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Z Point
The car drops you at the trail start. Keep about 2 hours for the walk there and back.
Shanti Falls
On the way to Z Point. Ten minutes for photos.
Hebbe Falls
Cars cannot go on the falls track. Book a local jeep from the top.
Kalhatti Falls
Stop on the way up, near the temple steps. Twenty minutes is enough.
Raj Bhavan Garden
Close to the parking. An easy evening walk for parents and children.
Distance
250 km
From Bangalore
Time
About 4.5 hr
Via Tumkur, Arsikere and Kadur
Starting from
₹ 7200
2 days, 600 km, Dzire
Maruti Swift Dzire
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹7,334 ₹8,807
+ ₹1257 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Etios
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹8,498 ₹10,217
+ ₹1467 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova
LUXURYAC6 Seats
₹10,876 ₹13,086
+ ₹1886 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Crysta
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹12,040 ₹14,495
+ ₹2095 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Hycross
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹15,532 ₹18,724
+ ₹2724 (Taxes & Charges)
Start
70 km
140 km
170 km
210 km
250 km
Pickup at your door
Kemmangundi is close enough, roughly 250 km, that the car can collect you at 6 am without hurrying. Your driver heads out on Tumkur Road, which carries the NH48 number, rides the Peenya elevated stretch and clears the Nelamangala plaza before the weekend rush. Unlike the Hassan side trips, this run keeps to NH48 up to Tumakuru and then swings west through farm country. Pack a sweater, since the hilltop air is much colder than the city. Your first halt, for breakfast, comes after about an hour and a half.
Breakfast
Breakfast happens in Tumkur, the city renamed Tumakuru in 2014, some 70 km from home. Order thatte idli; locals say the big plate shaped idli first came from Kyathsandra, a village of this district. Four people eat and wash up within a quarter of an hour. For future weekends, the Siddaganga Matha sits about 5 km out and Devarayanadurga, a wooded hill with Narasimha shrines, about 15 km. After the meal the car leaves NH48 and takes the road west.
Tea
Rows of coconut palms announce Tiptur, around 140 km into the drive. Locals call this belt Kalpataru Nadu, and the town's market sells copra by auction every Wednesday and Saturday, with dried coconut leaving here for the whole country. Instead of tea, grab a tender coconut from a roadside cart. The town stands at roughly 862 m, so it is not much cooler than Bangalore yet. After about 27 more kilometres comes Arsikere, still on flat farmland.
Temple halt
Arsikere, about 170 km out, has a Hoysala gem right in town, the Ishvara temple of 1220 AD, which faces east and takes 20 minutes to see. The Malekallu Tirupati hill temple is about 3 km away, but its roughly 1,300 steps need a separate morning. The town sits at about 806 to 812 m. A car finds parking near the temple easily. Kadur is about 38 km on, the last town before the hill road.
Last town
Kadur, about 210 km from home, is where you buy snacks and the driver fills fuel, because nothing much follows. Rain here rarely tops 750 mm in a year, since the town sits east of the Malnad hills in their rain shadow, and areca and coconut farms surround it. Its railway junction lies 7 km from Birur. Roughly 40 km remain to Kemmangundi, and the final 17 km above Lingadahalli wind tightly up the slope, so the car slows right down.
Hill top arrival
You reach Kemmangundi after roughly 250 km, about four and a half hours by car including the stops. The hill station lies near 1,434 m, with the summit above touching about 1,863 m, so nights get chilly. Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV used it as his summer retreat and later handed it to the state. Rooms are scarce, mainly the Raj Bhavan guest house set inside the garden, so book well before you travel. Chikkamagaluru, about 53 km off, has the nearest big shops.
Need a Bangalore to Kemmangundi cab for four of you, or a family of six? A cab is quicker on the ghat and stops wherever you like. Book cab rental in Bangalore with Tejas Tours & Travels: a sedan for four, an Innova or Crysta for six or seven.
Route | One way | Kemmangundi and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Bangalore to Kemmangundi via Tumkur, Arsikere and Kadur | About 250 km | About 500 km | About 4.5 hr with stops |
At about 250 km each way, the hill comes to 600 km over two days. Short runs on the hill fall inside that. If you add Chikmagalur on the way back, the extra km are added. Tolls, parking and GST are extra. A car's km rate pays for fuel, the driver and AC; driver allowance is extra each day.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 2 days, 600 km | 3 days, 900 km | 4 days, 1,200 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹12 | ₹7,900 | ₹11,850 | ₹15,800 | |
₹14 | ₹9,100 | ₹13,650 | ₹18,200 | |
₹18 | ₹11,600 | ₹17,400 | ₹23,200 | |
₹20 | ₹12,800 | ₹19,200 | ₹25,600 | |
₹26 | ₹16,400 | ₹24,600 | ₹32,800 |
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, 3 days in the Toyota Innova Crysta is about ₹2,740 a person.
Four people with light bags: Dzire or Toyota Etios. A family of six with luggage: Innova Crysta or Innova Hycross, or the Innova. For long days on the Kemmangundi road, the Crysta seats are the most comfortable.
Eight or more of you? The Bangalore to Kemmangundi tempo traveller is better value than two cars.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
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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
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6/3/2026 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
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6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
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Jai Kumar
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
About 250 km one way, by Tumkur, Tiptur, Arsikere and Kadur, so about 500 km for the round trip. A cab takes about 4.5 hours with breakfast and short halts. The last 17 km from Lingadahalli are a narrow ghat, so the driver keeps a slow pace.
For two days, 600 km: Dzire ₹7,200, Etios ₹8,400, Innova ₹10,800, Innova Crysta ₹12,000. Driver allowance, tolls and GST are extra.
Yes. Go up via Kadur and come back through Chikmagalur. The extra km are added at the same rate.
An Innova or Innova Crysta. All cars are on cab rental in Bangalore.
No, only jeeps go there. The driver waits at Kemmangundi.
Yes, for four people with light bags. With more luggage, take an Innova.
October to February brings clear views and cool days, the best time for the hill. The monsoon months make the ghat from Lingadahalli wet and misty, though the falls are full. Summer is pleasant on the hill, while the plains around Kadur are hot. Weekends from October to January are busy, so book rooms early.
Yes. The drive is about four and a half hours with halts at Tumkur and Tiptur, and the car can stop whenever a child needs a break. Carry warm clothes, as the hill is far colder than Bangalore after sunset. The last 17 km has bends, so feed toddlers lightly before Lingadahalli and keep a sick bag handy.
