Bangalore to Madurai Minibus Rental — 12 to 24 Seater Mini Bus for Group Travel
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Places to Visit in Madurai
Meenakshi Amman Temple
The reason for the journey and one of the most extraordinary buildings in India. Dedicated to Meenakshi, a form of Parvati, and her consort Sundareswarar, the complex covers around fourteen acres with fourteen gopurams, the tallest rising close to fifty metres, every surface covered in brightly painted stucco figures. Inside, the Thousand Pillar Hall holds carved stone columns of remarkable quality and now houses a temple art museum, and the Potramarai Kulam golden lotus tank sits at the heart of the complex. Visit at the start of the evening session, when the light on the gopurams is at its best. Allow two to three hours, and note the midday closure when planning your arrival.
Meenakshi Amman Temple
The reason for the journey and one of the most extraordinary buildings in India. Dedicated to Meenakshi, a form of Parvati, and her consort Sundareswarar, the complex covers around fourteen acres with fourteen gopurams, the tallest rising close to fifty metres, every surface covered in brightly painted stucco figures. Inside, the Thousand Pillar Hall holds carved stone columns of remarkable quality and now houses a temple art museum, and the Potramarai Kulam golden lotus tank sits at the heart of the complex. Visit at the start of the evening session, when the light on the gopurams is at its best. Allow two to three hours, and note the midday closure when planning your arrival.
Thirumalai Nayakkar Mahal
A seventeenth-century palace built by King Thirumalai Nayak, and a genuinely surprising building - Dravidian construction fused with Islamic and European influence, with enormous circular columns and scalloped arches enclosing a courtyard that was originally around four times its present size. What survives is the Swarga Vilasam entrance hall and the dance hall. A sound and light show runs in the evenings covering the Silappathikaram epic and the palace history. Visit for the scale of the columns, which photographs do not convey. It sits about two kilometres from the Meenakshi temple and takes around an hour.
Thiruparankundram Murugan Temple
Eight kilometres south of the city, this is the first of the Arupadai Veedu, the six sacred abodes of Murugan, and one of the most significant Murugan shrines in Tamil Nadu. The temple is partly rock-cut into the hillside, with shrines carved directly out of the granite, and the setting against the hill is the distinguishing feature. It draws a steady stream of devotees rather than tourists, particularly for weddings, since it is associated with Murugan marriage to Deivanai. Visit early morning. Footwear is removed at the entrance and around ninety minutes covers it including the drive out.
Alagar Kovil and Pazhamudircholai
Twenty-one kilometres north-east in the Alagar hills, Alagar Kovil is a Vishnu temple of considerable antiquity and the seat of Kallalagar, whose ceremonial journey into the Vaigai river is the centrepiece of the Chithirai festival - one of the largest temple festivals in Tamil Nadu, drawing enormous crowds. Higher up the same hill sits Pazhamudircholai, the sixth and last of the Murugan Arupadai Veedu, set in forest with a natural spring. Visit both together as a half day. The hill road is narrow in places, and the setting, with forest and water, is a genuine change from the city.
Gandhi Memorial Museum
Housed in the seventeenth-century Rani Mangammal palace, this is one of only five Gandhi museums in India sanctioned as national memorials, and it holds the blood-stained dhoti Gandhi was wearing when he was assassinated. Madurai has a specific place in the story - it was here in 1921 that Gandhi first adopted the loincloth after seeing how the rural poor dressed. The museum galleries cover the freedom movement in considerable depth. Visit for an hour, and it works particularly well as a middle-of-the-day option during the temple closure, since it is indoors and open through the afternoon.
Vandiyur Teppakulam and Samanar Hills
The Vandiyur Mariamman Teppakulam is an enormous temple tank about five kilometres from the centre, with a central mandapam reached by boat during the Float Festival in January and February, when illuminated floats carry the deities across the water. Samanar Hills, at Keelakuyilkudi to the west, holds second-century Jain rock-cut beds and carved reliefs on a granite hillside, reached by a short climb, with a good view over the plain and almost no crowds. Visit the Teppakulam if your dates coincide with the festival, and Samanar Hills for the history and the quiet - it is the most underrated site in the district.
