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Adi Shakthi Annapoorneshwari Temple
The temple stands on the Bhadra with hills on every side, and the goddess is depicted standing on a lotus with a vessel of food and a ladle. The present structure was substantially rebuilt in the early 1970s and the complex now includes dining halls, accommodation blocks and a large hall, all organised around the annadana. Visit for a meal as well as darshan - they are part of the same thing here. Timings for both worship and the sittings run to the temple schedule; confirm for your date, and dress traditionally.
Adi Shakthi Annapoorneshwari Temple
The temple stands on the Bhadra with hills on every side, and the goddess is depicted standing on a lotus with a vessel of food and a ladle. The present structure was substantially rebuilt in the early 1970s and the complex now includes dining halls, accommodation blocks and a large hall, all organised around the annadana. Visit for a meal as well as darshan - they are part of the same thing here. Timings for both worship and the sittings run to the temple schedule; confirm for your date, and dress traditionally.
Kalasa and the Kalaseshwara Temple
Ten kilometres from Horanadu on the same river, Kalasa is an old temple town counted among the Pancha Kshetras of this region, with the Kalaseshwara temple standing above the Bhadra and a set of theerthams associated with Agastya. Ambatheertha, a short distance out, is a pool on the river in forest where the water is held to be sacred and where the setting does most of the work. Visit Kalasa in the morning; the temple is quiet by comparison with Horanadu and the walk down to the river is worth the time.
Kudremukh National Park
Around thirty kilometres west, Kudremukh covers a large area of shola forest and rolling grassland in the Western Ghats, named for a peak whose profile is said to resemble a horse face. The trek to the summit is one of the better known in Karnataka - a demanding day of around twenty kilometres return through grassland, with permits and a mandatory guide arranged through the forest department at Mullodi or the range office. Visit between October and February. Permits are limited, arrangements change, and the trek is not a casual undertaking; confirm directly with the department before planning around it.
Hanuman Gundi and Kadambi Falls
Hanuman Gundi, also called Soothanabbi, lies inside Kudremukh park around twenty-five kilometres from Horanadu - a fall of some hundred feet dropping into a natural rock pool, reached by a flight of around four hundred steps down through forest. Kadambi Falls is closer to the road and needs no walking at all. Visit between July and December when there is water; Hanuman Gundi has an entry charge and set timings through the forest department, and the steps are steep and slippery after rain, so footwear matters.
Sringeri
Fifty kilometres from Horanadu and the third point of the standard circuit. Sringeri is the first of the four mathas Adi Shankara established and the seat of the Sharada Peetham, with an unbroken line of acharyas since the eighth century - and alongside the Sharadamba shrine stands the Vidyashankara temple, whose twelve pillars are positioned so that the sun falls on each in the order of the zodiac months. The Tunga below is full of protected fish that come to the steps. Visit as a full half day; our bangalore to sringeri cab page covers it properly.
The Bhadra and the Malnad
The country around Horanadu is the reason a good number of visitors extend the trip. The Bhadra rises in these hills and runs past both Kalasa and Horanadu; the surrounding slopes are coffee, cardamom and pepper under forest shade, and the roads wind through them continuously. Bhagavathi nature camp inside Kudremukh, homestays on the estates around Kalasa, and the Charmadi ghat road west from Kottigehara are all within reach. Visit by simply driving - this is one of the more consistently beautiful stretches of Karnataka and the drive between the temples is a large part of what you came for
Distance
370 Km
One way
Time
8 hrs
Via expressway
Starting from
₹ 30300
Plus GST
8 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC8 Seats
₹20,439 ₹24,603
+ ₹3553 (Taxes & Charges)
9 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC9 Seats
₹20,439 ₹24,603
+ ₹3553 (Taxes & Charges)
10 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC10 Seats
₹20,539 ₹24,703
+ ₹3553 (Taxes & Charges)
12 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC12 Seats
₹20,439 ₹24,603
+ ₹3553 (Taxes & Charges)
13 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC13 Seats
₹15,774 ₹18,953
+ ₹2713 (Taxes & Charges)
15 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC15 Seats
₹15,774 ₹18,953
+ ₹2713 (Taxes & Charges)
16 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC16 Seats
₹15,774 ₹18,953
+ ₹2713 (Taxes & Charges)
Where Your Journey Starts
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355 Km
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.
