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Sri Kateel Durgaparameshwari Temple
The heart of the trip. The kateel durgaparameshwari temple stands on a rock islet in the Nandini river, and the name Kateel is often explained as the land in the middle of the river. Local tradition says the goddess took the form of a swarm of bees to defeat the demon Arunasura, and that the Nandini itself was sent down to end a long drought. Annadana is served to devotees every day. Plan your visit around the puja schedule and check kateel temple timings before you travel, since hours change on festival days.
Sri Kateel Durgaparameshwari Temple
The heart of the trip. The kateel durgaparameshwari temple stands on a rock islet in the Nandini river, and the name Kateel is often explained as the land in the middle of the river. Local tradition says the goddess took the form of a swarm of bees to defeat the demon Arunasura, and that the Nandini itself was sent down to end a long drought. Annadana is served to devotees every day. Plan your visit around the puja schedule and check kateel temple timings before you travel, since hours change on festival days.
Kateel Yakshagana Mela
Kateel is one of the great centres of Yakshagana, the night-long dance drama of coastal Karnataka. The temple sponsors several touring troupes that perform as a devotional offering through the season, which generally runs from late autumn to early summer. Families often book a performance as a vow. Watching kateel yakshagana under the open sky, with the drums and the painted costumes, is the part of the trip most visitors remember. Ask your driver to plan the return for the next morning if you stay for a show.
Polali Sri Rajarajeshwari Temple
About 15 kilometres away near Kaikamba, this ancient temple is known for its very large clay idol of the goddess, one of the biggest of its kind in the country. The temple is also famous for Polali Chendu, a traditional ball game played during the annual festival. It is quiet, spacious and easy to combine with Kateel on the same morning.
Saavira Kambada Basadi, Moodbidri
Moodbidri, a short drive from Kateel, is called the Jain Kashi of the South for its cluster of historic basadis. The finest is the Saavira Kambada Basadi, the thousand-pillared temple built in the 15th century, where it is said no two pillars are carved alike. The stonework and the quiet town around it make this a strong half-day stop for anyone interested in architecture.
Sasihithlu Beach
Around 20 kilometres from Kateel, Sasihithlu is where the Nandini and Shambhavi rivers run into the Arabian Sea. The long, clean beach has hosted surfing events and still feels far less crowded than the city beaches. It is a good place to end a temple day, and the river mouth at low tide is worth the walk.
Pilikula Nisargadhama
At Vamanjoor, on the way between Kateel and Mangaluru, Pilikula is a large nature and culture park with a biological park, boating lake, science centre, planetarium and a heritage village showing a traditional Tulu Nadu Guthu house. It works well for families with children who need a break from temple visits.
Kudroli Gokarnanatheshwara Temple
In Mangaluru city, this temple was consecrated in 1912 with the blessings of Sree Narayana Guru and is known for its gold-toned gopuram and bright interiors. It is the centre of the Mangaluru Dasara celebrations, when the whole city lights up for the procession. Evening visits are the most atmospheric.
Kadri Manjunatha Temple
One of the oldest temples in Mangaluru, set at the foot of Kadri hills. Its bronze Lokeshwara idol is counted among the finest early bronzes in South India, and the temple has a series of natural water tanks fed by springs, along with small caves above. It is a calm, shaded stop.
Panambur Beach
Next to New Mangalore Port, Panambur is the city beach best suited to groups, with lifeguards, water sports in season and food stalls. The sunset here is easy to catch before heading back to your hotel in Mangaluru or Kateel.
