Bangalore to Thekkady Cab Service - Outstation Taxi with Driver
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Places to Visit in Thekkady
Periyar Lake and the Tiger Reserve
The lake was created in 1895 by the Mullaperiyar dam, drowning a valley of forest, and the standing dead trees in the shallows are its signature image. The reserve around it covers around nine hundred square kilometres of the Cardamom Hills and holds elephant, gaur, sambar, wild dog and tiger, though the last is rarely seen. The boat trip takes you along the shoreline where animals come down to drink. Visit on the earliest trip you can get. Sightings are never guaranteed and anyone promising them is selling something, but elephant and gaur at the water are common enough on a morning boat.
Periyar Lake and the Tiger Reserve
The lake was created in 1895 by the Mullaperiyar dam, drowning a valley of forest, and the standing dead trees in the shallows are its signature image. The reserve around it covers around nine hundred square kilometres of the Cardamom Hills and holds elephant, gaur, sambar, wild dog and tiger, though the last is rarely seen. The boat trip takes you along the shoreline where animals come down to drink. Visit on the earliest trip you can get. Sightings are never guaranteed and anyone promising them is selling something, but elephant and gaur at the water are common enough on a morning boat.
Bamboo Rafting and Jungle Walks
The reserve runs a set of small-group programmes that most visitors never look into: bamboo rafting, a full-day trip combining trekking and rafting across the lake; the border hiking programme; night patrols; and guided nature walks, several of them led by guides drawn from local tribal communities including former poachers. Numbers are strictly limited and they book independently of the boat. Visit these if you want the forest rather than a view of it - they are considerably more rewarding than the boat for anyone reasonably fit, and they are the reason to give Thekkady two nights rather than one
The Spice Plantations
Kumily sits in the middle of the cardamom belt and plantation tours run from the town - cardamom, pepper, clove, nutmeg, vanilla and coffee growing together under shade, with a guide explaining what each is and how it is processed. Some are working estates and some are set up for visitors; the working ones are better. The spice shops along the Kumily main street sell direct and the quality is high, particularly the cardamom. Visit a plantation in the morning and buy in the town afterwards. It costs a couple of hours and it is the thing people bring home from Thekkady.
Mullaperiyar Dam
The dam that made the lake, built by the British between 1887 and 1895 in lime surkhi masonry to divert the west-flowing Periyar eastward through a tunnel into the Vaigai basin - an engineering achievement of real ambition for its time, and the reason the dry Tamil districts to the east have water. It is also the subject of a long-running dispute between Kerala, where it stands, and Tamil Nadu, which operates it under a nineteenth-century lease. Access for visitors is restricted and arrangements vary; check the current position locally rather than planning a day around it.
Kalaripayattu and Kathakali
Kumily has several venues running evening performances of Kalaripayattu, the Kerala martial art, and Kathakali, with the make-up applied on stage beforehand, which is half the interest. These are shows put on for visitors rather than ritual performances and nobody pretends otherwise - but the Kalaripayattu in particular is genuinely impressive, and for anyone who will not get to a temple festival it is a reasonable introduction to both forms. Visit in the evening; performances run to a fixed schedule and seats are worth booking in season.
Peermade and the Tea Estates
North-west of Kumily the road climbs to Vandiperiyar and Peermade, through tea and cardamom estates with long views back across the hills - Peermade was a summer retreat of the Travancore rulers and there are colonial-era bungalows and estate churches scattered through it. It is considerably quieter than Munnar and gets a fraction of the visitors. Visit as a half day drive from Thekkady, or as a stop if you are continuing to Munnar, which is the most common onward leg from here and takes around four hours through some of the better hill scenery in Kerala.
Distance
580 Km
One way
Time
11 hrs
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About the Bangalore-Thekkady route
Bangalore
Where Your Journey Starts
Salem
200 Km
Dindigul
340 Km
Cumbum
500 Km
Thekkady
580 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.
Salem
Steel City of Tamil Nadu
The first four hours are the fastest of the journey, on six-lane NH 44. Our drivers reach the pickup point fifteen minutes early and aim to be past Electronic City before 5:30 AM, because arriving at Thekkady in the afternoon rather than the evening is what makes the next morning boat possible. The Thoppur ghat between Dharmapuri and Salem is the first of two gradients on this route - four-laned but steep enough that loaded trucks crawl - and our drivers hold back rather than joining in. Salem has the best highway restaurants on the corridor and is the natural breakfast halt.
