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Vembanad Lake and Houseboat Cruises
Vembanad is the longest lake in India and the largest in Kerala, and Kumarakom sits right on its eastern edge. A day or overnight cruise on a kumarakom houseboat is the reason many people make this trip. The converted kettuvallam rice barges drift past fishing villages, toddy shops and paddy polders while a cook prepares Kerala meals on board. Evening cruises are the most beautiful, as the light softens over the water and the lake goes quiet.
Vembanad Lake and Houseboat Cruises
Vembanad is the longest lake in India and the largest in Kerala, and Kumarakom sits right on its eastern edge. A day or overnight cruise on a kumarakom houseboat is the reason many people make this trip. The converted kettuvallam rice barges drift past fishing villages, toddy shops and paddy polders while a cook prepares Kerala meals on board. Evening cruises are the most beautiful, as the light softens over the water and the lake goes quiet.
Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary
Spread across about 14 acres on the lake shore, the kumarakom bird sanctuary is home to egrets, darters, herons, cormorants, kingfishers and owls. Migratory species arrive between November and February, while the monsoon months bring nesting activity. A walking trail runs through mangroves and a canal-side path, and early mornings from 6:00 AM give the best sightings and the coolest air.
Pathiramanal Island
Its name translates roughly as "sands of midnight", and this small island in the middle of Vembanad can only be reached by boat. It is covered in dense vegetation and is a quiet refuge for migratory and resident birds. The boat ride out gives some of the widest views of the lake, and the island itself makes a peaceful hour-long walk away from the resort crowds.
Bay Island Driftwood Museum
One of the more unusual stops in the area, this small private museum displays sculptures shaped naturally by the sea, collected from the beaches of the Andaman Islands and arranged by theme. It takes under an hour to see, works well on a rainy afternoon, and children tend to enjoy it more than they expect to.
Kumarakom Village Life Experience
Kerala Tourism's responsible tourism programme runs guided village tours in Kumarakom where you watch coir being spun, see toddy tapping, learn traditional fishing methods, and walk along paddy bunds with local farmers. It gives a far better sense of how people live around the backwaters than a resort stay alone, and the money goes directly to village households.
Aruvikkuzhi Waterfalls
About 18 kilometres from Kumarakom, these falls drop through a forested gorge surrounded by rubber plantations. The flow is strongest during and just after the monsoon, from June to October. It is an easy half-day outing by cab, and pairs well with a stop in Kottayam town on the way back.
Thirunakkara Mahadeva Temple, Kottayam
Built in traditional Kerala style in the heart of Kottayam, this Shiva temple is known for its wall paintings and for its annual festival in March, when Kathakali performances run through the night. It is a short drive from Kumarakom and a good introduction to Kerala temple architecture.
Vaikom Mahadeva Temple
One of the oldest and most revered Shiva temples in Kerala, and historically important as the site of the Vaikom Satyagraha of 1924 to 1925, which campaigned for the right of all castes to use the roads around the temple. The Vaikathashtami festival in November and December draws large crowds. It sits directly on our route, so most travellers visit on the way in or the way out.
Kuttanad Paddy Fields
South of Kumarakom lies Kuttanad, known as the "Rice Bowl of Kerala" and one of the few places in the world where rice is farmed below sea level. The green fields, held back from the water by earthen dykes, are best seen from a small shikara boat or on a drive along the canal roads during the growing season.
