
Bangalore to Bekal Minibus Rental — 12 to 25 Seater Mini Bus to the Keyhole Fort by the Sea
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Bekal Fort
The reason most people make this trip. Built around 1650 by Shivappa Nayaka of the Keladi dynasty, bekal fort spreads across roughly 40 acres and is the largest fort in Kerala. Its keyhole-shaped laterite walls rise straight out of the sea on three sides, and the observation tower at the centre gives a view along the entire curve of the coast. A Hanuman temple stands at the entrance and an old mosque from the Tipu Sultan period lies close by. Arrive around 4:00 PM, walk the ramparts as the light softens and stay for sunset over the western bastions.
Distance
370 Km
One way
Time
9 hrs
Via expressway
Starting from
₹ 15377
Plus GST
14 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/1
NORMALAC14 Seats
₹12,803 ₹15,377
+ ₹2197 (Taxes & Charges)

15 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/1
NORMALAC15 Seats
₹12,803 ₹15,377
+ ₹2197 (Taxes & Charges)
16 Seater Mini bus A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC16 Seats
₹12,803 ₹15,377
+ ₹2197 (Taxes & Charges)

18 Seater Mini Bus A/C
NORMALAC18 Seats
₹13,620 ₹16,346
+ ₹2326 (Taxes & Charges)

19 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC19 Seats
₹13,620 ₹16,346
+ ₹2326 (Taxes & Charges)
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20 seater mini bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC20 Seats
₹13,620 ₹16,346
+ ₹2326 (Taxes & Charges)

21 Seater Mini Bus A/C
NORMALAC21 Seats
₹13,620 ₹16,346
+ ₹2326 (Taxes & Charges)

22 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC22 Seats
₹14,338 ₹17,215
+ ₹2455 (Taxes & Charges)

25 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC25 Seats
₹14,338 ₹17,215
+ ₹2455 (Taxes & Charges)

12 Seater Mini Bus Executive A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC12 Seats
₹12,803 ₹15,377
+ ₹2197 (Taxes & Charges)

Mini Bus 13 Seater Executive A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC13 Seats
₹12,803 ₹15,377
+ ₹2197 (Taxes & Charges)

14 Seater Mini bus Exucutive A/C Executiv 2/2
LUXURYAC14 Seats
₹13,180
+ ₹2264 (Taxes & Charges)

18 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC18 Seats
₹15,774 ₹18,953
+ ₹2713 (Taxes & Charges)
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19 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC19 Seats
₹15,774 ₹18,953
+ ₹2713 (Taxes & Charges)

20 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC20 Seats
₹18,745 ₹22,530
+ ₹3230 (Taxes & Charges)

21 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
NORMALAC21 Seats
₹15,874 ₹19,053
+ ₹2713 (Taxes & Charges)

22 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/2
LUXURYAC22 Seats
₹18,027 ₹21,661
+ ₹3101 (Taxes & Charges)

24 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC24 Seats
₹18,027 ₹21,661
+ ₹3101 (Taxes & Charges)
Where Your Journey Starts
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370 Km

Departure Point
Your journey to Ooty begins from Bangalore, the gateway to South India's most beloved hill stations. Pick-up is available from any part of the city — Koramangala, Electronic City, Whitefield, Hebbal, Yeshwanthpur, Marathahalli, or Majestic. The most common route out of Bangalore takes you onto NH275, the six-lane Mysore Expressway, which is one of the smoothest and best-maintained national highways in Karnataka. An early departure between 5 AM and 6 AM is strongly advised to clear Bangalore city limits before peak traffic begins. The first 50 km on the expressway are fast, comfortable, and lightly trafficked in the early hours, setting a pleasant tone for the journey ahead. Our drivers are experienced in choosing the optimal departure window and route based on real-time traffic conditions, ensuring that the first stretch of your Bangalore to Ooty road trip is efficient, calm, and enjoyable from the very first kilometre.

Toy Town of Karnataka
The day starts on the Bangalore–Mysore Expressway, and leaving at 5:00 AM means you are past Kengeri before the city wakes up. The first landmark is Channapatna, the Toy Town of Karnataka. For generations its artisans have turned soft ivory wood into lacquered toys coloured with vegetable dyes, a craft traditionally traced to the time of Tipu Sultan and now protected with a GI tag. The expressway bypasses the town, but the service road exit takes only a few minutes, and a set of Channapatna toys makes a far better souvenir than anything sold at a highway plaza. Elapsed time: about one hour.

