
Bangalore to Palakkad Bus Hire for Weddings and Company Groups
Top Rated Bus & Car Rental Services

Top Rated Bus & Car Rental Services

Distance
415 km
From Bangalore
Time
About 10.5 hr
Via Krishnagiri, Perundurai and Walayar
Starting from
₹ 39600
3 days, 900 km, 27 seater

29 Seater Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC29 Seats
₹40,858 ₹49,328
+ ₹7228 (Taxes & Charges)

30 Seater Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC30 Seats
₹40,858 ₹49,328
+ ₹7228 (Taxes & Charges)
32 Seater Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC32 Seats
₹40,858 ₹49,328
+ ₹7228 (Taxes & Charges)

33 Seater Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC33 Seats
₹40,858 ₹49,328
+ ₹7228 (Taxes & Charges)
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40 Seater Bus A/C 2/2
LUXURYAC40 Seats
₹55,126 ₹66,543
+ ₹9743 (Taxes & Charges)

45 Seater Bus A/c 2/2
LUXURYAC45 Seats
₹59,491 ₹71,828
+ ₹10528 (Taxes & Charges)

49 Seater Bus A/C 2/3
NORMALAC49 Seats
₹49,888 ₹60,200
+ ₹8800 (Taxes & Charges)

50 Seater Bus A/C 2/3
NORMALAC50 Seats
₹49,888 ₹60,200
+ ₹8800 (Taxes & Charges)

27 Seater Bus A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC27 Seats
₹40,858 ₹49,328
+ ₹7228 (Taxes & Charges)

30 seater bus A/C Executive 2/2
LUXURYAC30 Seats
₹44,350 ₹53,557
+ ₹7857 (Taxes & Charges)

45 Seater Benz Bus A/C 2/2
LUXURYAC45 Seats
₹63,856 ₹77,114
+ ₹11314 (Taxes & Charges)

Volvo Bus A/C 2/2
LUXURYAC45 Seats
₹64,000
+ ₹11340 (Taxes & Charges)
Start
90 km
205 km
280 km
365 km
395 km
415 km

Single assembly point
A bus of 40 to 50 people loads at one roomy assembly point outside the centre, fixed at booking, and leaves at 5 am. If the group arrives by train, the forecourt opposite KSR Bengaluru City station is handy, but loading time at Majestic is short, so bags should be ready in a line. The bus goes down Hosur Road; at Attibele, the toll at the Tamil Nadu border, about 32 km out, only four wheelers and above pay. Coordinators should take a head count before the bus moves and again at each halt.

Breakfast
At 90 km the coach pulls into Krishnagiri, the crossroads where NH44 meets NH48 to Chennai, NH77 to Tiruvannamalai and NH42 to Madanapalle. Breakfast is forty minutes at a large hotel with coach bays and a buffet counter, so 45 people eat together. A Jain tirth, the Padmavathi Shaktipeet, sits by the highway nearby, and the Kattuveera Anjaneya temple is on the district's tourist list; either works as a planned stop on the return. Bottled mango pulp from this district is on every shelf.

Toilet halt
Salem comes at 205 km, and the coach takes NH544 west from the bypass without entering the city. A food court with a large toilet block gives the group a fifteen minute break. In Aadi, from mid July to mid August, the Kottai Mariamman festival brings five days of crowds into the city, though the bypass stays clear. Groups interested in temples may like Tharamangalam, about 24 km away, where sunlight falls on the deity for a few days each February. Perundurai and lunch are about 75 km on.

Lunch
Perundurai, about 280 km out, is the lunch halt, at a highway restaurant with coach parking and a hall that takes 50 at a sitting. The SIPCOT estate around it means the hotels feed big crews fast. Meals, parotta and curd rice come out in rounds. Chennimalai hill temple, about 12 km off, is too slow for a full bus on this day. Keep 50 minutes, so the driver also gets a proper break before the second half. Coimbatore is about 80 km on and the Kerala border just past it.

Snack
The coach never enters Coimbatore; it uses the 28 km bypass, far from the Avinashi Road flyover. At about 365 km there is a twenty minute halt for tea, a snack and the toilets. The city's two main temples, Marudamalai Murugan on its hill and the old Perur Patteeswarar, are each a half day by bus on another trip. The southwest monsoon soaks Coimbatore from July to October, so umbrellas should be in hand rather than in the hold. Walayar is 30 km on.

