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Marayoor Sandalwood Forest
Near town.
Munnar Tea Hills
About 40 km.
Distance
325 km
From Mysore
Time
About 7.5 to 8 hr
Via Chamarajanagar, Coimbatore and Chinnar
Starting from
₹ 12000
3 days, 900 km, Dzire
Maruti Swift Dzire
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹10,826 ₹13,036
+ ₹1886 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Etios
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹12,572 ₹15,150
+ ₹2200 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova
LUXURYAC6 Seats
₹16,114 ₹19,429
+ ₹2829 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Crysta
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹17,860 ₹21,543
+ ₹3143 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Hycross
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹23,098 ₹27,886
+ ₹4086 (Taxes & Charges)
Start
60 km
145 km
210 km
280 km
310 km
325 km
Pickup at your door
Marayoor is a long way south of Mysore, about 325 km over two forests and into the Kerala hills, so the car comes for you at 6 am. Pickup can be your home in any part of Mysuru, a lodge by the station, or Mandakalli airport if a relative is flying in. Drivers picking up on the north side of the city use the outer ring road, NH 275K, to reach the Nanjangud road without touching the palace area. Day one is all driving, with Chamarajanagar the first halt, 60 km out.
Quick breakfast
In Chamarajanagar the cab stops for breakfast, a quick 15 minutes for four over idli and coffee. The road from Mysore runs through Nanjangud and then banana and turmeric farms to reach it. Krishnaraja Wodeyar III began the Chamarajeshwara temple here in 1825 to honour his father, and its gopura is right in the centre if you want a two minute look. Fill the tank and visit the restroom; after this, the forest at Hasanur and the Dhimbam bends offer no shop for a long while. Marayoor is still about 265 km ahead.
Tea after the ghat
Sathyamangalam comes after the 27 hairpin bends of the Dhimbam ghat, which drop from the forest to Bannari, where the Bannari Amman temple of the rain goddess stands at the foot. In a car the bends need care more than time; tell the driver if anyone feels unwell. Sathy sits on the Bhavani river with wet paddy on both banks, and the tiger reserve on its edge is the largest wildlife sanctuary in Tamil Nadu. Ten minutes for tea and the restroom, then the cab follows NH948 to Coimbatore, about 65 km on.
Lunch
Coimbatore is the lunch stop, a big city on the Noyyal river. Street stalls here sell kaalaan, fried mushroom simmered in a spicy gravy, if anyone wants a snack before the meal. With four people lunch takes about half an hour. A cab can slip into Cross Cut Road for jewellery, or pick up a Kovai Kora cotton saree, a Coimbatore GI product, but city traffic eats time, so keep shopping for the way back. From here the road heads south to Udumalpet, about 70 km, and then the hills.
Tea and fuel
Udumalpet sits in the Palghat gap, so rows of wind turbines stand around the town. It is the last Tamil Nadu town on this road, and the driver fills fuel here before the hills. The Munnar road, SH17, leaves the town for Chinnar and Marayoor. With a car you can add the Thirumoorthy hills, with the Amanalingeswarar temple, a dam and the Panchalingam falls, as a detour of an hour or more. Otherwise ten minutes for tea is enough. Amaravathi dam, with its crocodile farm, is another option off this road on the return.
Forest and check post
At Chinnar the cab crosses into Kerala at the forest check post, and SH17 then runs for about 16 km inside the Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary. The hills to the west catch the monsoon, so this side gets only about 500 mm of rain and the forest is dry scrub and thorn, very different from the green slopes ahead. Climbing starts near the river at about 400 m. Elephants often stand close to the road; stay in the car and take photos through the glass. Marayoor is roughly 15 km further.
Stay drop
Marayoor is a small hill town at about 990 m, and the cab drops you at the door of your homestay or resort. Days stay mild here, around 21 to 27 C, so a light sweater is enough for the evening. Send us the location pin of the stay before the trip, and ask the stay to keep dinner ready if you expect to reach late. Munnar is about 40 km further on SH17, so the cab can do it as a day trip. The driver stays close to your hotel and is ready at the time you fix.
