Mysore to Thekkady Force Urbania with Driver
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Periyar Lake Boat Ride
Morning boats see the most animals. Keep two hours.
Spice Plantations
Many estates around Kumily take visitors. Plan an hour here.
Periyar Tiger Reserve Walks
Booked through the forest office. The Urbania waits at the reception; keep half a day.
Chellarkovil Viewpoint
About 15 km from Kumily. About forty minutes, with the van close.
Distance
470 km
From Mysore
Time
About 11 to 11.5 hr
Via Chamarajanagar, Palani and Cumbum
Starting from
₹ 50800
4 days, 1,200 km, any size
8 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC8 Seats
₹49,588 ₹59,900
+ ₹8800 (Taxes & Charges)
9 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC9 Seats
₹49,588 ₹59,900
+ ₹8800 (Taxes & Charges)
10 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC10 Seats
₹49,588 ₹59,900
+ ₹8800 (Taxes & Charges)
12 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC12 Seats
₹49,588 ₹59,900
+ ₹8800 (Taxes & Charges)
13 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC13 Seats
₹49,588 ₹59,900
+ ₹8800 (Taxes & Charges)
15 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC15 Seats
₹49,588 ₹59,900
+ ₹8800 (Taxes & Charges)
16 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC16 Seats
₹49,588 ₹59,900
+ ₹8800 (Taxes & Charges)
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470 km
Leaving Mysore
The Urbania collects the group at 5:30 am from homes or a hotel in Mysuru. Thekkady is about 470 km, and elders should treat it as a long but easy day, or as two days with a night in Palani. On your return to Mysore, the Government Sandalwood Oil Factory in Ashokapuram sells its own oil and incense, a fine gift to carry home. Suitcases go in the back. The van leaves on the Nanjangud road for Chamarajanagar.
Quick break
A fifteen minute tea and fuel stop at Chamarajanagar. In the middle of the town stands the Chamarajeshwara temple, its tall gopura built from 1825 by Krishnaraja Wodeyar III; elders can see it from the van as it passes. Banana and turmeric farms surround the place. Everyone should use the restroom here, since the Urbania will not stop in the forest that follows, nor on the bends down to Bannari.
Breakfast and restrooms
Breakfast is at Sathyamangalam, after the ghat. On the way down, the Bannari Amman temple stands at the foot of the hill; elders who wish can stop for a two minute darshan there, and the Urbania then goes on to Sathy for breakfast, about 25 minutes. The town is on the Bhavani, with farms on both banks. The next part of the drive is flat and quiet, a good time for elders to rest.
Straight through
Tiruppur, the knitwear city, is passed without a halt. Nearly 90% of India's cotton knitwear exports come from about 10,000 units here, and outlet shops near the highway sell shirts and nightwear cheaply if the group wants to stop on the way back. Elders may know the Avinashilingeswarar temple at Avinashi, joined to Tiruppur by NH381. The road then runs south through Dharapuram to Palani. The traffic thins once the city is behind, and the run to Palani is mostly straight farm road.
Lunch and a stretch
Palani is lunch and a good stretch for elders. The Murugan temple on the hill has a winch and a rope car, so elders who want darshan need not climb, but the queues make it a long visit; a night here on the return is the easy way to do it. Tonsuring for vows is common, and the Idumban shrine stands halfway up the hill. Forty minutes for lunch and a tin of panchamirtham.
Short tea halt
Theni is a 15 minute tea halt, the district town where the plains end at the Western Ghats. Elders can stay in the cool van while tea is brought out, as afternoons here are hot. The Mangala Devi Kannagi temple, near Pazhiyankudi in this district, is the same shrine that opens once a year near the Thekkady border. From Theni the Urbania drives on to Cumbum. This is also a good moment to settle elders into the front rows before the Cumbum and Kumily stretch.
Drive through
Cumbum is a grape town at about 391 m, its vineyards growing the Panneer grape that got a GI tag in 2023. The market here trades coconut, grapes and cardamom. The Urbania drives through, but stops for two minutes if anyone wants fresh grapes. After Cumbum the ghat climbs about 30 km to Kumily, so elders should settle into the front rows for the bends. Suruli falls are about 10 km from the town if the group comes back this way with time.
