Bangalore to Kumarakom Tempo Traveller - 8 to 18 Seater TT Hire for the Kerala Backwaters
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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.
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
₹ 23428
Plus GST
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12 Seater Tempo Traveller A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC12 Seats
₹19,434 ₹23,428
+ ₹3408 (Taxes & Charges)
8 Seater Tempo Traveller Executive A/C 1/1
LUXURYAC8 Seats
₹19,534 ₹23,528
+ ₹3408 (Taxes & Charges)
9 Seater Tempo Traveller Executive A/C 1/1
LUXURYAC9 Seats
₹19,534 ₹23,528
+ ₹3408 (Taxes & Charges)
10 Seater Tempo Traveller Executive A/C 1/1
LUXURYAC10 Seats
₹19,534 ₹23,528
+ ₹3408 (Taxes & Charges)
13 Seater Tempo Traveller Luxury A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC13 Seats
₹19,534 ₹23,528
+ ₹3408 (Taxes & Charges)
14 Seater Tempo Traveller Luxury A/C 2/1
NORMALAC14 Seats
₹20,718 ₹24,961
+ ₹3621 (Taxes & Charges)
15 Seater Tempo Traveller Luxury A/C 2/2
NORMALAC15 Seats
₹20,718 ₹24,961
+ ₹3621 (Taxes & Charges)
16 Seater Tempo Traveller A/C 2/2
LUXURYAC16 Seats
₹20,718 ₹24,961
+ ₹3621 (Taxes & Charges)
17 Seater Tempo Traveller A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC17 Seats
₹22,001 ₹26,494
+ ₹3834 (Taxes & Charges)
18 Seater Tempo Traveller A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC18 Seats
₹22,001 ₹26,494
+ ₹3834 (Taxes & Charges)
20 Seater Tempo Traveller A/C 2/2
NORMALAC20 Seats
₹22,660
+ ₹3953 (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.
The most common booking on this corridor, usually five to six days: one long driving day each way and three nights in Kerala split between a resort and a houseboat. Designed around how families actually travel here — an early departure so the group reaches the lake in daylight, luggage capacity for a week, and a driver who understands that backwater days run to the boat’s schedule rather than the vehicle’s. Most groups extend the same trip to Alappuzha, and many add Munnar or Thekkady, which we quote as a single itinerary rather than as separate legs.
Kumarakom is among the most booked offsite destinations for Bangalore IT teams, and the lakeside resorts handle conference groups well. 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. The same corporate tempo traveller bangalore stays with your team across the drive, the offsite and the return, with duty slips signed daily and reconciled against the final invoice. Our corporate travels bangalore desk manages multi-vehicle movements where one tempo traveller is not enough.
For college groups, community trips and associations where cost per head decides the booking. Non-AC 12 to 14 seater tempo travellers, point to point, no frills, clean vehicle and a verified driver. The tempo traveller price per km in bangalore for the non-AC tier is our lowest, and across a round trip of around 1,200 kilometres the saving spread over a full group is real. One honest caution for this route: Kerala is humid for most of the year and the stretch between Salem and Coimbatore is hot from March to June, so we recommend the AC tier on those dates even for budget bookings. The budget tier is about vehicle specification, never about maintenance or driver vetting.
Maharaja configuration with fewer, wider push-back seats, extra legroom, better sound insulation and premium interiors. On a single twelve-hour driving day the difference is substantial rather than cosmetic, particularly for groups travelling with elders. Suited to senior management travel, milestone family trips and anniversary bookings at the premium Kumarakom properties. Our luxury tempo traveller bangalore tier is the usual choice, and for smaller premium groups the force urbania rent bangalore fleet offers 13 to 17 seater luxury urbania rental bangalore configurations on the same route.
Our ac tempo traveller bangalore fleet covers 8, 12, 14, 16 and 18 seater configurations in AC and non-AC. We run the 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.
• Tempo traveller — 8 to 18 seater, AC and non-AC, the core vehicle for this route
• Mini bus — 12 to 24 seater, for groups that outgrow a tempo traveller
• Bus — 27 to 50 seater, including Volvo and Benz coaches, though the Kumarakom lakeside lanes suit smaller vehicles
• Force Urbania — 13 to 17 seater luxury van
• Cars — 4 to 7 seater, from Etios, Dzire, Innova, Innova Crysta, Innova Hycross, Fortuner and Commuter through 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. On this route the drive is a comfortable single day of eleven to twelve hours with an early start, and groups that prefer a gentler pace break it at Coimbatore or Thrissur rather than driving overnight.