Dindigul
Lock City of India
Fast, flat four-lane highway south through the Kongu plains, and the easiest driving of the day. Namakkal has the eighteen-foot monolithic Anjaneyar at the base of its rock fort. Karur follows on the Amaravathi, the home textile capital. Dindigul is where the route leaves the north-south corridor and turns west toward the hills, and it lands almost exactly at lunch on an early departure - which is convenient, because the Thalappakatti biryani that originated here is the most famous food stop on this highway. Beyond Dindigul the Western Ghats begin to appear properly on the horizon for the first time.
Cumbum
Grape Valley of South India
The road runs west through Batlagundu, where the Kodaikanal road branches north, and into Theni district at the foot of the Ghats. The mountains are close now and the country changes - irrigated, green, and hemmed in by hills on the western side. Bodinayakkanur lies a short way west of Theni and is where most of the Indian cardamom crop is auctioned; the trade defines the town. The Cumbum valley beyond is grape country. Panneer Thratchai grapes grown on this valley floor carry a GI tag and the vineyards run along the road under the wall of the Ghats, which is an unexpected landscape to find in Tamil Nadu. It is worth slowing for, and the roadside grapes in season are worth stopping for.
Thekkady
Lake in the Cardamom Hills
The last thirty kilometres are the climb. The road leaves the valley floor and ascends through forest into the Cardamom Hills, and the temperature drops perceptibly as it goes - by the top the air is cool and smells of spice, which is not a figure of speech in this particular place. The Kerala border comes at Kumily and the interstate permit is presented there, arranged by us in advance. Kumily is the town: a main street of spice shops, homestays and small hotels, with plantations running up the slopes behind it. Thekkady, four kilometres further, is the reserve entrance and the boat landing rather than a settlement. Our driver takes you to the confirmed address and assists with luggage - and on a wildlife booking will take you to the ticket counter first if that is what the next morning requires. A 5:00 AM departure puts most travellers in Kumily by around 4:00 PM.
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Cab Packages for Every Traveller
Every quotation is built around what you actually need rather than a fixed menu. The four tiers below describe how we typically structure car booking enquiries on this corridor.
Munnar and Thekkady Package
The most common Kerala hill itinerary from Bangalore and the one we build most often. The two sit around four hours apart through genuinely fine hill country, and together they give you tea estates and a tiger reserve in one trip - typically two nights at each, with the drive between them as a half day. Innova and Innova Crysta are the usual choice. Adding Alleppey or Kochi at the end turns it into a full Kerala circuit of six or seven days, which is the shape a good number of our longer bookings take.
Family and Wildlife Cab Package
For families coming for Periyar itself. The planning is entirely around the boat: an afternoon arrival so the ticketing step can be taken the day before, an early trip the following morning, and ideally two nights so a full first boat does not cost you the experience. We also flag the alternatives - bamboo rafting and the guided walks book separately and take small numbers, so a full boat is not a lost day. Innova and Innova Crysta are usual, with tempo travellers for larger groups, and child seats can be arranged with notice.
Two-Day Journey Package
Ten to eleven hours of driving makes the outbound day long, and there are two gradients on it - Thoppur early and the Kumily ghat at the end. Breaking at Madurai or Dindigul turns it into two comfortable halves and, in the Madurai case, adds the Meenakshi Amman Temple. For a group with elderly travellers, or where the boat matters, arriving rested and in daylight is worth the extra night. The Kumily ghat is a straightforward climb but not one to be doing for the first time after dark.
Premium and Luxury Cab Package
For senior family groups, guest hosting and travellers who want a long drive with a ghat at the end to be comfortable. This tier covers our premium car rentals in bangalore range and the innova hycross rent bangalore fleet, alongside our luxury car rental bangalore options. On a Munnar and Thekkady circuit the vehicle covers a great deal of hill road across several days, and suspension and ride quality are felt rather more than on a straight highway run.
Fare Inclusions, Exclusions and Advance Payment
Every Tejas Tours and Travels quotation for the Bangalore to Thekkady corridor is issued in writing with the structure below. Nothing outside this list is charged, and everything inside it is stated before you confirm.
Advance payment: 20 percent of the total fare is payable in advance to confirm the booking.
