Your car, only yours
No strangers, no shared seats, no waiting in a car park for the group to come back. The doors open when you say so.
Karnataka · Kerala · Tamil Nadu · Goa · Puducherry · Andhra · Maharashtra
The South of India,
at your own pace
Temple towns and tea hills. Backwaters at first light, spice roads after the rain. You choose the day — Shajid Mohammed drives it, door to door, in a spotless private car that is yours alone.
- 7states of the South
- 2travellers + luggage
- 24/7on WhatsApp
Why travel this way
No timetable but yours
A tour bus decides for you. A private car asks you. Stop where the light is good, stay an extra hour at the temple, leave before the crowd arrives.
Roads he knows
Ghats, monsoon detours, the quiet hour at a famous temple, the roadside kitchen worth stopping for. Local knowledge you cannot buy in a guidebook.
Door to door
Airport to hotel, hotel to hill station, and every bag carried. Arrive at reception, not at a bus stand.
One person, throughout
The same driver for the whole journey. By day three he knows how you take your mornings — and that is what makes a trip easy.
MrTravellerIndia
The man at the wheel
Shajid Mohammed
Shajid drives the South of India for a living and for love of it. He has taken couples along the Kerala coast, up into the tea country, and solo travellers to temple towns most itineraries drive straight past.
What guests remember afterwards is rarely the kilometres. It is the tea stop he suggested, the shortcut around a festival procession, the fact that the water in the cool box was always cold. He drives carefully, he waits patiently, and he treats a stranger's holiday as something worth protecting.
“Tell me what you want to see. I will find the road, the timing and the quiet hour — you only have to look out of the window.”
Shajid Mohammed, Mr Traveller India
The car
Room to breathe, mile after mile
A large air-conditioned car kept for two — fresh white covers, a cool box of chilled water, Wi‑Fi the length of the journey, and the rear of the cabin left free for your luggage.
Where we go
Seven states, one road trip
The whole of the South is within reach — and it changes completely every few hundred kilometres.
Karnataka
Boulder-strewn ruins at Hampi, Mysore Palace lit like a jewel box, elephants at the water's edge in Kabini, and the coffee hills of Coorg — then the road drops to the sea at Mangaluru.
Kerala
Backwaters at dawn, tea terraces above Munnar, and Fort Kochi's Chinese fishing nets swinging against the sunset.
Tamil Nadu
Temple towers you can see from far off, the shore carvings of Mahabalipuram, and the blue hills around Ooty.
Goa
Portuguese churches and painted houses inland, long quiet sand in the south, spice plantations under the palms.
Puducherry
The French Quarter in mustard and white, bougainvillea over every wall, and the promenade at six in the morning.
Andhra Pradesh
The pilgrim road to Tirupati, coffee valleys at Araku, and the frescoed ceilings of Lepakshi.
Maharashtra
Reached on the northern routes — the painted caves of Ajanta and the carved rock of Ellora, then down to the Konkan coast.
Somewhere else in mind?
If it is south of the Deccan, Shajid will get you there. Send the name of the place and he will tell you the honest driving time.
Ask about a routeJourneys
Four ways to see the South
Starting points, not packages. Every route is rebuilt around your dates, your pace and the things you actually want to see.
14days
The Golden South
Bengaluru → Mysore → Coorg → Wayanad → Kochi → Alleppey → Madurai → Puducherry → Chennai
The classic sweep: palaces, coffee hills, backwaters, great temples and the French Quarter — coast to coast, without ever rushing a morning.
8days
Backwaters & Tea Hills
Kochi → Munnar → Thekkady → Alleppey → Kovalam
Kerala at its most unhurried. Tea slopes in the cool of the morning, spice gardens, a night on the water, and the sea at the end of it.
10days
The Temple Trail
Chennai → Mahabalipuram → Puducherry → Thanjavur → Madurai → Rameswaram
A thousand years of Tamil stone, timed so you arrive when the light is low and the crowds have gone home.
12days
Ruins, Coast & Coffee
Bengaluru → Hampi → Badami → Goa → Gokarna → Coorg
The wilder line north-west: an abandoned empire in the boulders, cave temples, then the Konkan coast and the plantations on the way home.
Airport pick-ups, single-day excursions and long transfers are just as welcome as a two-week tour.
On the road
Guests, somewhere in the South
The road, as it actually looks
Shajid films the drives — ghat roads in the mist, temple streets, the long coastal stretches. Watch a few before you decide where to go.
How it works
Three messages and you are on the road
- 1
Tell him the shape of it
Dates, how many of you, and roughly what you would like to see. A single line is enough to start.
- 2
Get an honest plan
Shajid replies with a realistic route, driving times that are not optimistic, and a clear price for the whole trip.
- 3
He is at the airport
Name board in hand, boot open, cold water in the cool box. From there, the country is yours.
Plan your journey
Write to Shajid
He answers personally, usually the same day — and in the season, usually within the hour.