Distance
448 Km
One way
Time
9 hrs
Via expressway
Starting from
₹ 29272
Plus GST
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About the Bangalore - Madurai route
Bangalore
Where Your Journey Starts
Hosur
40 km
Krishnagiri
90 Km
Salem
200 Km
Namakkal
253 Km
Karur
296 Km
Dindigul
373 Km
Madurai
448 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.
Hosur
Little England of India
Departure timing does more for this journey than driving speed ever will. Our drivers reach the pickup point fifteen minutes early and aim to be past Electronic City before 6:00 AM, because clearing Silk Board before the build-up saves close to an hour. Passengers boarding at Whitefield or Marathahalli are routed via Sarjapur and Attibele to bypass the Chandapura bottleneck, and the NICE road is the faster line for anyone coming from the west of the city. The road opens out immediately after the Attibele toll and the Karnataka to Tamil Nadu border. Hosur is called the Little England of India for its unusually temperate climate, and it sits at the centre of a rose-growing belt that supplies flowers across South India alongside major two-wheeler and automotive plants. Most travellers do not halt. Our drivers use Hosur as the checkpoint that confirms whether the schedule holds, which on a 448 km day matters more than on a short run.
Krishnagiri
Mango Capital of Tamil Nadu
Fifty fast kilometres of six-lane divided highway with hill views on both sides. This is where the drive settles and the trip begins to feel underway, and for a 5:00 AM departure Krishnagiri arrives around 6:45 AM. Krishnagiri is the mango belt of Tamil Nadu, and between April and July the roadside Banganapalli and Neelam stalls are worth stopping for on their own. A ninth-century hill fort built on a granite outcrop is visible from the highway, and the KRP Dam catchment nearby makes a quiet break point. This is also where Chennai-bound traffic peels away and the road south becomes noticeably sparser. Most of our drivers push on toward Salem for the main halt, but Krishnagiri is a reliable early fuel and restroom point.
Salem
Steel City of Tamil Nadu
Dharmapuri is an agricultural district centre, and the significant draw nearby is Hogenakkal, forty-five kilometres east, where the Cauvery drops through a gorge and coracles run below the falls. It is a half-day detour rather than a roadside stop and does not fit a straight Madurai run, but it is worth knowing about for anyone planning a slower return. Thoppur is the one demanding section of this route. The highway climbs steeply between Dharmapuri and Salem, and although four-laned throughout, the gradient is severe enough that loaded trucks slow to walking pace, lane discipline suffers and overtaking gets optimistic. Our drivers hold back rather than joining in. Beyond Thoppur the road opens out and the run into Salem is excellent. Salem, built on iron ore and mango orchards, sits close to the midpoint and has the best highway restaurants on the corridor - proper parking, clean facilities and quick service. Budget thirty to forty minutes here and use it properly.
Namakkal
Egg City of India
Fifty kilometres of fast highway south from Salem, and the traffic thins dramatically. This is the easiest driving of the whole route, and it is where most of the distance gets banked. Namakkal is the poultry capital of India, producing a very large share of the country egg supply, and the transport of eggs out of this district is visible along the highway in a way that surprises first-time travellers. The town itself holds a rock fort on a 65 metre outcrop and, at its base, the Namakkal Anjaneyar Temple with an eighteen-foot monolithic Hanuman statue carved from a single block of stone and standing open to the sky. It is a genuinely striking twenty-minute stop directly off the highway, and it is the one roadside temple on this route that we actively recommend to travellers who have time in hand.
Karur
Home Textile Capital of India
Forty-three kilometres of continuing fast four-lane highway across flat farmland, with the Kolli hills visible to the east on a clear morning. Progress here is quick and there is little to detain you. Karur sits on the Amaravathi river and is one of the oldest inhabited settlements in Tamil Nadu, with Roman coin finds pointing to ancient trade links. Today it is the home textile capital of India, exporting bed linen, curtains and furnishings worldwide, and it is also a major bus body building centre - a surprising number of the coaches on South Indian roads were built here. The Pasupatheeswarar temple in the town is old and architecturally significant. For most travellers Karur is simply the marker that Dindigul, and lunch, is an hour ahead.
