Mysore to Chikmagalur Tour Package

Chikmagalur is about 180 km from Mysore via Hassan, a four-hour drive into the coffee highlands of the Bababudan range. It makes an easy pairing with the Hoysala temples at Belur and Halebidu, which sit almost directly on the route, so many groups fold a temple morning into the outbound leg.

The one honest limit on this route: the Mullayanagiri summit road is narrow and single-lane, and the 16+1 LWB does not go up it — large groups transfer to a local jeep at the Sarpadhari base, which is standard practice on that hill. For everything else the 10+1 SWB is ideal and the 12+1 MWB handles the main circuit comfortably.

Force Urbania Rental for the Mysore to Chikmagalur Route

The Mullayanagiri summit road sets the one firm limit on this Force Urbania rental: the 16+1 LWB does not go up it, and large groups transfer to a local jeep at the Sarpadhari base. For everything else the 10+1 SWB Urbania hire is ideal on the estate roads and the 12+1 MWB handles the main circuit well. The Mysore approach via Hassan puts the Hoysala temples at Belur and Halebidu almost on the route, an easy addition to the van rental itinerary.

About Chikmagalur

Chikmagalur is where coffee began in India — legend has Baba Budan smuggling seven beans out of Yemen in the seventeenth century and planting them on the range that now bears his name. Mullayanagiri, at 1,930 metres, is the highest peak in Karnataka, reached by a ridge road to a small summit temple. Kemmangundi and the Z Point viewpoint sit deeper in the Bababudan range, with Hebbe Falls dropping in two stages through coffee-estate country and the whole district green and misty after the monsoon.