Bengaluru, Mysuru and Coorg Hills
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Overnight stops in day orderOverview
This Bengaluru Mysuru Coorg tour is a six-day private trip in Karnataka: one night in Bengaluru, two in Mysuru and two in Coorg (Kodagu), flying in at Bengaluru and out of Mangaluru. The route suits travellers who want a garden city, a palace town and coffee hills, and it runs best from October to February.
Travellers who want three different sides of Karnataka in one line, without retracing the route, and can manage two long drives
Highlights
Good to know
Last-day drive
Coorg to Mangaluru airport takes roughly 4 to 5 hours, so an afternoon or evening flight is the safer choiceChamundi Hill
The hill temple can be reached by road, or by a staircase of about 1,000 steps that is optionalPalace timing
The Mysuru palace interior is open from 10 am to 5.30 pm, so it is planned for the morningCoorg rain
Coorg is wettest in July and August, so outside October to February bring waterproofing and shoes with gripDay-by-Day Itinerary
Arrive at Bengaluru airport and see Lalbagh
- Meet your driver at Bengaluru airport
- Drive about 35 km to your hotel in the city
- Check in and rest
- If you land early, walk through Lalbagh Botanical Garden and its Glass House before dusk
Bengaluru's two palaces, then the road to Mysuru
- Morning at Bangalore Palace, a Tudor-style house from the 1870s
- Visit Tipu Sultan's teak Summer Palace inside the old fort
- Leave by late morning on the Bengaluru-Mysuru road, about 140 km
- Reach Mysuru in the afternoon and settle in
- Evening walk in the palace area
Mysuru: Amba Vilas Palace, Chamundi Hill and Devaraja Market
- Morning at the Amba Vilas Palace, raised between 1897 and 1912
- Drive to Chamundi Hill, about 13 km out, or climb the staircase of about 1,000 steps
- Walk through Devaraja Market for flowers, spices and kumkum powder
- Time for silk, sandalwood and Mysore Pak
- On a Sunday or public holiday, see the palace lit up from outside
Mysuru to Coorg, with the Golden Temple at Bylakuppe
- Leave Mysuru after breakfast, bound for Coorg, about 120 km west
- Stop at the Namdroling Monastery's Golden Temple at Bylakuppe, near Kushalnagar
- Continue through Kushalnagar up to Madikeri
- Check in among the coffee estates
- At sunset, Raja's Seat for the view over the hills, if the sky is clear
Madikeri, Abbey Falls and a coffee estate
- Morning at Madikeri's fort and the Gaddige royal tombs
- Drive out to Abbey Falls, set among coffee and spice plantations
- Afternoon estate visit, to see how coffee is grown, picked and roasted
- Try Kodava dishes such as akki roti or kadumbuttu
- Dubare elephant camp is an optional extra if time allows (to be confirmed)
Coorg to Mangaluru airport
- Early breakfast and an early start
- Drive down from the hills to Mangaluru International Airport, about 136 to 160 km
- Allow a break on the way
- Catch an afternoon or evening flight
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Trip Facts
Local Activities & Events
Updated Oct 7, 2026Coorg (Kodagu) — Days 4-6 of the trip
Madikeri Dasara
festivalMadikeri's ten-day Dasara, with decorated Karaga processions and tall mantapa floats, begins with Navaratri on 11 October and ends around 21 to 22 October 2026.
The Coffee Trails (62 km trail race)
sportsA 62 km trail race through Coorg's estates and forest, listed for 18 October 2026 with a 13-hour limit and roughly 2,800 m of climbing.
Karnataka — across your trip
Mysuru Dasara
festivalMysuru's royal festival runs from 11 to 21 October 2026, opening at Chamundi Hill and ending with the Jamboo Savari procession from the palace.
Dasara Aahara Mela (food fair)
foodA food fair held alongside Dasara at Maharaja's College Ground in Mysuru from 11 to 25 October 2026, open from late morning to night.
Kaveri Sankramana (Tula Sankramana) at Talakaveri
festivalPilgrims gather at Talakaveri in Kodagu for Theerthodbhava, when holy water is said to appear at the Brahma Kundike at the start of the Tula month.
Mysuru Dasara Kambala
sportsMysuru's first Kambala brings paired buffaloes from the coast to race on a purpose-built paddy track at Sathagalli on 18 and 19 October 2026.
Coastal Kambala season 2026-27
seasonalBuffalo-race season in coastal Karnataka, with 28 events reported for 2026-27 at venues across Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts.
Kittur Utsava
culturalThree days in Belagavi district honouring Rani Chennamma's 1824 victory, with folk performances, craft and food stalls and cultural programmes at Kittur.
Events are reviewed by our team before publishing and drop off after they end. Please confirm timings and availability with us before your trip — local schedules can change without notice.
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