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Places to Visit in Srirangapatna
Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple
The town takes its name from this temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu as Ranganatha, believed to have been originally built by the Ganga dynasty chieftain Tirumalaiah around 894 AD and expanded over successive centuries. Sitting inside the old fort walls on the banks of the Kaveri, the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple is one of the largest and most actively worshipped temples in the region, with a tall gopura visible from most points in town. Morning darshan draws a steady stream of pilgrims rather than a rush, so visits before ten in the morning tend to be the most peaceful, and photography is generally permitted in the outer courtyards though not inside the main sanctum.
Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple
The town takes its name from this temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu as Ranganatha, believed to have been originally built by the Ganga dynasty chieftain Tirumalaiah around 894 AD and expanded over successive centuries. Sitting inside the old fort walls on the banks of the Kaveri, the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple is one of the largest and most actively worshipped temples in the region, with a tall gopura visible from most points in town. Morning darshan draws a steady stream of pilgrims rather than a rush, so visits before ten in the morning tend to be the most peaceful, and photography is generally permitted in the outer courtyards though not inside the main sanctum.
Srirangapatna Fort
Originally built by Kempe Gowda in 1537 and later fortified extensively by Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan, Srirangapatna Fort occupies the entire island formed by two branches of the Kaveri River and was the site of the decisive 1799 battle in which Tipu Sultan was killed defending his capital. Sections of the ramparts, water gates, and a few cannons still stand, and a quiet obelisk inside the fort marks the spot where British forces breached the walls. Walking the fort perimeter takes about an hour and gives a clear sense of how the natural river moat once made this one of the most defensible strongholds in South India.
Daria Daulat Bagh (Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace)
Built entirely in teak wood in 1784, Daria Daulat Bagh was Tipu Sultan's summer residence and is now a museum housing his personal memorabilia, including weapons, coins, and detailed wall murals depicting his military campaigns and the courts of contemporaries such as the rulers of Tanjore and Chittor. The Indo-Islamic architecture, with its scalloped arches and painted ceilings, has been carefully preserved, and the surrounding garden with clipped hedges makes for a pleasant walk after the museum visit. Photography inside the palace is restricted, but the exterior and gardens are freely photographable, and the whole visit typically takes forty five minutes to an hour.
Gumbaz
A short drive from Daria Daulat Bagh, the Gumbaz is the domed mausoleum built by Tipu Sultan for his father Hyder Ali, and it later became his own resting place along with his mother, Fakr-Un-Nisa. The onion shaped dome and the ivory inlaid doors, a gift from the Nizam of Hyderabad, mark this as one of the finer examples of Islamic funerary architecture in Karnataka, and the surrounding avenue of cypress trees adds a solemn, formal quality to the approach. Nearby, the smaller sites of Dodda Gosai Ghat and Sangam sit along the riverbank and are worth combining into the same short visit if time allows.
Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary
Just three kilometres from the main town, Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary is Karnataka's largest bird sanctuary, spread across a cluster of small islets in the Kaveri formed by an embankment built in 1648. Boat rides through the sanctuary are the main draw, bringing visitors close to painted storks, herons, cormorants, and, during the breeding season between June and November, large nesting colonies that turn entire trees white with birds. Marsh crocodiles also bask along the banks, giving the ride an added layer of interest, and morning slots between seven and nine tend to have the calmest water and the most active bird movement.
Jama Masjid (Masjid-e-Ala)
Located inside the fort complex, the Jama Masjid, also called Masjid-e-Ala, was where Tipu Sultan practised his own faith and remains an active mosque to this day. Its twin minarets and Arabic inscriptions running along the facade are the defining architectural features, and the elevated position within the fort gives a good view over the surrounding ramparts. The mosque is a working place of worship, so visiting outside prayer times and dressing modestly is appreciated, and entry for non-worshippers is generally permitted in the outer courtyard.
