
Bangalore to Bagalkot Bus Hire for 27 to 50 People
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Distance
455 km
From Bangalore
Time
About 11.5 hr
Via Tumakuru, Chitradurga, Hosapete and Ilkal
Starting from
₹ 52800
4 days, 1,200 km, 27 seater

29 Seater Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC29 Seats
₹54,244 ₹65,538
+ ₹9638 (Taxes & Charges)

30 Seater Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC30 Seats
₹54,244 ₹65,538
+ ₹9638 (Taxes & Charges)
32 Seater Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC32 Seats
₹54,244 ₹65,538
+ ₹9638 (Taxes & Charges)

33 Seater Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC33 Seats
₹54,244 ₹65,538
+ ₹9638 (Taxes & Charges)
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40 Seater Bus A/C 2/2
LUXURYAC40 Seats
₹73,168 ₹88,390
+ ₹12990 (Taxes & Charges)

45 Seater Bus A/c 2/2
LUXURYAC45 Seats
₹78,988 ₹95,438
+ ₹14038 (Taxes & Charges)

49 Seater Bus A/C 2/3
NORMALAC49 Seats
₹66,184 ₹79,933
+ ₹11733 (Taxes & Charges)

50 Seater Bus A/C 2/3
NORMALAC50 Seats
₹66,184 ₹79,933
+ ₹11733 (Taxes & Charges)

27 Seater Bus A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC27 Seats
₹54,244 ₹65,538
+ ₹9638 (Taxes & Charges)

30 seater bus A/C Executive 2/2
LUXURYAC30 Seats
₹58,900 ₹71,176
+ ₹10476 (Taxes & Charges)

45 Seater Benz Bus A/C 2/2
LUXURYAC45 Seats
₹84,808 ₹1,02,485
+ ₹15085 (Taxes & Charges)

Volvo Bus A/C 2/2
LUXURYAC45 Seats
₹85,000
+ ₹15120 (Taxes & Charges)
Start
70 km
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465 km

One gathering point
A bus for forty to fifty people, such as a wedding party or a college group, leaves one roomy gathering point at 4:30 am. Bagalkot is about eleven and a half hours away with halts. Suitcases and gift boxes go in the hold with name labels; water, medicines and snacks stay in hand bags. One coordinator holds the list. The bus takes Tumkur Road while the city is quiet. Every member should carry an ID card for hotel check in.

Breakfast
Breakfast at Tumkur (Tumakuru), 70 km out, at a highway restaurant booked ahead with space for a bus and a quick counter for fifty. Forty minutes with a head count. Thatte idli and vada are the usual plates. Tumakuru is a district headquarters with India's first mega food park nearby, opened in 2014. The bus stays on the highway and then runs about 130 km to Chitradurga. Teachers or the coordinator count heads before leaving.

Tea and toilets
Twenty minutes for tea and toilets at Chitradurga, 200 km from the start, where the driver knows a halt with space for a coach. Our road turns off NH48 here onto NH50 for Hosapete, about 125 km ahead. For a college group on the way home, the fort's rock cut twin tanks, Akka Thangi Honda, and its seven rings of walls make a good half day. In British records the town appears as Chitaldrug.

Lunch
Lunch for fifty at Hosapete, about 325 km out, booked ahead at a hotel that seats a bus group. An hour covers lunch and the head count. Hosapete is the Vijayanagara district headquarters, on the Tungabhadra. Kannada, Urdu and Telugu are all spoken here, a good point for students. From Hosapete NH50 runs north to Kushtagi, about 70 km away. The Tungabhadra reservoir lies beside the town, held back by India's largest stone masonry dam. Water cans are refilled here.

Drive through
With fifty people on board the coach does not stop at Kushtagi, 395 km out. Unloading and reloading a full bus costs twenty minutes each time, and that time is better spent arriving in Bagalkot before dark. Pomegranate orchards spread across this taluk, and a Durga Devi shrine sits in the middle of the town. The Badami road branches off at Kushtagi, but the coach continues on NH50 to Ilkal, about 25 km on.