Sugar City of Karnataka
Twenty minutes on, Maddur is the home of the Maddur Vada, the crisp onion-and-semolina fritter that almost every traveller on this road stops for. A breakfast halt here is practically a tradition. Mandya, a little further, is the Sugar City of Karnataka, ringed by sugarcane fields watered by the Cauvery canals from the Krishna Raja Sagara reservoir. Watch for the small jaggery units along the service roads. Elapsed time: about one hour forty minutes.

Island Fortress of Tipu Sultan
Srirangapatna, the Island Fortress of Tipu Sultan, sits on an island in the Cauvery and served as the capital of Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan until the siege of 1799. The Ranganathaswamy Temple and Daria Daulat Bagh are minutes from the highway. On a direct Bekal run most travellers do not stop long, but just after the island your driver takes the bypass towards Hunsur, which avoids Mysore city traffic and saves close to an hour. Elapsed time: about two hours.

Gateway to Coorg
Bylakuppe, the Mini Tibet of South India, is one of the largest Tibetan settlements outside Tibet, founded in the early 1960s. The Namdroling Monastery, better known as the Golden Temple, houses three gilded statues close to 18 metres tall, making it one of the most memorable stops of the drive. Just beyond, Kushalnagar is the Gateway to Coorg, with Nisargadhama and Dubare a short detour away. A 45-minute halt at the Golden Temple fits easily into the day. Elapsed time: about three hours forty-five minutes.

Scotland of India
Climbing through coffee and pepper estates shaded by silver oak, the road reaches Madikeri, the hill town at the heart of Coorg, often called the Scotland of India for its mist and rolling slopes. Raja's Seat, the garden viewpoint where the Kodava kings watched the sun set over the valleys, sits right in town, and Madikeri Fort with its old palace is a few minutes away. This is the natural lunch halt, and the Kodava pandi curry with akki roti in local restaurants is worth the stop. Elapsed time: about five hours.

Largest Fort in Kerala
Near Sullia the route leaves NH275 and crosses into Kerala, entering Kasaragod district, the Land of Seven Languages, where Malayalam, Kannada, Tulu, Konkani, Beary, Marathi and Urdu are all spoken. Interstate tax is settled at the border and your driver handles the paperwork. The road winds through rubber estates, cashew groves and villages of red-tiled houses. Near Chattanchal the route joins NH66, the coastal highway, and the final stretch south brings Bekal into view, its fort walls dark against the sea. Elapsed time: eight to nine hours with halts.










