Mysore to Masinagudi Cab and Taxi with Driver
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Mudumalai Forest Safari
Book at Theppakadu, around 10 minutes from Masinagudi.
Moyar River
Short evening drive.
Kalhatti Ghat
The steep road towards Ooty. Ask the driver.
Ooty
About 30 km via Kalhatti; the driver decides the road.
Distance
100 km
From Mysore
Time
About 2 hr
Via Nanjangud, Bandipur and Theppakadu
Starting from
₹ 4000
Same-day return, Dzire
Maruti Swift Dzire
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹3,842 ₹4,579
+ ₹629 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Etios
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹4,424 ₹5,283
+ ₹733 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova
LUXURYAC6 Seats
₹5,638 ₹6,743
+ ₹943 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Crysta
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹6,220 ₹7,448
+ ₹1048 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Hycross
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹7,966 ₹9,562
+ ₹1362 (Taxes & Charges)
Start
25 km
60 km
80 km
95 km
100 km
Pickup at your door
Our driver reaches your gate at 7 am, whether that is a flat in Kuvempunagar, a palace side hotel or the arrivals area at Mandakalli. Coming home on a Sunday or a holiday? Reach town by 7 pm and you catch the palace glowing under its bulbs for the best part of an hour. The car heads south on NH 766 by way of Nanjangud. Masinagudi is 100 km away, about two hours with a breakfast halt, for four to seven people.
Quick breakfast
Nanjangud, 25 km on, is a short breakfast halt for the car. Beside the main temple there is a small Parashurama shrine where two rivers, the Kapila and the Kaundinya, join; it is a calm corner for five minutes. The temple town has been a Shaiva centre for roughly a thousand years. Fifteen minutes is enough with a car parked close by. Then it is a straight 35 km to Gundlupet, where fuel and the forest road come next.
Fuel stop
Gundlupet, 60 km from Mysore, is where two national highways part. NH 766 runs on to Sulthan Bathery and Kozhikode; NH 181, our road, swings off towards Bandipur, Mudumalai and the Nilgiris. The driver fills fuel here, as the next 40 km pass mostly through forest. Use the ten minutes for water and the restroom. If you travel in June, July or August, the flower fields on the Bandipur side make a bright start to the forest drive.
Forest drive
Bandipur is the Karnataka share of this forest, its land climbing from about 680 m to 1,454 m, with the Kabini forming one boundary and the Moyar the other. The car crosses about 15 km of it without a halt; that is the rule for every vehicle on this highway. Watch from the windows instead. At the state border the road enters Mudumalai, and Theppakadu, where the Masinagudi turn is, comes soon after.
Elephant camp
Theppakadu, 95 km out, is the junction for Masinagudi and home to the forest department's elephant camp, described as the oldest in Asia. The Oscar winning documentary The Elephant Whisperers was filmed at this camp in 2023. If you arrive near feeding time, about 8:30 am or 5:30 pm, a car can stop for fifteen minutes; walk over from the ticket counter at the reception, it is close. From here the Masinagudi road leaves the highway, and the village is only about 5 km away.
Drop at your resort
Roughly two hours after leaving Mysore the car climbs onto the Sigur plateau, and the village of Masinagudi, around 950 m up, sits at the outer edge of the tiger reserve. Several resorts are scattered around the village; we drop you at the door. Afternoons are mild, with an average temperature near 22 C, but carry a light jacket for the evening. Plan a return start by late afternoon if you go back the same day, to cross Bandipur before 9 pm.
Need a Mysore to Masinagudi cab for a couple or a small family? A car makes the Bandipur drive quick and lets you reach the resort by late morning. Get a Mysore to Masinagudi taxi through cab rental in Mysore. Pickup from home, a Mysuru hotel or the airport.
Route | One way | Masinagudi and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Masinagudi via Nanjangud, Bandipur and Theppakadu | About 100 km | About 200 km | About 2 hr with stops |
A Mysore to Masinagudi day trip by car is one 300 km day; with a night at a resort, two days, 600 km. A car's km rate pays for fuel, the driver and AC; driver's allowance is extra each day. Need only a drop? Ask for a Mysore to Masinagudi one way taxi quote. Tolls, parking, the Tamil Nadu permit and GST are added. All AC.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 1 day, 300 km | 2 days, 600 km |
|---|---|---|---|
₹12 | ₹4,000 | ₹8,000 | |
₹14 | ₹4,600 | ₹9,200 | |
₹18 | ₹5,800 | ₹11,600 | |
₹20 | ₹6,400 | ₹12,800 |
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, 2 days in the Toyota Innova Crysta is about ₹1,830 a person.
At most 4: Swift Dzire or Toyota Etios. For 5 to 7: Innova or Innova Crysta. For 7 to 12 people, see the Mysore to Masinagudi tempo traveller.
Party of 15 with a resort booking? The Mysore to Masinagudi mini bus takes everyone in one go. All cars and rates are on cab rental in Mysore.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
Travelled to Bangalore
So nice that the service we have received from Tejas travellers. Ms Revati is very good coordinator and so polite and have much patience. Thank you so much for making our journey nice and beautiful with sending experienced drivers.🙂
rahul
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
We (15 families) hired a bus from Tejas to one of the resort at Kanakpura. Interacted with Lakshmi madam and requested her to provide a good Cab . The bus reached at exact time for pickup, the bus was extremely good and looked a new one only. Thanks Tejas team and Lakshmi madam, it was a wonderful experience and I would definitely recommend to avail their services.
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
By car it is roughly two hours, breakfast included, to cover the 100 km from Mysore to Masinagudi. Coming back doubles that to 200 km. The road heads south past Nanjangud, forks at Gundlupet onto the Ooty highway, cuts through Bandipur and leaves the highway at Theppakadu for the last few km. Bandipur is shut to traffic between nine at night and six in the morning.
Innova. All cars on cab rental in Mysore.
Yes. Give us the date and head count, and the one way fare comes back in writing.
Yes, about 30 km via Kalhatti if the driver advises it.
No. Tolls, parking, GST and the Tamil Nadu permit are extra.
Back by evening is the plan, since the forest shuts at 9 pm. A night bata applies only if the car must run through the night. The night bata is ₹400.
Mild for most of the year. The village is about 950 m up and averages close to 22 C. It collects around 1,514 mm of rain, the bulk in the south west monsoon. Mudumalai feels coolest around the turn of the year and warmest just before the rains. For a family trip by car, the dry months from November to March are the most comfortable.
Yes. Children enjoy the elephant feeding at the Theppakadu camp, about 8:30 am and 5:30 pm, and the deer and langurs seen from the car on the way. Keep them inside the vehicle in the forest, where nobody may get down. Night jungle drives are illegal, so book any safari in daylight, and choose a resort with a fenced garden.
