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Kaup Beach and Lighthouse
The car parks near the beach. Keep an hour and stay for the sunset.
Hosa Marigudi Temple
Ten minutes from the beach. Quick visit.
Padubidri Blue Flag Beach
Stop on the way back south.
Udupi Sri Krishna Matha
The cab drops close to the temple street.
Malpe Beach
Twenty minutes north. Boat to St. Mary's Island goes from here.
Distance
390 km
From Bangalore
Time
About 7 hr
Via Kunigal, Sakleshpur and Mangalore
Starting from
₹ 10800
3 days, 900 km, Dzire
Maruti Swift Dzire
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹10,826 ₹13,036
+ ₹1886 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Etios
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹12,572 ₹15,150
+ ₹2200 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova
LUXURYAC6 Seats
₹16,114 ₹19,429
+ ₹2829 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹16,114 ₹19,429
+ ₹2829 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Crysta
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹17,860 ₹21,543
+ ₹3143 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Hycross
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹23,098 ₹27,886
+ ₹4086 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Commuter
LUXURYAC10 Seats
₹59,300
+ ₹10530 (Taxes & Charges)
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Toyota Corolla Altis
LUXURYAC4 Seats
₹18,300
+ ₹3240 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Camry
LUXURYAC4 Seats
₹45,500
+ ₹8100 (Taxes & Charges)
Audi A6
LUXURYAC4 Seats
₹63,600
+ ₹11340 (Taxes & Charges)
Audi Q7
LUXURYAC4 Seats
₹1,44,800
+ ₹25920 (Taxes & Charges)
BMW 5 Series
LUXURYAC4 Seats
₹63,600
+ ₹11340 (Taxes & Charges)
BMW 7 Series
LUXURYAC4 Seats
₹1,35,800
+ ₹24300 (Taxes & Charges)
Mercedes-Benz S-Class
LUXURYAC4 Seats
₹1,44,800
+ ₹25920 (Taxes & Charges)
Mercedes-Benz E-Class
LUXURYAC4 Seats
₹1,26,600
+ ₹22680 (Taxes & Charges)
Rolls-Royce Ghost
LUXURYAC4 Seats
₹5,41,000
+ ₹97200 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Fortuner
LUXURYAC5 Seats
₹45,500
+ ₹8100 (Taxes & Charges)
Start
70 km
145 km
185 km
225 km
290 km
350 km
390 km
Pickup at your door
Kaup is a beach town on the coast road between Mangalore and Udupi, close to 390 km from Bangalore, so the cab collects you at 6 am. Allow about seven hours with breakfast and lunch. Couples and small families usually stay two or three nights and see Udupi and Malpe too. Pack light cotton, a hat and sunscreen for the coast, plus one warm layer for the morning hills. A sedan carries four with a suitcase each.
Breakfast
The cab stops for breakfast at Kunigal, where highway hotels open early and serve idli, vada and masala dosa with filter coffee. Twenty minutes is enough for four. On the hills around, the temple of Bettada Ranganathaswamy sits in a patch of forest about 5 km from town, but the beach is the goal today. After breakfast the cab heads west on NH75, and the next halt is in the hill country beyond Hassan.
Drive on
The cab runs straight through Channarayapatna, where coconut palms and cane fields line the road. Shravanabelagola's hill statue is only 12 km off the highway here, a pleasant detour for the drive home if you start early and climb before the midday closing. On the way out the cab keeps moving, because the coast is still about 245 km away. Hassan, the next large town, is about 40 km on.
Through Hassan
Hassan comes up at about 185 km, and the cab stays on the highway through town. If anyone wants a quick snack, kadubu with coconut chutney is the Malnad choice. The driver may top up fuel here, as this is the last big city before the hills and the ghat. Mangalore lies about 171 km further down this road, and Kaup about 40 km beyond Mangalore, so the day is not even half done.
Tea before the ghat
Sakleshpur is the tea stop before the Shiradi ghat. Just outside the town, beside the highway, Tipu Sultan's star shaped Manjarabad fort of 1792 looks down the valley, and a cab can stop for a quick look. Use the restroom here; the ghat that follows winds for a long stretch with few safe places to pull in. Coffee and cardamom grown on the estates nearby make a good buy for home.