Colonel Bailey's Dungeon
This partly underground structure was reportedly used to hold British prisoners of war, including Colonel Bailey, during the Anglo-Mysore Wars, and the low stone chambers and narrow passages give a stark, atmospheric sense of the conditions captives were kept in. The site is smaller and less crowded than the main palace and temple stops, which makes it an easy add-on for travellers with an interest in the military history of the period, and it sits within easy walking distance of the fort's main gate.
Balmuri and Sangam Falls
A short drive from the town centre, Balmuri Falls is a small step waterfall on the Kaveri that has become a popular local picnic spot, especially on weekends when families gather along the rocks for a swim or a packed lunch. Nearby, Sangam marks the point where two branches of the river rejoin after circling the island, and the calmer water here suits boating and photography rather than swimming. Both spots are best visited on weekday mornings if a quieter experience is preferred, since weekend afternoons draw significant crowds from both Bangalore and Mysore.
Distance
140 Km
One way
Time
3 hrs
Via expressway
Starting from
₹ 12100
Plus GST
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About the Bangalore - Srirangapatna route
Bangalore
Where Your Journey Starts
Ramanagara
50 Km
Channapatna
65 Km
Maddur
90 Km
Mandya
110 Km
Srirangapatna
140 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.
Ramanagara
Rocky Sholay Country
About fifty kilometres out of Bangalore, Ramanagara is instantly recognisable for the granite hills that flank the expressway, the same rocky landscape made famous by the 1975 film Sholay, which was shot extensively in these hills. The town also sits close to the Ramadevara Betta vulture sanctuary, one of the few nesting sites for long billed vultures in South India, and rock climbing groups regularly use the boulders here for weekend practice. Most Bangalore to Srirangapatna cab itineraries treat Ramanagara as a photography stop rather than a full halt, since the granite outcrops are visible right from the highway and a quick pull-over at a viewpoint is usually enough to appreciate the scenery before continuing toward Channapatna. The town also has a well known silk cocoon market, one of the largest in Asia, though visiting the market itself requires a short detour off the main highway.
Channapatna
Toy Town of Karnataka
Channapatna is the most popular roadside stop on this entire route and is famous across India for its lacquered wooden toys, a craft tradition going back nearly two hundred years and now recognised with a Geographical Indication tag. Dozens of small shops and a few larger emporiums line the highway, selling everything from traditional spinning tops and rattles to modern decorative pieces, all handcrafted using ivory wood turned on a lathe and coloured with natural lacquer dyes. Beyond shopping, the town has a few notable temples, including the Kalamma Temple and Sri Aprameya Swamy Temple, along with the historic Masjid-e-Quba. A stop of twenty to thirty minutes here is standard on almost every Bangalore to Mysore or Bangalore to Srirangapatna cab booking, both for the toys and for stretching your legs roughly halfway through the drive.
Maddur
Vada and Coffee Break
Maddur is best known to every regular traveller on this highway for one specific dish, the Maddur Vada, a crisp, flattened lentil and rice fritter sold at roadside eateries that have become an institution on the Bangalore-Mysore corridor. Multiple highway restaurants compete for the title of the original recipe, and a short stop here for vada and filter coffee has become something of a ritual for both cab drivers and passengers making this drive. Beyond the food, Maddur is a modest agricultural town without major standalone attractions, so most cab bookings treat it purely as a refreshment stop before the final approach through Mandya district toward Srirangapatna.
Mandya
Sugar Belt of Karnataka
Mandya district is the heart of Karnataka's sugarcane growing region, and the fields visible from the expressway turn a deep green through most of the year thanks to irrigation from the Krishna Raja Sagar dam upstream. The district headquarters town itself is primarily an administrative and market centre rather than a tourist stop, though the Krishna Raja Sagar dam and the adjoining Brindavan Gardens lie just a short detour away and are often combined with a Srirangapatna and Mysore itinerary on the same day. From Mandya, the highway narrows slightly as it approaches the turnoff for Srirangapatna, and the change from open sugarcane fields to the denser town core of the island is the clearest sign that the drive is nearly complete.
