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Tea Estates and View Points
Estate road drive.
Highwavys Dam
Twenty minutes by car.
Maharaja Mettu
Top of the estate road.
Suruli Falls
Near Cumbum.
Distance
455 km
From Mysore
Time
About 10.5 to 11 hr
Via Chamarajanagar, Palani and Theni
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
60 km
135 km
205 km
310 km
400 km
455 km
Early pickup
Meghamalai is the far one in this corner of Tamil Nadu, about 455 km, so the cab leaves your door at 5:30 am. The driver runs down the Nanjangud road and on to Chamarajanagar for breakfast. On the way home, if you want something to carry back from Mysore, the Government Sandalwood Oil Factory in Ashokapuram sells its own sandalwood oil and incense, a short detour inside the city. Pack a warm layer; the estates on top sit around 1,500 m and the evenings are cold.
Breakfast
A quick plate of idli and a coffee at Chamarajanagar, fifteen minutes, while the tank is filled. The town is the seat of Karnataka's most southern district, and the gopura of the Chamarajeshwara temple, raised from 1825 by Krishnaraja Wodeyar III, rises over the market. Banana plots and turmeric run along the road in. After this the cab is in forest until Bannari, first the Hasanur stretch and then the hairpins of the Dhimbam ghat, so stretch your legs here.
Tea below the hills
Sathyamangalam is where the forest gives way to the Bhavani valley, about 135 km into the day. Ten minutes for tea is plenty for a car. The Moyar, one of the rivers that fill the Bhavanisagar reservoir west of town, comes down from the hills you just crossed. Frequent buses leave Sathy for Coimbatore, Tiruppur and Erode, so the town is lively from early morning. The cab follows NH948 south, about 70 km, to Coimbatore for lunch.
Lunch
Lunch in Coimbatore, a big textile and engineering city on the Noyyal. Potato rice is the cheap local favourite, and kaalaan, the fried mushroom in spicy gravy, is the street snack if anyone wants it. Thirty minutes is enough for four. A Kovai Kora cotton saree, a Coimbatore GI weave, is the gift to pick up if there is a shop on the way out. From here NH83 runs east, about 105 km, to Palani, and the afternoon is plains driving.
Tea at Palani
Palani sits under Sivagiri hill, whose Murugan temple draws more than 7 million pilgrims a year. A car can stop near the foot of the hill for tea and a look up at the winch tracks. The temple prasadam, panchamirtham, made of banana, honey, ghee, jaggery and cardamom, was the first temple prasadam to get a GI tag, and the tins travel well. If the day feels too long, the town has plenty of rooms for a night break. Theni is about 90 km on.
Gateway to the hills
Theni, the district town at the foot of the Western Ghats, is often called the gateway to the highlands. It is hot down here, with summer days near 39.5 C, so keep water in the car. Vaigai dam, about 111 ft high, stands near Andipatti off this road, and the Veerapandi Gowmariamman temple from the 14th century is near the town. Fifteen minutes for tea, then the cab turns towards Chinnamanur for the hill road, about 55 km of climbing to Meghamalai.
Hilltop drop
Meghamalai is a range of tea, spice and coffee estates at about 1,500 m, with Vellimalai, around 1,650 m, at its heart. There is no real town on top; stays are forest lodges and panchayat rest houses, so book before you leave and send us the name. Many visitors sleep down in Theni or Chinnamanur and drive up for the day instead. The area became part of a tiger reserve in April 2021, so keep to the roads and timings the forest staff give. The driver stays near your lodge.
Need a Mysore to Meghamalai cab for a couple or a small family heading to the tea hills? A car covers Coimbatore and Palani faster, and climbs the ghat easily. Get a Mysore to Meghamalai taxi through cab rental in Mysore. Pickup from home, a Mysuru hotel or the airport.
Route | One way | Meghamalai and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Meghamalai via Chamarajanagar, Palani and Theni | About 455 km | About 910 km | About 10.5 to 11 hr with stops |
The car runs a little over 910 km on this trip, billed as 4 days and 1,200 km. Over the fare: GST, tolls, parking and the Tamil Nadu entry permit. We quote a Mysore to Meghamalai one way taxi on request. AC only. A car's km rate pays for fuel, the driver and AC; driver's allowance is extra each day.
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, Tamil Nadu permit and 5% GST. Shared by 7, 5 days in the Toyota Innova Crysta is about ₹4,570 a person.
Up to four: Swift Dzire or Toyota Etios. Up to seven, better on the ghat: Innova Crysta. Eight to twelve: the Mysore to Meghamalai tempo traveller.
All cars on cab rental in Mysore. Twenty people? The Mysore to Meghamalai mini bus.
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
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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
Meghamalai is about 455 km from Mysore by road, about 910 km there and back. The cab goes by Chamarajanagar, the Dhimbam ghat, Sathyamangalam and Coimbatore, then east on NH83 to Palani and south to Theni, and climbs from Chinnamanur. Plan about 10.5 to 11 hours with breakfast and lunch. Many people break the drive with a night at Palani.
Only if the driver drives late at night; then a night allowance is added. It is shown in the quote. Per night it is ₹400.
Innova Crysta. See cab rental in Mysore.
Not included. Tolls, parking and permits are paid at cost, and GST is added on the bill.
Yes, but the Innova Crysta is more comfortable on the hairpins.
Sure. Tell us the date and where to pick up; the quote comes in writing.
Yes. The official tourism site warns against travel to Meghamalai in June and July, when the monsoon makes the hill road and the estates wet and slippery. The plains on the way are hot in summer, with Theni near 39.5 C. The cooler, drier months after the rains are the usual choice for a cab trip, and the views from the estates are clearer then.
We do not plan it. The hill road from Chinnamanur runs through what is now the Meghamalai Tiger Reserve, the lodges on top are few, and arriving in the dark on a narrow estate road is risky. If the day runs late, the cab stops for the night in Theni or Chinnamanur and climbs in the morning.
