Pickup from your home at about 5:30 AM. Take the expressway to Mysuru, then drive through Gundlupet, Bandipur and Mudumalai to Gudalur and climb the hill road via Ooty to Coonoor. About 300 km, 7 hours of driving plus stops. Walk through Sim's Park in the late afternoon and check in.
- 5:30 AM
Pickup from your home
Your driver calls you 30 minutes before. We leave early so you cross the forest road and the Gudalur ghat in daylight.
- 1 h 33 min · 84 km
- 7:45 AM
Breakfast stop at Maddur
Maddur vada, idli and filter coffee. Pay as you eat.
- 3 h 53 min · 175 km
- 12:15 PM
Lunch in Gudalur
The last proper meal stop before the hill road. Pay as you eat.
- 2 h 26 min · 72 km
- 3:45 PM1

Sim's Park
1 h 15 min hereA hillside garden with old trees from around the world. It stays open until evening, so you can walk it slowly after the drive.
- 15 min · 5 km
- 5:15 PM
Check in at your hotel
Dinner at the hotel or in town, your choice. The driver is on call all evening. The forest road is car only: no stopping, no getting out.







