
Bangalore to Kollur Mookambika Minibus Rental — 12 to 24 Seater Mini Bus for Temple Group Travel
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Mookambika Temple and the Souparnika
The temple stands in the town with the Souparnika running below it and Kodachadri behind. The sanctum holds a swayambhu linga divided by a golden line taken to represent Shiva and Shakti together, with the image of Mookambika behind it - worshipped as Saraswati in the morning hours and as Lakshmi and Durga at others. Pilgrims bathe in the river before darshan. Visit early; the temple keeps a midday break and the morning worship is when it is at its best. Dress conventions apply and the queue moves efficiently outside festival periods.
Distance
440 Km
One way
Time
10 hrs
Via expressway
Starting from
₹ 28760
Plus GST
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About the Bangalore-Kollur Mookambika Temple route
Bangalore
Where Your Journey Starts
Arsikere
175 Km
Shivamogga
320 Km
Hosanagara
400 Km
Kollur
440 Km

Bangalore
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.

Arsikere
Coconut Junction of Karnataka
The route leaves Bangalore northwest and branches at Nelamangala, which is the only stretch that depends on timing rather than road - our drivers aim to be past it before 6:30 AM on a nine-hour day. Tumakuru is coconut country and the Siddaganga Math sits on the edge of it. Tiptur, sixty kilometres on, is the copra capital of India with a GI tag and a market that sets national prices, and the plantations run unbroken either side of the road for an hour. Arsikere is a railway junction with a thirteenth-century Hoysala Ishvara temple that almost nobody stops for and which is worth twenty minutes if you have them.

Shivamogga
Gateway to the Malnad
A hundred and forty-five kilometres north-west through Kadur and Birur, junction towns where the Chikmagalur and Shivamogga roads divide, and Tarikere, which is the turn for the Bhadra sanctuary and reservoir. The country thickens as you go and the Ghats appear to the west. Shivamogga sits on the Tunga and is the natural lunch halt - the last place with a full range of services before the hill roads, and the practical base for this whole region. Groups extending the trip toward Jog or Sagara often stay here rather than pushing on. Beyond it the road turns properly into the Malnad.

Hosanagara
Taluk of the Sharavathi
Eighty kilometres west and the driving changes completely - narrow winding road through areca gardens and forest, climbing and dropping continuously, with the pace well below what the distance suggests. This is some of the finest Malnad country in Karnataka and the drive is a large part of the trip. Thirthahalli sits on the Tunga near Kuppalli, where Kuvempu was born and where the house is preserved - the Rashtrakavi whose work is bound up with exactly this landscape. Hosanagara follows, in the Sharavathi country. From here to Kollur the road runs through forest for long stretches and the last of it is genuinely remote.

Kollur
Mookambika Kshetra of the Souparnika
Forty kilometres of forest road with the Ghats closing in, and Kodachadri rising ahead - the peak is visible from some distance out and it explains the geography of the place before you arrive at it. The Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary is around you for most of this stretch. Kollur is a temple town in the literal sense - the shrine, the Souparnika below it, pilgrim accommodation, shops selling offerings, and hills on every side. It is compact and congested near the temple, so drops are at the perimeter during busy periods. Byndoor and the coast are thirty kilometres west. Our driver takes you to the confirmed address and assists with luggage. A 5:30 AM departure puts most travellers in Kollur by around 3:00 PM, in time for the evening worship.
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Minibus Packages for the Bangalore to Kollur Route
Family and Pilgrimage Package
The core booking here, and usually an extended family across three generations travelling for a specific purpose — a Vidyarambham, a vow, an annual visit, or a full circuit taking in Sringeri, Horanadu, Kollur, Udupi and often Dharmasthala across four or five days. The package is planned around temple realities: arrival timed to a darshan window rather than to a convenient departure, a driver who waits without pressure through a long queue or a ceremony with a fixed muhurta, and luggage capacity for a week without anyone travelling with a bag on their lap. Tell us at enquiry if the group includes elderly members — the Kodachadri jeep run and the Shravanabelagola steps are both demanding, and we will say plainly what is and is not manageable.
Corporate Package
Less obvious on this route but a real category — employee-interest temple groups, annual staff pilgrimages and CSR-linked visits organised by Bangalore companies with a substantial Kerala and coastal Karnataka workforce. The package includes GST invoicing, a Proforma Invoice for PO-based approval, a named driver for the full multi-day trip, and consolidated monthly billing for registered accounts. Where a company moves more than twenty-four people we coordinate a corporate minibus bangalore convoy with one point of contact and a common schedule. Our corporate travels desk handles the arrangement end to end, including accommodation coordination at Kollur where the temple guest houses are involved.
