Mysore to Yercaud Cab and Taxi with Driver
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Yercaud Lake
Easy parking for a car. Stay 1 hour. Boating on the lake.
Lady's Seat
The car goes up to the top parking. Stay 30 minutes. Drive there at sunset.
Pagoda Point
The car goes up to the top parking. 30 minutes is plenty.
Shevaroyan Temple
The cab parks right outside. Stay 45 minutes.
Killiyur Falls
A climb from the car park. Drive there after the monsoon. Stay 1 hour.
Distance
255 km
From Mysore
Time
About 5 hr
Via Kollegal, MM Hills and Salem
Starting from
₹ 8000
2 days, 600 km, Dzire
Maruti Swift Dzire
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹7,334 ₹8,807
+ ₹1257 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Etios
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹8,498 ₹10,217
+ ₹1467 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova
LUXURYAC6 Seats
₹10,876 ₹13,086
+ ₹1886 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Crysta
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹12,040 ₹14,495
+ ₹2095 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Hycross
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹15,532 ₹18,724
+ ₹2724 (Taxes & Charges)
Start
60 km
85 km
140 km
175 km
225 km
255 km
Pickup at your door
Our driver picks you up from the house or hotel you name and swings out of Mysore on the road to T Narasipura. That same road runs on through Kollegal to MM Hills and Salem, the line this trip follows into Tamil Nadu. Yercaud is about 255 km, five hours or so by car, with a forest crossing in the middle that is best done in daylight. Pack a sweater, because the hill town sits far higher than Mysore. Tell us if you want darshan at MM Hills on the way.
Breakfast
A car group usually eats breakfast in Kollegal, about an hour out of Mysore. Twenty minutes is plenty for idli or a plate of rice at a highway hotel, plus fuel. Kollegal is a silk town, and the plan to sell its sarees under a Kollegal silk brand, much like Mysore silk, shows how proud the weavers are of them. From here the route to MM Hills runs through Kamagere, Hanur and Kowdalli on SH 79, about 80 km of mostly quiet road.
Quick halt
Hanur is the taluk town that MM Hills belongs to, and a car can stop for ten minutes to buy water and fruit. After this the shops thin out. The road goes on through Kowdalli to Talabetta, at the foot of the hills, and the temple is about 55 km from Hanur. If your date falls on an MM Hills festival, expect pilgrim buses and slow traffic from here on, since two wheelers and autos have been stopped beyond Kowdalli on such days.
Temple hill
MM Hills, about 140 km from Mysore, is the hill shrine of the saint Male Mahadeshwara, at roughly 3,000 ft, and lakhs of pilgrims from both states climb to it. A car can stop for thirty minutes of darshan on an ordinary day. The whole hill is an alcohol free zone. The forest around is a sanctuary of about 906 sq km with many elephants, so drive it in daylight. The road then drops towards Palar on the border.
Lunch by the dam
Mettur is the first big town in Tamil Nadu, about 175 km from Mysore, and the cab stops here for lunch. Forty minutes leaves time to see the dam, built across the Kaveri as it leaves the hills, the largest in the state. Its reservoir is called the Stanley Reservoir. When it runs dry in summer, the tops of a drowned church and fort show above the water. Salem is about 50 km on, and the ghat to Yercaud starts there.
Tea before the ghat
Salem is the city at the foot of the Shevaroy hills, and the car halts here for tea before the climb. Try the thattu vadai set, a Salem street snack of crisp vadai with toppings. Salem is a mango town too, so in season buy a box for home. Yercaud is roughly 30 km by road from the Salem bus terminus, up in the Shevaroy hills. The ghat has many bends, so a light snack is better than a heavy meal.
Drop at your stay
The cab reaches Yercaud about five hours after leaving Mysore and drops you at your hotel or homestay. The town is at about 1,515 m, so evenings are cool even when the plains are hot; May highs only reach about 29 deg C. Most of the yearly rain falls from August to October. Coffee, oranges, pepper and cardamom grow on the estates around, and local coffee or pepper is a good thing to take home.
Is a Mysore to Yercaud cab enough for a team outing, just a few of you? The same Mysore to Yercaud taxi can do a one way drop or a full round trip. Start from any point in Mysuru: home, hotel, railway station or bus stand. Tejas Tours & Travels runs cab rental in Mysore: Dzire or Etios for four, Innova or Innova Crysta for six or seven.
Route | One way | Yercaud and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Yercaud via Kollegal, Mettur and Salem | About 255 km | About 510 km | About 5 hr with stops |
Both ways together, about 510 km. All cabs are AC only. The cab is billed 2 days at 600 km. Local runs in Yercaud fit in the spare 90 km. A car's km rate pays for fuel, the driver and AC; driver's allowance is extra each day. Driver allowance ₹400 a day, with tolls, GST, parking and the Tamil Nadu permit billed at actuals. Many book the Mysore to Yercaud trip with a night there. Fuel, driver and AC are in the cab rate. For a Mysore to Yercaud one way taxi, ask us; it is quoted on request.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 2 days, 600 km | 3 days, 900 km | 4 days, 1,200 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹12 | ₹8,000 | ₹12,000 | ₹16,000 | |
₹14 | ₹9,200 | ₹13,800 | ₹18,400 | |
₹18 | ₹11,600 | ₹17,400 | ₹23,200 | |
₹20 | ₹12,800 | ₹19,200 | ₹25,600 |
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, 3 days in the Toyota Innova Crysta is about ₹2,740 a person.
Two to four of you: Dzire or Toyota Etios. Six or seven: Innova Crysta, with room for luggage. Groups of 8 to 12 should look at the Mysore to Yercaud tempo traveller.
Want more room? See the Mysore to Yercaud Force Urbania. Fifteen or more for Yercaud? The Mysore to Yercaud Mini Bus costs less per person. City drops and 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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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
Yercaud is about 255 km from Mysore by this road, so about 510 km for a return trip. The cab goes via Kollegal, Hanur and MM Hills, crosses into Tamil Nadu to Mettur, and climbs to Yercaud from Salem. A car needs about five hours to reach the hill town.
Yes. It is about 8 km beyond Yercaud on this route. Keep 30 minutes. Extra km over the billed km are charged at the same rate.
Yes. A Mysore to Yercaud one way taxi is priced on request.
Yes, for Yercaud a driver night bata applies after 10 pm. Yercaud: it is shown in the quote, so no surprise. Per night it is ₹400.
An Innova or Innova Crysta. See each car on cab rental in Mysore. Six people and their bags fit.
Yes. Tolls, GST, parking and the Tamil Nadu permit are extra at the real cost.
October to May is generally comfortable, and the hill stays mild even in summer, with May highs around 29 deg C. Rain is heaviest from August to October, when the Salem ghat is wet and misty. The forest crossing between Hanur and Mettur should be in daylight in every season, which sets the start time from Mysore.
Yes, with breaks. We stop at Kollegal for breakfast, Hanur for a short halt, Mettur for lunch and Salem for tea, so no stretch is long. The Yercaud ghat has many bends, so keep children's snacks light before the climb. Carry a sweater for each child; it gets cool at the top in the evening.
