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Distance
295 km
From Mysore
Time
About 7 to 7.5 hr
Via Chamarajanagar, Coimbatore and Topslip
Starting from
₹ 8000
2 days, 600 km, Dzire
Maruti Swift Dzire
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹7,334 ₹8,807
+ ₹1257 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Etios
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
60 km
140 km
210 km
250 km
285 km
295 km
Pickup at your door
The car can collect you anywhere in Mysuru, a home in Vijayanagar, a palace side lodge, the junction station or Mandakalli airport. Kannada is what people speak until the Tamil Nadu line, and Hindi is not common outside the tourist spots, so leave the roadside questions to the driver. The cab leaves at 6 because the Parambikulam forest gates work to daylight hours and last entry is around 4 pm. It is about 295 km by the Chamarajanagar and Pollachi road, five and a half hours with halts.
Tea and fuel
Chamarajanagar, 60 km from home, is the cab's tea and fuel halt before two long forests, the Sathyamangalam reserve now and the Anamalai hills this afternoon. The town is the seat of Karnataka's southernmost district, and its Chamarajeshwara temple was begun in 1825 under Krishnaraja Wodeyar III. Ten minutes is enough. From here NH948 slips into Tamil Nadu, past Hasanur and down the 27 bends of the Dhimbam ghat, before the plains open at Bannari.
Breakfast
Sathyamangalam, at 140 km, is the breakfast stop once the hairpins are behind the car. A Tamil breakfast with filter coffee takes twenty minutes on the highway. The town sits where the Sathyamangalam tiger reserve, around 1,408 sq km and the largest sanctuary in Tamil Nadu, meets the farmland of the Bhavani. For Parambikulam this is the midpoint; Coimbatore is about 70 km on and the Anamalai forest roughly two and a half hours away.
Tea break
At Coimbatore, 210 km into the drive, the cab turns south on Pollachi Road rather than heading for Kerala by Walayar. A quick tea on the way out of the city is enough. If you need cash or anything you forgot, this is the last big city before the reserve. Kovai Kora cotton sarees, a GI product of Coimbatore, are sold in the city if anyone shops on the return. Pollachi is about 40 km ahead.
Lunch
Pollachi, 250 km from Mysore, is the lunch stop and the last real town before the hills. It is a big market for jaggery, vegetables and cattle, and the green paddy around it is often used by film crews. Coimbatore airport is about 48 km back if anyone flies out from here. Fill the tank and pick up drinking water, snacks and any medicines now. Topslip is about 37 km on, through Anamalai, and the forest timings start to matter from here.
Forest road
Topslip, 285 km out, is the main visitor base of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve, named after the old practice of sliding timber logs down the slope. Parambikulam can only be reached through Tamil Nadu this way, past the Sethumadai check post, so the car shows its papers there. Forest timings at Topslip run roughly 7 am to 4 pm. Great hornbills are among the 250 and more bird species here, so keep the windows down a little and the music off.
Reserve entry
The cab reaches Parambikulam about 7 to 7.5 hours after Mysore. Unless your stay is inside the reserve, private cars usually stop at Anappady and visitors continue in the reserve's safari vehicles, so pack a day bag before you get down. Entry times are given as 7 am to 4 pm or 6 pm, with last entry around 4, so confirm with the forest office. The reserve spreads over about 643 sq km across Palakkad and Thrissur districts.
Want a Mysore to Parambikulam cab that stops only where you want, for the tiger reserve? Parambikulam is roughly 295 km away, via Sathyamangalam, Coimbatore and Pollachi. The car to Parambikulam collects you at a hotel by the palace or a hotel on Hunsur Road. A Mysore to Parambikulam taxi from cab rental in Mysore takes one phone call to book.
Route | One way | Parambikulam and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Parambikulam via Chamarajanagar, Coimbatore and Topslip | About 295 km | About 590 km | About 7 to 7.5 hr with stops |
For roughly 590 km of driving we bill 2 days, which is 600 km at 300 km a day. The per km rate includes fuel, AC and our driver. Mysore to Parambikulam one way taxi: one way on request, quoted with the km in writing. Extra: ₹400 a day for the driver, and parking, tolls, permits and GST at cost. All AC. For a two-day trip, the cab is the quickest way to do Mysore to Parambikulam.
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, Kerala permit and 5% GST. Shared by 7, 3 days in the Toyota Innova Crysta is about ₹2,740 a person.
Up to 4 people: Swift Dzire or Toyota Etios. 5 to 7, or four with heavy bags: Innova Crysta. For 7 to 12 people, see the Mysore to Parambikulam tempo traveller.
More comfort for ten with seniors? Look at the Mysore to Parambikulam Force Urbania or Force Urbania on rent in Mysore. A party of twenty fits the Mysore to Parambikulam 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
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
Parambikulam is about 295 km from Mysore one way, so about 590 km there and back. The cab goes via Chamarajanagar, the Dhimbam ghat and Sathyamangalam to Coimbatore, then south through Pollachi and Topslip into the reserve. Plan on about 7 to 7.5 hours by car with breakfast and lunch.
Yes. At each place our driver waits, and local km are billed at the same rate.
An Innova Crysta. For Parambikulam, six and their bags fit. The full car list is on cab rental in Mysore.
Only late night driving carries a driver night allowance. The quote lists it. Our card says ₹400 per night.
No. Every cab trip has parking, tolls and GST extra. Plus the Kerala entry permit for the car.
On request, yes. Ask for a one way quote with your date, and we send it in writing.
It is a lively time. Elephant Pongal, with decorated camp elephants, has been held at Topslip every January since 1997, and the forest base is busy that day. The cab passes Topslip on the way to Parambikulam, so you can watch for an hour if the date matches. Rooms and safari seats fill fast then, so book early.
You may not be let in. Timings are given as 7 am to 4 pm or 6 pm, with last entry around 4, and the check posts on the Topslip road follow them strictly. That is why the cab leaves Mysore at 6. If a delay makes it late, we halt the night in Pollachi and enter next morning, rather than drive the forest road after dark.