Border check
Walayar is the Kerala border on NH544, about 395 km out, where most tourist buses from other states enter Kerala. Goods lorries take the separate service road, so the bus queue at the motor vehicle counter is short. The driver shows the permit and the tax receipt, and much of it can be shown online now. Kerala's tax on other state tourist vehicles has changed more than once, so the coordinator gets the current rule from us before the trip. The group stays seated. Palakkad is 20 km ahead.

Venue drop
Roughly 10 hours after leaving Bangalore the coach reaches Palakkad. It drops the group at the hotel, hall or college gate, and where a street is too tight for a 50 seater it stops on the main road while everyone walks the last few metres. Near Chandranagar, where NH966 from Kozhikode meets the highway, there is space to park a coach overnight. The state bus terminal is in the centre, with private bus stands nearby. Book dinner for a large group ahead; Kerala meals with red matta rice are the usual order.
Moving 30 to 50 people from Bangalore to Palakkad for a wedding or a company event? A Bangalore to Palakkad bus keeps all of you together, with one driver and halts where a coach can park. Reserve a bus on rent in Bangalore with Tejas Tours & Travels.
Route | One way | Palakkad and back | Time by bus |
|---|---|---|---|
Bangalore to Palakkad via Krishnagiri, Perundurai and Walayar | About 415 km | About 830 km | About 10.5 hr with stops |
Plan on about 830 km for the round trip to Palakkad; with 300 km a day as the minimum, the bus is billed 3 days and 900 km. The rate covers diesel and the driver for Palakkad. Driver allowance is ₹700 to ₹1,000 a day, tolls are higher for a bus, and GST and parking come at actual. BharatBenz or Volvo if you ask, 400 km a day. One way: ₹2 a km more. Both AC and non-AC buses are available, and the rate depends on the one you choose.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 3 days, 900 km | 4 days, 1,200 km | 5 days, 1,500 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹44 | ₹41,700 | ₹55,600 | ₹69,500 | |
₹44 | ₹41,700 | ₹55,600 | ₹69,500 | |
₹44 | ₹41,700 | ₹55,600 | ₹69,500 | |
₹60 | ₹57,000 | ₹76,000 | ₹95,000 | |
₹60 | ₹57,000 | ₹76,000 | ₹95,000 | |
₹65 | ₹61,500 | ₹82,000 | ₹102,500 | |
₹54 | ₹51,600 | ₹68,800 | ₹86,000 | |
₹54 | ₹51,600 | ₹68,800 | ₹86,000 |
Totals are the km fare plus the day driver allowance. Extra: night driver allowance (₹700 to ₹1,000 a night, by size), tolls, parking and GST. Shared by 50, 4 days in the 50 Seater Bus is about ₹1,380 a person.
A Palakkad group of 30: the 33 seater bus. Near 40: 40 seater bus. 45 to 50 for the 415 km: 50 seater bus or the 49 seater bus.
Fewer than 25 people? The Bangalore to Palakkad mini bus costs less. Going on to Kochi? See the Bangalore to Kochi bus.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
About 415 km one way through Krishnagiri, Salem, Perundurai, Coimbatore and Walayar, so about 830 km for the round trip. A full bus takes about 10 hours with breakfast, lunch, a tea halt and the border check. The road is national highway all the way, NH44 to Salem and NH544 on to Palakkad.
A 50 seater bus for 3 days (900 km) at ₹54/km is ₹48,600. Add ₹3,000 allowance, then tolls, permits and GST.
It is. We quote ₹2 a km over the return rate, and the empty run home is counted, so the total is fixed before you pay.
The 49 or 50 seater, so a few seats stay free for bags. See every size on bus on rent in Bangalore.
October to February. The Kalpathy car festival is in November; book early for that week.
At Walayar, about 20 km before Palakkad. The Kerala permit is paid there and billed at actual.
A few do. Coimbatore's Mariamman temple festivals are the big events of summer, and the Kottai Mariamman festival fills Salem in Aadi (mid July to mid August). The bus keeps to the bypasses, so delays are short, but parking near the drop point can be harder on those days.
In the luggage hold under the floor, which takes one suitcase per person easily. We load in reverse order of drop, so the first group off finds its bags at the door of the hold. Keep a small bag with medicines, chargers and snacks inside the bus. For school groups, teachers should tag each bag with the name and room number.