A few days in the sandalwood hills near Munnar? Book a Mysore to Marayoor cab. Ask for cab rental in Mysore with Tejas Tours & Travels. Our Mysore to Marayoor taxi picks you up from home, a Mysuru hotel or the bus stand and takes the Sathyamangalam and Udumalpet road.
Route | One way | Marayoor and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Marayoor via Coimbatore, Udumalpet and Chinnar | About 325 km | About 650 km | About 7.5 to 8 hr with stops |
Marayoor and back is around 650 km, billed as three days and 900 km. For Marayoor, the km rate covers fuel, driver and AC. Driver allowance is ₹400 per day for a sedan, and GST, tolls, parking and permits are charged at actual. Marayoor trips are AC only. For a Mysore to Marayoor one way taxi, the rate is ₹2 per km higher than a return.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 3 days, 900 km | 4 days, 1,200 km | 5 days, 1,500 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹12 | ₹12,000 | ₹16,000 | ₹20,000 | |
₹14 | ₹13,800 | ₹18,400 | ₹23,000 | |
₹18 | ₹17,400 | ₹23,200 | ₹29,000 | |
₹20 | ₹19,200 | ₹25,600 | ₹32,000 |
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, 4 days in the Toyota Innova Crysta is about ₹3,660 a person.
4 or fewer: Dzire or Toyota Etios. Five to seven travelling: Innova Crysta. If you are 7 to 12, see the Mysore to Marayoor tempo traveller.
Elders with you? The Mysore to Marayoor Force Urbania. Bigger family: tempo traveller on rent in Mysore.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
Travelled to Bangalore
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rahul
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
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Souvik Bhattacharya
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
Hired for day-out trip, It was very pleasant and comfortable journey, with good driver's behaviour and l may strongly suggest Tejas travels for better and comfortable family trip
Kishore Lal
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
Booked cab from tejas travels, bangalore to madikeri. Excellent service, driver was very polite and he knows all nook and corner. Overall we enjoyed the trip
Jai Kumar
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Marayoor is about 325 km from Mysore by Chamarajanagar, the Dhimbam ghat, Sathyamangalam, Coimbatore, Udumalpet and Chinnar, so about 650 km there and back. A cab takes about 7.5 to 8 hours with breakfast, lunch and a couple of short halts. The last 45 km, from Udumalpet through the Chinnar forest, climb into the hills, so the driver keeps that part slow and in daylight.
Yes. Munnar is roughly 40 km on; we can make Munnar the base and visit Marayoor for a day.
Innova Crysta. All cars on cab rental in Mysore.
They are not. Marayoor for 3 days and 900 km: Dzire ₹12,000 Etios ₹13,800 Innova ₹17,400 Innova Crysta ₹19,200. On top come the driver bata, tolls, Tamil Nadu and Kerala entry tax, parking and GST.
Yes. Tell us the date and we quote the drop in writing; one way runs ₹2 per km over the return rate.
If the return runs late at night, the driver gets a night allowance. The quote lists it. Rate card figure: ₹400 a night.
Marayoor and Chinnar sit in the rain shadow of the hills, so they get far less rain than the Munnar side, about 500 mm a year at Chinnar. The wetter spells on this road come with the southwest monsoon from about July, and the northeast rains in October and early November around Coimbatore. In those weeks the Dhimbam bends and the Chinnar climb get slippery and slow, so the driver plans more time for the day.
We plan the return in daylight. The Chinnar sanctuary road has elephants close by, and NH948 through the Sathyamangalam reserve has seen animals killed by vehicles at night. Night traffic on the Bannari to Dhimbam stretch has also been banned in the past, with hours that changed more than once. So the cab leaves Marayoor in the morning, and if the day runs late we break the night in Coimbatore.