Included in the Quoted Fare
1. Base fare and fuel charges
2. Driver allowance
Not Included in the Quoted Fare
3. Toll and parking charges
4. Interstate tax and permit charges
5. Driver bata after 9:45 PM, charged extra
6. Final rental is calculated on total kilometres and hours from our garage to garage
7. GST
Insurance note: Tejas Tours and Travels does not cover passenger insurance. Passengers are advised to arrange their own travel cover where required. Vehicles carry the statutory motor insurance required under law.
Three points are specific to this route. First, boat tickets, reserve entry, bamboo rafting and all forest department programmes are booked by you with the department and paid on site - we arrange transport and time the day around what you have secured, and no operator can obtain a boat ticket that the department has not released. Second, the Kerala interstate permit applies at the Kumily border and is quoted as a separate line at actual. Third, on a Munnar and Thekkady circuit the hill running between and around the two is substantial, and our package quotes carry a stated allowance for it.
Our Services from Bangalore and Mysore
Tejas Tours and Travels operates a full ground-transport fleet across Bangalore and Mysore, and every service below is available on this corridor and on every other route we run.
Cab Service: Sedans, SUVs and premium cars for one to seven passengers. Our premium car rentals in bangalore fleet covers car rental bangalore, luxury car rental bangalore and premium cab requirements from local use to week-long outstation itineraries.
Tempo Traveller Service: The 9 to 17 seater band for larger family groups on a Kerala circuit. Our luxury tempo traveller bangalore fleet handles tt vehicle requirements with pushback seating and full air conditioning, and this size takes the Kumily ghat comfortably.
Minibus and Bus Service: The 13 to 35 seater mini bus rental in bangalore fleet covers minibus rental and mini bus booking online for corporate offsites and college groups, which Thekkady suits well. Full-size 35 to 55 seater coaches through our bus rental in bangalore service handle rental bus booking and bangalore bus booking, with vehicle size advised on given the ghat.
Force Urbania and Luxury Volvo Bus: Our force urbania rent bangalore fleet offers 10, 13 and 17 seater configurations, and urbania on rent bangalore suits this route for its combination of comfort and manoeuvrability on hill roads. For long-haul group comfort, our volvo bus rental bangalore service covers volvo luxury bus and luxury bus hire.
Corporate Travels: Managed transport for companies. Our corporate travels bangalore desk provides corporate cab service bangalore and corporate car rental bangalore with GST invoicing, PO-based approvals and monthly consolidated billing. The resort properties around Kumily handle team offsites well.
Airport Transfer: Round-the-clock Kempegowda International Airport pickups and drops with live flight tracking, and transfers connecting to Madurai and Kochi airports, which are the nearest to Thekkady at around 140 and 190 kilometres respectively. Our airport transfer bangalore service covers bangalore airport cab and kempegowda airport taxi needs.
Employee Transport: Our employee transportation services bangalore programme covers office cab service bangalore and night shift cab service bangalore with GPS tracking and night-shift marshals, plus it employee transport service, employee pick up and drop service, tech park cab service and employee shuttle service Bangalore.
School Commute: Our school transportation services cover school bus service bangalore and school bus rental bangalore with verified drivers, onboard attendants and live tracking, plus school excursion bus rental bangalore and safe school transport service Bangalore - and Periyar is a genuinely good school ecology trip.
Outstation Travel: Our outstation cabs bangalore service handles outstation cab booking, outstation taxi bangalore and outstation vehicle booking, with the Kerala interstate permit arranged in advance on this route.
Wedding Cab and Bus: Our wedding car rental bangalore service covers wedding cars for rent, marriage car rental bangalore and wedding bus rental Bangalore as one managed booking.
Innova Hycross: Our innova hycross rent bangalore service offers innova hycross taxi and hycross car rental for families and executives, and the hybrid drivetrain suits sustained hill driving well. Curated tour packages from Bangalore and Mysore are also available across Thekkady, Munnar, Alleppey, Kochi and the wider Kerala circuit.
