On a Shoestring to Coorg is a book by Irish author Dervla Murphy.

[6] On a Shoestring to Coorg describes the 1973 journey of Murphy and her four-year-old daughter Rachel through India.

They travel slowly by bus, train and boat from Mumbai to Cape Comorin, the southernmost point of India.

They then return to the place they enjoyed the most, the hill province of Kodagu (Coorg).

There they live simply for two months, integrating themselves with the local community.