Dindigul
Gateway to Kodaikanal
Seventy-seven kilometres south with the Sirumalai hills rising to the east and the landscape turning drier. Dindigul announces itself with its rock fort, a granite outcrop crowned by a hill fortification built under the Madurai Nayaks and later held by Tipu Sultan and the British. Dindigul is known nationally for two things. Its handmade locks, produced here for over a century and now carrying a GI tag, gave it the name Lock City. And Dindigul Thalappakatti biryani, made with seeraga samba rice and a distinct spice balance, originated in this town and is the single most famous food stop on the entire highway - the original establishment still operates here. For a 5:00 AM departure this lands almost exactly at lunch, which makes it the natural second halt. Beyond Dindigul the highway passes Kodai Road, the junction where travellers turn west into the Palani hills for Kodaikanal, around eighty kilometres up.
Madurai
City That Never Sleeps
The final seventy-five kilometres run south through dry plains with the Sirumalai and Nagamalai hills flanking the road. Flyover construction near the Madurai bypass has been affecting this approach and can add time, so our drivers plan the final stretch on the day rather than promising a fixed arrival minute. Madurai is among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, referenced in Greek and Roman accounts of the ancient spice trade, and it was the capital of the Pandya kingdom and a seat of the Tamil Sangam academies. The old city is laid out in concentric squares around the Meenakshi Amman Temple, which means the street plan itself is the monument as much as the temple is. It is called Thoonga Nagaram, the city that never sleeps, and anyone who walks the streets around the temple at ten at night will understand why. Our driver takes you to the confirmed address and assists with luggage. A 5:00 AM departure with two halts puts most travellers in Madurai between 1:00 PM and 2:30 PM, in good time for the temple evening session.
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Minibus Packages for the Bangalore to Madurai Route
Corporate Package
Built for Bangalore IT and manufacturing teams travelling to Madurai for plant visits, offsites, dealer meets and audits. Includes GST invoicing, a Proforma Invoice for PO-based approval, a named driver for the full trip, and consolidated monthly billing for registered accounts. The same corporate minibus bangalore stays with your team across Madurai, Dindigul and Trichy site visits, with duty slips signed daily and reconciled against the final invoice. Our corporate travels desk manages the arrangement end to end.
Family and Pilgrimage Package
The most common booking on this route, designed around temple timings and a driver who understands that a family will spend three hours inside Meenakshi Amman Temple and needs a waiting vehicle. Suited to extended families of twelve to twenty-four on the Madurai, Rameswaram and Kanyakumari circuit. Luggage capacity is the real advantage — a 20 seater swallows the suitcases four cabs would struggle with. Rameswaram is a further 170 kilometres and easily added.
Budget Package
For groups where cost per head decides everything. Non-AC 12 to 17 seater mini buses, point to point, no frills, clean vehicle, verified driver — well suited to college groups, community trips and pilgrimage associations. The mini bus rate per km in bangalore for the non-AC tier is our lowest, and across a 437 kilometre route the saving is significant. 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. Suited to senior management travel, wedding party movement and any group that wants to stay together without compromising comfort on a nine-hour drive. For a step further, our luxury urbania rental bangalore option in 13 to 17 seater configuration is a premium alternative 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 corridor
• Bus — 27 to 50 seater, including Volvo and Benz coaches for large groups
• Force Urbania — 13 to 17 seater luxury van
• Cars — 4 to 7 seater, from Etios, Dzire and Innova through Innova Crysta, Innova Hycross and Fortuner, 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 travel on this route is in seated configuration, which is standard for the corridor since the journey is comfortably completed within a single day.
Billing Details — What Is Included and What Is Extra
We quote in writing before you book, and the quote itemises everything. 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 and permit for the Karnataka to Tamil Nadu crossing
• 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.
