Bangalore to Kollam Mini Bus Hire for Long Kerala Trips
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Ashtamudi Lake
The group gets down at the gate of Ashtamudi Lake; the mini bus waits at the lot. Keep 2 hours.
Thangassery Lighthouse
The group gets down at the gate of Thangassery Lighthouse; the mini bus waits at the lot. Plan 45 minutes.
Kollam Beach
The group gets down at the gate of Kollam Beach; the mini bus waits at the lot. Keep 1 hour.
Munroe Island
Drop at the gate of Munroe Island; the mini bus waits at the lot. Allow half a day.
Distance
685 km
From Bangalore
Time
About 15 hr
Via Salem, Coimbatore, Thrissur and Alappuzha
Starting from
₹ 48000
5 days, 1,500 km, 14 seater
14 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/1
NORMALAC14 Seats
₹50,070 ₹60,505
+ ₹8905 (Taxes & Charges)
15 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/1
NORMALAC15 Seats
₹50,070 ₹60,505
+ ₹8905 (Taxes & Charges)
16 Seater Mini bus A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC16 Seats
₹50,070 ₹60,505
+ ₹8905 (Taxes & Charges)
18 Seater Mini Bus A/C
NORMALAC18 Seats
₹53,080 ₹64,128
+ ₹9428 (Taxes & Charges)
19 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC19 Seats
₹53,080 ₹64,128
+ ₹9428 (Taxes & Charges)
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20 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC20 Seats
₹53,080 ₹64,128
+ ₹9428 (Taxes & Charges)
21 Seater Mini Bus A/C
NORMALAC21 Seats
₹53,080 ₹64,128
+ ₹9428 (Taxes & Charges)
22 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC22 Seats
₹55,990 ₹67,652
+ ₹9952 (Taxes & Charges)
25 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC25 Seats
₹55,990 ₹67,652
+ ₹9952 (Taxes & Charges)
12 Seater Mini Bus Executive A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC12 Seats
₹50,070 ₹60,505
+ ₹8905 (Taxes & Charges)
Mini Bus 13 Seater Executive A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC13 Seats
₹50,070 ₹60,505
+ ₹8905 (Taxes & Charges)
14 Seater Mini Bus Executive A/C 2/2
LUXURYAC14 Seats
₹50,070 ₹60,505
+ ₹8905 (Taxes & Charges)
18 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC18 Seats
₹61,810 ₹74,700
+ ₹11000 (Taxes & Charges)
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19 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC19 Seats
₹61,810 ₹74,700
+ ₹11000 (Taxes & Charges)
20 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC20 Seats
₹73,550 ₹88,895
+ ₹13095 (Taxes & Charges)
21 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
NORMALAC21 Seats
₹61,910 ₹74,800
+ ₹11000 (Taxes & Charges)
22 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/2
LUXURYAC22 Seats
₹70,640 ₹85,371
+ ₹12571 (Taxes & Charges)
24 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC24 Seats
₹70,640 ₹85,371
+ ₹12571 (Taxes & Charges)
Start
90 km
205 km
320 km
370 km
415 km
475 km
545 km
600 km
645 km
685 km
Group pickup
The Kollam mini bus collects everyone from one agreed place and pulls away at 5 am; the group sleeps at Thrissur and reaches the coast on day two. Choose a broad road for loading rather than Majestic, where police move buses on within a minute or two. Members living near Sarjapur should come early, as the Attibele side junction there has seven roads and no traffic police. Hosur, about 40 km along, is too soon for food, so the coffee halt is at Krishnagiri and breakfast at Salem.
Coffee
The mini bus rests fifteen minutes at Krishnagiri, 90 km out, in a hotel yard wide enough to turn. Coffee, toilets, then on. A slower return can take in the KRP dam on the Thenpennai, about 10 km off, or the Kattuveera Anjaneya temple that the district lists for visitors. Around Santhur, close by, about 150 nurseries sell mango saplings, if a member of the group gardens. Breakfast is at Salem.
