
Mysore to Munnar Mini Bus for 14 to 25 People
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Distance
365 km
From Mysore
Time
About 8 hr
Via Chamarajanagar, Pollachi and Marayoor
Starting from
₹ 30600
3 days, 900 km, 14 seater
14 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/1
NORMALAC14 Seats
₹30,282 ₹36,543
+ ₹5343 (Taxes & Charges)

15 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/1
NORMALAC15 Seats
₹30,282 ₹36,543
+ ₹5343 (Taxes & Charges)
16 Seater Mini bus A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC16 Seats
₹30,282 ₹36,543
+ ₹5343 (Taxes & Charges)

18 Seater Mini Bus A/C
NORMALAC18 Seats
₹32,128 ₹38,757
+ ₹5657 (Taxes & Charges)

19 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC19 Seats
₹32,128 ₹38,757
+ ₹5657 (Taxes & Charges)
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20 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC20 Seats
₹32,128 ₹38,757
+ ₹5657 (Taxes & Charges)

21 Seater Mini Bus A/C
NORMALAC21 Seats
₹32,128 ₹38,757
+ ₹5657 (Taxes & Charges)

22 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC22 Seats
₹33,874 ₹40,871
+ ₹5971 (Taxes & Charges)

25 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC25 Seats
₹33,874 ₹40,871
+ ₹5971 (Taxes & Charges)

12 Seater Mini Bus Executive A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC12 Seats
₹30,282 ₹36,543
+ ₹5343 (Taxes & Charges)

Mini Bus 13 Seater Executive A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC13 Seats
₹30,282 ₹36,543
+ ₹5343 (Taxes & Charges)

14 Seater Mini Bus Executive A/C 2/2
LUXURYAC14 Seats
₹30,282 ₹36,543
+ ₹5343 (Taxes & Charges)

18 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC18 Seats
₹37,366 ₹45,100
+ ₹6600 (Taxes & Charges)
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19 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC19 Seats
₹37,366 ₹45,100
+ ₹6600 (Taxes & Charges)

20 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC20 Seats
₹44,450 ₹53,657
+ ₹7857 (Taxes & Charges)

21 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
NORMALAC21 Seats
₹37,466 ₹45,200
+ ₹6600 (Taxes & Charges)

22 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/2
LUXURYAC22 Seats
₹42,704 ₹51,543
+ ₹7543 (Taxes & Charges)

24 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC24 Seats
₹42,704 ₹51,543
+ ₹7543 (Taxes & Charges)
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Group pickup
Pick two boarding points for your twenty, perhaps Mysore Junction and one hotel in the palace area, and the mini bus calls at both by 5 in the morning. Coming home on a Tuesday? Mysore zoo and Karanji lake rest that day, though the palace still opens from about 10 am till 5:30 pm. Stow the suitcases first with warm clothes on top, because Munnar nights are cold. From the ring road we join NH766 south. The tea hills are about 365 km off, close to eight hours of travel.

Tea and diesel
Sixty kilometres along, Chamarajanagar is where our Munnar mini bus fills diesel and the twenty passengers get tea. Trains from Mysore also terminate in this district town, useful if a late member wants to catch up. Allow twenty minutes and fix one spot by the bus door for the head count. Beyond town lie the Sathyamangalam woods and the Dhimbam bends, a long stretch without any halt, so everyone visits the restroom before boarding.

Breakfast
Breakfast for the Munnar group happens at Sathyamangalam, 140 km out, once the hairpins are done. Settle a single bill for the set breakfast and twenty people are fed in half an hour. Should anybody need to turn back, local buses depart often towards Coimbatore and Erode. We park on NH948 close to the bus stand. Past the Bhavani bridge the land stays flat right up to Udumalpet, so the group can doze. Munnar is 225 km of road from Sathyamangalam for the group.

Tea for the group
Around 210 km, Coimbatore is the point where our Munnar mini bus swaps the Sathy highway for Pollachi Road; a twenty minute stop on the city's southern side covers tea and restrooms. Small messes there sell potato rice cheaply if anyone is peckish. Forgot a cap, torch or phone charger? Coimbatore is the last big market before the hills. Pollachi lies roughly 40 km south. The tea hills are still about 155 km off.

Lunch
Lunch for the Munnar twenty is at Pollachi, 250 km from home; ring the hotel from Coimbatore so plates are waiting. Jaggery and vegetable traders fill the town, and cinema units often film its paddy. If someone flies out after the holiday, the Coimbatore airport is roughly 48 km back up the road. Top up diesel and pack drinking water, because Udumalpet comes in about 30 km and then the forest road and the long climb.