Base of the Hoysala Belt
The route leaves Bangalore northwest onto NH 75, and the Nelamangala junction is the only part of the day that depends on timing rather than road - our drivers aim to be past it before 7:00 AM, since four highway corridors diverge there and weekend traffic builds fast. Beyond it the highway opens up. Kunigal has one of the oldest stud farms in India; Yediyur, twenty-five kilometres on, has a lakeside Siddhalingeshwara temple and the best breakfast cluster on this road, which is worth using properly since options thin later. Channarayapatna is the Shravanabelagola junction, and Hassan is the base of the Hoysala circuit.
Coffee Cradle of India
Belur comes up thirty-five kilometres beyond Hassan and is the best short stop on this route - the Chennakeshava temple, commissioned in 1117 and worked on for over a century, carries bracket figures among the finest sculpture in India, and it was inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage in 2023. Ninety minutes covers it properly. Chikmagalur follows and the country changes - the Baba Budan hills rise to the north and coffee replaces everything else. Indian coffee began on that hill, where Baba Budan is said to have planted seven seeds carried back from Yemen. Beyond Chikmagalur the road turns west into the Malnad proper and the driving changes with it.
Temple Town on the Bhadra
A hundred and ten kilometres west through the heart of the Malnad, and this is where the average speed drops. The road winds continuously through estate and forest, climbing and dropping, with coffee under shade trees on both sides and very little open ground. Mudigere is a working coffee town; Kottigehara, beyond it, is where the Charmadi ghat road turns west toward Mangalore down one of the more dramatic descents in Karnataka. Kalasa sits on the Bhadra with the Kalaseshwara temple above the river, one of the Pancha Kshetras of this region and a quiet place by comparison with what follows. It has more accommodation than Horanadu and is where a good number of groups actually stay.
Annadana Kshetra of the Malnad
Ten kilometres of winding road through estate country along the Bhadra, and it takes twenty minutes rather than the ten the distance suggests. The hills close in and the last stretch runs through forest and coffee with the river below. Horanadu is very small - the temple complex is most of it, with dining halls, accommodation blocks and a handful of shops around the gate. That scale is part of the character: this is a temple town in the literal sense rather than a town with a temple in it. Accommodation is largely run by the trust and booked directly with them. Our driver takes you to the confirmed address and assists with luggage. A 6:00 AM departure puts most travellers in Horanadu by around 1:30 PM, which on most days catches an afternoon sitting.
The estate resorts around Mudigere, Kottigehara and Chikmagalur sit directly on this road and have become a standard offsite destination for Bangalore companies, which makes a combined offsite and temple visit straightforward to arrange. A 17 seater covers a full team without a convoy. Includes GST invoicing, a Proforma Invoice for PO-based approval, a named driver for the full multi-day trip and consolidated monthly billing for registered accounts. The same corporate urbania rental bangalore stays with the team across Kalasa, Horanadu, Sringeri and any coastal extension, with duty slips signed daily and reconciled against the final invoice. Our corporate travels desk handles it end to end.
The dominant booking on this route. Three or four related families, or a family travelling with elders, running the Kalasa, Horanadu, Sringeri, Kollur and Udupi circuit across four to six days, frequently with a fixed order of darshan. Planned around temple sessions rather than driving times, with the vehicle waiting through each visit and a driver who understands that the Annapoorneshwari darshan and the meal service both run to their own clock. The walk-through cabin does its most useful work here, on the sixth or eighth boarding of the day. Urbania for family trip bangalore bookings usually take the 17 seater even at fourteen passengers, for the luggage room.