Lunch by the rivers
Below the ghat, lunch is at Uppinangady, where the Kumaradhara joins the Netravati, about 290 km out. This is where coast food starts, with neer dosa, goli baje and Mangalore buns, or a full rice meal for those who are hungry after the bends. Thirty minutes is enough for a family of four. From here Mangalore is roughly 60 km, and Kaup about 100 km, so the cab reaches the beach by late afternoon, in time to watch the sun go down over the sea.
Across the city
The cab crosses the Netravati bridge into Mangalore at about 350 km and joins NH66, the coast highway that runs north to Udupi and Karwar. City traffic can be slow at this hour, so the driver keeps to the main road and avoids the narrow lanes. If you want to buy cashew, the city's famous product, tell the driver and he stops near a shop. Kaup is about 40 km north, roughly an hour away along the coast.
Beach town drop
The cab reaches Kaup in about seven hours with halts and drops you at your resort or homestay. Kaup sits on NH66, about 13 km south of Udupi, so the Krishna Matha and its free meals are a short drive away. The old Kapu fort, built in 1743 by Basappa Nayaka of Keladi and later used by Tipu Sultan, stands in town. Dinner can be neer dosa with fish curry and rice at a local hotel.
Going to Kaup with your family or two friends? Here is how a Bangalore to Kaup Cab trip goes, with stops, timing and car rates. A cab is enough for four, an Innova for seven. You stop where you like and the driver handles the ghat. Book cab rental in Bangalore with Tejas Tours & Travels.
Route | One way | Kaup and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Bangalore to Kaup via Kunigal, Sakleshpur and Mangalore | About 390 km | About 780 km | About 7 hr with stops |
Kaup is about 390 km away, so a round trip is about 780 km. With our 300 km per day minimum the bill is for 3 days and 900 km. Udupi, Malpe and Padubidri fit inside that. Tolls, parking and GST are extra. One way drop: ₹2 per km more. A car's km rate pays for fuel, the driver and AC; driver allowance is extra each day.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 3 days, 900 km | 4 days, 1,200 km | 5 days, 1,500 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹12 | ₹11,850 | ₹15,800 | ₹19,750 | |
₹14 | ₹13,650 | ₹18,200 | ₹22,750 | |
₹18 | ₹17,400 | ₹23,200 | ₹29,000 | |
₹20 | ₹19,200 | ₹25,600 | ₹32,000 |
Totals are the km fare plus the day driver allowance. Extra: night driver allowance (₹350 to ₹400 a night, by size), tolls, parking and GST. Shared by 7, 4 days in the Toyota Innova Crysta is about ₹3,660 a person.
Up to 4 people: Swift Dzire or Toyota Etios. 5 to 7, or four with big bags: Innova or Innova Crysta. For a 9 hour drive, the Crysta is more comfortable.
Eight or more people? The Bangalore to Kaup tempo traveller costs less than two cars. Elders in the group? See the Bangalore to Kaup Urbania.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
Travelled to Bangalore
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rahul
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
Very good and clean vehicle provided for family trip for two days. Driver was professional and polite. Excellent service
Mas S
6/3/2026 Bangalore
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
Travelled to Bangalore
Booked cab 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
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Kaup is about 390 km from Bangalore, close to 780 km for the round trip. The cab takes NH75 through Hassan and Sakleshpur, down the Shiradi ghat to Uppinangady and Mangalore, and then the coast highway north for the last 40 km. Allow about 7 hours each way with breakfast and lunch.
For 3 days and 900 km: Dzire ₹10,800, Etios ₹12,600, Innova ₹16,200, Innova Crysta ₹18,000. Driver allowance, tolls and GST extra.
Yes. One way is ₹2 a km more. Ask for a written quote with your date.
Innova Crysta. All cars are on cab rental in Bangalore.
Yes. Both are within 20 km of Kaup and fit inside the 900 km.
Yes. Then the return leg is billed as one way. Give us the flight time and we plan the last day around it.
It is very wet. Udupi, 13 km away, gets over 4,000 mm of rain a year, almost all from June to September. The sea is rough and beach walks get rained out, and the Shiradi ghat has had closures in some years. December to February is dry and pleasant on the coast.
A cab can use the Shiradi ghat at night; one past order allowed cars and buses there between 6 pm and 6 am while stopping heavy goods vehicles. But mist and rain make the bends harder in the dark, and the drive is long. We prefer a 6 am start so the ghat is crossed in daylight.
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