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Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary
Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary
Go early in the morning. The car drops you at the gate and waits.
Vembanad Lake houseboats
Day cruise or overnight. The car waits at the jetty.
Pathiramanal Island
Only by boat. Ask the houseboat to stop on the way.
Ettumanoor Mahadeva Temple
About fifteen minutes by car from Kumarakom. Morning is quiet.
Distance
600 km
From Bangalore
Time
About 11 hr
Via Salem, Thrissur and Vaikom
Starting from
₹ 14400
4 days, 1,200 km, Dzire
Maruti Swift Dzire
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹14,750
+ ₹2592 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Etios
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹17,150
+ ₹3024 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova
LUXURYAC6 Seats
₹22,000
+ ₹3888 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Crysta
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹24,400
+ ₹4320 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Hycross
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹31,600
+ ₹5616 (Taxes & Charges)
Start
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Pickup at your door
The driver rings your bell at 5:30 am. A car slips out of the city faster than a van, which is why a cab can leave half an hour later than our group vehicles. If you live in JP Nagar or Banashankari, NICE Road brings the car to Hosur Road without the inner city. The border toll at Attibele is roughly 32 km away. Kumarakom, on the shore of Vembanad lake, is 600 km off, a long but straightforward day on highways almost to the resort gate.
Coffee
Krishnagiri, two hours and 90 km along, is a quick coffee halt; breakfast is planned at Salem. Three national highways meet the main road here, which is why the town has so many large hotels open early. If anyone in the car is a temple person, Ramapuram nearby has a Rama shrine around five centuries old, better kept for the way home. The one local sweet worth carrying is Arcot makkan peda, rich and milky. Ten minutes, then the run south.
Breakfast
Breakfast is twenty minutes in Salem, 200 km into the day, beside the fork where the Kerala highway, NH544, breaks away westward. A plate of idli, then one thattu vadai set to share, the crisp street snack Salem invented. The city's airport is at Kamalapuram, about 20 km out, in case anyone ever wants to fly this way. Salem handlooms number in the tens of thousands, and its silk carries a GI tag. Coimbatore is a straight two and a half hours on.
Drive on
Avinashi, at 320 km, is a temple town the highway now bypasses; the cab rolls straight past. In April and May, the Tamil month of Chithirai, the temple holds its yearly Brahmotsavam and the streets fill. Around it lies mill country, with spinning and weaving units feeding the Tiruppur garment trade. Nobody needs to get out unless they want to. The car is about an hour from the Walayar border and three hours from lunch.
Drive through
The cab keeps to the Coimbatore bypass at 370 km, a 28 km loop from Neelambur round to Madukkarai, and does not stop. Coimbatore's airport at Peelamedu lies about 10 km from the centre, useful if one of you leaves early by air. The Isha centre and the Adiyogi statue are about 35 km off on the far side, a separate day trip altogether. Kerala is about half an hour away, and the driver will stop at the border.
Entry tax
The border post at Walayar takes about ten minutes; the driver shows the permit and tax papers, much of it now online, and you stay in the car. A teak grove of 110 acres, the Smrithivanam deer park, lies right beside the highway there. From the border, Palakkad at 415 km is a short run, and the city is roughly 50 km from Coimbatore. Lunch is booked at Thrissur, about another hour.
Lunch
Lunch at Thrissur, 470 km from home, is half an hour in a hotel off the highway. Kerala meals with fish curry are standard; a plate of parippu vada with kattan chaya is the local snack if lunch is light. Peechi dam, opened in 1959 to supply the city's water, sits about 22 km out, and elephants sometimes come down to its sanctuary bank. Thrissur is a gold and silk market too. Kochi is about 70 km on.
Optional break
At Kochi, 530 km out, the cab can take an optional break of up to an hour and a half. Mattancherry Palace, built by the Portuguese around 1545 for the Raja of Cochin, has Kerala murals worth seeing if you have the time. Otherwise skip the city; from Ernakulam the road to Vaikom is about 33 km, then Kumarakom beyond. Appam with stew or duck roast makes a good early dinner if you stop here.
