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Kodachadri Peak and Sarvajna Peetha
Jeep from the base. Book the early one for sunrise.
Hidlumane Falls
A trek of a few hours. Your driver parks at the trail start and waits.
Kollur Mookambika Temple
Twenty minutes by car from Nittur. Parking close to the gate.
Nagara Fort
On the way in, about 25 km before the base. Ten minutes at the walls is enough.
Jog Falls
Via Sagar. A car can do Jog on the way back if you leave early.
Sakrebyle Elephant Camp
Near Shivamogga, morning only. Easy to add by car on the return.
Distance
400 km
From Bangalore
Time
About 7.5 hr
Via Tumakuru, Kadur and Hosanagara
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 Crysta
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹17,860 ₹21,543
+ ₹3143 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Hycross
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹23,098 ₹27,886
+ ₹4086 (Taxes & Charges)
Start
70 km
145 km
210 km
285 km
355 km
400 km
Pickup at home
For a Kodachadri trip the cab is at your door at 6 am. A car leaves the city faster than a van, so this start still reaches the base villages by mid afternoon, with time to settle in before the next morning's climb. Each toll is paid by FASTag as you pass and billed at actual. The driver takes Tumkur Road, NH48. Trekkers should keep shoes, a rain jacket and a torch in the car, not buried in the boot.
Breakfast
The cab stops for breakfast at Tumakuru, the city long known as Tumkur, about 70 km from home. Try the thatte idli, a big flat idli which local lore traces to Kyathsandra in this district; it is filling before a long drive. Trekkers in the car may already know Siddara Betta, a cave hill about 22 km away, from weekend climbs. Coconut and areca farms fill the land west of here. Twenty minutes, and the cab turns west for Tiptur.
Drive through
Tiptur, about 145 km out, is where coconut groves press close to both sides of the road, the heart of Kalpataru Nadu. The cab usually does not stop. At about 862 m the town is a little higher than Bangalore, and the drive stays on the plateau until Shivamogga. Chikmagalur and Kemmangundi trips turn off ahead via Arsikere and Kadur, but the Kodachadri road keeps straight on. A tender coconut break takes five minutes if anyone wants one.
Tea and fuel
A ten minute tea halt at Kadur also lets the driver fill fuel for the hill roads ahead. Kadur lies in dry rain shadow country, usually under 750 mm of rain a year, while Kodachadri sits in the Western Ghats with far heavier rain. Shivamogga is about 75 km on by Bhadravathi, and Shivamogga airport is about 76 km from Kadur, useful if one trekker flies in to join. Lunch is in about an hour and a half.
Lunch
Lunch is at Shivamogga, which most road signs called Shimoga until 2014, about 285 km out on the Tunga river. Malnad meals are the order, and the city shops sell appe midi, the tender mango pickle, if you want a jar for home. From here Kodachadri is about 78 km, by the Hosanagara road. Forty minutes is enough. Buy any trek snacks and water here, since the villages at the base have only small shops.
Tea
Hosanagara is the last taluk town before the base, a good ten minute tea stop. Small hotels make akki rotti and kadubu, the Malnad rice dishes. Humcha, the Jain pilgrim town, is in this same taluk, if anyone wants to add it on the return. Nagodi, one of the base villages for Kodachadri, is in Hosanagara taluk, about 15 km from the peak. From here the road narrows through forest, so the driver keeps it slow.
Base village
The cab reaches the Kodachadri base, about 7.5 hours of driving from Bangalore, and drops you at your stay in Nittur or Nagodi, the villages where treks begin. The full trek is about 20 to 22 km there and back. Tent camping and campfires on the hill have been banned since January 2015, so book a room at the base. Facilities are basic, with simple toilets. The driver parks at the base and waits for your plan.
Just four of you, or a family of six, heading to Kodachadri? Below are the Bangalore to Kodachadri Cab fares for each car, plus the road and the halts. A car with a driver is the easy way to do this long road. Tejas Tours & Travels has cab rental in Bangalore with sedans for small groups and Innova Crysta for seven.
Route | One way | Kodachadri and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Bangalore to Kodachadri via Tumakuru, Kadur and Hosanagara | About 400 km | About 800 km | About 7.5 hr with stops |
The cab is billed per km with a 300 km daily minimum. Kodachadri and back is about 800 km, usually three days, so it is billed as 900 km. Tolls, parking, the hill jeep and GST are extra. Every cab rate includes fuel, a driver and AC, and the daily driver allowance is billed on top. Booking a Bangalore to Kodachadri taxi works the same way.
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 | |
₹26 | ₹24,600 | ₹32,800 | ₹41,000 |
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.
Two to four people with small bags are fine in a Swift Dzire or Toyota Etios. Six, or four with trekking packs, need an Innova; the Innova Crysta or Innova Hycross rides better on ten hours of road. Eight or more? A 9 seater tempo traveller is cheaper.
Group of 8 to 12? The Bangalore to Kodachadri Urbania is more comfortable than two cars. A bigger trek group of 20? See the Bangalore to Kodachadri mini bus.
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
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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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5/5
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5/5
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6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Kodachadri is about 400 km from Bangalore by road, so about 800 km for the round trip. The cab goes up Tumkur Road to Tumakuru, west by Tiptur and Kadur to Shivamogga, then by Hosanagara to the base villages. Driving time is about 7.5 hours with breakfast and lunch, so a 6 am start reaches by mid afternoon.
For 900 billed km: Dzire ₹10,800, Etios ₹12,600, Innova ₹16,200, Innova Crysta ₹18,000. Driver allowance, tolls and GST extra.
No, outside cars stop at the base. The cab stops at the base and a local jeep takes you up.
Innova Crysta. Other cars and rates are on cab rental in Bangalore.
It is possible, but you will spend most of it driving. Two days are billed at 600 km and the trip is about 800 km, so the extra km is charged.
Yes. Jog via Sagar adds km to the trip. Ask when you book and we add it to the quote.
October to February. The trails are dry, the views from the top are clear and the air is cool. From June to September this part of the Western Ghats gets very heavy rain, the forest roads are slippery and the summit is often in cloud. March to May is warm and hazy but still open.
We avoid it. The last stretch after Hosanagara is narrow forest road, unlit and slow at night, and the driver needs rest before it. Leave at 6 am, reach the base by mid afternoon, rest, and start the climb next morning. You still see the morning from the top.