Last fuel in Tamil Nadu
Udumalpet, about 280 km out, is the mini bus fuel and tea stop before the hills. The town grows coconut, maize, millet, sugarcane and paddy, and wind farms line the road because of the Palghat gap winds. SH17 leaves here for Chinnar and Marayoor through forest, so restrooms come first. The Thirumoorthy dam and Panchalingam falls are nearby for another trip. Munnar is about 85 km on, close to three hours for a mini bus.

Sandalwood and jaggery
Marayoor greets the Munnar group as the first Kerala town, roughly 325 km on, and the mini bus pauses twenty five minutes. Kerala's one natural sandalwood forest grows in this valley. Hand rolled balls of Marayoor jaggery, a GI product since 2019, are sold beside the road and travel well. On the way back, the Kovilkadavu dolmens sit less than 5 km off the route. Another 40 km of slow climbing brings the bus to Munnar.

Group drop
Our mini bus pulls into Munnar roughly eight hours after leaving Mysore. Lanes to many resorts are narrow, so the bus may wait on the main road while the driver helps carry bags the last few metres. At around 1,600 m, with tea bushes on every slope, the air turns chilly by evening; jackets out now. Estate shops sell fresh tea to take home. The district receives very heavy monsoon rain, so keep indoor plans ready from June to September.
Need a Mysore to Munnar mini bus for 15 to 25 friends or colleagues and the tea hills? One mini bus takes the whole Munnar group, boarding at the suburban bus stand, Mysore railway station or anywhere in Mysuru. Every size is listed on mini bus on rent in Mysore; we have run it since 2009.
Route | One way | Munnar and back | Time by mini bus |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Munnar via Chamarajanagar, Pollachi and Marayoor | About 365 km | About 730 km | About 8 hr with stops |
Munnar is about 730 km in all, which the mini bus bills as 3 days and 900 km. Ask and we quote one way drops. Driver allowance is ₹600 to ₹700 a day; tolls, parking, permits and GST are charged at cost. AC and non-AC available. Fuel and our driver come with the rate. Every further day is 300 km more.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 3 days, 900 km | 4 days, 1,200 km | 5 days, 1,500 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹32 | ₹30,600 | ₹40,800 | ₹51,000 | |
₹32 | ₹30,600 | ₹40,800 | ₹51,000 | |
₹34 | ₹32,700 | ₹43,600 | ₹54,500 | |
₹34 | ₹32,700 | ₹43,600 | ₹54,500 | |
₹34 | ₹32,700 | ₹43,600 | ₹54,500 | |
₹36 | ₹34,500 | ₹46,000 | ₹57,500 | |
₹46 | ₹43,500 | ₹58,000 | ₹72,500 | |
₹36 | ₹34,500 | ₹46,000 | ₹57,500 |
Totals are the km fare plus the day driver allowance. Extra: night driver allowance (₹600 to ₹700 a night, by size), tolls, parking, Kerala permit and 5% GST. Shared by 25, 4 days in the 25 Seater Mini Bus is about ₹1,840 a person.
Head count decides the size. 14 to 16 of you: 16 seater mini bus. For 17 to 20: 20 seater mini bus. For 22 to 25: 25 seater mini bus.
Only 9 to 17 coming? See the Mysore to Munnar tempo traveller. More than 25? See the Mysore to Munnar bus. Running around Mysore too? See mini bus on rent in Mysore.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
The Mysore to Munnar distance is about 365 km by road, or about 730 km both ways. The mini bus takes the Chamarajanagar road and the Dhimbam ghat to Sathyamangalam and Coimbatore, then Pollachi, Udumalpet and Marayoor. With breakfast and lunch it takes about 8 hours.
Yes, it is a state highway with bends. Our mini bus goes slowly; papers are checked at the Chinnar check post.
The 25 seater, with space for bags. On this trip it is ₹34,500 for 900 km at ₹36/km, and ₹2,100 driver's allowance. The full size list is on mini bus on rent in Mysore.
Sure. Tell us the date and where to pick up; the quote comes in writing.
No. Tolls, parking and permits are paid at cost, and GST is added on the bill.
The driver gets a night allowance when the drive goes late into the night. The quote lists it. For the mini bus: ₹600 to ₹700, by size a night.
For a few days each spring, yes. Bannari sits where the Dhimbam hairpins meet the plains, and its goddess temple holds the Kundam fire walk in the Tamil month of Panguni, roughly March to April. Lakhs of pilgrims arrive, and NH948 crawls near the temple. On those dates our Munnar group leaves Mysore an hour earlier and does not halt at Bannari.
One suitcase and one small bag each fits in the mini bus rack and luggage space. Munnar needs warm clothes and rain gear, so soft bags pack better than hard cases. Tell us about extra items like wedding gifts or cooking vessels before the trip, so the loading is planned at the pickup point.