Mysore to Tuticorin Cab and Taxi with Driver
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Distance
560 km
From Mysore
Time
About 11.5 to 12 hr
Via Chamarajanagar, Karur and Madurai
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)
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LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹30,664 ₹37,048
+ ₹5448 (Taxes & Charges)
Start
60 km
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215 km
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355 km
420 km
470 km
560 km
Pickup at your door
The cab picks you up at 5 am from home, a hotel near the palace, the railway station or the bus stand. It takes the outer ring road, about 41.5 km round Mysore, to reach the Nanjangud road without crossing the centre, then turns off for Chamarajanagar. Tuticorin is 560 km away, a full day of about ten hours, so the early start matters: the forest and the Dhimbam ghat after Chamarajanagar are best crossed in morning light. Four people with one bag each travel easy in a sedan; with more luggage, ask for the Innova.
Breakfast
Chamarajanagar comes up after about an hour and a half, 60 km out, and it is the breakfast stop: idli, vada and coffee near the bus stand, twenty minutes for four people. The Chamarajeshwara temple with its tall gopura stands in the town; it was built from 1825 under Krishnaraja Wodeyar III in memory of his father, and a quick look takes ten minutes if the gates are open. Fill the tank here. Beyond town the road climbs through the Hasanur forest to the ghat, and there are no pumps on that stretch.
Foot of the ghat
The cab comes down the 27 hairpins of the Dhimbam ghat, past Bannari at its foot, and reaches Sathyamangalam on the Bhavani river, 145 km from Mysore. The forest above is the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, about 1,408 sq km and the largest wildlife sanctuary in Tamil Nadu, so the driver does not halt inside it. Ten minutes in town for tea and the restroom is plenty. From here the road runs between wet paddy fields on both banks of the river, and the hills stay behind you for the rest of the Tuticorin drive.
Tea on the bypass
Erode is 70 km on through Gobichettipalayam, a big market town on the Kaveri. For a cab, a ten minute tea halt near the bypass works best; NH544 between Salem and Coimbatore skirts the city, so the driver keeps out of the centre. If anyone wants a snack, parotta and dosa are on every corner, and meals cost less than in most Tamil Nadu cities. Erode is among the largest turmeric producers in the state, and a packet of dried turmeric is the easy buy. Tuticorin is still 345 km ahead, so keep it short.
Halfway
Karur sits on the Amaravathi, at the halfway point with 280 km behind you and 280 km to go. A quick stretch and a cold drink here keeps lunch for Dindigul, a little over an hour on. The town builds bus bodies for much of India, and coach frames stand outside the workshops along the road. The Pasupatheeswarar Shiva temple, the main temple of Karur, is in the centre if anyone wants a short darshan. From Karur the cab follows NH44 south, a wide road where the driver can hold a steady pace.
Biryani lunch
Dindigul, 355 km out, is lunch, and here that means Dindigul biryani, famous across Tamil Nadu and unlike the biryani of other regions. Allow forty minutes. The rock fort sits on a bare rock hill beside the town, about 900 ft high; the Madurai Nayak king Muthu Krishnappa Nayakar built it in 1605, and the climb needs more time than you have today. Dindigul locks carry a GI tag and make a solid souvenir from the shops near the Kamarajar bus stand. Madurai is about 66 km ahead.
Choose the night
Madurai, 420 km from Mysore, is where a cab group decides: drive the last 140 km to Tuticorin before dark, or sleep here and see the Meenakshi temple at night. For a tea halt, ask for jigarthanda, the cold drink the city is known for. If you stay, the temple is open until about 10 pm, and phones and cameras are deposited before entry. Leaving town, the cab takes NH38 towards Aruppukottai rather than the Tirunelveli road. Fuel up in Madurai, because the road south runs through open, dry country.
Drive on
Aruppukottai is a cotton town about 50 km past Madurai on NH38, ringed by spinning mills and fields of jasmine. The cab usually rolls through without stopping. If the group wants a temple, the Meenakshi Chokkanatha temple goes back to the 13th century Pandya king Maravarma Sundarapandiyan and is close to the main road. Summer heat here can touch 41 deg C, so keep the water bottles filled and the AC on. The highway runs on through Ettayapuram, and Tuticorin is 90 km further.
Hotel drop
The cab reaches Tuticorin, also written Thoothukudi, about 11.5 to 12 hours after leaving Mysore, and drops you at your hotel or the family home. The last stretch passes the salt pans; this coast produces about 90% of the salt made in Tamil Nadu. The V.O. Chidambaranar port makes it a working town, so business hotels are easy to find. Summers are very hot, so check that the room has AC. Before the drive home, pick up a box of Thoothukudi macaroons, the cashew bakery sweet, for the people waiting in Mysore.
Booking a Mysore to Tuticorin cab for four people on a long drive south? A car can make it in one long day of about ten hours. Most callers ask for it as the Mysore to Tuticorin taxi; either way it comes with a driver. It comes from our cab rental in Mysore fleet, running since 2009. Board in Mysuru at the hotels around the palace or the KSRTC city bus stand.
Route | One way | Tuticorin and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Tuticorin via Chamarajanagar, Karur and Madurai | About 560 km | About 1,120 km | About 11.5 to 12 hr with stops |
Mysore to Tuticorin and back comes to about 1120 km, and four days at 300 km each makes 1200 km billed. One way on request, for a Mysore to Tuticorin one way taxi drop. Fuel, driver and AC are in the rate. For example, the Innova Crysta at ₹20/km comes to ₹25,600. All our cars are AC only. Driver allowance is ₹400 a day; tolls and parking at cost, permits and GST on top.
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.
4 or fewer: Dzire or Toyota Etios. 5 to 7, or four with big bags: Innova Crysta. If you are 8 to 12, see the Mysore to Tuticorin tempo traveller; it costs less than two cars.
Eight or more people? The Mysore to Tuticorin Force Urbania is cheaper than two cars. Elders in your group? The Mysore to Tuticorin mini bus rides softer. All cars: cab rental in Mysore.
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
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6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
By road, Tuticorin (Thoothukudi) sits roughly 560 km south east of Mysore, so a return trip runs to about 1,120 km. After the Hasanur forest and the Dhimbam descent, the car crosses the Tamil Nadu plains via Erode and Karur, passes Madurai and leaves on NH38 for the coast. Expect about 11.5 to 12 hours behind the wheel, meals included, which a 5 am start turns into an arrival before dusk.
Yes. Tiruchendur is about 40 km away; add it to the same trip.
Four people: Dzire or Etios. Six or seven, or four with lots of luggage: Innova or Innova Crysta. All our cars are on cab rental in Mysore.
Yes, past 10 pm a night bata is charged. Plan the start time and it rarely comes up.
Yes. A Mysore to Tuticorin one way taxi is on request; you receive the fare before booking.
They are extra. Tolls, parking and permits are paid at cost, and GST is added on the bill.
Yes, a little. Unlike Mysore, this side of Tamil Nadu gets most of its rain from October to December, and Madurai, Karur and Tuticorin can see heavy showers on those days. The highways stay open, but the driver slows down on wet stretches and the trip runs about an hour longer. January to February is dry and pleasant, the easiest window for a cab trip.
We do not advise it. The road from Chamarajanagar crosses the Sathyamangalam forest and the Dhimbam ghat, where animals have been killed by vehicles at night and night traffic has been banned in the past, with timings that keep changing. A night start can mean waiting at the forest gate. Leaving at 5 am gets you through the forest in daylight and into Tuticorin before dark.
