Bangalore to Honnavar Mini Bus for 14 to 25 People
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Apsarakonda Falls
Mini bus parks at the lot near the falls. Keep an hour for the group.
Kasarkod Eco Beach
Space to park nearby. Good for a team evening; keep the group in the flagged area.
Sharavathi Boat Ride
Two or three boats for 20 people. Seasonal; book a day ahead through the hotel.
Idagunji Ganapati Temple
Bus parking a short walk from the temple, about 15 km from Honnavar.
Distance
470 km
From Bangalore
Time
About 10.5 hr
Via Tumakuru, Shivamogga, Sagar and Jog Falls
Starting from
₹ 38400
4 days, 1,200 km, 14 seater
14 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/1
NORMALAC14 Seats
₹40,176 ₹48,524
+ ₹7124 (Taxes & Charges)
15 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/1
NORMALAC15 Seats
₹40,176 ₹48,524
+ ₹7124 (Taxes & Charges)
16 Seater Mini bus A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC16 Seats
₹40,176 ₹48,524
+ ₹7124 (Taxes & Charges)
18 Seater Mini Bus A/C
NORMALAC18 Seats
₹42,604 ₹51,443
+ ₹7543 (Taxes & Charges)
19 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC19 Seats
₹42,604 ₹51,443
+ ₹7543 (Taxes & Charges)
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20 seater mini bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC20 Seats
₹42,604 ₹51,443
+ ₹7543 (Taxes & Charges)
21 Seater Mini Bus A/C
NORMALAC21 Seats
₹42,604 ₹51,443
+ ₹7543 (Taxes & Charges)
22 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC22 Seats
₹44,932 ₹54,262
+ ₹7962 (Taxes & Charges)
25 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC25 Seats
₹44,932 ₹54,262
+ ₹7962 (Taxes & Charges)
12 Seater Mini Bus Executive A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC12 Seats
₹40,176 ₹48,524
+ ₹7124 (Taxes & Charges)
Mini Bus 13 Seater Executive A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC13 Seats
₹40,176 ₹48,524
+ ₹7124 (Taxes & Charges)
14 Seater Mini bus Exucutive A/C Executiv 2/2
LUXURYAC14 Seats
₹40,176 ₹48,524
+ ₹7124 (Taxes & Charges)
18 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC18 Seats
₹49,588 ₹59,900
+ ₹8800 (Taxes & Charges)
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19 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC19 Seats
₹49,588 ₹59,900
+ ₹8800 (Taxes & Charges)
20 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC20 Seats
₹59,000 ₹71,276
+ ₹10476 (Taxes & Charges)
21 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
NORMALAC21 Seats
₹49,688 ₹60,000
+ ₹8800 (Taxes & Charges)
22 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/2
LUXURYAC22 Seats
₹56,672 ₹68,457
+ ₹10057 (Taxes & Charges)
24 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC24 Seats
₹56,672 ₹68,457
+ ₹10057 (Taxes & Charges)
Start
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465 km
One assembly point
For a mini bus group of 20, fix one assembly point near a main road and leave at 5 am sharp. Do not plan a pickup around Majestic, where traffic police allow a bus only a minute or two to load. Bags go in the back and the overhead racks, so each person keeps a small bag at the seat. The mini bus passes Nelamangala about 25 to 28 km out, too early for food, and the first proper meal is at Tumakuru. Honnavar is a long day, so start on time.
Group breakfast
Tumakuru is the mini bus breakfast stop, about 70 km out, at a highway hotel with space for twenty at once. Coconut, areca nut, ragi and groundnut grow all around, which is why this is called Kalpataru Nadu. Araluguppe, with a 12th century Hoysala Chennakeshava temple, is about 25 km away, a quiet side trip for a returning group with time. Keep 35 minutes with the head count. Tumkur, as the old signs still say, is where the mini bus leaves NH48 for the road west.
Washroom halt
Ten minutes at Tiptur, about 140 km out, give twenty people a washroom break. With roughly 59,543 residents in 2011, this is the second biggest town of Tumakuru district, and its market auctions copra every Wednesday and Saturday. Further along the road, Arsikere has a Hoysala era Ishvara temple from 1220 AD and the hilltop Malekallu shrine with some 1,300 steps, though neither fits today's long drive. The coordinator counts heads before the bus pulls out towards Kadur.
Drive on
The mini bus keeps moving through Kadur, about 210 km out, because lunch at Shivamogga is about 75 km ahead and the group has just stopped. Kadur has a KSRTC bus stand and depot if anyone needs to leave the trip early. The road continues by Bhadravathi, where the Bhadra dam at Lakkavalli lies about 18 km off. If someone needs a restroom, the driver uses a fuel pump on the highway rather than the town centre. The Malnad hills appear on the horizon from here.
Lunch for twenty
Lunch is in Shivamogga, Shimoga on older maps, about 285 km out, at a restaurant on the outskirts with room for the mini bus. Twenty people need close to 50 minutes, so the driver rings the order through from Kadur. Areca nut trading keeps this city busy. Twenty km back along the highway, at Bhadravathi, stands a Lakshmi Narasimha temple from around 1250 CE, a good stop on the return. Sagar is roughly 80 km on, and then Jog.
