
Bangalore to Hubli Dharwad Mini Bus for 14 to 25 People
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Distance
405 km
From Bangalore
Time
About 9 hr
Via Chitradurga, Davangere and Haveri
Starting from
₹ 28800
3 days, 900 km, 14 seater
14 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/1
NORMALAC14 Seats
₹30,282 ₹36,543
+ ₹5343 (Taxes & Charges)

15 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/1
NORMALAC15 Seats
₹30,282 ₹36,543
+ ₹5343 (Taxes & Charges)
16 Seater Mini bus A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC16 Seats
₹30,282 ₹36,543
+ ₹5343 (Taxes & Charges)

18 Seater Mini Bus A/C
NORMALAC18 Seats
₹32,128 ₹38,757
+ ₹5657 (Taxes & Charges)

19 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC19 Seats
₹32,128 ₹38,757
+ ₹5657 (Taxes & Charges)
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20 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC20 Seats
₹32,128 ₹38,757
+ ₹5657 (Taxes & Charges)

21 Seater Mini Bus A/C
NORMALAC21 Seats
₹32,128 ₹38,757
+ ₹5657 (Taxes & Charges)

22 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC22 Seats
₹33,874 ₹40,871
+ ₹5971 (Taxes & Charges)

25 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC25 Seats
₹33,874 ₹40,871
+ ₹5971 (Taxes & Charges)

12 Seater Mini Bus Executive A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC12 Seats
₹30,282 ₹36,543
+ ₹5343 (Taxes & Charges)

Mini Bus 13 Seater Executive A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC13 Seats
₹30,282 ₹36,543
+ ₹5343 (Taxes & Charges)

14 Seater Mini Bus Executive A/C 2/2
LUXURYAC14 Seats
₹30,282 ₹36,543
+ ₹5343 (Taxes & Charges)

18 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC18 Seats
₹37,366 ₹45,100
+ ₹6600 (Taxes & Charges)
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19 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC19 Seats
₹37,366 ₹45,100
+ ₹6600 (Taxes & Charges)

20 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC20 Seats
₹44,450 ₹53,657
+ ₹7857 (Taxes & Charges)

21 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
NORMALAC21 Seats
₹37,466 ₹45,200
+ ₹6600 (Taxes & Charges)

22 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/2
LUXURYAC22 Seats
₹42,704 ₹51,543
+ ₹7543 (Taxes & Charges)

24 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC24 Seats
₹42,704 ₹51,543
+ ₹7543 (Taxes & Charges)
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One pickup point
Twenty people board fastest from one place, two at most, since every extra pickup in city traffic eats into the morning. A school gate, office car park or temple hall with room for a mini bus is ideal. We leave at 5:30 am. The usual exit is the Peenya flyover on Tumkur Road, but the authorities have closed it fully at short notice before, in April and May 2025, so the driver checks the evening before. Each person keeps water and one small bag at the seat.

Group breakfast
The group reaches Tumakuru after 70 km and sits down for breakfast. Plate idli, the flat thatte idli of this district, can be served to twenty in a single round if the driver rings the hotel from Nelamangala. Allow 35 minutes and name one return time. Teachers with a nature club might note Kaggaladu, about 10 km from Sira further up this road, where painted storks nest from February to August. Many signs here still read Tumkur, and the town is on the rail line to Hubballi.

Tea and head count
Two hundred km from home, the group pauses at Chitradurga for tea, washrooms and a head count before the long run north. A school group with time on the return will find the fort a living lesson: stones once used to grind gunpowder, granaries, oil tanks, a wrestlers' gymnasium and a swing frame about 40 ft tall. The mini bus parks by Gate 3, where ASI keeps toilets and water. Good shoes and water bottles are a must. Davangere is 65 km on.

Lunch
Lunch is at Davangere, about 265 km out. Benne dose, a dosa with butter in the batter and more on top, comes with coconut chutney, and a hotel used to groups turns out plates for twenty quickly. Rice meals are there for those who want them. Keep 50 minutes, including the restroom queue. Davangere was a cotton mill town, once called the Manchester of Karnataka, and its markets still sell textiles. Santhebennur, with its well known stepped tank, the Pushkarani, is in the same district but off our road.

Drive through
The mini bus drives through Ranebennur, about 300 km out, because a halt so soon after lunch costs ten minutes just getting everyone back in. The town lies close to the geographical centre of Karnataka and trades in cotton yarn, chilli and betel leaf. Its blackbuck sanctuary is home to blackbuck and wolves, worth a separate morning for a nature club. Byadgi, with Asia's biggest dry chilli market, is in the same district on the side roads. Haveri is about 30 km ahead.