Srirangapatna
Journey's End
The final stretch into Srirangapatna crosses the Kaveri onto the island town itself, with the fort walls, the temple gopura, and the domed silhouette of the Gumbaz becoming visible well before the cab actually enters the old town. Because the drive from Bangalore takes under three hours on a good day, most visitors arrive by late morning, leaving a full afternoon free to cover the Ranganathaswamy Temple, Daria Daulat Bagh, and the fort before continuing to Mysore, just twenty kilometres further down the same highway. Srirangapatna's compact size means most of its landmarks sit within a five kilometre radius, so a single cab booking easily covers the entire sightseeing loop without needing a separate local vehicle.
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Bangalore to Srirangapatna Bus Packages
Because this is predominantly a day-trip route, the packages are structured around how the day is used rather than around nights of accommodation.
School and College Excursion Package
Our largest category on this route by a wide margin. Tipu Sultan and the Anglo-Mysore wars sit on the Karnataka syllabus, which makes Srirangapatna the default history field trip for Bangalore schools, and the Channapatna workshops add a craft component that works for younger classes. Non-AC and Standard AC buses in 32, 40 and 45-seater configurations, with GPS tracking available for the institution to monitor, valid fitness and permit documents carried on board, and drivers selected on experience and conduct record. Multiple buses for a full year group are coordinated to travel and park together. This is the core of our school excursion bus rental bangalore and college trip bus rental bangalore work.
Temple and Pilgrimage Group Package
Ranganathaswamy, Nimishamba and Sangam draw steady group traffic from Bangalore temple committees, residents' associations and family trusts, particularly on weekends and festival dates. These trips need early departures, a driver who understands where to set down near crowded temple entrances, and enough scheduling slack for darshan queues. We plan them as a single-day return with the bus staying with the group throughout.
Corporate Day Outing Package
A one-day team outing that does not consume a weekend is an easy sell internally, which is why Srirangapatna and Ranganathittu appear so often on Bangalore corporate calendars. Executive coaches with reclining seats, charging points and a public address microphone for the coordinator, multi-point pickup across Electronic City, Whitefield, Manyata and the ORR corridor, and GST invoicing with Proforma Invoice for purchase-order approval, as standard on every corporate bus rental bangalore booking.
Family and Luxury Package
For extended families, wedding-party sightseeing and premium leisure groups, a 21 or 27-seater AC mini coach handles most bookings comfortably, with Volvo and BharatBenz coaches available for larger parties who want the extra legroom on the return leg. Where the itinerary extends to Mysore, KRS and Brindavan Gardens, we plan it as a two-day package with an overnight in Mysore rather than a compressed single day.
Our Services
Tejas Tours and Travels operates a full ground-transport fleet across Bangalore and Mysore, from a single sedan to a fifty-seater coach. Because our Mysore operation is only fifteen kilometres from Srirangapatna, this route is one where we can support a group at both ends of the journey.
Cabs and Premium Cars
Sedans, SUVs and premium cars for point-to-point travel, day rentals and multi-day outstation trips. Our car rental bangalore fleet runs from an Etios to a Mercedes, and the 6-seater Toyota Innova Hycross is the most requested vehicle for small family day trips on this route.
Tempo Traveller and Force Urbania
For groups of nine to seventeen, a luxury tempo traveller bangalore parks far more easily around the temple and at Ranganathittu than a full coach. For premium small-group travel, the force urbania rent bangalore option offers a monocoque body, better ride quality and airline-style seating.
Bus, Minibus and Volvo Coach
The core of our group fleet. Choose from Standard, Executive and Luxury tiers for bus rental in bangalore, a compact mini bus rental in bangalore for 21 to 27 passengers, or a volvo bus rental bangalore coach for premium long-distance running.
Corporate, Employee and School Transport
Contracted daily transport is a separate vertical for us. We handle corporate travels bangalore accounts with monthly invoicing, employee transportation services bangalore covering night shift cab service and escort compliance, and school transportation services with GPS tracking and verified drivers.
