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Monkey Falls
On the ghat road.
Loam's View Point
Ghat view of Aliyar.
Sholayar Dam
About 20 km past Valparai.
Nallamudi View Point
Walk through tea.
Distance
315 km
From Mysore
Time
About 7.5 to 8 hr
Via Chamarajanagar, Coimbatore and Aliyar
Starting from
₹ 12000
3 days, 900 km, Dzire
Maruti Swift Dzire
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹10,826 ₹13,036
+ ₹1886 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Etios
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹12,572 ₹15,150
+ ₹2200 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova
LUXURYAC6 Seats
₹16,114 ₹19,429
+ ₹2829 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Crysta
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹17,860 ₹21,543
+ ₹3143 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Hycross
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹23,098 ₹27,886
+ ₹4086 (Taxes & Charges)
Start
60 km
145 km
210 km
250 km
275 km
315 km
Door pickup
At 6 am the car is at your gate, whether that is a house in Vijayanagar, a hotel near the palace or the railway station. Valparai sits high in the Anamalai hills above Pollachi, about 315 km away, and the last 40 km are hairpins, so the day is planned to finish the climb in daylight. For a Mysore day at the end of the trip, remember the zoo and Karanji lake shut on Tuesdays. The cab heads out on the Nanjangud road and runs south to Chamarajanagar, the breakfast town, about 60 km away.
Breakfast
Chamarajanagar gets the morning halt: hot idli and coffee at a main road hotel, 15 minutes for a car of four, and fuel in the tank at the same time. Banana and turmeric farms ring the town. If someone is curious, the Suvarnavathi dam is about 16 km out, but it belongs to another day. This is the southern edge of Karnataka; after the town the cab climbs into the Hasanur forest and crosses into Tamil Nadu before the Dhimbam bends, with nowhere to stop on the way.
Tea
Below the Dhimbam bends, Bannari has the temple of Bannari Amman, the goddess of rain, right by the road, and Sathyamangalam follows a few km later. A cab can pull over at the temple for a two minute darshan, then take tea in Sathy. The town has frequent buses to Coimbatore and Erode, so its centre is busy; the driver uses a highway hotel. Fifteen minutes in all. From here NH948 runs on through the Bhavani farmland towards Coimbatore, about 65 km away.
Lunch
Coimbatore is lunch. In a car you can choose freely: a banana leaf meal at an old style hotel, or kaalaan from a street stall if someone wants a spicy snack. Coimbatore is a big jewellery town too, and Cross Cut Road has shop after shop if a quick look is on the list. Keep about half an hour, then the cab leaves by Pollachi Road, one of the city's five main roads, for the last stretch on the plains. Valparai is still about 105 km away, with the steep part at the end.
Coconut stop
Pollachi is coconut country and a big market town, trading jaggery, vegetables and cattle. Paddy fields run right up to the Anamalai hills, and many Tamil films have been shot in this countryside. A ten minute halt for tender coconut is the classic stop. Valparai is about 65 km from here, and the road climbs through Aliyar, so the driver checks fuel before leaving. Topslip, about 37 km away, is another hill forest for a different trip.
Dam and check post
Aliyar dam, built between 1959 and 1969, lies at the foot of the Valparai hills at about 293 m. Below the dam there is a park with a garden, an aquarium and boating, run by the Tamil Nadu Fisheries Corporation, good for half an hour on the return day. Today the cab pauses at the forest check post and starts the climb, 40 hairpin bends up the Anaimalai range. Elephants cross the road here, so the driver keeps the speed low. The view back over the reservoir from the 14th bend is a known photo stop.
Stay
Valparai sits at about 1,060 to 1,190 m among tea gardens; there are 56 estates around the town. The cab drops you at your hotel or estate bungalow, so share the stay's name and location before the trip. Estate roads beyond the town are narrow, and the driver will tell you if one is too rough for a car. The town is among the wettest in Tamil Nadu, so carry umbrellas even outside the monsoon. The driver stays in town and is ready at the time you fix.
Need a Mysore to Valparai cab for a quiet stay in the tea estates? Our Mysore to Valparai taxi picks you up from home, a Mysuru hotel or the bus stand and drives via Sathyamangalam, Coimbatore and Pollachi. See cab rental in Mysore with Tejas Tours & Travels.
Route | One way | Valparai and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Valparai via Coimbatore, Pollachi and Aliyar | About 315 km | About 630 km | About 7.5 to 8 hr with stops |
The round trip is about 630 km, billed as three days and 900 km. A Mysore to Valparai one way taxi is on request, at ₹2 more per km than a return. Driver allowance is ₹400 per day for a sedan, and parking, tolls, permits and GST are charged at cost. The per km rate already has fuel, driver and AC. Air conditioned, always.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 3 days, 900 km | 4 days, 1,200 km | 5 days, 1,500 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹12 | ₹12,000 | ₹16,000 | ₹20,000 | |
₹14 | ₹13,800 | ₹18,400 | ₹23,000 | |
₹18 | ₹17,400 | ₹23,200 | ₹29,000 | |
₹20 | ₹19,200 | ₹25,600 | ₹32,000 |
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, 4 days in the Toyota Innova Crysta is about ₹3,660 a person.
4 or fewer: Dzire or Toyota Etios. Five to seven travelling: Innova Crysta. 7 to 12 people? See the Mysore to Valparai tempo traveller.
Elders with you? The Mysore to Valparai Force Urbania. Bigger family: tempo traveller on rent 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
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
Valparai is about 315 km from Mysore by road, about 630 km there and back. The cab goes by Chamarajanagar, the Dhimbam ghat and Sathyamangalam to Coimbatore, then south to Pollachi and up from Aliyar. Plan about 7.5 to 8 hours with breakfast and lunch. The last 40 km from Aliyar have 40 hairpins, so that part is slow.
Innova Crysta. All cars on cab rental in Mysore.
A night allowance for the driver applies only if the drive runs late into the night. You see it in the quote first. Our card says ₹400 per night.
Yes, through the forest road via Malakkappara with forest timings. Add a day.
No. Night driver allowance, tolls, Tamil Nadu entry tax, parking and GST are extra at actual. Valparai, 3 days and 900 km: Dzire ₹12,000 Etios ₹13,800 Innova ₹17,400 Crysta ₹19,200.
Yes, on request. One way to Valparai is ₹2 a km above the return rate, with the km in writing.
Only if you like rain. Valparai gets about 3,538 mm a year, one of the wettest places in Tamil Nadu, and July is the wettest month. The 40 hairpins are slippery then and mist can cut the view to a few metres, so the climb takes longer. For clear views and easier driving, the months after the monsoon are better. If you go in July, we keep the climb for midday.
The ghat above Aliyar passes the Indira Gandhi wildlife sanctuary, an elephant tract where leopards also live, and elephants often stand on the bends. In the dark a driver sees them late. The hairpins themselves are tight. So the cab plans to leave Aliyar by late afternoon, and on the return comes down in the morning.