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 charges and parking fees
• Inter state tax and permits for the Karnataka to Tamil Nadu and Tamil Nadu to Kerala crossings
• 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. Houseboat charges, boat rides to Pathiramanal, bird sanctuary and museum entry tickets are paid directly by the group and do not appear on our invoice.
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.
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 core group vehicle, with the tt vehicle fleet held to the same outstation standard on every route.
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 urbania on rent 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 tempo traveller for school trip bangalore, school excursion bus rental bangalore and college trip bus rental for annual tours. Airport requirements are handled by airport transfer bangalore, covering bangalore airport cab, kempegowda airport taxi and airport cab booking 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.
Booking a tempo traveller 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 and return date.
• Share your Bangalore pickup location — area, building or landmark such as Whitefield, Electronic City, MG Road, Koramangala, Kempegowda International Airport, a hotel name or a tech park.
• Share your destination or full day-wise itinerary. For Kumarakom, say whether you want Alappuzha, Munnar or Thekkady included, since each changes the shape of the days.
• Tell us which Kumarakom property you are booked into, so we can confirm the vehicle can reach it — several lakeside lanes are single-vehicle width.
• Tell us if you have houseboat nights booked, so we can quote a drop and pickup instead of holding the vehicle idle.
• Share your group size, luggage volume and preferred tempo traveller tier: Standard AC, Executive or Luxury Maharaja.
• For corporate bookings from Bangalore tech parks, share your GST number and preferred invoicing format.
• Within 2 hours of your enquiry, Tejas Travels sends a written quote via WhatsApp or email.
• The quote itemises every charge:
◦ Tempo traveller hire rate — per kilometre or flat package
◦ Driver allowance and night halt charges for a multi-day trip
◦ Applicable toll and parking estimates
◦ Inter state permits — Tamil Nadu and Kerala on this route
◦ Additional driver bata after 9:45 PM
◦ GST as applicable
• 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 Luxury Maharaja at the same time if you want to weigh both.
• Review the written quote and confirm via WhatsApp or phone.
• A 20 percent advance of the total fare confirms the booking and guarantees the specific tempo traveller 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
• Book well ahead for the December to February peak, Onam, Christmas and New Year, and for the Nehru Trophy Boat Race weekend in August, when the whole backwater region fills.
• Your assigned Tejas Travels driver arrives at the confirmed Bangalore pickup point 15 minutes before scheduled departure.
• The tempo traveller will be clean, sanitised, fuelled and ready, with the AC checked before a long outstation run.
• The driver calls you 30 minutes before arrival as a courtesy.
• During the trip the driver handles all routing, toll payments and both interstate permit checks at Attibele and Walayar.
• 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 tempo traveller 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 larger advances. 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 of the total fare confirms your booking and guarantees vehicle availability. For Kumarakom, Alappuzha, Munnar and other multi-day outstation hire from Bangalore during peak dates, 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 vehicle 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 a substitute vehicle is offered.
• Multi-day outstation hire including Kumarakom, Alappuzha, Munnar and Thekkady — minimum 7-day notice for a full refund on overnight or multi-day tempo traveller hire from Bangalore.
• Peak dates — Christmas, New Year, Onam, the Nehru Trophy Boat Race weekend and Bangalore long weekends require a minimum 48-hour notice for a full refund. Less than 24 hours is non-refundable.
• Weddings — minimum 7-day notice for a full refund. Cancellations within 3 days of the wedding date are non-refundable.
• Force majeure — bandhs, Kerala hartals, monsoon flooding in Kuttanad and highway 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, 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.
• 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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Bangalore to Shirdi
I had an excellent experience with Teja Travel. The vehicle was clean, comfortable, and very well maintained. The driver was polite, punctual, and knew the routes perfectly, which made our trip smooth and enjoyable. Their service was professional from start to finish, and the pricing was also very reasonable. I would definitely recommend them to anyone looking for reliable travel vehicle services. 👍
Chaitanya K
13/10/2025 Shirdi
5/5
Bangalore to Kerala
I am Anil Nair from Souparnika Holidays Kochin Kerala. I have 2 booking for my guests in December 2025. My guests are happy with this hotel. Thanks to the entire team One Toyota etios and one traveler booked. I think they arranged cab from out side but guest happy Second vehicle is 9 seat traveler. Driver Mr Viswantha and Lakshmi supported me for complete the 8 days package. Thanks Viswa & Lakshmi.
Anil Nair
6/9/2025 Kerala
5/5
Bangalore to Mysore
Thanks a ton to Shashikala ji for booking my tempo traveller. She has cooperated from very first day and guided us through out. Secondly i thank our tempo driver Mr. Manju who was very down to earth person and co-operated with us during our whole trip. His driving skills are perfect. I wish you good luck and thank you both from bottom of my heart !!!