Airport, Outstation and Wedding
Round-the-clock airport transfer bangalore with flight tracking for Kempegowda International, full outstation vehicle booking across Karnataka and neighbouring states, and decorated wedding car rental bangalore with matching guest buses for marriage logistics. All services are available from both our Bangalore and Mysore operations.
Billing Details for Bangalore to Srirangapatna Bus Hire
We publish our billing structure openly because most disputes in this industry come from things that were never written down. Here is exactly how a bus rental bangalore to srirangapatna invoice is built.
Advance Payment
• 20 percent of the total fare is payable in advance to confirm the booking and block the specific vehicle for your date.
• The remaining 80 percent is settled at the end of the trip, after the final kilometre and hour reading is taken.
Inclusions
• Base fare and fuel charges.
• Driver allowance.
Exclusions
• Toll charges and parking fees. On the expressway, bus-class tolls apply in both directions.
• Interstate tax and permit charges, where the itinerary crosses a state border. Not applicable on a Srirangapatna trip.
• Driver bata beyond 9:45 pm, charged extra for late-night running.
• GST, applied as per prevailing rates.
• The final rental is calculated on total kilometres and total hours, measured from our garage to garage — not from your pickup point to your drop point.
Passenger Insurance
Tejas Tours and Travels does not provide passenger insurance cover as part of the rental. Passengers are advised to arrange their own travel insurance if they require it, particularly institutional groups and organisations with their own coverage policies for student or employee travel.
Minimum kilometre packages on short routes: a Srirangapatna day trip runs roughly 250 to 280 km garage to garage, which usually falls at or near the daily minimum for the vehicle class. This means the quote is often close to a flat day rate rather than a pure per-kilometre figure. Your written quote states the minimum that applies, so the final bill holds no surprises.
How to Book a Bus for Rent in Bangalore — Step by Step
Booking a bus for hire in Bangalore with Tejas Travels takes under 5 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 and Bangalore pickup location — area, tech park, school or hotel name such as Electronic City, Whitefield, Manyata, MG Road or Kengeri.
• Share your destination or full itinerary, total group size, and preferred bus tier: Standard, Executive, Luxury, Volvo or BharatBenz.
• For Srirangapatna, tell us whether you want the expressway or the old highway with Bidadi and Channapatna stops, and whether Ranganathittu and Mysore are on the plan. This decides the departure time.
• For school and college excursions, share the number of buses needed, the year group and any accompanying staff requirements so vehicles can be allocated to travel and park together.
• For monthly employee commute contract hire, share the route and schedule details.
Step 2: Receive Your Written Quote
• Within 2 hours of your enquiry, Tejas Travels sends a written quote via WhatsApp or email.
• The quote itemizes every charge: bus hire rate in Rs per km or as a flat day package, the minimum kilometre figure that applies, driver allowance of Rs 700 to 1,250 per day depending on the vehicle, applicable expressway toll estimates, and interstate permit costs where relevant on other routes.
• No verbal-only pricing. Everything is in writing before you commit.
• For MICE, corporate and institutional clients, a Proforma Invoice can be issued at this stage for purchase-order approval.
• Request comparison quotes for Standard versus Executive bus hire 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 confirms the booking and guarantees the specific bus on your date.
• For the school excursion season, festival weekends at Nimishamba, and Dasara, New Year and Bangalore long weekends — book well ahead, as day-trip demand on this route peaks sharply.
• For large corporate bookings above Rs 50,000, or for multi-bus school bookings, a higher advance may be required.
• Payment options: UPI through Google Pay, PhonePe or Paytm; NEFT, IMPS or RTGS bank transfer; or credit and debit card via payment link.
• Advance receipt issued within 30 minutes.
• Confirmation includes driver name and mobile number, vehicle registration, departure time, pickup confirmation and the full billing breakdown — all in writing.