The Urbania in its fullest specification: wider reclining seats with individual armrests, extra legroom from a reduced seat count, ambient lighting, better cabin insulation and premium upholstery. On a route with two hours of continuous bends at the end of an eight hour day, that specification is doing real work. It suits senior management travel, milestone family occasions such as a family deity visit, and any group that wants the journey itself to be part of the trip. For larger parties travelling for the same occasion we run it alongside our volvo bus rental bangalore coaches, with the Urbania carrying the immediate family up the narrow sections.
Our Urbania fleet runs in 13 and 17 seater configurations, all air conditioned, all with push-back seating and a walk-through cabin. We operate the full range of group vehicles from the same Bangalore base, so if your headcount shifts after booking — which it does on nearly every family pilgrimage — we can usually move you across categories without restarting the process.
• Force Urbania — 13 to 17 seater luxury van, the vehicle this page covers
• Tempo traveller — 8 to 18 seater, the value alternative on the same corridor
• Mini bus — 12 to 24 seater, AC and non-AC, for groups past seventeen
• Bus — 27 to 50 seater, including Volvo and Benz coaches for large temple associations
• Cars — 4 to 7 seater, from Etios, Dzire, Innova and Commuter through Innova Crysta, Innova Hycross and Fortuner, up to 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. Every vehicle we run is seated configuration with push-back seats. On this route the drive is comfortably done in daylight with an early start, and we would not put a group through the Kottigehara to Kalasa stretch after dark. Where a group prefers to split the journey we plan a hotel halt at Hassan or Chikmagalur.
We quote in writing before you book and the quote itemises everything, so there are no surprises at trip end. 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 where applicable. The Horanadu route stays within Karnataka, so no interstate permit arises unless your itinerary extends beyond the state
• Additional driver bata after 9:45 PM
• GST as applicable
• Final rental is calculated on total kilometres and hours from our garage to garage
The garage-to-garage basis is standard across the organised group transport industry in Bangalore. The meter starts when the vehicle leaves our garage for your pickup point and ends when it returns. We factor this into the written quote, so the number you approve is the number you pay.
Tejas Tours and Travels does not provide passenger insurance cover. Passengers are advised to arrange their own travel insurance if required. Vehicle insurance and full statutory driver and vehicle compliance are maintained across the fleet.
Horanadu is one of several Karnataka and coastal corridors we run the Urbania on. These are the routes groups book most often from Bangalore.
• Bangalore to Sringeri — 335 km, eight hours. The Sharada Peetham on the Tunga, and the other half of almost every Horanadu itinerary.
• Bangalore to Kollur Mookambika — 430 km. Usually reached from Horanadu or Sringeri rather than direct.
• Bangalore to Udupi — 400 km. The Krishna Matha and Malpe, the closing leg of a coastal temple week.
• Bangalore to Dharmasthala — 300 km. Manjunatha temple and Ratnagiri, reached down the Charmadi ghat from this route.
• Bangalore to Kukke Subramanya — 280 km. Sarpa dosha parihara draws steady group traffic through the year.
• Bangalore to Chikmagalur — 245 km, five hours. Coffee estates, Mullayanagiri and Baba Budangiri, directly on this route.
• Bangalore to Coorg — 265 km, five to six hours. Coffee, Abbey Falls and Dubare. The most booked Urbania weekend route.
• Bangalore to Mysore — 145 km, three hours. Srirangapatna, the palace and Chamundi Hills. Popular for day outings and airport group transfers.
• Bangalore to Hampi — 340 km, seven hours. UNESCO World Heritage ruins, best from November to February.
• Bangalore to Tirupati — 250 km, four to five hours. Our most frequent pilgrimage booking, usually a same-day return.
• Bangalore to Wayanad — 280 km, six hours. Kerala permit required. Popular for corporate offsites.