Tea
Sagar, about 365 km from home, gives the group 15 minutes for tea and the washroom. Two quiet places lie close to town for a return day: Keladi, whose Rameshwara temple is about 6 km away, and Varadahalli, also some 6 km off on the Jog side, where Sridhara Swami's samadhi is kept. Trekkers sometimes ask about Dabbe falls near Hosagadde, but that means a long forest walk on a different day. Buy water now for the ghat.
Group photo point
Jog Falls is about 395 km out, and the mini bus parks in the viewpoint lot. Fix one meeting time and one meeting place before people scatter for photos. Fees for entry and parking are paid at the gate, and rates change, so the coordinator should carry change. The 1,400 steps to the base take too long for a group on the move, so keep it to the viewpoint for 45 minutes. After the falls the road drops about 70 km through forest to Honnavar.
Resort drop
The mini bus reaches Honnavar about 10.5 hours after leaving Bangalore and drops the group at the hotel or resort. Choose a stay where a mini bus can turn at the gate, and tell us the name before the trip. Dinner for twenty is easiest as a fixed coastal meal of fish curry and rice, with a vegetarian option ordered ahead. For later days, Kumta is 19 km north and Mirjan fort about 30 km. The driver parks at the hotel and the bus is ready at the time you fix.
Is an office team or a college group of 14 to 25 going to the Honnavar coast? A Bangalore to Honnavar mini bus carries everyone and the luggage, and our driver plans halts where a mini bus can park. Book a mini bus on rent in Bangalore from Tejas Tours & Travels.
Route | One way | Honnavar and back | Time by mini bus |
|---|---|---|---|
Bangalore to Honnavar via Tumakuru, Shivamogga, Sagar and Jog Falls | About 465 km | About 930 km | About 10.5 hr with stops |
The round trip is about 930 km. A mini bus is billed at 300 km a day, so this becomes 4 days, 1,200 km. That leaves km for Murudeshwar and Idagunji on the middle days. Diesel and the driver are in the per km rate. AC or non-AC mini bus, the rate goes by your choice. Driver allowance, tolls, parking and GST are added at actual. One way is ₹2 more per km.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 4 days, 1,200 km | 5 days, 1,500 km | 6 days, 1,800 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹32 | ₹40,800 | ₹51,000 | ₹61,200 | |
₹32 | ₹40,800 | ₹51,000 | ₹61,200 | |
₹34 | ₹43,600 | ₹54,500 | ₹65,400 | |
₹34 | ₹43,600 | ₹54,500 | ₹65,400 | |
₹34 | ₹43,600 | ₹54,500 | ₹65,400 | |
₹36 | ₹46,000 | ₹57,500 | ₹69,000 | |
₹46 | ₹58,400 | ₹73,000 | ₹87,600 | |
₹36 | ₹46,000 | ₹57,500 | ₹69,000 |
Totals are the km fare plus the day driver allowance. Extra: night driver allowance (₹600 to ₹800 a night, by size), tolls, parking and GST. Shared by 25, 5 days in the 25 Seater Mini Bus is about ₹2,300 a person.
Up to 16 people: 16 seater mini bus. 17 to 20: 20 seater mini bus. 21 to 25: 25 seater mini bus. A four day coast trip means big bags; leave two seats spare.
Group shrinks to 12? The Bangalore to Honnavar tempo traveller is enough. Season and distance notes are in our Honnavar distance guide.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
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21/04/2026 Bangalore
5/5
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6/11/2025 mysore ooty coimbatore
5/5
Bangalore to Chikmagalur
Excellent service from Tejas travel, we had booked 25 seater mini bus for two days to visit Chikmagalur from Bangalore with family and kids, vehicle was good, neat and clean, driver Sandeep was excellent person with soft spoken and good attitude, we enjoyed the trip, Mr. Imran provided timely help and made our booking and vehicle arrangements easy and comfortable. Thanks Tejas Travels, Imran and Sandeep. Looking forward to utilize Tejas travel service again.
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6/11/2023 Chikmagalur
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
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3/4/2024 Bangalore
5/5
About 465 km one way, through Tumakuru, Tiptur, Kadur, Shivamogga, Sagar and Jog Falls, and about 930 km for the round trip. A mini bus with a full group takes about 10.5 hours, with breakfast, lunch and the stop at the falls. The 70 km after Jog is a winding forest ghat, so we start at 5 am and keep it to daylight.
4 days, 1,200 km at ₹34/km: ₹40,800. Add ₹700 a day driver allowance, tolls and GST.
The 25 seater, ₹43,200 for 4 days. Other sizes are on mini bus on rent in Bangalore.
Yes. It is a winding forest road, fine for a mini bus in daylight. We avoid it after dark in the rains.
Better to leave in the morning. The ghat and the Malnad roads are slow at night with a full bus.
No. Boat tickets and entry fees are paid by the group at the spot.
Only if the group wants Jog at its fullest. From June to early October most of the rain falls on this side of Shivamogga, and the coast gets very heavy rain in July. The ghat below Jog is slow and wet then, and beach plans often wash out. October to March is cool and clear here, and the better choice for a mixed group.
One medium bag per person goes in the back of the mini bus; keep a small bag at the seat with water, medicines, a towel and sun cream. Pack light cotton clothes, a cap, and slippers for the beach. Carry a rain jacket from June to September. Valuables stay with you, not in the bus, on beach outings.
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