Bengaluru to Ooty
From HSR Layout, Ooty is a real 275 km, 6h drive — not a straight-line estimate a map app gives you before accounting for the actual road. The drive time changes depending on which of our three service localities you start from, so we show all three below instead of quoting one number for the whole city.
Route tip
The 36 hairpin bends past Masinagudi are where boot space and ground clearance matter more than horsepower. Book your Ooty permit slot before you leave Mysuru — the gate closes on a schedule, not on demand.
Best car for this route
Toyota Innova Crysta₹3200/day174mm of ground clearance and a 55L tank — 11 km/l in town, 14 km/l on the highway stretch of this route. It isn’t the only car we’d rent you for Ooty, but it’s the one our own drive-time and terrain notes for this route point to first.