Airport taxi
Airport pickup
Send your flight number and arrival time. We meet you at Cochin International and drive you up to your stay in Munnar.
Details about airport pickupAnachal · Munnar · Kerala
From the airport to the Munnar hills
Airport pickup, taxi services and tour packages from Southern Hillways in Munnar. Tell us when you land and what you want to see, and we reply with a quote.
Arrivals · Cochin to Munnar
- From
- Cochin Intl (COK)
- To
- Munnar hills
- Distance
- About 110 km
- Drive
- 3 to 4 hours
Choose your ticket
One team for the whole trip
Land, ride up, look around. Book the part you need, or let us handle all three.
Local taxi
Taxi services
A car with a driver for sightseeing days, hotel changes and the run back to the airport.
Details about taxi services
Packages
Sightseeing packages
Days around Munnar planned for your group, with the drives already sorted. Enquire for current rates.
Details about sightseeing packagesThe road up
From the coast to the clouds
The airport sits on the flat coastal plain. Three or four hours later you are in the tea hills, after crossing the Periyar and climbing past waterfalls that tumble right beside the highway.
- Airport
- Periyar bridge
- Waterfalls
- Adimali
- Munnar
Postcards from Munnar
Places our drivers know by heart
A national park, a lookout over Tamil Nadu, lakes, falls and hills combed with tea.
Eravikulam National Park
North of town, on the road to Marayoor
Rolling grassland and shola forest, and the best-known home of the Nilgiri tahr.
Read more about Eravikulam National ParkTop Station
East of town, near the Tamil Nadu border
A high viewpoint looking down over the plains of Tamil Nadu.
Read more about Top Station
Mattupetty Dam
East of town, on the road to Top Station
A reservoir between the hills, a common stop for boating and views.
Read more about Mattupetty Dam
Attukal Waterfalls
South of town, between Munnar and Pallivasal
A waterfall dropping through a green valley of tea and forest.
Read more about Attukal Waterfalls
Tea Museum
Close to Munnar town
The story of tea in the High Ranges, and how the leaf becomes the tea in your cup.
Read more about Tea Museum
Kundala Lake
East of town, between Echo Point and Top Station
A quiet dam lake ringed by trees and tea.
Read more about Kundala LakeSightseeing packages
Pick a road, we drive it
Each package is built from days like these and planned around your dates.
Full day
Lakes and Top Station
- Mattupetty Dam
- Echo Point
- Kundala Lake
- Top Station
East along one road to the edge of the Ghats, with the lakes on the way.
Plan this day: Lakes and Top Station
Full day
Eravikulam and Marayoor
- Eravikulam National Park
- Lakkam Waterfalls
- Marayoor sandalwood forest and dolmens
North for the Nilgiri tahr, then down into the Marayoor valley. Check park dates first.
Plan this day: Eravikulam and MarayoorBooking
Booked in three messages
You message us
On WhatsApp, by phone or with the form: your arrival, your dates, how many of you and how many bags.
We send a quote
The vehicle and the rate for your trip, so the cost is clear before you fly.
Your driver is waiting
At the pickup point you agreed, ready for the road up to Munnar.
Who we are
Our road, our hills
Southern Hillways is based in Anachal, Munnar, in the Idukki hills of Kerala. The road you will travel and the places you came to see are where we live and work.
When you message us, you are talking to the people who plan your pickup and your days, not a booking platform.
Ask away
Before you message us
Southern HillwaysQuestions travellers ask us
What do you need to book my pickup?
Your flight number, landing date and time, how many people are travelling and how many bags. A WhatsApp message with those is enough to get a quote.
How long is the ride up to Munnar?
About 110 km from Cochin International Airport. Plan on three to four hours; rain and traffic can add more.
Where can I see your prices?
Rates depend on the vehicle, the route, the days and the season, so we quote each trip. Send us your plans and we reply with a current rate.
I am arriving somewhere other than Kochi airport. Can you help?
Tell us where and when you arrive and we will let you know what we can arrange.
Something else? Ask us directly.
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Your seat to Munnar is one message away
Send your flight and dates on WhatsApp, call us, or use the form. We reply with a quote for the pickup and your days in the hills.
- From
- Your flight
- To
- Munnar
- With
- Southern Hillways
- Fare
- On request