Budget Package
For groups where cost per head decides the trip — temple associations, community groups and college parties, all of which travel this corridor in volume around Navaratri. Non-AC 12 to 17 seater mini buses, point to point, clean vehicle, verified driver, no frills. The mini bus rate per km in bangalore for the non-AC tier is our lowest, and across an 830 kilometre round trip the saving across a full group is significant. Malnad and coastal Karnataka are humid rather than scorching, so non-AC is workable here for most of the year, though April and May on the coastal stretch are genuinely uncomfortable and we will say so. The budget tier is about vehicle specification, never about maintenance or driver vetting.
Luxury and Executive Package
Executive mini coach configuration with fewer, wider push-back seats, extra legroom, better sound insulation and premium interiors. Over nine hours outbound and several days of ghat driving, this is a functional upgrade rather than a cosmetic one, and it is the tier most often chosen where the group includes older travellers. For a premium alternative in a smaller size band, our luxury urbania rental bangalore option in 13 to 17 seater configuration handles the Sringeri to Kollur forest section particularly well, and for parties under eight the cab rental bangalore fleet runs Innova Crysta and Fortuner on the same route.
Our Minibus Fleet in Bangalore
Our ac minibus rental bangalore fleet covers 12, 14, 17, 20 and 24 seater configurations. We run a 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.
• Mini bus — 12 to 24 seater, AC and non-AC, the core vehicle for this route
• Tempo traveller — 8 to 18 seater, for smaller groups on the same circuit
• Force Urbania — 13 to 17 seater luxury van
• Bus — 27 to 50 seater, including Volvo and Benz coaches, suitable for the main highway legs but not for the Sringeri to Kollur forest road
• Cars — 4 to 7 seater, from Etios, Dzire, Innova, Innova Crysta and Innova Hycross through Fortuner and Commuter, up to 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 recommend breaking this journey overnight at Chikmagalur or Sringeri rather than attempting the full 415 kilometres in one stretch. On a route with this much ghat driving it makes for a considerably better trip and a safer one.
Billing Details — What Is Included and What Is Extra
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.
Included in the Quoted Fare
• Base fare and fuel charges
• Driver allowance
Not Included — Billed Separately at Actuals
• Toll charges and parking fees
• Interstate tax, where a route crosses a state border
• Additional driver bata after 9:45 PM
• GST as applicable
• Final rental is calculated on total kilometres and hours from our garage to garage
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. Three notes for this route. There is no interstate tax, since the journey stays within Karnataka throughout — a real saving against comparable-distance trips into Tamil Nadu or Kerala. Driver night halt charges apply on multi-day hire and are shown separately. And local mileage on a temple circuit adds up faster than groups expect, since Udupi and back alone is 150 kilometres, so we build a realistic circuit figure into the quote rather than a flattering one. Kodachadri jeep hire is paid locally and is not part of the vehicle quote.
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.
Other Popular Routes from Bangalore
Kollur is one of several pilgrimage and long-distance corridors we operate. These are the routes groups book most often from Bangalore.
• Bangalore to Sringeri and Horanadu — 330 km, seven hours. The standard Karnataka temple circuit, usually continuing to Kollur.
• Bangalore to Udupi and Malpe — 400 km, eight hours. The Krishna Matha, St Mary’s Islands and the coast.
• Bangalore to Murudeshwar and Gokarna — 480 km, nine hours. Coastal temples and beaches, north of Kollur.
• Bangalore to Dharmasthala and Subrahmanya — 300 km, six hours. Frequently combined with Kollur on a five-day circuit.
• Bangalore to Belur and Halebidu — 220 km, four hours. Hoysala temples, directly on this route.
• Bangalore to Chikmagalur — 245 km, five hours. Coffee country, Mullayanagiri and Baba Budangiri.
• Bangalore to Shivamogga and Jog Falls — 285 km, six hours. The Malnad circuit on the alternative route to Kollur.
• Bangalore to Kushalnagar and Coorg — 231 km, five hours. Bylakuppe, Nisargadhama and Dubare Elephant Camp.
• Bangalore to Mysore — 145 km, three hours. Palace, Zoo and Srirangapatna. The standard one-day group outing.
• Bangalore to Tirupati — 250 km, four to five hours. Our most frequent pilgrimage booking, usually a same-day return.
