🌲 Chennai to Thekkady Periyar Wildlife Safari Package
📍 About Thekkady — sightseeing, shopping and what not to miss
Thekkady is a prominent hill station in Kerala, renowned for its rich biodiversity, dense forest cover, and cool climate. A central highlight of any visit is Periyar tiger reserve boating, where travellers slide across the quiet reservoir waters surrounded by evergreen forests, offering opportunities to spot wild elephants, gaur, and various bird species along the banks. Beyond the sanctuary waters, spice garden tours in Kerala provide an immersive look into local agriculture, allowing visitors to walk through lush plantations of cardamom, pepper, cinnamon, and cloves. These guided plantation walks detail how traditional spices are cultivated, harvested, and processed. The region offers a refreshing blend of wildlife observation and sensory outdoor experiences, making it an ideal retreat for nature enthusiasts seeking to explore the verdant landscapes of southern India.
🗺️ Places the Chennai to Thekkady itinerary covers
Ghat roads are the reason this trip is worth a driver who runs them regularly. Over 3 days you get the same vehicle for the climb, the local sightseeing and the descent.
- Periyar tiger reserve boating
- spice garden tours in Kerala
🧭 How a 3-day Chennai to Thekkady trip is shaped
- 1,150 KM of driving in total, Chennai back to Chennai.
- 3 days is the duration most groups book this as. It is also offered as a 3 day trip.
- Overnight stays are part of the trip, so the driver's halt and batta are factored into the quote.
- The route crosses into Kerala, so an interstate permit is part of the booking.
- Pickup is from your address in Chennai, not from a depot.
💰 What it costs
The Chennai to Thekkady trip starts at ₹27,100 for a 9 + 1 Seats Tempo Traveller (Maharaja Sofa), worked out on the full 1,150 KM over 3 days including driver batta.
All six vehicles, with per-km rates and batta broken out, are on the Chennai to Thekkady rental page.
🌙 Driver batta across 3 days
This trip runs 3 days, so batta is charged 3× the daily rate — from ₹1,000 per day depending on the vehicle, already included in every fare above. Over 1,150 KM the daily driving is paced around the driver's mandatory rest window.
🛂 The Kerala border crossing on this route
Chennai to Thekkady leaves Tamil Nadu and enters Kerala, so a Kerala entry permit is raised for the vehicle. It is billed at actuals on top of the ₹27,100–₹55,350 fare range above, and the checkpost stop is built into the 3-day schedule.