Step 4: Your Driver and Bus Arrive Early
• Your assigned Tejas Travels driver arrives at the Bangalore pickup point 15 minutes before scheduled departure.
• For large groups from Electronic City or Whitefield, and for school pickups, the driver coordinates the exact gate in advance.
• The bus is clean, sanitized, fuelled and GPS-active.
• The driver calls you 30 minutes before arrival.
• During the trip, the driver handles all highway exits, toll payments, parking coordination at the temple and at Ranganathittu, and rest stop timing.
• At trip end, the balance is settled after deducting the advance. Any additional kilometres or hours are billed at the pre-agreed rate.
Quick bus hire booking: WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your group size, Bangalore pickup location, destination and travel date. Written bus hire quote in 2 hours.
Payment Methods — 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. Fastest method with instant confirmation. Recommended for advance deposits on bus hire.
• Bank transfer — NEFT, IMPS and RTGS. Used for large corporate hire above Rs 15,000. IMPS is instant; NEFT can take up to 2 hours.
• Credit and debit card — Visa, Mastercard and RuPay, via a payment link sent to your registered mobile or email. Valid for both advance and full payment.
• Net banking — all major Indian banks, with the payment link sent via WhatsApp or email. Preferred for Bangalore MICE, corporate and school purchase-order approvals.
• Cash — accepted for the balance at trip end. The advance must be digital for bus hire confirmation. A receipt is issued.
• Corporate credit — 30-day credit terms for signed corporate and institutional accounts, with monthly consolidated invoicing available. Useful for schools running multiple excursions across a term.
A 20 percent advance confirms the specific bus on your date. For peak school excursion dates, festival weekends and large corporate day outings, a higher advance may apply. Volvo and BharatBenz coaches should be confirmed well ahead with advance payment.
Cancellation Policy — Bus Hire in Bangalore
Tejas Travels maintains a fair, transparent and tiered cancellation policy for all bus hire in Bangalore. All terms are communicated in writing at booking confirmation.
• More than 7 days before departure — no cancellation charge. 100 percent of the advance is refunded within 5 to 7 working days.
• 4 to 7 days before departure — 10 percent of the total trip fare. Advance refunded less the 10 percent deduction.
• 48 hours to 4 days before departure — 25 percent of the total trip fare. Advance refunded less the 25 percent deduction.
• 24 to 48 hours before departure — 50 percent of the total trip fare. Advance refunded less the 50 percent deduction.
• Less than 24 hours before departure — 75 percent of the total trip fare. Minimal or no refund depending on trip value.
• No-show, where the bus has been deployed and the group is absent — 100 percent of the total trip fare. No refund. Full fare payable.
• Cancellation by Tejas Travels due to breakdown or force majeure — no charge. 100 percent refunded within 2 working days, or an alternate bus offered.
Special Cancellation Conditions for Bangalore Bus Hire
• Weddings — minimum 7-day notice for a full refund. Cancellations within 3 days of a Bangalore wedding are non-refundable.
• School and institutional bookings — where multiple buses are blocked for a single excursion, minimum 7-day notice is required for a full refund on the full set.
• Multi-day outstation — Coorg, Ooty, Goa, Shirdi and other multi-day routes require minimum 7-day notice for a full refund on overnight bus hire.
• Peak dates — New Year's Eve, Diwali, Dasara and Bangalore long weekends require minimum 48-hour notice for a full refund.
• Corporate contracts — monthly commute contract terms govern. Modifications with 48-hour notice are accommodated subject to route availability.
• Force majeure — Bangalore bandhs, road closures and Kaveri-related disruptions on the Mysore Road corridor attract a 100 percent refund within 2 working days regardless of notice period.
• How to cancel — call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your booking reference. Cancellation confirmation within 2 hours, and the refund goes to the original payment method.
Refund Policy — 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 7 or more days before departure — 100 percent of the advance paid, in 5 to 7 working days.
• Cancellation 4 to 7 days before departure — advance minus the 10 percent charge, in 5 to 7 working days.