Arpit Gupta
6/6/2026 Mysore
5/5
Bangalore to Ooty
We had a very good experience with the traveler we booked through Tejas travels. The vehicle was clean and comfortable, and our driver was polite, cooperative, and professional throughout the trip. The entire journey was smooth and hassle-free — everything went as planned without any delays or issues. Highly recommended for anyone looking for a reliable and comfortable travel experience!
Preetika Rattan
12/10/2025 Ooty
5/5
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The bangalore to kumarakom distance is approximately 600 kilometres via NH44 to Salem, NH544 through Coimbatore, Palakkad and Thrissur, then the MC Road through Muvattupuzha and Ettumanoor to Kottayam. Expect eleven to twelve hours including halts. It is comfortable as a single long day provided you leave Bangalore between 4:30 AM and 5:30 AM; groups travelling with elders or small children usually break it at Coimbatore or Thrissur instead.
Pricing starts from around Rs 32 per kilometre for a 12 seater AC tempo traveller and varies by seating capacity, AC or non-AC configuration, and how many days the vehicle stays with you. The quoted fare includes base fare, fuel charges and driver allowance. Charged separately at actuals are toll and parking, inter state tax and permits for the Tamil Nadu and Kerala crossings, additional driver bata after 9:45 PM, and GST. The 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 you receive within 2 hours.
We use the MC Road by default: NH544 as far as Angamaly, then Perumbavoor, Muvattupuzha and Ettumanoor to Kottayam. It skirts Kochi entirely, which saves close to an hour of city traffic on a day that is already long. The coastal alternative through Aroor, Cherthala and Muhamma is more scenic and brings you to Kumarakom across the Thaneermukkom bund, and we are happy to route that way if you want it, particularly on the return leg when time pressure is lower.
Most groups do, and one night on a boat is usually enough — houseboats do not cruise after dark, so a second night adds less than people expect. Boats are booked directly by you or through your resort; we do not resell them. While you are on the water the tempo traveller has nothing to do, so tell us at enquiry stage and we will quote a drop and pickup instead of retaining the vehicle and driver for idle days. On a longer Kerala circuit, retaining the vehicle usually still works out better, and we will say so if that is the case.
Yes, two of them: Karnataka into Tamil Nadu, checked at the Attibele post shortly after Hosur, and Tamil Nadu into Kerala, checked at Walayar in the Palakkad Gap. Both are billed at actuals rather than absorbed into the base rate. We arrange all permit documentation before departure, so you need do nothing, and our drivers handle both check posts routinely on every Kerala run.
November to February is the ideal window: the migratory birds are in at the sanctuary, the humidity drops, and the lake is at its most pleasant. December and January are the busiest and most expensive weeks. March to May is hot and humid but quiet. The southwest monsoon from June to August brings heavy rain and occasional flooding in Kuttanad, which can affect road access to some properties, though the region is spectacularly green and the Nehru Trophy Boat Race falls in this period. Carry repellent whatever the season.
Our 12 seater tempo traveller bangalore and 17 seater options are the most booked here, with 8, 14, 16 and 18 seaters also available in AC and non-AC. Under eight passengers, an Innova Crysta or Hycross is usually more economical. Above eighteen we operate 12 to 24 seater mini buses and 27 to 50 seater coaches, though the narrow lakeside lanes at Kumarakom favour smaller vehicles. On a twelve-hour driving day we advise leaving a couple of seats spare rather than filling the vehicle to capacity.
Yes, and this is how most groups book it. The same vehicle and driver stay with you throughout, covering the bird sanctuary, the Bay Island Driftwood Museum, Ettumanoor, Vaikom, Kottayam and the drive through Kuttanad, plus onward legs to Alappuzha, Munnar or Thekkady. Multi-day bookings are billed on total kilometres and hours with a per-day minimum plus driver allowance. Share your day-wise itinerary at enquiry stage and we quote the whole trip as a single number.
No. Tejas Tours and Travels does not operate sleeper bus services. All our vehicles are seated configuration with push-back seats. On this route the drive works well as a single daylight day with an early start, which is also the safer arrangement — the stretch south of Thrissur has heavy traffic and narrow shoulders that are much better handled in daylight than at night.
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, and between 12 and 24 hours 50 percent. Multi-day trips to Kumarakom need a minimum 7-day notice for a full refund. Date changes and vehicle upgrades with more than 24 hours notice are accommodated at no penalty, subject to availability. 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. Please note that Tejas Tours and Travels does not provide passenger insurance cover, so travellers who want personal cover should arrange it separately. Our outstation tempo traveller bangalore enquiry lines are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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