Distance
360 Km
One way
Time
8 hrs
Via expressway
Starting from
₹ 14031
Plus GST
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12 Seater Tempo Traveller A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC12 Seats
₹11,674 ₹14,031
+ ₹2011 (Taxes & Charges)
8 Seater Tempo Traveller Executive A/C 1/1
LUXURYAC8 Seats
₹11,774 ₹14,131
+ ₹2011 (Taxes & Charges)
9 Seater Tempo Traveller Executive A/C 1/1
LUXURYAC9 Seats
₹11,774 ₹14,131
+ ₹2011 (Taxes & Charges)
10 Seater Tempo Traveller Executive A/C 1/1
LUXURYAC10 Seats
₹11,774 ₹14,131
+ ₹2011 (Taxes & Charges)
13 Seater Tempo Traveller Luxury A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC13 Seats
₹11,774 ₹14,131
+ ₹2011 (Taxes & Charges)
14 Seater Tempo Traveller Luxury A/C 2/1
NORMALAC14 Seats
₹12,473 ₹14,977
+ ₹2137 (Taxes & Charges)
15 Seater Tempo Traveller Luxury A/C 2/2
NORMALAC15 Seats
₹12,473 ₹14,977
+ ₹2137 (Taxes & Charges)
16 Seater Tempo Traveller A/C 2/2
LUXURYAC16 Seats
₹12,473 ₹14,977
+ ₹2137 (Taxes & Charges)
17 Seater Tempo Traveller A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC17 Seats
₹13,271 ₹15,923
+ ₹2263 (Taxes & Charges)
18 Seater Tempo Traveller A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC18 Seats
₹13,271 ₹15,923
+ ₹2263 (Taxes & Charges)
20 Seater Tempo Traveller A/C 2/2
NORMALAC20 Seats
₹13,660
+ ₹2333 (Taxes & Charges)
Where Your Journey Starts
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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.
Where the Mangaluru Highway Begins
The first leg crosses Yeshwanthpur and the Tumkur Road flyover, and leaving before 6:00 AM saves a lot of time here. At Nelamangala the NH75 branches west towards Hassan and the coast, while the Tumkur road continues north. Shivagange, the conical hill known as Dakshina Kashi, rises about 20 kilometres to the north and is visible on a clear morning. Most drivers take a quick tea stop just after the toll plaza. Elapsed time: about 45 minutes.
Adichunchanagiri — Temple Hill and Peacock Sanctuary
Bellur Cross is the turn for Adichunchanagiri, the hill monastery of the Sri Adichunchanagiri Mahasamsthana Math, with its Kalabhairaveshwara temple and a protected peacock sanctuary where birds are easy to spot in the early hours. The detour is short and many pilgrim families add it on the return leg. Several clean highway restaurants around Bellur Cross serve a good South Indian breakfast. Elapsed time: about 2 hours.
Gateway to Hoysala Heritage
The district capital takes its name from the goddess Hasanamba, whose temple opens to devotees only for a short period each year around Deepavali. Hassan is also the base for Belur and Halebidu, the finest Hoysala temples in Karnataka, both within about 40 kilometres. On a direct run, drivers use the Hassan bypass and keep moving. Elapsed time: about 3 hours 15 minutes.
Coffee and Cardamom Hills
The land rises and turns green as you enter the Malnad region. Coffee estates, pepper vines and misty slopes line the road. Just outside Sakleshpur stands Manjarabad Fort, a star-shaped fort built in the Tipu Sultan era, which gives wide views of the Western Ghats from its walls. This is the last good halt for a proper meal before the ghat. Elapsed time: about 4 hours.
Temple on a River Island
From B.C. Road, drivers usually skip the Mangaluru city centre and take the inner roads through Vamanjoor, Gurupura and Kaikamba, passing close to Mangaluru International Airport at Bajpe. The last few kilometres run through paddy fields and coconut groves until the temple appears beside the Nandini. Your driver will drop you close to the temple entrance or at your lodge. Elapsed time: about 7 hours 30 minutes to 8 hours.
Built for Bangalore IT, manufacturing and engineering teams heading to the coast for plant visits, dealer meets, offsites and annual team trips, and for companies arranging group travel to Mangaluru for conferences. It includes GST invoicing, a Proforma Invoice for PO-based approval, a named driver who stays with the team for the full trip, and consolidated monthly billing for registered accounts. The same corporate tempo traveller bangalore runs the Hassan, Sakleshpur, Mangaluru and Kateel legs without a handover, with duty slips signed daily and reconciled against the final invoice. Our corporate travels bangalore desk manages the arrangement end to end, including multiple tech park pickups on the morning of departure.
