Multan to Mandi Yazman Bus Ticket Price, Online Booking, Timing
Getting from Multan to Mandi Yazman costs about Rs 800 and takes two and a half hours, almost always with a change at Bahawalpur. Yazman matters because it is the road head for Derawar Fort, which is the reason most outsiders come this way at all.
Short answer: book Multan to Bahawalpur for about Rs 600 and take a local service the last 45 km for around Rs 200. Total roughly Rs 800 and two and a half hours. Some regional operators list Mandi Yazman directly, but the Bahawalpur change is the arrangement that reliably works on any given day.
Multan to Mandi Yazman ticket price by routing
The long leg is the bookable part. Yazman itself is served by local traffic out of Bahawalpur running through the day.
| Bus operator | Class | Route | Journey time | Ticket price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faisal Movers | Executive to Bahawalpur, then local | N-5, change at Bahawalpur | 2h 30m | Rs 600 plus local |
| Silk Line | Economy, regional service | N-5 and the Yazman road | 2h 45m | Rs 800 |
| Daewoo Express | Economy to Bahawalpur, then local | N-5, change at Bahawalpur | 2h 30m | Rs 700 plus local |
Fares are indicative published prices and vary with class, season, fuel adjustments and demand. The local leg from Bahawalpur is around Rs 200 and is not sold in advance. Your live, confirmed fare appears on the seat map before payment.
Faisal Movers runs Bahawalpur hourly
That is the fact that makes the change painless. Multan to Bahawalpur is an hourly service of about two hours, so you are never waiting long for the first leg and you arrive at an interchange with constant onward traffic. On a journey this short the hourly frequency is worth more than a through ticket would be, which is not something you can say about most of the smaller destinations in this hub.
Book Multan to Bahawalpur.
Hourly, and the long leg of this
journey.
Yazman is the road head for Derawar Fort
The track out to Derawar leaves from this side of the Cholistan. That makes Yazman the nearest town to the fort, and it is still not where you should base yourself.
Derawar stands roughly 45 km out into the desert from here, and the route is track rather than road. It changes with the season and after rain, and it is not something to attempt in an ordinary car. Visitors reach the fort by hired four wheel drive with a driver who knows the way, and those drivers work out of Bahawalpur rather than Yazman.
So the geography and the logistics point in different directions. Yazman is closest, Bahawalpur is where the trip actually gets arranged, and the sensible plan runs through the city even though it means passing Yazman on the way out and again on the way back. The same conclusion appears on our Multan to Ahmadpur East page, which approaches the fort from the other side.
Visiting Derawar
- Arrange the vehicle in Bahawalpur
- Half day hire with a driver, booked before you travel rather than on the day.
- Go at first light
- The Cholistan is punishing from mid morning for most of the year.
- Yazman is the last fuel and water
- Nothing useful between here and the fort.
Visiting Yazman itself
- A market town
- Mandi Yazman serves the surrounding agriculture and the desert fringe. Not a visitor destination in its own right.
- Cholistan Jeep Rally
- Held in the desert near Derawar in February, when demand on this road rises sharply.
- Book ahead in February
- The rally is the one time the Bahawalpur leg genuinely fills.
Which is the best way to get from Multan to Mandi Yazman
A regional through service or an hourly first leg with a short change. The totals are the same, so it comes down to reliability.
Via Bahawalpur on Faisal Movers
An hourly first leg into an interchange with constant onward traffic. Costs the same as the direct option and never leaves you waiting.
About Rs 800 total
Silk Line regional
Lists Mandi Yazman on its route set, so when a service is running it takes you the whole way without a change.
From Rs 800
Bahawalpur plus hired vehicle
If Derawar is the point, this is the only arrangement that works. Base in the city and treat Yazman as somewhere you drive through.
Rs 600 plus hire
Our verdict
Book Multan to Bahawalpur and continue locally. The fares are identical, the first leg is hourly, and you end up at the interchange where the onward traffic actually is. Take the regional through service only if one is leaving when you want to go, because on this pair the direct option is a convenience rather than a saving.
Multan to Mandi Yazman bus timings
Set by the hourly Bahawalpur leg and by a local run that stops earlier than you would expect.
Early morning
6:00 AM to 9:00 AMThe block to use, and essential if you are heading into the desert, since the Derawar track is best driven early.
Daytime
10:00 AM to 3:00 PMThe Bahawalpur leg runs hourly and the Yazman leg runs steadily. Easy travelling and no reason to plan ahead.