For small team retreats at Bekal beach resorts, with Coorg on the way, GST invoicing, a Proforma Invoice for PO approval and a named driver for the whole trip. Our corporate travels desk manages the arrangement end to end.
For family holidays combining Coorg, Bekal, Valiyaparamba and Ranipuram over three to four days, with luggage space for everyone.
For history and culture tours covering Bekal and Chandragiri forts and a Theyyam performance in season. Our school transportation services team handles school excursion bus rental bangalore and college trip bus rental bangalore.
Non-AC 12 to 17 seater mini buses for groups where cost per head matters most. The budget tier is about specification, never about maintenance or driver vetting.
Executive mini coach configuration with wider push-back seats for a more restful long drive. For premium comfort, our luxury urbania rental bangalore option offers 13 to 17 seater vans.
Our ac minibus rental bangalore fleet covers 12, 14, 17, 20 and 24 seater configurations, and we run the full range of group vehicles from the same base.
• Mini bus — 12 to 24 seater, AC and non-AC, the core vehicle for this route
• Tempo traveller — 8 to 18 seater, for smaller groups
• Bus — 27 to 50 seater, including Volvo and Benz coaches, for larger groups
• Force Urbania — 13 to 17 seater luxury van
• Cars — 4 to 7 seater, from Etios, Dzire, Innova, Innova Crysta, Innova Hycross, Fortuner and Commuter through Corolla Altis, Camry, Audi A6, Audi Q7, BMW 5 Series, BMW 7 Series, Mercedes-Benz E Class, Mercedes-Benz S Class and Rolls-Royce Ghost
Tejas Tours and Travels does not operate sleeper bus services. All our vehicles are seated with push-back seats, and we plan this route as daytime drives.
We quote in writing before you book, and the quote itemises everything. A 20 percent advance of the total fare confirms your booking.
• Base fare and fuel charges
• Driver allowance
• Toll charges and parking fees
• Interstate tax for Kerala
• Additional driver bata after 9:45 PM
• GST as applicable
• Final rental is calculated on total kilometres and hours from our garage to garage
Tejas Tours and Travels does not provide passenger insurance cover. Passengers are advised to arrange their own travel insurance if required. Fort tickets, boat rides and accommodation are paid by the group.
Every service below runs from both our Bangalore and Mysore bases. Our mini bus rental in bangalore service handles minibus rental and mini bus booking online for groups of twelve to twenty-four, while luxury tempo traveller bangalore covers the tt vehicle fleet and bus rental in bangalore handles rental bus booking and bangalore bus booking for larger groups.
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Schools rely on school transportation services for school bus service bangalore. We also run airport transfer bangalore, outstation cabs bangalore for outstation vehicle booking, wedding car rental bangalore for wedding bus rental Bangalore, and innova hycross rent bangalore for hycross car rental. Custom tour packages are available on request.
Booking a mini bus for hire in Bangalore with Tejas Travels takes under five minutes. Follow these four steps.
• Call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773, or email info@tejastravels.com. Available 24 hours, 7 days a week.
• Share your travel date.
• Share your Bangalore pickup location — area, building or landmark such as Electronic City, Whitefield, MG Road or Koramangala.
• Share your destination or full itinerary.
• Share your group size.
• Share your preferred mini bus tier: Standard AC, Executive Mini Coach or Luxury.
• For corporate bookings from Bangalore tech parks, share your GST number and preferred invoicing format.
• For Goa and multi-day outstation hire, share the full day-wise itinerary so we can allocate the right driver with multi-day route experience.
• Within 2 hours of your enquiry, Tejas Travels sends a written quote via WhatsApp or email.
• The quote itemises every charge: mini bus hire rate (per km or flat local package), driver allowance (Rs 500 to Rs 800 per day depending on vehicle), applicable toll estimates, interstate permit if applicable (Tamil Nadu for Ooty, Kerala for Wayanad, Goa, Andhra Pradesh for Tirupati), and GST.
• No verbal-only pricing. Everything is in writing before you commit.
• For Bangalore IT sector corporate clients, a Proforma Invoice is available at this stage for PO-based approval.
• Request comparison quotes for Standard versus Executive Mini Coach at the same time.
• Review the written quote and confirm via WhatsApp or phone.
• A 20 percent advance payment of the total fare confirms the booking and guarantees the specific mini bus variant on your date.
• Payment options: UPI (Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm), NEFT, IMPS or RTGS bank transfer, or credit and debit card via payment link.
• Advance receipt issued within 30 minutes.
• Your confirmation includes the driver name and mobile number, vehicle registration number, departure time, pickup location confirmation and full billing breakdown, all sent to WhatsApp or email in writing.
• For peak Bangalore travel dates — New Year, Diwali, long IT weekends and October Dasara — book well ahead.
• Your assigned Tejas Travels driver arrives at the confirmed Bangalore pickup point 15 minutes before scheduled departure.
• The mini bus will be clean, sanitised, fuelled and ready.
• The driver calls you 30 minutes before arrival as a courtesy.
• During the trip the driver handles all routing, toll payments, ORR and NICE road exits, and Karnataka permit checkpoints.
• At trip end the balance is settled after deducting the advance.
• Any additional kilometres or hours are billed at the pre-agreed rate.
Quick booking: WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your group size, Bangalore pickup area, destination and travel date. Written mini bus quote in 2 hours.
Tejas Travels accepts all major digital and traditional payment methods for both advance deposits and final settlement at trip end.
• UPI — Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm, BHIM UPI and Amazon Pay. The fastest method with instant confirmation on receipt. Recommended for advance deposits.
• Bank transfer — NEFT, IMPS and RTGS. For corporate clients and advances above Rs 10,000. IMPS is instant; NEFT can take up to 2 hours.
• Credit and debit card — Visa, Mastercard and RuPay, via payment link sent to your registered mobile or email. Valid for both advance and full payment.