Tea halt
Haveri, about 330 km out, is the afternoon tea halt, with a head count before the last stretch. The Byadgi dry chilli market in this district has run since 1948 and is often called the largest in Asia, so chilli powder is the thing to buy for the kitchen at home. Temple groups sometimes add the Galageshwara temple at Galaganath, about 30 km from Haveri, on a separate day. The name Haveri is said to come from haavu and keri, place of snakes. The last 80 km to Hubli run past Shiggaon.

Venue drop
The mini bus reaches Hubli Dharwad late in the afternoon. The two cities have shared one corporation since 1962, and Dharwad is called the cultural capital of Karnataka, home to Hindustani music, so many school and college groups stay on that side. Send the hotel or hostel address in advance so the driver can check the gate and parking for a full mini bus. Dinner for the group is simple north Karnataka food, and boxes of Dharwad pedha are what most people carry home. The driver rests nearby and the mini bus is ready for the next day.
Taking a school, office or temple group by Bangalore to Hubli Dharwad mini bus? One mini bus keeps the group together, and we plan halts that work for twenty. We have run mini bus on rent in Bangalore since 2009. The official names are Hubballi and Dharwad.
Route | One way | Hubli Dharwad and back | Time by mini bus |
|---|---|---|---|
Bangalore to Hubli Dharwad via Chitradurga, Davangere and Haveri | About 410 km | About 820 km | About 9 hr with stops |
We price the mini bus for 3 days, 900 km. Up and back on the road is roughly 820 km. About 80 km is left for local runs. The rate includes fuel and the driver. Add driver allowance of ₹600 to ₹800 a day by size, and tolls, parking, permits and GST at actual. AC and non-AC mini buses are both available. One way runs ₹2 a km higher, on request.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 3 days, 900 km | 4 days, 1,200 km | 5 days, 1,500 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹32 | ₹30,600 | ₹40,800 | ₹51,000 | |
₹32 | ₹30,600 | ₹40,800 | ₹51,000 | |
₹34 | ₹32,700 | ₹43,600 | ₹54,500 | |
₹34 | ₹32,700 | ₹43,600 | ₹54,500 | |
₹34 | ₹32,700 | ₹43,600 | ₹54,500 | |
₹36 | ₹34,500 | ₹46,000 | ₹57,500 | |
₹46 | ₹43,800 | ₹58,400 | ₹73,000 | |
₹36 | ₹34,500 | ₹46,000 | ₹57,500 |
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, 4 days in the 25 Seater Mini Bus is about ₹1,840 a person.
For a group of twenty, the 20 seater mini bus. Twenty one with a teacher or guide: 21 seater mini bus. Up to 25 with bags: 25 seater mini bus. School trip? Keep one seat free for the teacher's bags.
More than 25 people? Book the Bangalore to Hubli Dharwad bus. A family of twelve? The Bangalore to Hubli Dharwad tempo traveller costs less.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
Hubli Dharwad is about 410 km from Bangalore, all of it on NH48 through Tumakuru, Chitradurga, Davangere and Haveri, and the round trip is about 820 km. A mini bus needs about 9 hours with a breakfast halt, lunch at Davangere and two tea stops, so a group reaches by late afternoon.
Not in it. Tolls, parking and permits are paid at actual, and GST is added. Fuel and driver are in the km rate.
Yes. One way runs ₹2 a km higher than the return rate. Ask for the one way fare with your date.
The 20 seater: ₹34/km, so 900 km over 3 days comes to ₹30,600, plus ₹700 a day allowance. Every size is on mini bus on rent in Bangalore.
Yes, a night allowance for the driver when the mini bus runs late at night. It is written in the quote.
Leave by 5:30 am. With halts at Tumakuru and on the way, the mini bus reaches around 4:00 pm. Hubli and Dharwad are about 20 km apart, so plan the day around it.
March to May is the hot season on this road, and around Hiriyur March and April are the hottest months. The mini bus has AC, but halts in the open are tiring, so carry water and caps and keep any fort climb at Chitradurga for early morning. Late October to early February is mild and nearly dry at Hubli Dharwad, the easiest time for school groups.
One medium bag each plus a small hand bag works well for a 3 day trip. The big bags go in the luggage space at the back, and the hand bags stay under the seats with water and snacks. If the group carries sound equipment, books or sports kits, tell us early, because a larger size leaves spare seats for them and nothing has to sit in the aisle.