Most of the travellers prefer trains. Bus & Car or cab are the other modes of transport that travellers use to reach Wayanad from Chennai.
Chennai to Wayanad distance is 592 km
Chennai - Calicut (Duration - 12 hours) by train. After reaching Calicut you have to travel in bus from Calicut - Wayanad (Kalpetta) (Duration - 2hours 30 min.)
Reach from Calicut (Kozhikode) to Wayanad by road :-
Calicut > Thamarassery > Adivaram (Ghat Road 14Kms) > Lakkidi > Vythiri > Chundale > Kalpetta.
Thamarassery Churam is a mountain pass in Kerala,India across the Western Ghats. The highway has nine hairpin bends. Churam is about 14 kilometers in length, starting from Adivaram to Lakkidi View Point
Buses available from Calicut ( Kozhikode) KSRTC BUS STAND to different parts of Wayanad such as Kalpetta, Sulthan Bathery, Mananthavady, and Mysore.
Once you reach Calicut Railway station pick up Auto rickshaw ( Tuk Tuk ) from the outside the Autoriksaw counter and reach to KSRTC Bus Stand. From there you will get many buses to Wayanad.
Reach from Mysore to Wayanad by road :-
Mysore > Nanjangud > GUNDULPET (GUNDLUPET) > Sulthan Bathery > Kalpetta
or
Mysore > Manathavady > Kalpetta (3 h 3 min (110.6 km) via Mananthavadi Rd and SH 33)
The convenient and fastest way to reach from Mysore to Wayanad is to take a taxi from Mysore Bus station / Railway station. The cheapest way to reach Wayanad from Mysore is to take Kerala Govt: Bus / Karnataka Govt Bus from Mysore to Wayanad. Every hour busees going from mysore to Wayanad.
if you are cominbg in the night, the best route from Mysore / Bangalore is via Mysore > Gundlupet > Katikulam > Manathavady > Kalpetta (Muthanga and Bandipur road is closed at nights)
How to reach from Ooty to Wayanad by road :-
3 h 23 min (109.9 km) via NH181 and Sulthan Bathery-Devarshola-Gudalur Rd
Distance between Ooty to Wayanad is 116 km by Road along with an aerial distance of 74 km. There are no direct flights or trains or buses between Ooty to Wayanad.
Ooty to Wayanad by public transport:-
There are few buses coming from Ooty to Wayanad and return as well. The first bus starts from Ooty to Wayanad at 5 Am and the first bus starts from Vythiri to Ooty at 6 am.
Tamilnadu Govt; busses directly traveling from Ooty to Wayanad decade ago itself, many workers regularly depend on these bus services which is from Wayanad to Devala, Cherambadi, Gudalur, and Ooty.
Ooty to Gudalur ( 1 h 38 min (49.9 km) via NH181 ) regular bus services avilable. From Gudalur to Cherambadi or Vaduvanchal Taxi jeep service avilable.
Common people use bus and jeep for their regular travel from Ooty to Wayanad.
How to reach from Kannur to Wayanad by road :-
3 h 16 min (120.1 km) via Thalassery - Baveli Rd
The cheapest way to reach Wayanad from Kannur is to take any train from Kannur to Vadakara then take a taxi from Vadakara to Wayanad.
Kannur to Wayanad by public transport:-
3 Direct buses going to Kannur from Kalpetta KSRTC BUSTATION (BUS DEPOT) and coming from Kannur to Wayanad is the best route Vada.
The cheapest way to reach Wayanad from Kannur is to take any train from Kannur to Vadakara then take a taxi from Vadakara to Wayanad. there is 3 route available to reach from Kannur to Wayanad.
Best route:-
Route 1 - Kannur > Vadakara > Thamarassery > Kalpetta
Route 2 - Kannur > Periya > Mananthavady > Kalpetta
Route 3 - Kannur > Thalassery > Nadapuram > Thottilpalam > Kalpetta