Our Services from Bangalore and Mysore
Every service below runs from both our Bangalore and Mysore bases, so you can start a trip in one city and finish in the other without changing operators.
Our cab 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, luxury tempo traveller bangalore is the step below a mini bus, with the tt vehicle fleet held to the same outstation standard.
For larger movements, 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 handles urbania van rental and luxury urbania rental bangalore bookings for premium small-group travel.
On the corporate side, corporate travels bangalore covers corporate cab service bangalore and corporate transport services for companies needing managed travel. Our employee transportation services bangalore division runs office cab service bangalore, staff transportation services and night shift cab service bangalore contracts across 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 — Belur, Halebidu and Shravanabelagola, all on this route, are among the most requested heritage excursions from Bangalore schools. Airport requirements are handled by airport transfer bangalore, covering bangalore airport cab, kempegowda airport taxi and airport cab booking bangalore 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. 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.
How to Book a Mini Bus for Rent in Bangalore — Step by Step
Booking a mini bus for hire in Bangalore with Tejas Travels takes under five minutes. Follow these four steps.
Step 1 — Contact Tejas Travels
• 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, building or landmark such as Electronic City, Whitefield, MG Road or Koramangala.
• Share your destination or full itinerary.
• Share your group size.
• Share your preferred mini bus tier: Standard AC, Executive Mini Coach or Luxury.
• For corporate bookings from Bangalore tech parks, share your GST number and preferred invoicing format.
• For Kollur, Sringeri, Udupi and other multi-day outstation hire, share the full day-wise itinerary so we can allocate a driver with ghat and multi-day route experience.
• If you are travelling for a Vidyarambham, a specific seva or a festival date, tell us the timing so the departure can be planned backwards from it.
Step 2 — Receive Your Written Quote
• Within 2 hours of your enquiry, Tejas Travels sends a written quote via WhatsApp or email.
• The quote itemises every charge:
• Mini bus hire rate — per kilometre or flat local package
• Driver allowance — Rs 500 to Rs 800 per day depending on vehicle
• Driver night halt charges for multi-day hire
• Applicable toll estimates
• Interstate permit where applicable — not required for Kollur, but applicable for Ooty in Tamil Nadu, Wayanad in Kerala and Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh
• GST
• No verbal-only pricing. Everything is in writing before you commit.
• For Bangalore IT sector corporate clients, a Proforma Invoice is available at this stage for PO-based approval.
• Request comparison quotes for Standard versus Executive Mini Coach at the same time.
Step 3 — Confirm Your Booking and Pay Advance
• 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 mini bus variant 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 Navaratri, the March Rathotsava and other peak Kollur dates, book well ahead — vehicles and accommodation both tighten sharply.
Step 4 — Your Driver and Mini Bus Arrive Early
• Your assigned Tejas Travels driver arrives at the confirmed Bangalore pickup point 15 minutes before scheduled departure.
• The mini bus 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 and the ghat sections between Chikmagalur, Sringeri and Kollur.
• 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 mini bus quote in 2 hours.
Payment Methods — Mini Bus for Rent and Hire in Bangalore
Tejas Travels accepts all major digital and traditional payment methods for both advance deposits 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 advance deposits.
• Bank transfer — NEFT, IMPS and RTGS. For corporate clients and advances above Rs 10,000. 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 approvals.
• Cash — Balance payable at 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 corporate clients, monthly consolidated invoicing, and invoice issued within 24 hours.
A 20 percent advance confirms your booking and guarantees vehicle availability. For Kollur, Sringeri and other multi-day outstation hire from Bangalore during Navaratri and other peak dates, a higher advance may be required.
Cancellation Policy — Mini Bus Hire in Bangalore
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 bus 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 an alternate vehicle is offered.
Special Cancellation Conditions
• Multi-day outstation hire including Kollur, Sringeri, Udupi and Murudeshwar — minimum 7-day notice for a full refund on overnight or multi-day mini bus hire from Bangalore.
• Festival dates — Navaratri, Vijayadashami Vidyarambham and the Kollur Rathotsava require a minimum 7-day notice for a full refund, since vehicles on those dates are committed weeks in advance.
• Weddings — minimum 7-day notice for a full refund. Cancellations within 3 days of the wedding date are non-refundable.
• Peak dates — New Year, Diwali, Dasara 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, traffic disruptions and road closures attract a 100 percent refund within 2 working days regardless of notice period. Western Ghats monsoon landslides and ghat road closures fall under this clause.
• 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.
Refund Policy — Mini Bus for Rent in Bangalore
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.