Late afternoon
4:00 PM to 6:00 PMThe Yazman leg begins thinning. Reaching Bahawalpur after six can mean a wait or a night in the city.
February
Jeep rally seasonThe Cholistan rally near Derawar fills this road. Book the Bahawalpur leg ahead and expect the desert track to be busy.
Where the two and a half hours goes
Multan to Bahawalpur is about two hours on the N-5 including the Sutlej crossing at Lodhran. Bahawalpur to Yazman is 45 km and around forty minutes on ordinary road. The change itself is usually short, because the Bahawalpur interchange handles this traffic constantly.
Multan, Bahawalpur and Yazman
The middle point is the one that matters, because that is where the trip into the desert is actually organised.
Multan
- General Bus Stand, Vehari Chowk
- Opposite the metro bus station. Faisal Movers, Silk Line and the southbound regional traffic load here.
- Daewoo Express
- Opposite TTC on Khanewal Road at Gaddafi Chowk, a reliable first leg to Bahawalpur.
- Caltex Point
- A Faisal Movers ticketing and cargo counter at Gaddafi Chowk. Not a departure point.
Bahawalpur and Yazman
- Bahawalpur
- The interchange, the accommodation and the vehicle hire. Everything about a Derawar trip happens here.
- Mandi Yazman
- A town stand serving local traffic. The last practical stop before the Cholistan.
- Worth knowing
- There is no onward public transport to Derawar from Yazman, so do not arrive expecting to find some.
The road to Mandi Yazman
South on the N-5 to Bahawalpur, then south east to the edge of the irrigated land.
- Multan, Vehari Chowk or Khanewal Road Departure, km 0.
- Lodhran and the Sutlej crossing The first significant stop, km 65.
- Bahawalpur The interchange, and where a Derawar trip is arranged, km 100.
- Mandi Yazman Arrival about two and a half hours after departure, km 127.
Where the canals stop
Yazman sits on the boundary between the irrigated Bahawalpur district and the Cholistan proper. North west of it there are canals and cotton; south east there is desert and the fort. That line is why the town is here and why the road stops being a road shortly after it, and it is the single most useful thing to understand before planning anything beyond the bus stand.
Multan to Mandi Yazman bus vs train vs car
The rail question is settled quickly here, and the car question depends entirely on whether the fort is your destination.
Bus via Bahawalpur
Rs 800across two legs
Cheap, hourly and it puts you at the interchange where the onward traffic and the vehicle hire both are.
Best for the trunk journey.
Train
No useful serviceBranch line only
Nothing on the rail network serves Yazman in a way that beats a two hour coach to Bahawalpur and a forty minute local run.
Rule it out.
Hired four wheel drive
Rs 12,000and up, with driver
The only way to reach the fort. Arrange it in Bahawalpur with a driver who knows the track, not on arrival at Yazman.
Necessary if the fort is the point.
Cheapest way to travel from Multan to Mandi Yazman
Multan to Bahawalpur at around Rs 600 plus a Rs 200 local leg. There is no rail alternative worth pricing and the regional through service costs the same as the split without being as frequent. If Derawar is the plan, the bus fare is the small part of the budget and the vehicle hire is the large one, so price the whole thing together.
Multan to Mandi Yazman bus FAQs
What does Multan to Mandi Yazman cost?
About Rs 800 in total. Multan to Bahawalpur is around Rs 600 to Rs 700 depending on operator, and the local leg onward is roughly Rs 200. A regional through service, where one is running, is about the same.
Is there a direct bus from Multan to Mandi Yazman?
Regional operators list it, but the dependable arrangement is a change at Bahawalpur. Multan to Bahawalpur runs hourly on Faisal Movers, so you are rarely waiting, and the onward traffic from there is constant.
How long does the journey take?
About two and a half hours for 127 km. Two hours to Bahawalpur on the N-5, then forty minutes south east on ordinary road, plus a short change.
Can I reach Derawar Fort from Yazman?
Not by public transport. The fort is roughly 45 km out into the Cholistan on desert track that changes with the season. You need a hired four wheel drive with a driver, and those work out of Bahawalpur rather than Yazman.
Should I base at Yazman or Bahawalpur?
Bahawalpur, even though Yazman is closer to the fort. The city has the accommodation, the vehicle hire and the people who run that trip regularly. Yazman is the last town before the desert, not a base.
When is the Cholistan jeep rally?
February, held in the desert near Derawar. It is the one time of year when demand on this road rises sharply, so book the Bahawalpur leg ahead and expect the track to be busy.
Related routes and operators
Cholistan routes
Operator fare lists
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