Breakfast
The group sits down at 205 km for thirty minutes of breakfast at a Salem bypass restaurant that handles busloads every morning, so twenty plates of idli and pongal land together. Order a single thattu vadai set to taste, Salem's homegrown street snack. A temple to Murugan, the Kandhasamy shrine, lies about 22 km out on the Tiruchengode road, an option for a pilgrim group heading home. From this junction NH544 carries the bus west.
Drive on
Mile after mile of cotton mills surrounds Avinashi, which the mini bus passes at 320 km on the bypass linking Tiruppur and Coimbatore. Heavy lorries serve those mills, so the driver keeps to the slow lane and an even speed. Should anyone need to join or leave, Tiruppur's railway station is about 12 km away and Coimbatore's airport roughly 32 km. Lunch is planned about an hour ahead, on the Coimbatore bypass, so a light snack is enough now.
Lunch
Lunch for the group is 45 minutes at a Coimbatore bypass restaurant with a hall for the whole group, at 370 km. Meals come on a banana leaf, and one plate of kaalaan, fried mushroom in hot gravy, is worth trying. Coimbatore builds nearly half of India's motors and pumps, a working city more than a sightseeing one. The bypass runs 28 km round it. After lunch, Kerala is about 30 km ahead.
Border
The bus stops about fifteen minutes at Walayar while the driver clears Kerala's motor vehicle post with the permit and tax receipt. Several departments run check posts here, and the tax for out of state tourist vehicles has changed a few times, so our office confirms it before the trip. The group stays seated. Palakkad follows at about 415 km; Palakkad Junction station at Olavakkode serves anyone leaving by train.
Overnight
The group spends the night at Thrissur, 475 km out, and the driver rests. The mini bus parks at the hotel. Evening snacks here are parippu vada with strong black tea, and payasam for the sweet. Peechi dam, about 22 km outside the city beside a wildlife sanctuary, suits a morning on the return. March to May is hot and humid in Thrissur, so ask for AC rooms. Day two is about 210 km.
Tea
On day two the group takes a twenty minute tea break near the Kochi bypass, 545 km out. The bus avoids Ernakulam, whose commercial streets are packed by mid morning. Kochi has shipped spices since ancient times, and small packs of pepper or green cardamom make easy, light gifts. After tea the coastal highway, NH66, leads south, and Alappuzha, the lunch stop, is roughly 55 km away, a little over an hour for a full mini bus.
Lunch
Lunch lasts an hour at Alappuzha, 600 km along, in a restaurant with a yard for the bus. Order karimeen fried in banana leaf for the table, and fish curry soured with kudampuli, the coast's black tamarind. Buy a few coir mats; Alappuzha is Kerala's coir town. Around Onam the Nehru Trophy race brings snake boats longer than 100 ft onto Punnamada lake, and the town's roads choke. About 85 km remain to Kollam.
Drive on
At 645 km, roughly 45 km south of Alappuzha on NH66, the bus passes Kayamkulam without stopping. On the fourth Saturday of August the town runs its own boat race, and the highway slows for hours. The state bus station stands beside the highway if anyone must head off early. Kollam is roughly 40 km ahead, under an hour, so the coordinator should phone the hotel now and share the arrival time.
Hotel drop
The mini bus reaches Kollam after about 15 hours of driving over two days and drops the group at the hotel; where a lane is narrow, the bus stops on the main road. Kollam's trades are cashew, coir, fishing and boat building, and roasted cashews are the thing to buy. For dinner, kingfish fried in a plantain leaf and vettu kekku, a crisp sweet, are local favourites. Varkala, about 30 km south, makes an easy beach day.
Is a school, office or temple group of 14 to 25 going all the way to Kollam? One Bangalore to Kollam mini bus costs less per head than two vans over 685 km. Tejas Tours & Travels has run mini bus on rent in Bangalore since 2009.