The most common booking on this corridor by a wide margin. It is usually a three or four day circuit — Kateel, Mangaluru, Udupi, Dharmasthala and Kukke Subramanya — built around temple timings rather than highway speed, with a driver who understands that a family will spend two hours inside a temple and needs the vehicle where they came out. Luggage capacity is the practical advantage: a 17 seater takes what three cars would struggle with, including the puja items, coconuts and offerings most groups carry. A tempo traveller for family trip bangalore booking on this route is quoted per kilometre with a daily minimum plus driver allowance, and we can plan the itinerary around Yakshagana evenings at Kateel if you ask.
For groups where cost per head decides the booking. Non-AC 9 to 14 seater tempo travellers, point to point, no frills, clean vehicle, verified driver. This suits college groups, bhajana mandalis, community trips and pilgrimage associations, and the coast is comfortable enough from November to February that air conditioning matters less than it would on an inland run. The tempo traveller per km rate in bangalore for the non-AC tier is our lowest, and across a 750 kilometre return trip the saving across a full group is substantial. The budget tier is about vehicle specification only — maintenance standards and driver vetting are identical across every category we operate.
Executive configuration with fewer, wider push-back seats, more legroom, better sound insulation and premium interiors. Across the ghat section the difference is real rather than cosmetic, because the constant curves are where seat quality and suspension are actually felt. This tier suits senior management travel, milestone family trips and any group that wants to stay together without giving up comfort. For a step further, our luxury urbania rental bangalore option in 13 to 17 seater configuration is the premium alternative on the same route, and the luxury tempo traveller bangalore tier sits just below it.
Our ac tempo traveller rental bangalore fleet covers 8 to 18 seater configurations in AC and non-AC. We operate the full range of group vehicles from the same Bangalore base, so if your headcount changes after booking we can usually move you up or down a category without restarting the process.
• Tempo traveller — 8 to 18 seater, AC and non-AC, the core vehicle for this route
• Mini bus — 12 to 24 seater, for groups that outgrow a tempo traveller
• Bus — 27 to 50 seater, including Volvo and Benz coaches for large movements
• 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 configuration with push-back seats, which is why we plan the Kateel run as a daytime drive with a hotel halt at Kateel, Mangaluru or Udupi rather than as an overnight journey. On a route with a ghat section, daylight driving is both more comfortable and considerably safer.
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
• Inter-state tax, where a trip extends beyond Karnataka
• Additional driver bata after 9:45 PM
• GST as applicable
• Final rental is calculated on total kilometres and hours from our garage to garage
One point in your favour on this route: Bangalore to Kateel stays entirely within Karnataka, so no inter-state permit or border tax applies. That only enters the picture if you extend the trip south into Kerala — Kasaragod, Bekal or Wayanad are common add-ons from Mangaluru — and we will show it as a separate line if you do.
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.
Every service below runs from both our Bangalore and Mysore bases, so a group can start a trip in one city and finish in the other without changing operators.
Our car 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, the tt vehicle fleet handles luxury tempo traveller bangalore requirements on both local and outstation work.
For larger groups, 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 corporate movements. The mini bus rental in bangalore service sits between the two, handling minibus rental and mini bus booking online enquiries for groups of twelve to twenty-four. The force urbania rent bangalore fleet covers urbania van rental and urbania on rent bangalore bookings for premium small-group travel.
On the corporate side, corporate cab service bangalore covers corporate car rental bangalore and corporate transport services for companies running managed travel programmes. Our employee transportation services bangalore division runs office cab service bangalore, staff transportation services and night shift cab service bangalore contracts across the 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 — the Shravanabelagola, Belur, Halebidu and coastal circuit is one of the most requested school excursions out of Bangalore. Airport requirements are handled by airport transfer bangalore, covering bangalore airport cab, kempegowda airport taxi and airport cab booking with live flight tracking.
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 — relevant on this route, since Kateel is one of the busiest wedding kshetras in coastal Karnataka and most families need guest transport from Mangaluru. 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 a tempo traveller 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, a hotel name or a tech park.