Distance
610 Km
One way
Time
12 hrs
Via expressway
Starting from
₹ 24961
Plus GST
14 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/1
NORMALAC14 Seats
₹20,718 ₹24,961
+ ₹3621 (Taxes & Charges)
15 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/1
NORMALAC15 Seats
₹20,718 ₹24,961
+ ₹3621 (Taxes & Charges)
16 Seater Mini bus A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC16 Seats
₹20,718 ₹24,961
+ ₹3621 (Taxes & Charges)
18 Seater Mini Bus A/C
NORMALAC18 Seats
₹22,001 ₹26,494
+ ₹3834 (Taxes & Charges)
19 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC19 Seats
₹22,001 ₹26,494
+ ₹3834 (Taxes & Charges)
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20 seater mini bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC20 Seats
₹22,001 ₹26,494
+ ₹3834 (Taxes & Charges)
21 Seater Mini Bus A/C
NORMALAC21 Seats
₹22,001 ₹26,494
+ ₹3834 (Taxes & Charges)
22 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC22 Seats
₹23,185 ₹27,927
+ ₹4047 (Taxes & Charges)
25 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC25 Seats
₹23,185 ₹27,927
+ ₹4047 (Taxes & Charges)
12 Seater Mini Bus Executive A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC12 Seats
₹20,718 ₹24,961
+ ₹3621 (Taxes & Charges)
Mini Bus 13 Seater Executive A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC13 Seats
₹20,718 ₹24,961
+ ₹3621 (Taxes & Charges)
14 Seater Mini bus Exucutive A/C Executiv 2/2
LUXURYAC14 Seats
₹21,340
+ ₹3733 (Taxes & Charges)
18 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC18 Seats
₹25,551 ₹30,793
+ ₹4473 (Taxes & Charges)
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19 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
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₹25,551 ₹30,793
+ ₹4473 (Taxes & Charges)
20 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC20 Seats
₹30,385 ₹36,625
+ ₹5325 (Taxes & Charges)
21 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
NORMALAC21 Seats
₹25,651 ₹30,893
+ ₹4473 (Taxes & Charges)
22 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/2
LUXURYAC22 Seats
₹29,202 ₹35,192
+ ₹5112 (Taxes & Charges)
24 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC24 Seats
₹29,202 ₹35,192
+ ₹5112 (Taxes & Charges)
Where Your Journey Starts
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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.
Little England
The first leg runs down Hosur Road past Electronic City and over the Attibele check post into Tamil Nadu. Leaving before 6:00 AM saves up to an hour on this stretch alone, which is why we recommend an early start. Hosur earned its nickname from the cool, pleasant climate that British officers enjoyed here, and today it is a major automobile and electronics manufacturing town. The Karnataka to Tamil Nadu permit is checked here, and your driver handles the paperwork in a few minutes. Most travellers are still half asleep at this point, so a quick tea stop past the check post is common before the car picks up speed on the open highway.
Steel City of Tamil Nadu
This fast four-lane stretch passes Dharmapuri, the turnoff for Hogenakkal Falls, before reaching Salem, a large city ringed by the Shevaroy Hills with the hill station of Yercaud perched above. Salem is known for its steel plant, its sago and silk industries, and some of the best mangoes in the state. Your driver will take the bypass and join NH544 toward Coimbatore without entering the congested city centre. You should pass Salem by around 8:30 AM.
Manchester of South India
Past Avinashi and its ancient Avinashilingeswarar temple, with the knitwear hub of Tiruppur a short distance south, the road reaches Coimbatore. The city earned its nickname from its textile mills and remains a major industrial centre, known too for its pleasant weather and its wet grinders and pump sets. It has the best choice of restaurants on the route, so it is the natural lunch halt, usually around 11:30 AM. The Western Ghats come into view here for the first time.
Granary of Kerala
Leaving Coimbatore, the highway reaches the Walayar check post on the Kerala border, where the Tamil Nadu to Kerala permit is verified. Traffic can queue here, so patience helps. Beyond it lies the Palakkad Gap, a 30 kilometre wide break in the Western Ghats that lets the monsoon winds and the highway through. The landscape turns abruptly greener, with paddy fields and palm trees on both sides. Palakkad Fort, rebuilt by Hyder Ali in the 18th century, sits in the middle of town.
Cultural Capital of Kerala
The road climbs gently through Vadakkanchery and passes through the Kuthiran twin tunnel, Kerala's first road tunnel, which removed one of the worst bottlenecks on this route. Thrissur is built around the Vadakkunnathan Temple and its grand open ground, the Thekkinkadu Maidan, which hosts the famous Thrissur Pooram festival every April or May with caparisoned elephants and percussion ensembles. A tea break here, with banana chips from a local bakery, is a Kerala tradition.
Queen of the Arabian Sea
The highway passes Chalakudy, the turnoff for Athirappilly Falls, then Angamaly and Aluva near the airport, before reaching the Vyttila hub on the edge of Kochi. Kochi is Kerala's commercial capital and historic port, famous for Fort Kochi, the Chinese fishing nets and the Jew Town spice market. On the drive in, your driver will avoid the city centre and take the Thrippunithura road south toward Vaikom. This stretch is the busiest in Kerala, so late afternoon traffic can add thirty minutes.