• Bangalore to Thekkady — 515 km, ten to eleven hours. Periyar Tiger Reserve and the spice estates.
Every service below runs from both our Bangalore and Mysore bases, so a trip can start in one city and finish in the other without changing operators.
Our cab rental bangalore service covers premium car rentals in bangalore, luxury car rental bangalore and everyday car booking across sedans, SUVs and premium marques. For eight to eighteen passengers on a tighter budget, luxury tempo traveller bangalore is the value alternative to the Urbania, with the tt vehicle fleet held to the same outstation standard.
For larger movements, our bus rental in bangalore fleet runs 27 to 50 seater coaches for rental bus booking and bangalore bus booking requirements, while the volvo bus rental bangalore tier covers volvo luxury bus and luxury bus hire for conferences, weddings and large association movements. The mini bus rental in bangalore service handles minibus rental and mini bus booking online enquiries for groups of twelve to twenty-four, and the urbania on rent bangalore fleet covers force urbania hire and luxury urbania rental bangalore bookings for premium small-group travel.
On the corporate side, corporate travels bangalore covers corporate cab service bangalore and corporate transport services for companies needing managed travel, including the Chikmagalur estate offsites that share this route. Our employee transportation services bangalore division runs office cab service bangalore, staff transportation services and night shift cab service bangalore contracts across tech parks, with employee pick up and drop service and employee shuttle service arrangements built around shift timings.
For education clients, school transportation services covers school bus service bangalore, school bus rental bangalore and student pick up and drop service, including school excursion bus rental bangalore and college trip bus rental for annual tours, for which the Belur, Halebidu and Shravanabelagola heritage circuit on this route is among the most requested. Airport requirements are handled by airport transfer bangalore, covering bangalore airport cab, kempegowda airport taxi and airport cab booking with live flight tracking, and the Urbania is a common choice for family groups arriving together at Kempegowda.
Longer journeys fall under outstation cabs bangalore, covering outstation cab booking, outstation taxi bangalore and outstation vehicle booking for multi-day itineraries. For celebrations, wedding car rental bangalore handles wedding cars for rent, marriage car rental bangalore and wedding bus rental Bangalore for guest movement. And for premium seven-seater travel, innova hycross rent bangalore covers innova hycross taxi and hycross car rental bookings. Custom tour packages combining any of these vehicles are available on request.
Booking an Urbania 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 or landmark such as Whitefield, Electronic City, MG Road, Koramangala, the KIA airport, a hotel name or a tech park.
• Share your destination or full itinerary.
• Share your number of passengers so we can advise between the 13 and 17 seater.
• For KIA airport pickups, share the flight number. The driver tracks live flight status and adjusts pickup timing for delayed flights automatically.
• For corporate bookings from Bangalore tech parks, share your GST number and preferred invoicing format.
• Mention the occasion — corporate travel, family pilgrimage, wedding, VIP movement — so the team can allocate the best-condition vehicle and, where required, a chauffeur in formal attire.
• For Horanadu and the wider Kalasa, Sringeri, Kollur and Udupi circuit, share the full day-wise itinerary and any fixed darshan timings, so we can allocate a driver with Malnad experience and plan around temple sessions.
• Tell us if Kudremukh, Hanuman Gundi or Mullayanagiri are on your list, since those legs carry permit requirements or vehicle restrictions we will plan around.
• Within 2 hours of your enquiry, Tejas Travels sends a written quote via WhatsApp or email.
• The quote itemises every charge:
◦ Urbania hire rate — per kilometre or flat local package
◦ Driver allowance — Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 per day depending on the trip
◦ Applicable toll estimates
◦ Interstate permits where applicable — none for Horanadu, since the route stays within Karnataka
◦ GST
• No verbal-only prices. Everything is in writing before you confirm.
• For corporate clients requiring reimbursements, a Proforma Invoice can be issued at this stage.
• If you want to compare two vehicle classes, request both quotes at the same time.