• Share your destination or full itinerary.
• Share your number of passengers.
• Share your preferred tempo traveller configuration: 9, 12, 14, 17 or 18 seater, AC or non-AC, standard or executive.
• For corporate bookings from Bangalore tech parks, share your GST number and preferred invoicing format.
• For Kateel, Udupi, Dharmasthala and Kukke Subramanya circuits, share the full day-wise itinerary so we can allocate a driver with Shiradi Ghat and coastal route experience.
• For Kempegowda airport pickups, share the flight number — the driver tracks live flight status and adjusts pickup timing for delayed flights automatically.
• Within 2 hours of your enquiry, Tejas Travels sends a written quote via WhatsApp or email.
• The quote itemises every charge:
• Tempo traveller hire rate — per kilometre or flat local package
• Driver allowance
• Applicable toll and parking estimates
• Inter-state tax and permit only where the trip crosses a state border — not applicable on the Bangalore to Kateel route unless you extend into Kerala
• GST
• No verbal-only pricing. Everything is in writing before you commit.
• For corporate clients requiring reimbursement, a Proforma Invoice is available at this stage for PO-based approval.
• If you want to compare two configurations, request both quotes 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 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
• For peak travel dates — Navaratri at Kateel, the Mesha Sankramana annual festival, New Year, Dasara, Diwali and long IT weekends — book well ahead.
• Your assigned Tejas Travels driver arrives at the confirmed Bangalore pickup point 15 minutes before scheduled departure.
• The tempo traveller 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, the ghat section and temple parking.
• 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 tempo traveller quote in 2 hours.
Tejas Travels accepts all major digital and traditional payment methods for both the advance 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 all advance deposits.
• Bank transfer — NEFT, IMPS and RTGS. For corporate clients and larger advances. 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 multi-day coastal circuits from Bangalore on 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. There are 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 vehicle 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 a substitute vehicle is offered.
• Multi-day outstation hire including Kateel, Udupi, Dharmasthala and Kukke Subramanya — minimum 7-day notice for a full refund on overnight or multi-day tempo traveller 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 — Navaratri, the Kateel annual festival, New Year, Dasara, Diwali 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, Shiradi Ghat landslides and road closures, traffic disruptions and monsoon route blocks attract a 100 percent refund within 2 working days regardless of notice period, or an alternative routing at no extra charge where the trip can still go ahead.
• 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 Shirdi
I had an excellent experience with Teja Travel. The vehicle was clean, comfortable, and very well maintained. The driver was polite, punctual, and knew the routes perfectly, which made our trip smooth and enjoyable. Their service was professional from start to finish, and the pricing was also very reasonable. I would definitely recommend them to anyone looking for reliable travel vehicle services. 👍
Chaitanya K
13/10/2025 Shirdi
5/5
Bangalore to Kerala
I am Anil Nair from Souparnika Holidays Kochin Kerala. I have 2 booking for my guests in December 2025. My guests are happy with this hotel. Thanks to the entire team One Toyota etios and one traveler booked. I think they arranged cab from out side but guest happy Second vehicle is 9 seat traveler. Driver Mr Viswantha and Lakshmi supported me for complete the 8 days package. Thanks Viswa & Lakshmi.
Anil Nair
6/9/2025 Kerala
5/5
Bangalore to Mysore
Thanks a ton to Shashikala ji for booking my tempo traveller. She has cooperated from very first day and guided us through out. Secondly i thank our tempo driver Mr. Manju who was very down to earth person and co-operated with us during our whole trip. His driving skills are perfect. I wish you good luck and thank you both from bottom of my heart !!!
Arpit Gupta
6/6/2026 Mysore
5/5
Bangalore to Ooty
We had a very good experience with the traveler we booked through Tejas travels. The vehicle was clean and comfortable, and our driver was polite, cooperative, and professional throughout the trip. The entire journey was smooth and hassle-free — everything went as planned without any delays or issues. Highly recommended for anyone looking for a reliable and comfortable travel experience!
