
Mysore to Tirunelveli Mini Bus for 14 to 25 People
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Distance
565 km
From Mysore
Time
About 12.5 hr
Via Chamarajanagar, Karur and Madurai
Starting from
₹ 40800
4 days, 1,200 km, 14 seater
14 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/1
NORMALAC14 Seats
₹40,176 ₹48,524
+ ₹7124 (Taxes & Charges)

15 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/1
NORMALAC15 Seats
₹40,176 ₹48,524
+ ₹7124 (Taxes & Charges)
16 Seater Mini bus A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC16 Seats
₹40,176 ₹48,524
+ ₹7124 (Taxes & Charges)

18 Seater Mini Bus A/C
NORMALAC18 Seats
₹42,604 ₹51,443
+ ₹7543 (Taxes & Charges)

19 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC19 Seats
₹42,604 ₹51,443
+ ₹7543 (Taxes & Charges)
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20 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC20 Seats
₹42,604 ₹51,443
+ ₹7543 (Taxes & Charges)

21 Seater Mini Bus A/C
NORMALAC21 Seats
₹42,604 ₹51,443
+ ₹7543 (Taxes & Charges)

22 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC22 Seats
₹44,932 ₹54,262
+ ₹7962 (Taxes & Charges)

25 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC25 Seats
₹44,932 ₹54,262
+ ₹7962 (Taxes & Charges)

12 Seater Mini Bus Executive A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC12 Seats
₹40,176 ₹48,524
+ ₹7124 (Taxes & Charges)

Mini Bus 13 Seater Executive A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC13 Seats
₹40,176 ₹48,524
+ ₹7124 (Taxes & Charges)

14 Seater Mini Bus Executive A/C 2/2
LUXURYAC14 Seats
₹40,176 ₹48,524
+ ₹7124 (Taxes & Charges)

18 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC18 Seats
₹49,588 ₹59,900
+ ₹8800 (Taxes & Charges)
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19 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC19 Seats
₹49,588 ₹59,900
+ ₹8800 (Taxes & Charges)

20 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC20 Seats
₹59,000 ₹71,276
+ ₹10476 (Taxes & Charges)

21 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
NORMALAC21 Seats
₹49,688 ₹60,000
+ ₹8800 (Taxes & Charges)

22 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/2
LUXURYAC22 Seats
₹56,672 ₹68,457
+ ₹10057 (Taxes & Charges)

24 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC24 Seats
₹56,672 ₹68,457
+ ₹10057 (Taxes & Charges)
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565 km

Meeting point
A group of twenty boards fastest at one place, a wedding hall, the city bus stand or a hotel, so pick one and tell everyone 5:15 am. If anyone insists on a Mysore breakfast first, idli sambar, with the idlis sitting in a bowl of hot sambar, and kara bath are served early in many places, though most groups simply eat at Chamarajanagar. Out by Nanjangud, the mini bus swings off for Chamarajanagar before the town. For Tirunelveli we drive two days, sleeping at Madurai on the way.

Breakfast
Breakfast comes at Chamarajanagar, 60 km into the trip, and a party of twenty is through it in half an hour if the coordinator orders the moment the mini bus parks. Plates of idli and vada with filter coffee are the usual. Yelandur and its Gaurishvara temple, known for chains carved in stone, are about 20 km off towards Kollegal, a visit for some other weekend. Diesel goes into the tank here, the last pump before the forest. Count heads, then the road climbs to Hasanur.

Tea
Behind the mini bus now lies an elephant corridor: more than 850 elephants were counted in the Sathyamangalam forest, and 80 tigers in 2018, so the doors stay shut until town. Sathyamangalam itself, 140 km from Mysore, gives the group a quarter of an hour for tea and the restroom. Buses leave here all day for Erode, Coimbatore and Mysore, which tells you the roads are well used. The next leg, about 65 km, runs through Gobichettipalayam to Erode.

Restroom halt
At Erode, 205 km out, twenty people get a restroom break and a cup of tea. Traders from every corner of India come to this city to buy cotton cloth by the bale, so the market streets are best avoided with a mini bus. If the group plans to buy something for the house, the woven jamakkalam rugs of nearby Bhavani carry a GI tag. The hilltop temple at Chennimalai lies some 30 km off our road. Lunch waits at Karur, an hour on.

Lunch
Lunch on day one is at Karur, 270 km from Mysore, where a single highway hotel can seat all twenty at once; give it forty five minutes. Karur gets little rain, since the Western Ghats block the monsoon, and October is the only properly wet month. Coach building and cotton spinning are its trades. For a future picnic, there is the Ponnaniyar dam up in the Kadavur hills by Pooncholai village. After the meal, the mini bus rejoins NH44 for Dindigul.

Tea
Tea in the afternoon is at Dindigul, 345 km along, with the mini bus parked off the highway rather than near the crowded central bus stand. Above the roofs stands the rock fort, an ASI site that charges a small entry fee; it is a better climb on the way home, when the group is not racing the evening. Padlocks from Dindigul have carried a GI tag since 2019 and make a practical gift. From here it is about 65 km more to the Madurai hotel.