Refund Timelines by Payment Method
• 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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Frequently Asked Questions — Bangalore to Kollur Mookambika Temple Minibus
The bangalore to kollur mookambika distance is approximately 415 kilometres via NH75 through Hassan, then Belur, Chikmagalur and Sringeri. Allow 8 hours 30 minutes to 9 hours 30 minutes including halts, because the second half of the route is ghat driving rather than highway. An alternative via Tumkur, Arsikere, Shivamogga and Hosanagara covers about 430 kilometres and is the better choice if Jog Falls is on your itinerary. Leaving Bangalore between 5:00 AM and 6:00 AM clears Peenya and Nelamangala before they congest.
No, and we will advise against it if asked. Nine hours each way on ghat roads makes an eighteen-hour driving day with no realistic time for darshan, and it is unsafe on the Sringeri to Kollur forest section after dark. The minimum sensible trip is two nights, and three is comfortable. Most groups break the outbound leg at Chikmagalur or Sringeri, spend a full day at Kollur, and return via Udupi or Murudeshwar.
Three days minimum for Kollur with Sringeri and Udupi. Four lets you add Murudeshwar and the coast, or Horanadu and Dharmasthala on a fuller temple circuit. Five is the standard for groups doing Sringeri, Horanadu, Kollur, Udupi, Dharmasthala and Subrahmanya together, which is the itinerary most temple associations book. Belur, Halebidu and Shravanabelagola all sit directly on the outbound route and can be added without a detour of any consequence.
Pricing starts from Rs 28,760 The quoted fare includes base fare, fuel charges and driver allowance. Charged separately at actuals are toll and parking, additional driver bata after 9:45 PM, driver night halt charges on multi-day hire, and GST. There is no interstate tax, since the route stays within Karnataka. 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.
No, and neither can any other bus. The final ascent is a rough track and only local jeeps make the run, hired at the base near Kollur, taking around ninety minutes each way. Your driver will take you to the jeep point and wait. Trekkers approach on foot from Karakatte or Nittur instead. This is worth planning as a half-day rather than squeezing it around a darshan, and it is not suitable for members of the group with mobility difficulty.
The temple runs a full daily cycle from the early morning Nirmalya darshan through to the night puja, with a closed period in the afternoon. Timings shift on festival days and during Navaratri, so confirm locally rather than relying on a fixed schedule. There is an enforced dress code requiring traditional attire — no shorts or western casuals — and it is far better to tell your group before departure than to discover it at the gate. Devotees traditionally bathe in the Souparnika before darshan.
October to February gives the most comfortable weather for both the drive and the coast. Navaratri, falling in September or October, is the largest observance of the year and Vijayadashami brings the Vidyarambham crowds — extraordinary to witness but genuinely crowded, with accommodation and parking both difficult. The March Rathotsava is the other peak. The monsoon between June and September is beautiful in the Ghats but brings landslide risk and slow going on the Sringeri road, so we plan those itineraries conservatively.
Our minibus hire bangalore fleet covers 12, 14, 17, 20 and 24 seater configurations in AC and non-AC. Under twelve passengers, an 8 to 18 seater tempo traveller is usually more economical. A 27 to 50 seater coach can reach Kollur by the main coastal road, but it is slow and awkward on the Sringeri forest section and restricts your onward options, so for this circuit we generally recommend a mini bus even to groups that could fill something larger.
Yes, and this is how nearly every group books it. The same vehicle and driver stay with you across Sringeri, Kollur, Udupi, Murudeshwar and any other stops on your itinerary, waiting at each temple for as long as the group needs. Multi-day bookings are billed on total kilometres and hours with a per-day minimum, plus driver allowance and night halt charges. Local mileage on a temple circuit runs higher than groups estimate — Udupi and back alone is 150 kilometres — so share your day-wise plan at enquiry and we quote the whole trip as one realistic number.
Tejas Tours and Travels does not provide passenger insurance cover. Passengers are advised to arrange their own travel insurance if they wish to be covered. All vehicles carry valid insurance and full statutory compliance, and every driver is verified with a commercial licence and route experience, but personal passenger cover is not part of the booking. Note also that Kodachadri jeep hire is arranged locally and independently of us. To book, call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773 or email info@tejastravels.com with your travel date, Bangalore pickup location, group size and day-wise itinerary. A written itemised quote follows within 2 hours; confirm it, pay the 20 percent advance, and you receive driver details, vehicle registration and the full billing breakdown in writing. Our mini bus booking online and WhatsApp enquiry lines are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.









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