How to Book a Car for Rent in Bangalore — Step-by-Step
Booking a Car for hire in Bangalore with Tejas Travels takes under 5 minutes. Follow these 4 steps:
STEP1 | Contact Tejas Travels Call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773, or email info@tejastravels.com — available 24 hours, 7 days a week. Share your travel date, Bangalore pickup location (area or landmark — Whitefield, Electronic City, MG Road, Koramangala, KIA airport, hotel name, tech park), destination or full itinerary, number of passengers, and preferred vehicle. For KIA airport pickups, share the flight number — the driver tracks live flight status and adjusts pickup timing for delayed flights automatically. For luxury vehicles (Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Rolls-Royce), also mention the occasion — corporate, wedding, VIP event — so the team can ensure the best-condition vehicle and, where required, formal chauffeur attire. |
STEP2 | Receive Your Written Quote Within 2 hours of your enquiry, Tejas Travels sends a written quote via WhatsApp or email. The quote clearly itemizes every charge: vehicle hire rate (Rs/km or flat package), driver allowance (Rs 400-1,000/day depending on vehicle class), applicable toll estimates, and any interstate permit if applicable (Tamil Nadu for Ooty, Kerala for Wayanad, Andhra Pradesh for Tirupati). No verbal-only prices — everything in writing before you confirm. For corporate clients requiring reimbursements, a Proforma Invoice can be issued at this stage. If you want to compare two vehicle classes, request both quotes at the same time. |
STEP3 | Confirm Your Booking & Pay Advance Once satisfied with the written quote, confirm via WhatsApp or phone. A 15-20% advance payment confirms the booking. Payment: UPI (Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm), NEFT/IMPS/RTGS bank transfer, or credit/debit card via payment link. Advance receipt within 30 minutes. Confirmation includes: driver name and mobile, vehicle registration, departure time, pickup location, and full billing breakdown — all in writing. For luxury vehicles (Rolls-Royce Ghost, BMW 7 Series, Mercedes S-Class), advance may be higher due to limited fleet and Bangalore peak-date demand (wedding season November-February, New Year). |
STEP4 | Your Driver Arrives Early Your assigned Tejas Travels driver arrives at your confirmed Bangalore pickup point 15 minutes before scheduled departure. For KIA airport transfers, the driver coordinates at the Arrivals gate. The vehicle is clean, sanitized, fuelled, and ready. For wedding and VIP bookings, the driver arrives in formal attire. The driver calls 30 minutes before arrival as a courtesy. During the trip, the driver handles all routing, toll payments, and Bangalore traffic navigation. At trip end, balance payment is settled after deducting the advance. Any additional km or hours are billed at the pre-agreed rate. |
Quick Booking for Hire: WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your vehicle preference, Bangalore pickup location, destination, and travel date. Written quote in 2 hours.
Payment Methods — Car Hire in Bangalore
Tejas Travels accepts all major digital and traditional payment methods for both advance booking and final settlement at trip end.
Method | Options | Notes |
|---|---|---|
UPI | Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm, BHIM UPI, Amazon Pay | Fastest method. Instant confirmation on receipt. Recommended for all advance deposits. |
Bank Transfer | NEFT, IMPS, RTGS | For corporate clients and advances above Rs 5,000. IMPS instant; NEFT up to 2 hours. |
Credit / Debit Card | Visa, Mastercard, RuPay | Via payment link to registered mobile or email. Valid for advance and full payment. |
Net Banking | All major Indian banks | Payment link via WhatsApp or email. Preferred for Bangalore IT corporate PO-based approvals. |
Cash | Balance at time of travel | Accepted at trip end. Advance must be digital for booking confirmation. Receipt issued. |
Corporate Credit | Registered corporate accounts | 30-day credit terms for signed Bangalore corporate clients. Monthly consolidated invoicing available. |
Luxury vehicle note: For Rolls-Royce Ghost, BMW 7 Series, and Mercedes S-Class, a higher advance may be required given limited Bangalore fleet availability and Bangalore wedding season demand.
Cancellation Policy — Car Hire in Bangalore
Tejas Travels maintains a fair, transparent, and tiered cancellation policy. All terms communicated in writing at booking confirmation.
Cancellation Timing | Cancellation Charge | Refund on Advance |
|---|---|---|
More than 72 hours before departure | NIL — No charge | 100% of advance refunded within 5-7 working days |
48 to 72 hours before departure | 10% of total trip fare | Advance refunded less 10% deduction |
24 to 48 hours before departure | 25% of total trip fare | Advance refunded less 25% deduction |
12 to 24 hours before departure | 50% of total trip fare | Advance refunded less 50% deduction |
Less than 12 hours before departure | 75% of total trip fare | Minimal or no refund depending on trip value |
No-show (car deployed, client absent) | 100% of total trip fare | No refund. Full fare payable. |
Cancellation by Tejas Travels (breakdown, force majeure) | NIL — No charge | 100% refunded within 2 working days OR substitute vehicle offered |
Special Cancellation Conditions for Bangalore Car Hire
- Weddings: Bangalore wedding hire: Minimum 7-day notice for full refund. Cancellations within 3 days of wedding date are non-refundable.