• Once satisfied with the written quote, confirm via WhatsApp or phone.
• A 20 percent advance payment of the total fare confirms the booking and holds the specific vehicle 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:
◦ Driver name and mobile number
◦ Vehicle registration number
◦ Departure time
◦ Pickup location confirmation
◦ Full billing breakdown — all sent to WhatsApp or email in writing
• The Urbania fleet is limited and books out early on peak dates. Navaratri at Horanadu, Ugadi, the December to January season and the November to February Bangalore wedding season all need advance planning.
• Your assigned Tejas Travels driver arrives at the confirmed Bangalore pickup point 15 minutes before scheduled departure.
• For KIA airport transfers, the driver coordinates at the Arrivals gate.
• The vehicle is clean, sanitised, fuelled and ready.
• For wedding and VIP bookings, the driver arrives in formal attire.
• The driver calls you 30 minutes before arrival as a courtesy.
• During the trip the driver handles all routing, toll payments and rest stop coordination.
• 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 passenger count, Bangalore pickup location, destination and travel date. Written Urbania quote in 2 hours.
Tejas Travels accepts all major digital and traditional payment methods for both the advance booking and the 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 all advance deposits.
• Bank transfer — NEFT, IMPS and RTGS. For corporate clients and advances above Rs 5,000. 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-based approvals.
• Cash — Balance payable at the 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 Bangalore corporate clients and monthly consolidated invoicing available.
A 20 percent advance confirms your booking and guarantees vehicle availability. For Horanadu during Navaratri, the Kollur and Udupi circuit in season, and other multi-day outstation hire on peak dates, a higher advance may be required given limited Urbania fleet availability.
Tejas Travels maintains a fair, transparent and tiered cancellation policy. All terms are communicated in writing at booking confirmation.
• 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 vehicle is deployed and the client 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 a substitute vehicle is offered.
• Multi-day outstation hire including Horanadu, Sringeri, Kollur, Udupi and Coorg — minimum 7-day notice for a full refund on overnight or multi-day Urbania hire from Bangalore.
• Festival dates — Navaratri at Horanadu and Sharada Navaratri at Sringeri require a minimum 7-day notice, since vehicles are committed well in advance for these periods.
• Weddings — wedding hire needs a minimum 7-day notice for a full refund. Cancellations within 3 days of the wedding date are non-refundable.
• Limited fleet — because the Urbania fleet is small and demand peaks with the Bangalore wedding season, a minimum 5-day notice is required for a full refund on premium-configuration bookings.
• Peak dates — New Year, Diwali, Ugadi and Bangalore long weekends require a minimum 48-hour notice for a full refund. Less than 24 hours is non-refundable.
• Force majeure — Bangalore or Karnataka bandhs, Malnad monsoon landslides on the Charmadi and Kalasa roads, 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, processed 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.
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Bangalore to Coorg
So nice that the service we have received from Tejas travellers. Ms Revati is very good coordinator and so polite and have much patience. Thank you so much for making our journey nice and beautiful with sending experienced drivers.🙂
Rahul
15/6/2026 Coorg
5/5
Bangalore to Pondicherry
We recently completed our Pondicherry trip with Tejas Tours and Travel Company, and overall we had a very good experience. Shashikala coordinated with us from enquiry to booking and throughout the trip. She was well-communicated, supportive, and checked in with us daily to ensure everything was fine.
Souvik Bhattacharya
6/4/2026 Pondicherry
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
Hired for day-out trip, It was very pleasant and comfortable journey, with good driver's behaviour and l may strongly suggest Tejas travels for better and comfortable family trip
Kishore Lal
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Bangalore to Madikeri
Booked Urbania from tejas travels, bangalore to madikeri. Excellent service, driver was very polite and he knows all nook and corner. Overall we enjoyed the trip
Jai Kumar
1/1/2026 Madikeri
5/5
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The bangalore to horanadu distance is approximately 320 kilometres via Nelamangala, Kunigal, Channarayapatna, Hassan, Belur, Mudigere, Kottigehara and Kalasa, which comes to seven and a half to eight and a half hours including halts. The alternative through Tumkur, Arsikere, Kadur and Chikmagalur covers a similar distance and suits itineraries including Chikmagalur town. We recommend a 5:00 AM to 6:00 AM departure, both to clear Nelamangala before Tumkur Road fills and to drive the narrow Kottigehara to Kalasa stretch in good light.