Temple Town and home of the Vaikom Satyagraha
The road narrows into a quieter state highway lined with coconut palms, canals and small villages. Vaikom sits on the edge of Vembanad Lake and is known both for the ancient Vaikom Mahadeva Temple and for its place in India's social reform history. If you arrive before evening, a short temple visit here is well worth the stop.
Kerala's backwater village on Vembanad Lake
The last leg winds south along the eastern lake shore through paddy polders and narrow canal bridges, with Kottayam, the "Land of Letters, Latex and Lakes", about 14 kilometres to the east. Kottayam earned that name for its early printing presses, its rubber plantations and the backwaters around it. Your driver takes you directly to your resort, homestay or houseboat jetty, usually by around 5:00 PM on a 5:00 AM departure.
A six to seven day plan with two nights at a Kumarakom resort, one night on a houseboat and visits to the bird sanctuary, Vaikom, Ettumanoor and Alappuzha, with the option to add Kochi or Munnar. A 20 seater mini bus rent bangalore booking gives extended families room for luggage, children and elderly passengers, with the same driver throughout.
Kumarakom's lakeside resorts are among the most popular destinations for leadership retreats and incentive trips from Bangalore. Includes GST invoicing, a Proforma Invoice for PO-based approval, pickup from multiple tech parks and a named driver for the full trip. Our corporate travels desk manages recurring corporate minibus bangalore requirements with consolidated monthly billing for registered accounts.
For devotees combining Kumarakom with the great temples of central Kerala: Vaikom, Ettumanoor and Kaduthuruthy, plus Guruvayur on the way down or Sabarimala during the season. The driver plans around darshan timings and dress codes and waits for as long as the group needs.
For associations and friend groups where cost per head decides the booking. Non-AC 12 to 17 seater mini buses, point to point, with a clean vehicle and verified driver. The mini bus rate per km in bangalore for the non-AC tier is our lowest, and over a 1,200 kilometre round trip the saving across a group is significant. The budget tier changes the vehicle specification only, never maintenance or driver vetting.
Executive mini coach configuration with fewer, wider push-back seats, extra legroom and premium interiors, which makes a genuine difference on a 600 kilometre drive. Suited to senior leadership, honeymoon groups and milestone family holidays at Kumarakom's premium resorts. For a smaller premium group, our luxury urbania rental bangalore option in 13 to 17 seater configuration is a comfortable alternative on the same route.
Our ac minibus rental bangalore fleet covers 12, 14, 17, 20 and 24 seater configurations, and we operate a full range of group vehicles from the same Bangalore base. If your headcount changes after booking, we can usually move you up or down a category without restarting the process.
• Bus — 27 to 50 seater, including Volvo bus and Benz bus coaches for large groups
• Tempo traveller — 8 to 18 seater, for smaller groups on the same route
• Mini bus — 12 to 24 seater, AC and non-AC, the core vehicle for this route
• Force Urbania — 13 to 17 seater luxury van
• Cars — 4 to 7 seater, including Etios, Dzire, Innova, Innova Crysta, Innova Hycross, Fortuner, Commuter, 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
Roads around Kumarakom are narrow and many resorts sit at the end of lakeside lanes, so a mini bus or tempo traveller is the most practical choice. Tejas Tours and Travels does not operate sleeper bus services; all our vehicles are seated configuration with push-back seats, and we plan the journey as a daytime drive with an optional overnight halt.
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.
• Base fare and fuel charges
• Driver allowance
• Toll and parking charges
• Interstate tax for the Karnataka to Tamil Nadu and Tamil Nadu to Kerala crossings
• Driver bata extra after 9:45 PM
• Final rental is based on total kilometres and hours from our garage to garage
• GST
The garage-to-garage basis is standard across organised group transport in Bangalore. The meter starts when the vehicle leaves our garage for your pickup point and ends when it returns, and we factor this into the written quote. For multi-day trips, the per-day minimum and driver allowance for each day appear as separate lines. Houseboat charges, sanctuary tickets and boat rides are paid by the group directly to the operators.
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 compliance are maintained across the fleet.
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 car rental bangalore service covers premium car rentals in bangalore, luxury car rental bangalore, premium cab and everyday car booking across sedans, SUVs and luxury 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, while volvo bus rental bangalore covers volvo luxury bus and luxury bus hire for conferences, weddings and large corporate groups. Our 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.