Preetika Rattan
12/10/2025 Ooty
5/5
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The bangalore to kateel distance by road is approximately 375 kilometres, almost all of it on NH75 through Nelamangala, Kunigal, Channarayapatna, Hassan and Sakleshpur, down the Shiradi Ghat to Uppinangady and BC Road, then through Mangaluru and north to Kateel. That works out to 7 to 8 hours of driving, not counting halts. With a 5:00 AM departure and a proper breakfast stop at Yediyur, most groups reach Kateel by early afternoon with time for darshan the same day.
Pricing starts from around Rs 22 per kilometre for a 12 seater AC tempo traveller and varies with seating capacity, AC or non-AC configuration, and how many days the vehicle stays with you. The quoted fare includes base fare, fuel charges and driver allowance. Charged separately at actuals are toll and parking, inter-state tax where the trip crosses a state border, additional driver bata after 9:45 PM, and GST. The final rental is calculated on total kilometres and hours from our garage to garage, and every charge appears as a line item in the written quote you receive within 2 hours.
A 20 percent advance of the total fare confirms your booking and guarantees the specific tempo traveller variant 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.
No. The entire route from Bangalore to Kateel stays inside Karnataka, so there is no border crossing, no inter-state tax and no permit formality. Inter-state tax only enters the quote if you extend the itinerary south into Kerala for Kasaragod, Bekal or Wayanad, which several groups do from Mangaluru, and it is shown as a separate line if you do.
We do not recommend it. Three hundred and seventy-five kilometres each way with a ghat section makes a same-day return a sixteen-hour day in the vehicle for perhaps forty minutes of darshan. The sensible minimum is one night; two or three nights lets you add Mangaluru, Udupi, Dharmasthala and Kukke Subramanya without rushing any of them. Most of our bookings on this corridor are structured as three or four day circuits for exactly this reason.
The Kateel temple is open through the day rather than closing for a long afternoon break, which makes it easier to plan around than most coastal temples, and it stays open late on Navaratri and other major festival days. October to February is the most comfortable season on this coast. The annual festival begins around Mesha Sankramana in April with the flag hoisting, and Navaratri is the busiest period of the year. For an exact schedule on your travel date, check with the temple administration, and tell us at enquiry stage so we can time the arrival.
The ghat is driveable through most of the monsoon, but the Sakleshpur to Gundya stretch does see landslides and occasional closures in heavy rain, usually in July and August. Our drivers monitor conditions on the day of travel and take the Charmadi Ghat alternative through Mudigere, Ujire, Dharmasthala and Moodbidri when needed, which reaches Kateel on a similar distance and has the advantage of putting Dharmasthala directly on the route. If a closure makes the trip impossible altogether, our force majeure terms apply and the advance is refunded in full.
No. Tejas Tours and Travels does not operate sleeper bus services. All our vehicles are seated configuration with push-back seats. On this route we plan a daytime drive with a hotel halt at Kateel, Mangaluru or Udupi rather than continuous overnight driving through the ghat, which is both more comfortable and considerably safer.
Our fleet covers 8 to 18 seater configurations in AC and non-AC, including 9, 12, 14, 17 and 18 seater layouts, and a 17 seater tempo traveller bangalore is the most commonly booked size on this route. Below eight passengers, an Innova or Innova Crysta usually works out cheaper. Above eighteen we move you to a 12 to 24 seater mini bus, and above twenty-four to a 27 to 50 seater bus including Volvo and Benz coaches. Tell us your headcount and luggage volume at enquiry stage and we will recommend the right size.
Yes, and this is how most groups book it. The same vehicle and driver stay with you throughout, covering Kateel, Nellitheertha, Bappanadu and Sasihithlu, Polali, Mangaluru and its beaches, Moodbidri, Udupi, Dharmasthala and Kukke Subramanya. Multi-day bookings are billed on total kilometres and hours with a per-day minimum plus driver allowance. Share your day-wise itinerary when you enquire and we quote the whole circuit as one number rather than leg by leg.
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