Bangalore to Kundapura Cab and Taxi with Driver
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Kodi Beach
About 4 km from town, where the river meets the sea. Go for sunset; the car waits at the beach road.
Maravanthe Beach
About 20 km north. The highway runs between the sea and the Souparnika river. Stop only at the marked parking.
Kollur Mookambika Temple
About 40 km inland. A car does the round trip with darshan in half a day.
Distance
440 km
From Bangalore
Time
About 8 hr
Via Kunigal, Sakleshpur and Udupi
Starting from
₹ 10800
3 days, 900 km, Dzire
Maruti Swift Dzire
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹10,826 ₹13,036
+ ₹1886 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Etios
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹12,572 ₹15,150
+ ₹2200 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova
LUXURYAC6 Seats
₹16,114 ₹19,429
+ ₹2829 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹16,114 ₹19,429
+ ₹2829 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Crysta
LUXURYAC6 Seats
₹17,860 ₹21,543
+ ₹3143 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Crysta
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹17,860 ₹21,543
+ ₹3143 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Hycross
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹23,098 ₹27,886
+ ₹4086 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Commuter
LUXURYAC10 Seats
₹59,300
+ ₹10530 (Taxes & Charges)
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Toyota Corolla Altis
LUXURYAC4 Seats
₹18,300
+ ₹3240 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Camry
LUXURYAC4 Seats
₹45,500
+ ₹8100 (Taxes & Charges)
Audi A6
LUXURYAC4 Seats
₹63,600
+ ₹11340 (Taxes & Charges)
Audi Q7
LUXURYAC4 Seats
₹1,44,800
+ ₹25920 (Taxes & Charges)
BMW 5 Series
LUXURYAC4 Seats
₹63,600
+ ₹11340 (Taxes & Charges)
BMW 7 Series
LUXURYAC4 Seats
₹1,35,800
+ ₹24300 (Taxes & Charges)
Mercedes-Benz S-Class
LUXURYAC4 Seats
₹1,44,800
+ ₹25920 (Taxes & Charges)
Mercedes-Benz E-Class
LUXURYAC4 Seats
₹1,26,600
+ ₹22680 (Taxes & Charges)
Rolls-Royce Ghost
LUXURYAC4 Seats
₹5,41,000
+ ₹97200 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Fortuner
LUXURYAC5 Seats
₹45,500
+ ₹8100 (Taxes & Charges)
Start
70 km
145 km
185 km
225 km
290 km
350 km
400 km
435 km
Pickup at your door
The cab picks you up at home at 5 am, so the family loads the bags in the driveway and goes. That early start matters on this route. The Nelamangala toll, where NH75 splits from Tumkur Road, jams on weekend mornings, and you want the Shiradi ghat in daylight. There are five toll plazas before Sakleshpur, all paid by FASTag on our car. Keep breakfast for Kunigal, 70 km out. The coast stays warm even in winter, so pack cotton clothes and one light jacket for the ghat.
Quick breakfast
First halt, about an hour and a half from the city. The highway hotels at Kunigal open early and serve idli, vada and filter coffee, and a family of four is done in 15 minutes. The Kunigal lake lies beside the town, about 2 km long, and you see it from the road without a detour. NH75 skips the town centre, so the car is in and out quickly. Eat a proper breakfast here. Lunch comes only after the ghat, near Uppinangady, some 220 km further on.
Tea and a stretch
Channarayapatna, 145 km out, is a short tea and leg stretch stop. Shravanabelagola is 12 km off the highway from here, and a car can do that detour quickly: the 57 ft Gommateshwara statue stands on Vindhyagiri, about 650 steps up, climbed barefoot. The hill closes from about 11:30 am to 3:30 pm, and on a coast day the climb costs two hours, so most families keep it for the drive home. Coconut and sugarcane fields line the road around the town. Hassan is about 38 km ahead.
Fuel and restroom
Hassan is about 185 km out, and the car needs only fuel and a restroom here, ten minutes at most. If someone wants a snack, this district eats ragi mudde with green curry, and the Malnad filter coffee is strong. Coffee, black pepper and cardamom are sold in town, but the estates come next, so buy at Sakleshpur instead. Hasanamba temple opens just once a year, for about two weeks around Deepavali, and Hassan is packed in those days. Mangalore is about 171 km on from here.
Last town pre ghat
Sakleshpur, at 225 km, is the last town before the Shiradi ghat, so take tea and the restroom here. The town sits at about 932 m among coffee estates, and Arabica coffee and spices are the things to buy. Manjarabad fort, the star shaped fort Tipu Sultan built in 1792, stands just outside town on the highway, a 30 minute look if the family climbs fast. From here NH75 drops through the ghat to Gundya, about 38 km. In the monsoon the district has closed this ghat after landslips, so we check the order the day before.