• Net banking — All major Indian banks. Payment link via WhatsApp or email. Preferred for Bangalore IT corporate PO approvals.
• Cash — Balance payable at time of travel, accepted at trip end. The advance must be digital for booking confirmation. A receipt is issued.
• Corporate credit — For registered corporate accounts, with 30-day credit terms for signed corporate clients, monthly consolidated invoicing, and invoice issued within 24 hours.
Note: a 20 percent advance confirms your booking and guarantees vehicle availability. For Goa, Coorg and multi-day outstation hire from Bangalore during peak dates, a higher advance may be required.
Tejas Travels maintains a fair, transparent and tiered cancellation policy. All terms are communicated in writing at booking confirmation — no hidden conditions.
• More than 72 hours before departure — No cancellation charge. 100 percent of the advance is refunded within 5 to 7 working days.
• 48 to 72 hours before departure — 10 percent of the total trip fare. The advance is refunded less the 10 percent deduction.
• 24 to 48 hours before departure — 25 percent of the total trip fare. The advance is refunded less the 25 percent deduction.
• 12 to 24 hours before departure — 50 percent of the total trip fare. The advance is refunded less the 50 percent deduction.
• Less than 12 hours before departure — 75 percent of the total trip fare. Minimal or no refund depending on trip value.
• No-show, where the bus is deployed and the group is absent — 100 percent of the total trip fare. No refund. The full fare is payable.
• Cancellation by Tejas Travels due to breakdown or force majeure — No cancellation charge. 100 percent refunded within 2 working days, or an alternate vehicle is offered.
• Multi-day outstation hire — Including Bekal, Coorg, Goa and Kerala — minimum 7-day notice for a full refund on overnight or multi-day mini bus hire from Bangalore.
• Weddings — Minimum 7-day notice for a full refund. Cancellations within 3 days of the wedding date are non-refundable.
• Peak dates — New Year, Diwali, Dasara and Bangalore long weekends require a minimum 48-hour notice for a full refund. Less than 24 hours is non-refundable.
• Force majeure — Bangalore bandhs, traffic disruptions and road closures attract a 100 percent refund within 2 working days regardless of notice period.
• Modifications — Date changes, vehicle upgrades and route additions with more than 24 hours notice are accommodated at no penalty, subject to availability.
To cancel, call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your booking reference. Cancellation confirmation follows within 2 hours, and the refund goes to your original payment method within the stated timelines.
All refunds are processed to the original payment instrument. No cash refund is issued unless the advance was paid in cash.
• Cancellation 72 or more hours before departure — 100 percent of the advance paid, within 5 to 7 working days to the original payment instrument.
• Cancellation 48 to 72 hours before departure — Advance minus the 10 percent charge, within 5 to 7 working days.
• Cancellation 24 to 48 hours before departure — Advance minus the 25 percent charge, within 5 to 7 working days.
• Cancellation 12 to 24 hours before departure — Advance minus the 50 percent charge, within 7 to 10 working days.
• Cancellation by Tejas Travels — 100 percent of the advance paid, within 2 working days on priority processing.
• Trip shortfall where actual kilometres are less than the minimum — Proportional credit on the excess, settled at trip end.
• Billing error or overcharge — The full overcharged amount, within 2 to 3 working days after verification.
• Duplicate payment — The full duplicate amount, within 2 to 3 working days after confirmation.
• UPI — Google Pay, PhonePe and Paytm refunds go to the UPI-linked bank account within 3 to 5 working days.
• Credit or debit card — Refund to the originating card within 5 to 7 working days.
• Bank transfer — Refund to the originating account within 3 to 5 working days. The account is re-confirmed before processing.
• Cash — Cash refund at the Tejas Travels Bangalore office, or via IMPS within 5 working days.
For refunds, WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your booking reference, advance receipt and refund reason. Confirmation within 24 hours.
The bangalore to bekal distance is approximately 385 kilometres via Mysuru, Madikeri, Sullia and Kanhangad, or about 420 kilometres via Mangaluru. The drive takes nine to ten hours with halts.
An overnight halt in Coorg makes the trip much more relaxed, especially with children or elders, and lets the group see Madikeri or Bylakuppe on the way. Groups short on time can do it in one long day with a 5:00 AM start.
Yes. Entering Kerala from Karnataka requires a valid interstate permit for commercial vehicles. We arrange it before departure and bill it at actuals.
Pricing starts from around Rs 30 per kilometre for a 12 seater AC mini bus and varies by seating capacity, AC or non-AC, and the number of days. The fare includes base fare, fuel and driver allowance. Toll, parking, Kerala interstate tax, driver bata after 9:45 PM and GST are extra, and the rental is calculated garage to garage.
Theyyam is performed at village shrines in North Malabar mainly from November to May. Schedules are local and change often, so ask your resort or a local contact, and we will plan the mini bus timings around the performance.
The sea near Bekal can have strong currents, and swimming is not advisable except where lifeguards indicate it is safe. Enjoy the beach from the shore, especially during the monsoon.
Our minibus hire bangalore fleet covers 12, 14, 17, 20 and 24 seater configurations in AC and non-AC. We recommend the size based on headcount and luggage.
A 20 percent advance of the total fare, paid digitally, confirms the booking. Multi-day outstation hire needs a minimum 7-day notice for a full refund on cancellation.
No. We do not operate sleeper bus services, and we do not provide passenger insurance cover. Passengers who want cover should arrange their own travel insurance.
Call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773 or email info@tejastravels.com with your travel dates, Bangalore pickup location and group size. A written, itemised quote follows within 2 hours. Our mini bus booking online and WhatsApp enquiry lines are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.