- Luxury Cars: Luxury vehicles (Rolls-Royce, BMW 7 Series, Mercedes S-Class): Minimum 5-day notice for full refund due to limited Bangalore fleet and wedding season demand.
- Peak Dates: New Year, Diwali, and Bangalore long-weekends: Minimum 48-hour notice for full refund. Less than 24 hours is non-refundable.
- Force Majeure: Bangalore bandhs / force majeure (traffic disruptions, road closures): 100% refund within 2 working days regardless of notice period.
- Modifications: Modifications (date change, vehicle upgrade, route additions) with more than 24 hours notice: Accommodated at no penalty, subject to availability.
How to Cancel: Call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your booking reference. Cancellation confirmation within 2 hours. Refund to original payment method within stated timelines.
Refund Policy — Car Hire for Rent in Bangalore
All refunds processed to the original payment instrument. No cash refund unless advance was paid in cash.
Refund Scenario | Refund Amount | Processing Timeline |
|---|---|---|
Cancellation 72+ hrs before departure | 100% of advance paid | 5-7 working days to original payment instrument |
Cancellation 48-72 hrs before departure | Advance minus 10% charge | 5-7 working days |
Cancellation 24-48 hrs before departure | Advance minus 25% charge | 5-7 working days |
Cancellation 12-24 hrs before departure | Advance minus 50% charge | 7-10 working days |
Cancellation by Tejas Travels | 100% of advance paid | 2 working days — priority processing |
Trip shortfall: actual km less than minimum | Proportional credit on excess | Settled at trip end |
Billing error / overcharge | Full overcharged amount | 2-3 working days after verification |
Duplicate payment | Full duplicate amount | 2-3 working days after confirmation |
Refund by Payment Method
- UPI: UPI (GPay, PhonePe, Paytm): Refund to UPI-linked bank account within 3-5 working days.
- Card: Credit/Debit Card: Refund to originating card within 5-7 working days.
- Bank: Bank Transfer: Refund to originating account within 3-5 working days. Account re-confirmed before processing.
- Cash: Cash: Cash refund at Tejas Travels Bangalore office or via IMPS within 5 working days.
Refund Contact: WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with booking reference, advance receipt, and refund reason. Confirmation within 24 hours.
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Frequently Asked Questions — Bangalore to Thekkady Cab
The bangalore to thekkady distance is around 580 km via NH 44 through Salem, Karur and Dindigul, then west through Theni and the Cumbum valley to Kumily, with reported figures between 560 km and 600 km. A cab takes 10 to 11 hours with two proper halts. There are two gradients - the Thoppur ghat early on and the thirty-kilometre climb from the Cumbum valley at the end.
The Kerala forest department runs a fixed number of scheduled boat trips a day with set capacity, and in season demand exceeds supply. Tickets are for specific trips, and a full trip is full - there is no standby. The early trips see the most wildlife and go first. Booking arrangements have shifted between online allocation and counter sales more than once, so check the current position with the forest department close to your travel date rather than relying on any third-party page, including this one.
No, and we would be wary of anyone who says they can. The tickets are released by the forest department through their own channels and no transport operator has access to allocation beyond that. What we do is get you to Thekkady in the afternoon so the booking step can be taken the day before, take you to the counter or landing at the right time, and build the day around the trip you have secured. That is the honest extent of it.
It is not a lost day. The reserve runs bamboo rafting, guided jungle walks, border hiking and night patrols, all with strictly limited numbers and booked independently of the boat - and several visitors find them a considerably better experience, since you are in the forest rather than looking at it from the water. Several are led by guides from local tribal communities. This is also the argument for giving Thekkady two nights rather than one.
A sedan starts at Rs 14,000 for a one-way drop and Rs 26,000 for a two-day journey with an overnight. Munnar and Thekkady combined itineraries and larger vehicles are quoted on plan and group size. Every quote itemizes base fare, driver allowance, toll estimate, the Kerala interstate permit and GST separately, and circuit bookings carry a stated allowance for hill running.
A 20 percent advance on the total fare confirms your booking and holds the specific vehicle for your dates. The advance receipt is issued within 30 minutes, and your confirmation includes the driver name, mobile number, vehicle registration, departure time and the full billing breakdown in writing. For the December to January peak and for long weekends, a higher advance may be requested.