Lunch
Uppinangady, 290 km out, is where the ghat is behind you and coast food begins, so we break for lunch. Ask for neer dosa and goli baje, the Mangalore bajji, or a Tulu Nadu meal with patrode. The Kumaradhara river joins the Netravati beside the town, and the Sahasralingeshwara temple stands at the meeting point, a short walk from the main road. Keep about 40 minutes. From June to September the rivers rise fast, so watch them from the temple steps only. Mangalore is about 60 km on.
Drive through
Mangalore, about 350 km out, is crossed rather than visited on this trip. The car comes in over the Netravati bridge at the south edge of the city and turns north on NH66 for Udupi. With four people a quick buy is easy: Mangalore is known for cashew and roof tiles, and a cashew shop is worth five minutes. If you eat here on the way back, chicken ghee roast and bangude pulimunchi are the dishes the city is known for. Panambur beach is close to the highway north of the centre.
Matha detour
Udupi is about 400 km out, under an hour short of Kundapura. If you reach before the evening rush, the Krishna Matha is a short detour off NH66. Devotees see Krishna through the Kanakana kindi, a small window, and the matha serves free meals to all. Masala dosa is credited to Udupi hotels, so this is the place for one with coffee. Udupi sarees, handloom pure cotton, make a good gift to carry. A car finds parking near the matha far more easily than a van. Kundapura is about 37 km north.
Home drop
Kundapura is the end of the drive, about 435 km and around nine hours from Bangalore with the halts. The car drops you at the house, hotel or function hall in town, so nobody walks with bags. Coastal seafood is what the town cooks best, and the hotels open with Udupi style breakfasts of neer dosa and Mangalore buns. June to September brings very heavy rain to Udupi district, so carry umbrellas in those months. Tell the driver the next day plan tonight, and he rests while you settle in.
Need a Bangalore to Kundapura cab to get home for a festival, or to take the family to Kodi beach and Kollur, four to seven people? The car does the whole coast run in one day with a driver who knows the ghat. Book cab rental in Bangalore with Tejas Tours & Travels.
Route | One way | Kundapura and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Bangalore to Kundapura via Hassan, Mangalore and Udupi | About 435 km | About 870 km | About 9 hr with stops |
Kundapura and back is about 870 km, so a car is billed for 3 days, 900 km. That covers the drive down, a day around Kundapura and the drive back. All cars are AC. Tolls, parking and GST are added at actual. A Bangalore to Kundapura one way taxi is ₹2 a km above the round trip rate, quoted on request. Car rates per km include fuel, driver and AC, and a daily allowance for the driver goes on the bill.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 3 days, 900 km | 4 days, 1,200 km | 5 days, 1,500 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹12 | ₹11,850 | ₹15,800 | ₹19,750 | |
₹14 | ₹13,650 | ₹18,200 | ₹22,750 | |
₹18 | ₹17,400 | ₹23,200 | ₹29,000 | |
₹20 | ₹19,200 | ₹25,600 | ₹32,000 |
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, 4 days in the Toyota Innova Crysta is about ₹3,660 a person.
Up to four people with weekend bags: Dzire or Toyota Etios. Six or seven going home for a festival: Innova, or the Innova Crysta for the ghat. More than seven people? Look at a tempo traveller.
Group of nine or more? The Bangalore to Kundapura tempo traveller fits up to 20. Elders who want a quieter van can take the Bangalore to Kundapura Force Urbania.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
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6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
About 435 km one way, by Kunigal, Hassan, the Shiradi ghat, Mangalore and Udupi, so about 870 km for the round trip. A cab takes about 8 hours of driving, or about 9 hours with breakfast, lunch and tea halts. The ghat between Sakleshpur and Gundya is the slow part; the coast road north of Mangalore is flat but busy.
For 3 days, 900 km: Dzire ₹10,800, Etios ₹12,600, Innova ₹16,200, Innova Crysta ₹18,000. Driver allowance ₹350 or ₹400 a day. Tolls, parking and GST extra.
Yes. The one way rate is ₹2 a km over the round trip rate. Share the date and address for a written quote.
The Innova Crysta. It takes six adults and bags and is steady on the Shiradi ghat. Every car is on cab rental in Bangalore.
Kollur, yes, about 40 km by car. Kodachadri needs a local jeep from Kollur. Extra km are added at the same rate.
Yes, via Shivamogga and Hosanagara. Tell us your preference; we pick the road by the season and ghat conditions.
October to February is the easy window: the Shiradi ghat is dry and the coast is cooler, with winter nights near 20 C in Udupi. March to May gets hot, up to about 38 C on the coast, so plan sightseeing for mornings. From June to September Udupi district gets over 4,000 mm of rain and the ghat has had landslip closures, so we check the road before you leave.
It can, but a 5 am start works better. A night run puts the Shiradi ghat in the dark, and on wet nights the bends and the truck queues are hard to judge. Starting at dawn, the driver takes the ghat around midday with a clear view and you reach Kundapura before dark. If you must travel overnight, we plan a proper driver rest at Hassan before the ghat.
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