Drive through
Ilkal, at 420 km, is busy, and the lanes near the saree shops are narrow for a full size bus, so we drive on; a saree stop works better in a car or a van. Ilkal is famous for handloom sarees and for red and pink granite, and the town lies about 12 km south of Hungund. Here the Bagalkot road leaves NH50, with about 45 km to go. Granite yards line the road outside the town.

Arrival
A bus takes about eleven and a half hours with these halts. Navanagar, the newer part of Bagalkot, has wide roads, good for a bus, and we check the hall or hotel entrance before the trip. The town sits on the Ghataprabha river; part of the old town went under the Almatti backwaters. Karadantu from Amingad is the sweet to carry home for fifty families. The driver confirms the hotel gate before parking.
Moving a wedding party, a government team or a college of 27 to 50 to Bagalkot? A Bangalore to Bagalkot bus keeps the whole group on one vehicle, and our driver uses halts where a big bus can park and turn. Book a bus on rent in Bangalore with Tejas Tours & Travels.
Route | One way | Bagalkot and back | Time by bus |
|---|---|---|---|
Bangalore to Bagalkot via Tumakuru, Chitradurga, Hosapete and Ilkal | About 465 km | About 930 km | About 11.5 hr with stops |
Bagalkot and back is about 930 km. Buses are billed at 300 km a day, so this is 4 days and 1,200 km. The per km rate covers diesel and the driver. You can choose an AC or a non-AC coach; that sets the rate. Driver allowance, tolls, parking and GST go on at actual; bus tolls cost more than car tolls. Volvo and BharatBenz on request, billed at 400 km a day. One way is ₹2 a km more.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 4 days, 1,200 km | 5 days, 1,500 km | 6 days, 1,800 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹44 | ₹55,600 | ₹69,500 | ₹83,400 | |
₹44 | ₹55,600 | ₹69,500 | ₹83,400 | |
₹44 | ₹55,600 | ₹69,500 | ₹83,400 | |
₹60 | ₹76,000 | ₹95,000 | ₹114,000 | |
₹60 | ₹76,000 | ₹95,000 | ₹114,000 | |
₹65 | ₹82,000 | ₹102,500 | ₹123,000 | |
₹54 | ₹68,800 | ₹86,000 | ₹103,200 | |
₹54 | ₹68,800 | ₹86,000 | ₹103,200 |
Totals are the km fare plus the day driver allowance. Extra: night driver allowance (₹700 to ₹1,000 a night, by size), tolls, parking and GST. Shared by 50, 5 days in the 50 Seater Bus is about ₹1,720 a person.
27 to 33 people: 33 seater bus. 34 to 40: 40 seater bus. 41 to 50: 50 seater bus. Small group of 30? The 30 seater bus is enough.
Group under 25? The Bangalore to Bagalkot mini bus costs less.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
For a coach, Bagalkot is about 465 km away, close to 930 km for the round trip. The bus stays on NH48 to Chitradurga, switches to NH50 for Hosapete, Kushtagi and Ilkal, and then takes the narrower road for the last 45 km. With fifty passengers and three planned halts, the drive takes roughly eleven and a half hours.
4 days, 1,200 km at ₹54/km: ₹64,800. Add ₹1,000 a day driver allowance, tolls and GST.
The 40 seater: ₹72,000 for 4 days. All sizes are on bus on rent in Bangalore.
Volvo and BharatBenz on request. They are billed at 400 km a day.
Yes. Both have bus parking. Narrow lanes in Badami old town mean a short walk.
We do not plan night driving for a full bus on this route. The billing is by km and days anyway.
Yes. NH48 and NH50 are wide national highways as far as Ilkal. The last 45 km to Bagalkot are on a narrower road, so the bus slows down and we plan to cover it in daylight. Town stretches at Hosapete and Kushtagi also slow things a little, which is why the bus starts at 4:30 am.
Yes. Put them in the first rows, close to the door, where the coach rides more gently. The bus pauses at Tumakuru, Chitradurga and Hosapete, and the driver will make an extra restroom stop if someone asks. A hand bag with tablets, water and a shawl should stay at their seat, since luggage in the hold is reached only at the hotel.