• Cancellation 48 hours to 4 days before departure — advance minus the 25 percent charge, in 7 working days.
• Cancellation 24 to 48 hours before departure — advance minus the 50 percent charge, in 7 to 10 working days.
• Cancellation by Tejas Travels for operational reasons — 100 percent of the advance paid, in 2 working days on priority.
• Trip shortfall, where actual kilometres run are less than the minimum — proportional credit, settled at trip end.
• Billing error or overcharge — the full overcharged amount, in 2 to 3 working days after verification.
• Duplicate payment — the full duplicate amount, in 2 to 3 working days after confirmation.
Refund by Payment Method
• UPI — refund 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, with account details re-confirmed before processing.
• Cash — cash refund at the Tejas Travels Bangalore office, or via IMPS within 5 working days.
• Refund contact — WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your booking reference, advance receipt and refund reason. Confirmation within 24 hours.
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Frequently Asked Questions - Bangalore to Srirangapatna Bus
The bangalore to srirangapatna distance is about 125 km via NH275, the Bengaluru–Mysuru Expressway. A bus takes 2.5 to 3 hours on the expressway. Via the old highway with stops at Bidadi, Channapatna and Maddur, allow 3.5 to 4 hours. Departure time matters more than route choice — leaving after 8 am can cost ninety minutes on the city stretch alone.
Comfortably. A 6.30 am departure gets a group to the temple by around 9.30, with the palace, Gumbaz, fort and Ranganathittu all achievable before an evening return. Adding Mysore Palace and Brindavan Gardens to the same day is possible but rushed; we usually recommend splitting that across two days.
Chartered fares start from around Rs 28 per km for a 21-seater AC mini coach and rise with seating capacity and tier. On a short route like this the minimum kilometre package usually governs, so the quote often reads closer to a flat day rate. Toll and parking are excluded and billed at actuals. Send us your group size and itinerary for an itemised written quote within 2 hours.
It depends on whether the stops are part of the trip. The expressway is roughly an hour faster and bypasses all five towns. The old highway gives you Bidadi thatte idli, the Ramanagara rocks and the Channapatna toy workshops, which for a school group are often the highlight. The common compromise is old highway outbound, expressway on the return.
Yes. There is designated bus parking near the temple complex and at Daria Daulat Bagh. The interior fort lanes are narrow, so the day is planned as a walking circuit from two or three parking points rather than driving monument to monument. Nimishamba and Ranganathittu parking fills early on weekends, which is another reason for the early departure.
Yes, and it is a large part of what we do on this route. Multiple buses for a year group are allocated to travel in convoy and park together, GPS tracking can be provided for the school to monitor, and all vehicles carry valid fitness, permit and insurance documents. Drivers on student trips are selected on experience and conduct record. Share the number of students and accompanying staff and we will size the fleet.
A 20 percent advance on the total fare confirms the booking and blocks your specific vehicle. The balance is settled at the end of the trip once the final kilometre and hour reading is taken. For large corporate bookings above Rs 50,000, or for multi-bus school bookings, a higher advance may be requested.
Included: base fare, fuel charges and driver allowance. Excluded: toll and parking charges, interstate tax and permit where applicable, driver bata after 9:45 pm, and GST. Srirangapatna is within Karnataka so no interstate permit is needed, but expressway tolls at the bus rate do apply both ways. The final rental is based on total kilometres and hours from our garage to garage.
Because the vehicle is dedicated to your trip from the moment it leaves our depot until it returns. This is standard convention for chartered bus hire. On a Srirangapatna day trip it typically brings the total to around 250 to 280 km, which is why the minimum kilometre package usually applies, and the figure is stated in your written quote.
No. Tejas Tours and Travels does not cover passenger insurance as part of the rental. Passengers are advised to arrange their own travel insurance, and this matters particularly for schools and institutions with their own student travel coverage policies. Our vehicles carry valid statutory vehicle insurance, fitness certificates and permits, and drivers hold commercial licences, but personal passenger cover is not included.