Mysore to Valparai Force Urbania for 8 to 16 People
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Monkey Falls
Steps down; elders can watch from the top.
Loam's View Point
Roadside view, no walking.
Sholayar Dam
Scenic drive, easy for older people.
Nallamudi View Point
Gentle walk through tea.
Distance
315 km
From Mysore
Time
About 8 hr
Via Chamarajanagar, Coimbatore and Aliyar
Starting from
₹ 38100
3 days, 900 km, any size
8 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC8 Seats
₹37,366 ₹45,100
+ ₹6600 (Taxes & Charges)
9 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC9 Seats
₹37,366 ₹45,100
+ ₹6600 (Taxes & Charges)
10 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC10 Seats
₹37,366 ₹45,100
+ ₹6600 (Taxes & Charges)
12 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC12 Seats
₹37,366 ₹45,100
+ ₹6600 (Taxes & Charges)
13 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC13 Seats
₹37,366 ₹45,100
+ ₹6600 (Taxes & Charges)
15 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC15 Seats
₹37,366 ₹45,100
+ ₹6600 (Taxes & Charges)
16 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC16 Seats
₹37,366 ₹45,100
+ ₹6600 (Taxes & Charges)
Start
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275 km
315 km
Pickup
A 5:30 am start from your hotel or homes in Mysuru, suitcases in the rear space. Visitors from north India will hear mostly Kannada in Mysore and Tamil once past Bannari; Hindi helps only at tourist spots, which is one reason our driver orders the food at each halt. The van leaves by the Nanjangud road for Chamarajanagar. Valparai is about eight hours away, and the last climb has 40 hairpins, so the day is planned for daylight.
Breakfast
Breakfast falls at Chamarajanagar, where Karnataka's southernmost district is run from. Ten or twelve people fit round one table, and the van stands outside the door. Silk weaving gives this district and nearby Kollegal their name, while its big outings, BR Hills and MM Hills, lie on other roads. Ask every elder to visit the restroom before boarding, since the Hasanur forest and the Dhimbam bends after it allow no halt at all.
Tea
Once the Dhimbam bends are behind, Sathy is the place to stretch: twenty minutes for tea and the restroom. Upstream on the Bhavani, about 16 km west, the Bhavanisagar reservoir is held back by a long earth dam opened in 1956, fed partly by the Moyar; it makes a calm stop on a slow return day. After this the highway is flat and straight through paddy and banana, the easiest hour of the day for elders, all the way to Coimbatore.
Lunch
Coimbatore is the lunch halt. Potato rice is a cheap and popular local dish, and banana leaf meals are easy to find. Perur Patteeswarar and Marudamalai Murugan are the city's two main temples, the second about 15 km northwest, both better for a free day. Keep 40 minutes, then the Urbania leaves by Pollachi Road. The city sits at about 427 m, and from here the road rises only gently until Aliyar.
Tea
Pollachi is a market town of coconut groves and paddy, the gateway to the Anamalai hills. The Urbania halts 15 minutes for tea or tender coconut and the restroom. Elders who pray at the Masani Amman temple near the town can fit in a short darshan if lunch ran quick. Valparai is about 65 km on, and the road climbs after Aliyar, so this is also the last good restroom for a while.
Ghat start
Aliyar is where the plains end, at about 293 m by the dam on the Aliyar river. The Urbania stops briefly at the forest gate, then starts up the ghat, about 40 hairpins. The road passes the Indira Gandhi wildlife sanctuary, home of the lion tailed macaque, and elephants cross often, so the driver goes slowly. Elders sit in the front rows. Aliyar is about 65 km from Coimbatore by the direct road.
Estate bungalow
Valparai is a tea town at about 1,060 to 1,190 m, with 56 estates around it. The Urbania drops the group at the hotel or estate bungalow; share the address early so we check the access road. The town feels far from everything, and there is little to buy after dark, so carry any medicines and snacks the group needs from Pollachi. Evenings are cool and damp, so elders should keep a shawl and a torch. The driver stays nearby.
Is a Mysore to Valparai Force Urbania right for elders who want the tea hills without a rough ride? The reclining seats and steady ride make the two ghats far easier. See Force Urbania on rent in Mysore. We collect from your Mysuru home, a hotel or the railway station.
Route | One way | Valparai and back | Time by Force Urbania |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Valparai via Coimbatore, Pollachi and Aliyar | About 315 km | About 630 km | About 8 hr with stops |
Valparai: every Urbania size is ₹40 a km. Driver allowance ₹700 a day; tolls, parking, permits and GST are added at cost. The round trip is roughly 630 km, billed as three days and 900 km. Our rate covers fuel, AC and the driver. All AC.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 3 days, 900 km | 4 days, 1,200 km | 5 days, 1,500 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹40 | ₹38,100 | ₹50,800 | ₹63,500 | |
₹40 | ₹38,100 | ₹50,800 | ₹63,500 | |
₹40 | ₹38,100 | ₹50,800 | ₹63,500 | |
₹40 | ₹38,100 | ₹50,800 | ₹63,500 | |
₹40 | ₹38,100 | ₹50,800 | ₹63,500 | |
₹40 | ₹38,100 | ₹50,800 | ₹63,500 | |
₹40 | ₹38,100 | ₹50,800 | ₹63,500 |
Totals are the km fare plus the day driver allowance. Extra: night driver allowance (₹700 a night), tolls, parking, Tamil Nadu permit and 5% GST. Shared by 16, 4 days in the 16 Seater Urbania is about ₹3,180 a person.
Up to 8: 8 seater Urbania. Up to 9: 10 seater Urbania. At most 13: 13 seater Urbania. For up to 16: 16 seater Urbania. Every size to Valparai is one rate.
Lower cost for the same group: Mysore to Valparai tempo traveller. Four people: Mysore to Valparai cab. Local trips: cab rental in Mysore.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
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15/6/2026 Coorg
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Valparai is about 315 km from Mysore one way, about 630 km for the return. The Urbania goes by Chamarajanagar, the Dhimbam ghat, Sathyamangalam, Coimbatore and Pollachi to Aliyar, then up the ghat on SH78. Plan about 8 hours with breakfast, lunch and two tea halts. The climb from Aliyar is the slowest part.
They are slow and steady. We stop at Loam's view point midway for a break.
The 13 seater. All sizes on Force Urbania on rent in Mysore.
No. 3 days, 900 km at ₹40/km is ₹36,000 for any size, with ₹2,100 allowance for the driver. Tolls, Tamil Nadu entry tax, parking and GST for Valparai are added at cost.
On request, yes. One way runs ₹2 per km over the return rate; the quote shows the km.
Past 10 pm on the Valparai trip, the driver gets a night allowance of ₹700 a night.
They affect the plains part. Coimbatore gets the northeast monsoon from October to early November, after its southwest monsoon from July, and the Dhimbam ghat is wet and slow in both. Valparai itself is wettest in July. On rainy days the Urbania leaves Mysore earlier so the group is past the Dhimbam bends and up the Valparai ghat before dark.
They can rest at every halt, which are breakfast at Chamarajanagar, tea at Sathyamangalam, lunch in Coimbatore and tea at Pollachi, about 60 to 85 km apart. The long gap is the forest after Chamarajanagar, so elders should use the restroom before it. The Urbania has good legroom, and the driver can make one more short halt on the plains if anyone needs it.