Spice town
Thekkady is at the top of the ghat, about 4 km from Kumily, the border town. The Urbania drops the group at the hotel or homestay; tell us the name early so we can check the lane for a van. Kumily's main road has spice shops and simple restaurants for a Kerala dinner. Evenings are pleasant after the plains, but elders may want a light shawl. The driver stays nearby and is ready the next morning.
Need a Mysore to Thekkady Force Urbania for elders or guests for the Periyar lake and the spice hills? From Mysuru it is roughly 470 km to Thekkady (Kumily), via Sathyamangalam, Palani and Theni. Book Force Urbania on rent in Mysore from Tejas Tours & Travels. Captain seats and a calm ride. Pickup for the Thekkady run is from your house in Kuvempunagar or your home in Ramakrishnanagar.
Route | One way | Thekkady and back | Time by Urbania |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Thekkady via Chamarajanagar, Palani and Cumbum | About 470 km | About 940 km | About 11 to 11.5 hr with stops |
About 940 km there and back. That is 4 days, billed at 1,200 km. One way on request. You also pay ₹700 a day allowance for the driver and, at actuals, tolls, parking, permits and GST. Air conditioned, always. Fuel, driver and AC are in every km.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 4 days, 1,200 km | 5 days, 1,500 km | 6 days, 1,800 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹40 | ₹50,800 | ₹63,500 | ₹76,200 | |
₹40 | ₹50,800 | ₹63,500 | ₹76,200 | |
₹40 | ₹50,800 | ₹63,500 | ₹76,200 | |
₹40 | ₹50,800 | ₹63,500 | ₹76,200 | |
₹40 | ₹50,800 | ₹63,500 | ₹76,200 | |
₹40 | ₹50,800 | ₹63,500 | ₹76,200 | |
₹40 | ₹50,800 | ₹63,500 | ₹76,200 |
Totals are the km fare plus the day driver allowance. Extra: night driver allowance (₹700 a night), tolls, parking, Kerala permit and 5% GST. Shared by 16, 5 days in the 16 Seater Urbania is about ₹3,970 a person.
Ten people: 10 seater Urbania. Thirteen of you: 13 seater Urbania. Sixteen people: 16 seater Urbania. Same rate for all, so pick one with a seat to spare.
On a tighter budget, the Mysore to Thekkady tempo traveller takes the same group. Above sixteen people, the Mysore to Thekkady mini bus fits; see mini bus on rent in Mysore.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
Mysore to Coorg
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
15/6/2026 Coorg
5/5
Mysore to Pondicherry
We recently completed our Pondicherry trip with Tejas Tours and Travel Company, and overall we had a very good experience. Shashikala coordinated with us from enquiry to booking and throughout the trip. She was well-communicated, supportive, and checked in with us daily to ensure everything was fine.
Souvik Bhattacharya
6/4/2026 Pondicherry
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
Mysore to Madikeri
Booked Urbania 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
1/1/2026 Madikeri
5/5
Thekkady is about 470 km from Mysore by road, about 940 km for the return. The Urbania goes by Chamarajanagar, the Dhimbam ghat, Sathyamangalam, Tiruppur and Palani, then by Theni and Cumbum up to Kumily. Plan about 11 to 11.5 hours with halts; with elders, a night at Palani makes two comfortable days.
Yes, on request. We quote one way drops in writing once we have your date.
The 12 seater, with room for bags. See the sizes on Force Urbania on rent in Mysore.
A night allowance for the driver applies only if the drive runs late into the night. Night bata: ₹700.
We arrange it from owners we work with, with their driver, at our rate and under our booking.
No. The ₹40/km covers fuel, driver and AC; tolls, parking and GST are separate. Also extra: the Kerala entry permit.
Two to plan around. The Kundam festival at the Bannari Amman temple, at the foot of the Dhimbam ghat, falls in Panguni, about March or April, and lakhs of devotees come. Palani's Thai Poosam, in January or February, fills that town for days. On those dates the Urbania leaves earlier and skips halts in the crowded towns.
It can be done in one day, about 11 to 11.5 hours with halts, but elders are more comfortable with a night at Palani, about 295 km from Mysore, where there are many rooms near the temple. The second morning is only about 175 km to Thekkady, with one ghat. Tell us at booking and we add the extra day to the quote.
