carries six or seven with woollens and bags. We leave town on the Nanjangud road. Kotagiri is 190 km away, roughly 4.5 to 5 hours of driving.
Quick breakfast
After 25 km comes Nanjangud and a fifteen minute breakfast. Fruit sellers near the bus stand sometimes have rasabale, a thin skinned local banana with its own GI tag, now so rare that only a few farmers grow it. Buy a dozen if you find them; they make a good snack on the hill roads later. The car parks close, so nobody walks far. From here the highway runs dead straight to Gundlupet, 35 km south.
Fuel stop
The car takes fuel at Gundlupet, 60 km into the drive. If you travel in late August or September, expect more lorries than usual, because the marigolds grown here are trucked to Kerala for the Onam flower market. Ten minutes covers the pump and a restroom. Kotagiri is still 130 km away, beyond two forests and two ghat sections, so this is the place to buy water and fruit. The highway splits here, and the car follows NH 181 for the Nilgiris.
Forest drive
Bandipur has been a tiger reserve under Project Tiger since 1973, and the highway cuts right through it. The car holds the forest speed and does not stop; vehicles that halted here have been fined. Grey langurs often sit on the road edge, and spotted deer graze in the clearings. At about 15 km the forest becomes Mudumalai in Tamil Nadu. The whole stretch closes to traffic at nine at night, so the trip home is planned for daylight.
Lunch
Gudalur, 110 km from Mysore, is the lunch stop, a tea town at the foot of the Nilgiris. With a car you can add Frog Hill, a viewpoint on NH 181 about 12 km towards Ooty, a short way from Needle Rock, for a five minute photo. Thirty minutes is enough for lunch. Then the ghat begins, about 50 km of steady climbing to Ooty; anyone who feels sick on bends should take the front seat.
Ooty break
Ooty, 160 km out, is a short break on the way to Kotagiri. The road to Kotagiri leaves town past Doddabetta, the highest peak of the Nilgiris at about 2,637 m, only about 9 km from Ooty, with a road to the top; a car can turn up for half an hour if the group is keen. Otherwise, twenty minutes in town buys Nilgiri tea or homemade chocolate. Kotagiri is about 30 km on.
Drop at your stay
Kotagiri sits at about 1,950 m, lower and drier than Ooty, and the car reaches it about 4.5 to 5 hours after Mysore. Tea is the crop all around, and the slopes outside town are covered with estates. John Sullivan, the collector who started British Ooty, first reached this area in 1819. We drop you at your cottage or hotel. January is the coolest month, so pack warm clothes in winter. Most of the 1,514 mm of rain falls in the monsoon months.
Need a Mysore to Kotagiri cab for a couple or a family of five? A car makes the forest road and the Nilgiris ghat easy, and you can stop in Ooty en route. Pickup from home, a hotel in Mysuru or the airport. Book a Mysore to Kotagiri taxi through cab rental in Mysore.
Route | One way | Kotagiri and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Kotagiri via Nanjangud, Bandipur and Ooty | About 190 km | About 380 km | About 4.5 to 5 hr with stops |
Kotagiri and back is about 380 km, billed as two days, 600 km. A car's km rate pays for fuel, the driver and AC; driver allowance is extra each day. All AC. A drop only? Ask for a Mysore to Kotagiri one way taxi quote. Tolls, parking, the Tamil Nadu permit and GST are charged extra.
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, Tamil Nadu permit and 5% GST. Shared by 7, 3 days in the Toyota Innova Crysta is about ₹2,740 a person.
4 or fewer: Swift Dzire or Toyota Etios. 5 to 7, or more bags for the hills: Innova Crysta. For 7 to 12 people, see the Mysore to Kotagiri tempo traveller.
A bigger group of 15? The Mysore to Kotagiri mini bus is the better choice.
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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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
Kotagiri is about 190 km from Mysore by the Gudalur and Ooty road, about 380 km for the round trip. The cab passes Nanjangud and Gundlupet, crosses Bandipur and Mudumalai, climbs the ghat from Gudalur to Ooty and runs about 30 km more to Kotagiri. Plan on about 4.5 to 5 hours of driving, four with halts.
Innova Crysta. All cars on cab rental in Mysore.
It can be done. We quote one way drops in writing once we have your date.
No. Tolls, parking, GST and the Tamil Nadu permit are added.
It is steep, with 36 hairpin bends. Ask the driver; we usually take the Gudalur road.
Night driving adds the night bata. The forest road closes at 9 pm, so we plan before that. Rate card figure: ₹400 a night.
Kotagiri is pleasant most of the year. January is the coolest month, with crisp mornings, and the summer months bring the Nilgiris festival, which opens with a vegetable show at Nehru Park. The town gets about 1,514 mm of rain, mostly in the monsoon, when roads are slower. For a car trip, February to May and September to December are the easiest months.
Most cope fine with a little planning. There are two climbing sections, the ghat from Gudalur to Ooty and the road on to Kotagiri, so give children a light lunch and window seats. We halt every hour or so, at Nanjangud, Gundlupet, Gudalur and Ooty. Keep a sweater handy, since Kotagiri is cool, and a bag in case of car sickness.