Route | One way | Kollam and back | Time by mini bus |
|---|---|---|---|
Bangalore to Kollam via Salem, Coimbatore, Thrissur and Alappuzha | About 685 km | About 1,370 km | About 15 hr with stops |
The mini bus run to Kollam and back is close to 1,370 km, so the bill comes to 5 days, 1,500 km. On the Kollam run, the km rate includes diesel and the driver; driver allowance ₹600 to ₹800 a day. GST, tolls and parking as charged. One way adds ₹2 a km. Both AC and non-AC mini buses are available; the rate depends on which you pick.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 5 days, 1,500 km | 6 days, 1,800 km | 7 days, 2,100 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹32 | ₹51,000 | ₹61,200 | ₹71,400 | |
₹32 | ₹51,000 | ₹61,200 | ₹71,400 | |
₹34 | ₹54,500 | ₹65,400 | ₹76,300 | |
₹34 | ₹54,500 | ₹65,400 | ₹76,300 | |
₹34 | ₹54,500 | ₹65,400 | ₹76,300 | |
₹36 | ₹57,500 | ₹69,000 | ₹80,500 | |
₹46 | ₹73,000 | ₹87,600 | ₹102,200 | |
₹36 | ₹57,500 | ₹69,000 | ₹80,500 |
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, 6 days in the 25 Seater Mini Bus is about ₹2,760 a person.
A group of twenty for Kollam? The 20 seater mini bus. One more, the 21 seater mini bus. 23 to 25 with luggage for 685 km: 25 seater mini bus.
More than 25? The Bangalore to Kollam bus. A smaller family? The Bangalore to Kollam tempo traveller. Want Kochi too? Our Bangalore to Kochi mini bus page has that run.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
Travelled to Bangalore
I would like to thank Shashikala for helping me in booking our 21 seater mini bus She was with me coordinating and reassuring right from day 0 till the last minute I completely recommend Tejas Tours & Travels 21 seater executive mini bus was in excellent condition Driver Somanna was a professional driver, accommodating and kind hearted Thank you so much for making our trip a memorable one
Shubha Ranganath
21/04/2026 Bangalore
5/5
Bangalore to Coimbatore
Amazing experience with tejas tours and travels . Ranjini is very cooperative and guidance us in booking bus and connected with us in whole trip. Driver kartik is very cooperative . We plan for 6 days tour banglore mysore ooty coimbatore . Mini bus is good in condition and clean bus . Good experience . We all are happy 😊
Piyush bhoya
6/11/2025 mysore ooty coimbatore
5/5
Bangalore to Chikmagalur
Excellent service from Tejas travel, we had booked 25 seater mini bus for two days to visit Chikmagalur from Bangalore with family and kids, vehicle was good, neat and clean, driver Sandeep was excellent person with soft spoken and good attitude, we enjoyed the trip, Mr. Imran provided timely help and made our booking and vehicle arrangements easy and comfortable. Thanks Tejas Travels, Imran and Sandeep. Looking forward to utilize Tejas travel service again.
Mr Mohammed
6/11/2023 Chikmagalur
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
Very well maintained vehicles, polite and cooperative staff, excellent service, worth recommending. We used their mini bus for 8 days. Our driver Nutan and our point of contact Laxmi were super supportive.
Abhas Patel
3/4/2024 Bangalore
5/5
About 685 km one way through Krishnagiri, Salem, Coimbatore, Palakkad, Thrissur, Kochi and Alappuzha, so about 1,370 km for the round trip. A mini bus takes about 15 hours of driving, split by a night at Thrissur. The road is NH44, NH544 and NH66 down the coast.
A 20 seater mini bus: 1,500 km over 5 days at ₹34/km, which makes ₹51,000. ₹3,500 for the driver on top; tolls, permits and GST at actual.
Yes. We add ₹2 a km and count the run back to Bangalore; the fare comes in writing before you pay.
The 20 or 21 seater. Compare them on mini bus on rent in Bangalore.
At Thrissur, about 475 km out. Day two is about 210 km by Kochi and Alappuzha, so you reach Kollam by lunch.
Yes. Munroe Island is a short drive from Kollam, and canoe rides run in the morning. Add half a day.
March to May is hot and humid on the Kerala coast, and Salem is hottest in April. The mini bus is air conditioned, but long halts in the sun tire a group. In those months we start at 5 am, keep the afternoon halts short and ask hotels for AC rooms. December to February is cooler and drier.
One medium suitcase and a day bag per person fit in the rear space and under the seats. A full 25 seater with large suitcases may need a roof carrier, so tell us the bag count at booking. Keep overnight things for Thrissur in a small bag, so the main luggage stays packed until Kollam.
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