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Booking a mini bus for hire in Bangalore with Tejas Travels takes under five minutes. Follow these four steps.
• 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 Kumarakom and other multi-day outstation hire, share the full day-wise itinerary so we can allocate a driver with multi-day route experience.
• 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
◦ Applicable toll estimates
◦ Interstate permit where applicable — Tamil Nadu and Kerala for Kumarakom, Tamil Nadu for Ooty, Kerala for Wayanad, Goa, and Andhra Pradesh for Tirupati
◦ 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.
• 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 peak Bangalore travel dates — New Year, Diwali, long IT weekends and October Dasara — book well ahead.
• 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, ORR and NICE road exits, and Karnataka permit checkpoints.
• 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.
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 Kumarakom, Kerala circuits, Goa and other multi-day outstation hire from Bangalore during peak dates and the Christmas and New Year season, a higher advance may be required.
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.
• Multi-day outstation hire including Kumarakom and Kerala circuits — minimum 7-day notice for a full refund on overnight or multi-day mini bus hire from Bangalore.
• 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 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.
• 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.
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, 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.
• 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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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
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21/04/2026 Bangalore
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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 😊
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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
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The bangalore to kumarakom distance is approximately 605 kilometres via Salem, Coimbatore, Palakkad, Thrissur, Kochi and Vaikom on NH44 and NH544. By mini bus it takes 12 to 13 hours of driving including meal and rest halts. Leaving Bangalore by 4:30 AM brings the group to Kumarakom by early evening.
Both work. Fit groups can do it in one long day with a very early start. For families with children or elderly members, we recommend an overnight halt at Thrissur or Coimbatore, which makes the next day a short and relaxed drive. Tejas Tours and Travels does not operate sleeper buses, so we never plan this as an overnight drive.
Pricing starts from around Rs 30 per kilometre for a 12 seater AC mini bus and varies by seating capacity, AC or non-AC configuration and the number of days the vehicle stays with you. The quoted fare includes base fare, fuel charges and driver allowance. Toll and parking, interstate tax for Tamil Nadu and Kerala, driver bata after 9:45 PM and GST are extra, and the final rental is calculated on total kilometres and hours from our garage to garage. Every charge appears in the written quote you receive within 2 hours.
A 20 percent advance of the total fare confirms your booking and guarantees the specific mini bus on your date. The advance must be paid digitally by UPI, bank transfer or card, a receipt is issued within 30 minutes, and the balance is settled at trip end. For the Christmas and New Year season, book well in advance.
The route crosses from Karnataka into Tamil Nadu at Attibele and from Tamil Nadu into Kerala at Walayar, so permits for both states are required. We arrange all permits before departure and bill them at actuals as separate lines in your quote.
Houseboats and resorts are booked directly with the operators of your choice, and Tejas Travels provides the road transport. Share your houseboat boarding point and timing, and the driver will drop the group at the jetty and meet you at the disembarkation point the next day. The mini bus and driver stay in the area while you are on the water.
September to March is the most pleasant season, with cool evenings and the migratory birds arriving at the sanctuary from around November. April and May are hot and humid. The monsoon from June to August brings heavy rain and lush greenery, and many resorts offer Ayurvedic packages in this season. The Nehru Trophy boat race at Alappuzha takes place on the second Saturday of August.
Yes, and many groups do. Alappuzha is about 35 kilometres away by road, and Munnar about 130 kilometres. A popular seven-day circuit goes Bangalore to Kumarakom, a houseboat night, Munnar, and back to Bangalore via Coimbatore. The same mini bus and driver stay with you for the whole trip.
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, and above twenty-four we operate 27 to 50 seater buses including Volvo and Benz coaches. Tejas Tours and Travels does not operate sleeper buses; all our vehicles have seated push-back configuration.
Cancelling more than 72 hours before departure carries no charge and the full advance is refunded within 5 to 7 working days. Between 48 and 72 hours the charge is 10 percent of the total fare, between 24 and 48 hours 25 percent, between 12 and 24 hours 50 percent, and under 12 hours 75 percent. Multi-day outstation trips such as Kumarakom need a minimum 7-day notice for a full refund. Tejas Tours and Travels does not provide passenger insurance cover, so passengers are advised to arrange their own travel insurance. To book, call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773 or email info@tejastravels.com. Our mini bus booking online and WhatsApp lines are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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