A perfect blend of royal heritage and cool Nilgiri mountain breezes. This private-cab circuit runs from the gardens ofBangalore to the palaces ofMysore, then climbs through the forest belt into Ooty and Coonoor for the botanical gardens, Doddabetta Peak and the tea estates — with an optional toy train experience along the way.
Private AC Sedan, SUV or Tempo Traveller with a chauffeur throughout
Five days that gain more than 1,800 metres of elevation. Here is how the journey climbs, and what each day covers.
Elevations are approximate and shown to illustrate the climb, not as survey figures.
Your chauffeur meets you at Kempegowda International Airport, the railway station or your Bangalore address and the tour begins. The day is kept light: Lalbagh Botanical Garden with its glass house and rock formation, a drive past Vidhana Soudha and Cubbon Park, and time for shopping or a relaxed evening depending on your arrival hour.
A morning departure on the Bangalore–Mysore corridor brings you to the old Wodeyar capital by midday. The afternoon covers Mysore Grand Palace, one of the most visited monuments in India, followed by a climb up Chamundi Hills for the Chamundeshwari Temple, the monolithic Nandi statue and a wide view over the city. Brindavan Gardens can be added in the evening if timings allow.
The most scenic driving day of the tour. The road crosses the Bandipur and Mudumalai forest belts before the famous hairpin-bend ascent into the Nilgiris, where the temperature drops noticeably. Afternoon sightseeing covers the Government Botanical Gardens and Ooty Lake, with the evening free to walk the town.
A full Nilgiri day. Doddabetta Peak, the highest point in the range, comes first while the morning air is clear. The drive then continues down to Coonoor for the tea estates, Sim's Park and the Dolphin's Nose viewpoint. The Nilgiri Mountain Railway toy train between Ooty and Coonoor is a memorable add-on, but seats are limited and sell out early — we will help you attempt a booking and the vehicle follows the same route if tickets are unavailable.
After breakfast the vehicle brings you back down the ghats and across the plains to Bangalore, timed against your flight or train. If you prefer, the tour can instead end in Mysore or continue onward to Coorg or Wayanad — tell our tours desk before the itinerary is finalised and the routing is adjusted.
Heritage, altitude and tea country, covered across two states in a single five-day run.
The Indo-Saracenic seat of the Wodeyar dynasty, with its durbar halls, stained glass and carved doors, paired with the hilltop Chamundeshwari Temple reached by a winding road above the city.
Terraced lawns, a fossil tree trunk and glasshouse collections in the Government Botanical Gardens, then the drive to Doddabetta, the tallest peak in the Nilgiris at roughly 2,637 metres.
Rolling tea estates on the slopes below Ooty, with Sim's Park, tea factory visits and the Dolphin's Nose viewpoint looking across the Catherine Falls valley.
One of India's best known botanical gardens, with the Victorian glass house, an ancient rock outcrop and shaded walking avenues in the middle of the city.
Multi-day tours are billed on outstation per-kilometre rates. Driver allowance ₹500 per day, night halt ₹500 per night. Toll and parking extra.
Dzire / Etios
Couples and small families comfortable on ghat roads.
Maruti Ertiga
Extra luggage room for a five-day multi-city circuit.
Luxury SUV
The most requested vehicle for the Nilgiri hairpin climb.
13–26 Seater
Joint families, friend groups and corporate offsites.
Toll, parking and any interstate permit charges are billed as actuals unless your written quotation states otherwise.
Read both columns before you confirm. Anything you want moved from the right column to the left can be added to your quotation.
The five-day plan is written from Bangalore because most travellers fly or take a train in. If you would rather drive the whole way from Pune, we quote the road journey separately on per-kilometre outstation rates and extend the itinerary accordingly.
Ooty and Coonoor stay cool through the year and can get cold at night, especially between December and February. Carry a jacket even in summer. The monsoon months bring heavy mist on the ghats, which slows driving times.
The Bandipur and Mudumalai stretch on the Mysore to Ooty leg has restricted night movement, so this leg is always scheduled during daylight hours in our plan.
Days can be added for Coorg, Wayanad or Kabini, or the pace can be slowed with an extra night in Ooty. Tell the tours desk what matters most and the driving order is rebuilt around it.
A Pune travel house running outstation and multi-day circuits since long before app-based cabs — with a real office at 89/300 Laxmi Nagar, near Parvati Police Station, Pune 411009.
Drivers who have run ghat sections for years, not first-timers on the 36 hairpin bends into Ooty.
KP Travels has been dispatching outstation and multi-day tours from Pune since well before app-based cabs.
Kilometres, driver allowance and night halts are itemised before you pay, so nothing appears at the end.
A real control room on +91 90116 16565 and a tours desk on +91 97650 66565 through your trip.
The Mysore – Bangalore – Ooty Nilgiri Tour is a 5 Days / 4 Nights circuit starting from ₹15,800. The final figure depends on the vehicle category you choose and the exact routing, so our tours desk confirms a written quotation with kilometres, driver allowance and night halts itemised before anything is paid.
No. Toy train tickets are not included and we cannot promise them. The Nilgiri Mountain Railway between Ooty and Coonoor has very limited seats that are often booked out well in advance. We are happy to help you attempt a booking, and your vehicle covers the same Ooty to Coonoor route either way, so no sightseeing is lost if tickets are unavailable.
October to June is the most reliable window. The hills stay cool through the year, with December to February the coldest and clearest, and March to June pleasant compared with the plains. The monsoon months bring heavy mist and rain on the ghat sections, which is scenic but slows driving times and can hide the viewpoints.
The Mysore to Ooty leg is roughly 125 km and takes four to five hours because of the forest stretch through Bandipur and Mudumalai and the hairpin-bend climb into the Nilgiris. Our chauffeurs drive ghat roads regularly and this leg is always scheduled in daylight, since night movement through the forest section is restricted.
The package covers the private AC vehicle, chauffeur, fuel, and the driver allowance and night halt charges stated in your quotation. Hotels are arranged only if you specifically ask us to, and monument, garden and viewpoint entry tickets are paid directly by you at each site. Meals and personal expenses are also excluded.
For six travellers on a five-day hill circuit we usually recommend an Innova Crysta at ₹22 per kilometre with a 250 km per day minimum average, because it handles the Nilgiri climb comfortably and carries luggage for a multi-city trip. An Ertiga at ₹16 per kilometre works if you are travelling light. Larger groups move to a Tempo Traveller at ₹32 per kilometre with a 300 km per day minimum average.
Yes. The published five-day plan begins in Bangalore because most guests fly or take a train in, but we regularly run the full road journey from Pune as well. That version is quoted on our outstation per-kilometre rates with additional travel days built in. Call the tours desk on +91 97650 66565 and we will map it out.
Share your travel dates and group size. Our tours desk sends back a written day-wise plan with the vehicle, kilometres and allowances itemised.
Tours desk: +91 97650 66565 · Office: 89/300 Laxmi Nagar, Near Parvati Police Station, Pune 411009
