The distances are not that far so getting from Wayanad to Mudumalai can be done in a few hours by public transport if you get the timings right.

Grassroots – Pinangode – Sulthan Bathery – Gudalur – Mudumalai

We took an auto-rickshaw from Grassroots to the bus stand at Pinangode.  Some of the buses are very attractively decorated!

Next we caught a bus to Sultan Bathery.  These buses can be very crowed and we had to stand at first, then when some people got out enroute we grabbed their seats.  The scenery was very nice!

Once we arrived in Sultan Bathery, we found out the next bus to Gudalur wouldn’t be for another 3 hours.  Even monkeys playing nearby weren’t going to keep me in a bus station for 3 hours!

We asked a taxi driver to take us, he said that there are special taxis that do long distance routes and he would send one over to the bus station.  20 minutes later, one showed up and we paid about $20ish for the ride to Gudalur.

We traveled through Mudumalai Tiger Reserve but didn’t see any tigers.  Few people ever do.

The scenery was great!

We arrived in Gudalur and while the taxi driver was asking some locals how to get to Gouri Farm, I bought some snacks that I hoped wouldn’t be too spicy to bring along for lunch.

Finally we arrived at Gouri Farm where the owner, Dr Shyla was there to greet us!