Included: base fare, fuel charges and driver allowance. Not included: toll and parking, interstate tax and permit charges, driver bata after 9:45 PM, and GST. Boat tickets, reserve entry, bamboo rafting and all forest department programmes are booked and paid by you directly. The final rental is calculated on total kilometres and hours from our garage to garage, and on a circuit the hill running is part of that total.
A small advance of around 20 percent of the total fare is typically collected at the time of booking to secure the vehicle and driver allocation, with the remaining balance payable at
the end of the trip either in cash directly to the driver or online via a payment link.
Tejas Travels maintains a fair, transparent, and tiered cancellation policy. All terms communicated in writing at booking confirmation.
Cancellation Timing | Cancellation Charge | Refund on Advance |
|---|---|---|
More than 72 hours before departure | NIL — No charge | 100% of advance refunded within 5-7 working days |
48 to 72 hours before departure | 10% of total trip fare | Advance refunded less 10% deduction |
24 to 48 hours before departure | 25% of total trip fare | Advance refunded less 25% deduction |
12 to 24 hours before departure | 50% of total trip fare | Advance refunded less 50% deduction |
Less than 12 hours before departure | 75% of total trip fare | Minimal or no refund depending on trip value |
No-show (car deployed, client absent) | 100% of total trip fare | No refund. Full fare payable. |
Cancellation by Tejas Travels (breakdown, force majeure) | NIL — No charge | 100% refunded within 2 working days OR substitute vehicle offered |
Special Cancellation Conditions for Bangalore Car Hire
- Weddings: Bangalore wedding hire: Minimum 7-day notice for full refund. Cancellations within 3 days of wedding date are non-refundable.
- Luxury Cars: Luxury vehicles (Rolls-Royce, BMW 7 Series, Mercedes S-Class): Minimum 5-day notice for full refund due to limited Bangalore fleet and wedding season demand.
- Peak Dates: New Year, Diwali, and Bangalore long-weekends: Minimum 48-hour notice for full refund. Less than 24 hours is non-refundable.
- Force Majeure: Bangalore bandhs / force majeure (traffic disruptions, road closures): 100% refund within 2 working days regardless of notice period.
- Modifications: Modifications (date change, vehicle upgrade, route additions) with more than 24 hours notice: Accommodated at no penalty, subject to availability.
How to Cancel: Call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your booking reference. Cancellation confirmation within 2 hours. Refund to original payment method within stated timelines.
All refunds processed to the original payment instrument. No cash refund unless advance was paid in cash.
Refund Scenario | Refund Amount | Processing Timeline |
|---|---|---|
Cancellation 72+ hrs before departure | 100% of advance paid | 5-7 working days to original payment instrument |
Cancellation 48-72 hrs before departure | Advance minus 10% charge | 5-7 working days |
Cancellation 24-48 hrs before departure | Advance minus 25% charge | 5-7 working days |
Cancellation 12-24 hrs before departure | Advance minus 50% charge | 7-10 working days |
Cancellation by Tejas Travels | 100% of advance paid | 2 working days — priority processing |
Trip shortfall: actual km less than minimum | Proportional credit on excess | Settled at trip end |
Billing error / overcharge | Full overcharged amount | 2-3 working days after verification |
Duplicate payment | Full duplicate amount | 2-3 working days after confirmation |
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No. Tejas Tours and Travels does not cover passenger insurance. Our vehicles carry the statutory motor insurance required under law and our drivers hold valid commercial licences, but passengers wanting personal travel cover should arrange it independently. For bamboo rafting, trekking and the other forest programmes, the department operates its own arrangements and those are worth checking with them directly.
Yes, and it is the most common Kerala hill itinerary from Bangalore. The two are around four hours apart through some of the better hill country in the state, and two nights at each gives you a tiger reserve and the tea estates in one trip. Adding Alleppey or Kochi at the end makes a full Kerala circuit of six or seven days. Tell us at the quotation stage so the kilometres and the hill running are in the plan rather than surfacing at settlement.
October to March for comfort, with September to November often best for wildlife as the forest thins slightly after the rains. December and January are the peak and the town is busy. The southwest monsoon from June brings heavy rain to these hills - the reserve stays open and the forest is at its most spectacular, but boat trips and walks are affected by the weather and the leeches are real. April and May are warm even at this altitude but perfectly workable.