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
The Madurai run is one of several long-distance corridors we operate. These are the routes groups book most often from Bangalore.
• Bangalore to Mysore — 145 km, three hours. Srirangapatna, Mysore Palace and Chamundi Hills. Popular for one-day corporate outings and school excursions.
• Bangalore to Ooty — 270 km, six to seven hours. Through Mysore and Bandipur into the Nilgiris. Needs a Tamil Nadu permit and a driver used to ghat sections.
• Bangalore to Coorg — 265 km, five to six hours. Coffee estates, Abbey Falls and Dubare elephant camp. Book early for weekends.
• Bangalore to Tirupati — 250 km, four to five hours. Our most frequent pilgrimage booking, usually a same-day return.
• Bangalore to Rameswaram — 600 km. Usually combined with Madurai as one southern temple circuit over four to five days.
• Bangalore to Wayanad — 280 km, six hours. Kerala permit required. Popular for corporate offsites.
• Bangalore to Chikmagalur — 245 km, five hours. Coffee country and Mullayanagiri.
• Bangalore to Pondicherry — 310 km, six hours. French Quarter, Auroville and the beaches.
• Bangalore to Hampi — 340 km, seven hours. UNESCO World Heritage ruins, best from November to February.
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 for annual tours. 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 Madurai and other multi-day outstation hire, share the full day-wise itinerary so we can allocate a driver with multi-day route experience.
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
◦ Applicable toll estimates
◦ Interstate permit where applicable — Tamil Nadu for Madurai and Ooty, Kerala for Wayanad, 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.
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 peak Bangalore travel dates — New Year, Diwali, long IT weekends and the October Dasara period — book well ahead.
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, 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.
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 Madurai, Rameswaram, Goa, Coorg and other multi-day outstation hire from Bangalore during 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 Madurai, Rameswaram, Goa and Coorg — 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, 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.
• 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.
How do I book a mini bus from Bangalore to Madurai?
Call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773 or email info@tejastravels.com with your travel date, Bangalore pickup location, group size, destination or itinerary and preferred vehicle tier. 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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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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Frequently Asked Questions — Bangalore to Madurai Minibus
The bangalore to madurai distance by road is approximately 437 kilometres via NH44 through Hosur, Krishnagiri, Salem, Namakkal, Karur and Dindigul. A mini bus covers it in 8 hours 30 minutes to 9 hours 30 minutes including two meal stops. Departing between 4:30 AM and 6:00 AM makes a real difference, since it clears the Hosur Road and Electronic City stretch before peak traffic builds.
Pricing starts from around Rs 29,272. The quoted fare includes base fare, fuel charges and driver allowance. Charged separately at actuals are toll and parking, interstate tax for the Karnataka to Tamil Nadu crossing, 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.
A 20 percent advance of the total fare confirms your booking and guarantees the specific mini bus variant on your travel 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 after deducting the advance.
Yes. Crossing from Karnataka into Tamil Nadu requires a valid interstate permit, billed at actuals rather than absorbed into the base rate. We arrange all permit documentation before departure, so you need do nothing. It is checked at the Attibele post shortly after Hosur and our drivers handle it routinely.
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. Above twenty-four we operate 27 to 50 seater buses including Volvo and Benz coaches. We recommend the right size based on your headcount and luggage when you enquire.
No. Tejas Tours and Travels does not operate sleeper bus services. All our vehicles are seated configuration with push-back seats. This suits the Bangalore to Madurai route well, since the journey is comfortably completed in a single day and most groups prefer an early departure with a mid-afternoon arrival.
Yes, and this is how most groups book it. The same vehicle and driver stay with you throughout, covering Meenakshi Amman Temple, Thirumalai Nayakkar Mahal, Azhagar Kovil, Thiruparankundram and any onward leg to Rameswaram. 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 in one number.
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 outstation trips to Madurai 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.
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.
Call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773 or email info@tejastravels.com with your travel date, Bangalore pickup location, group size, destination or itinerary and preferred vehicle tier. 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.