Width, mainly. From Kottigehara the road is single carriageway with passing places, and the branches off it to Ambatheertha, into Kudremukh and up towards Mullayanagiri are narrower again. The Urbania is narrower and lower than a mini bus and takes those roads at close to normal pace, where a larger vehicle spends the time reversing to passing bays or stops short altogether. The monocoque construction also gives it a flatter, more settled ride across two hours of continuous bends. Past seventeen passengers a mini bus is the right call; below that, this is the better tool for the Malnad.
Urbania fare starts around Rs 30,300. The final figure depends on vehicle class, number of days and total kilometres run. Since billing is garage to garage on actual kilometres and hours, we issue a written itemised quote within 2 hours rather than a verbal estimate.
A 20 percent advance of the total fare confirms your booking and holds the specific vehicle on your travel date. The advance must be paid digitally by UPI, bank transfer or card. A receipt is issued within 30 minutes and the balance is settled at trip end after deducting the advance. Because the Urbania fleet is small, Navaratri and other festival dates may require a higher advance.
The 13 seater suits ten to twelve passengers with luggage for four or five days. The 17 seater suits fourteen to sixteen, and many groups of twelve take it regardless, because a temple circuit accumulates prasadam and purchases faster than people expect. If your headcount is near the limit, take the larger one — the fare difference is small against the comfort difference across five days. Share your numbers and we will advise honestly rather than upsell.
Traditional attire is expected at the Annapoorneshwari temple, so brief your group before travel rather than leaving it to the gate. The free meal service is genuine and central to how the temple understands itself, since the deity is the goddess of food. Both the meals and darshan run to fixed timings with a midday break. Tell us your arrival plan at booking and we will time the day so the group makes both.
No. The route stays entirely within Karnataka, so no interstate permit or border tax applies, which makes billing on this corridor simpler and cheaper than our Kerala and Tamil Nadu routes. Permits become relevant only if your itinerary extends beyond the state. Tolls and parking are still billed at actuals as on every route.
Yes, and it is how most groups book it. The same vehicle and driver stay with you throughout, covering Kalasa, Horanadu, Ambatheertha, Sringeri and then the coastal leg through Kollur and Udupi, with Belur and Shravanabelagola on either leg. The Urbania reaches everything on a normal itinerary including the roads larger vehicles cannot manage. Multi-day hire is billed on total kilometres and hours with a per-day minimum plus driver allowance. Share your day-wise itinerary and any fixed darshan timings and we quote the whole trip as one number.
October to May is the reliable window, with October to January the most pleasant. The Malnad monsoon between June and September is genuinely heavy. The main road to Horanadu stays open, but the estate roads deteriorate, the Charmadi ghat sees landslide closures and the Kudremukh trails shut. Groups travelling in those months should keep to the main temple route, and our force majeure terms cover a full refund if roads close.
Tejas Tours and Travels does not provide passenger insurance cover. Passengers are advised to arrange their own travel insurance if they wish to be covered. All vehicles carry valid insurance and full statutory compliance, and every driver is verified with a commercial licence and route experience, but personal passenger cover is not part of the booking. To book, call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773 or email info@tejastravels.com with your travel date, Bangalore pickup location, passenger count and day-wise itinerary. A written itemised quote follows within 2 hours; confirm it, pay the 20 percent advance, and you receive driver details, vehicle registration and the full billing breakdown in writing. Our urbania van booking online and WhatsApp enquiry lines are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