Temple halt
Vaikom, 575 km out, sits on the eastern shore of Vembanad, where the Muvattupuzha river ends in the lake. The Mahadeva temple at its centre, called Thekkan Kashi, is the only temple in Kerala with an oval sanctum, and an optional twenty minute darshan fits easily into a cab day. Footwear stays in the car. From here Kumarakom is about 18 to 25 km further along the lake, roughly half an hour.
Resort drop
The cab reaches Kumarakom about 11 hours after pickup and drops you at the resort porch; the driver stays nearby for the following days. Dinner on the lake means karimeen, the pearl spot, fried in a banana leaf as pollichathu, or duck roast from the Christian kitchens of this belt. Kottayam town, with the nearest railway station, is about 14 km away. Cochin airport is about 106 km, roughly two and a half hours, so plan the return flight with time in hand.
A couple or a small family going to Kumarakom for a few days? The Bangalore to Kumarakom Cab details follow, covering the road, short halts and what each car costs. A cab is the most flexible way, and the car stays with you for the resort and houseboat days. Book cab rental in Bangalore with Tejas Tours & Travels.
Route | One way | Kumarakom and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Bangalore to Kumarakom via Salem, Thrissur and Vaikom | About 600 km | About 1,200 km | About 11 hr with stops |
Kumarakom is about 600 km away. The return trip of about 1200 km is billed as 4 days and 1200 km. Each extra day there is 300 km. Tolls, Tamil Nadu and Kerala entry tax, parking and GST are extra. Car rates per km include fuel, driver and AC, and a daily allowance for the driver goes on the bill.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 4 days, 1,200 km | 5 days, 1,500 km | 6 days, 1,800 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹12 | ₹15,800 | ₹19,750 | ₹23,700 | |
₹14 | ₹18,200 | ₹22,750 | ₹27,300 | |
₹18 | ₹23,200 | ₹29,000 | ₹34,800 | |
₹20 | ₹25,600 | ₹32,000 | ₹38,400 | |
₹26 | ₹32,800 | ₹41,000 | ₹49,200 |
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, 5 days in the Toyota Innova Crysta is about ₹4,570 a person.
2 to 4 people: Swift Dzire or Toyota Etios. 5 to 7, or four with big suitcases: Innova, Innova Crysta or Innova Hycross. For 600 km, the Crysta is the most comfortable.
Eight or more of you? Take the Bangalore to Kumarakom tempo traveller. A quieter van for elders is the Bangalore to Kumarakom Urbania.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
Travelled to Bangalore
So nice that the service we have received from Tejas travellers. Ms Revati is very good coordinator and so polite and have much patience. Thank you so much for making our journey nice and beautiful with sending experienced drivers.🙂
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
About 600 km one way through Krishnagiri, Salem, Coimbatore, Palakkad, Thrissur, Kochi and Vaikom, so about 1,200 km for the round trip. A cab takes about 11 hours with breakfast, lunch and short halts. After Kochi the car leaves NH544 and follows the lake road through Vaikom.
For 1200 km: Dzire ₹14,400, Etios ₹16,800, Innova ₹21,600, Crysta ₹24,000. Driver allowance, tolls, entry tax and GST are extra.
Yes. The car and driver stay for the whole trip. Local runs add km.
Innova Crysta. All cars are on cab rental in Bangalore.
Yes. One way is ₹2 more per km. Ask for a quote.
Yes. Tell us the plan and we add the km.
The Vaikom side is. Vaikom Ashtami, the temple festival, falls in November, and the town on your route gets very crowded then, with slow traffic around the temple. The cab can take a slightly longer road into Kumarakom to avoid it. Kumarakom itself is quieter, but resorts fill up in that month, so book rooms early.
Yes, if we pace it. Seat them in the middle row of the Innova Crysta, which has the most leg room and is easy to step into. The driver stops for a restroom whenever asked, and the planned halts come every one to two hours. If the day feels too long, a night at Thrissur makes it two calm days of about six hours each.