Night halt
Day one ends in Madurai, 410 km from Mysore. Book a single hotel for all twenty, with a yard where the mini bus can stand overnight. Evening darshan at the Meenakshi temple goes on until about 10 pm, and phones must be handed in at the counter first. Groups not going in can catch the sound and light show at Thirumalai Nayak palace, held each evening. Fresh Madurai jasmine is sold outside the temple. After breakfast, the drive on to Tirunelveli is about 155 km.

Tea
On the second morning, tea is at Kovilpatti, 510 km from Mysore on NH44, a quarter of an hour for twenty people and the restroom. Kovilpatti is the home of kadalai mittai, the peanut and jaggery candy that won a GI tag, and a few packets keep the children quiet for the last hour. With two bus stations and a railway station, the town centre gets busy, so the mini bus stays on the highway. Tirunelveli is about 55 km further.

Group drop
The mini bus pulls into Tirunelveli on day two, after about 12.5 hours of driving in all, and drops the group at the hotel or the function venue. Nellai halwa, made with wheat flour, sugar and ghee, is the sweet everybody carries back. The city spreads along the Thamirabarani river, which supplies its water. Days are hot, especially from March to June, so outings work best early and late. Most of the year's rain falls between October and December. The mini bus stays on for local runs.
Need a Mysore to Tirunelveli mini bus for a family pilgrimage of 15 to 25? A mini bus is the size between a tempo traveller and a full bus. Pickup is from the city bus stand or a kalyana mantapa after a wedding. Tejas Tours & Travels has offered mini bus on rent in Mysore since 2009. All of Mysuru is in our pickup area. You may see Tirunelveli signed as Nellai.
Route | One way | Tirunelveli and back | Time by mini bus |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Tirunelveli via Chamarajanagar, Karur and Madurai | About 565 km | About 1,130 km | About 12.5 hr with stops |
About 1,130 km in all, which the mini bus bills as 4 days and 1,200 km. Both AC and non-AC can be booked. One way drops are quoted on request. Add a day and the bill adds 300 km. Driver allowance is ₹600 to ₹700 a day; tolls, parking, permits and GST are charged at actual. Our rate pays for fuel and the driver.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 4 days, 1,200 km | 5 days, 1,500 km | 6 days, 1,800 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹32 | ₹40,800 | ₹51,000 | ₹61,200 | |
₹32 | ₹40,800 | ₹51,000 | ₹61,200 | |
₹34 | ₹43,600 | ₹54,500 | ₹65,400 | |
₹34 | ₹43,600 | ₹54,500 | ₹65,400 | |
₹34 | ₹43,600 | ₹54,500 | ₹65,400 | |
₹36 | ₹46,000 | ₹57,500 | ₹69,000 | |
₹46 | ₹58,000 | ₹72,500 | ₹87,000 | |
₹36 | ₹46,000 | ₹57,500 | ₹69,000 |
Totals are the km fare plus the day driver allowance. Extra: night driver allowance (₹600 to ₹700 a night, by size), tolls, parking, Tamil Nadu permit and 5% GST. Shared by 25, 5 days in the 25 Seater Mini Bus is about ₹2,300 a person.
Seat count first, then the size. 14 to 16 people: 16 seater mini bus. For 21: 21 seater mini bus. 22 to 25 people: 25 seater mini bus.
Just 9 to 17 for Tirunelveli? See the Mysore to Tirunelveli tempo traveller. More than 25? See the Mysore to Tirunelveli bus. For Mysore sightseeing on the day before or after, see mini bus on rent in Mysore.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
From Mysore to Nellai is about 565 km, so the full trip is near 1,130 km. Day one of the mini bus run covers the forest, the Dhimbam ghat and the long plains through Erode and Dindigul to a Madurai hotel. Day two is a short run down NH44 by Virudhunagar and Kovilpatti. Driving time adds up to about 12.5 hours with halts.
Yes. Add half a day; the km are billed at the same rate. Tiruchendur is about 60 km from Tirunelveli.
The 25 seater, with room for bags. This trip comes to ₹46,000 for 1,200 km at ₹36/km, with ₹2,800 driver bata. See every size on mini bus on rent in Mysore.
Sure. We quote one way drops in writing once we have your date.
They are extra. Toll and parking receipts are added at actual, and GST goes on the final bill.
A night allowance is charged only for late night driving. It is shown in the quote. Per night it is ₹600 to ₹700, by size.
Now and then. The Kaveri water dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu sometimes brings demonstrations in Mysore, and a vehicle heading for Tamil Nadu can be delayed on a bandh day. We watch the news the evening before. If a bandh is announced, we agree a new start time or date with you rather than leave twenty people waiting on the road.
Main bags go in the luggage space at the back and, where the mini bus has one, on the roof carrier under a cover. For the night at Madurai, each person keeps a small bag inside, so the main luggage is not unloaded at the hotel. Keep medicines, water and snacks in hand. Label bags with a name and phone number.