Bangalore to Yercaud Bus Hire — Private 27 to 50 Seater Group Trip
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Places to Visit in Yercaud
Yercaud Lake and Anna Park
The lake at the centre of town is the reason Yercaud is called what it is - yeri and kaadu, lake and forest - and it is the hub around which everything else sits. Pedal and rowing boats operate on it, the surrounding walkway is where the town gathers in the evening, and Anna Park beside it is a small landscaped garden with a Japanese-style section and a greenhouse. Visit in the late afternoon. It is not a spectacular lake by hill-station standards and visitors who arrive expecting Ooty are sometimes underwhelmed, but as the centre of a small quiet town it works exactly as it should, and everything in Yercaud is measured in distance from it.
Yercaud Lake and Anna Park
The lake at the centre of town is the reason Yercaud is called what it is - yeri and kaadu, lake and forest - and it is the hub around which everything else sits. Pedal and rowing boats operate on it, the surrounding walkway is where the town gathers in the evening, and Anna Park beside it is a small landscaped garden with a Japanese-style section and a greenhouse. Visit in the late afternoon. It is not a spectacular lake by hill-station standards and visitors who arrive expecting Ooty are sometimes underwhelmed, but as the centre of a small quiet town it works exactly as it should, and everything in Yercaud is measured in distance from it.
Lady Seat, Gent Seat and Children Seat
A cluster of viewpoints on the western edge of the plateau, looking down over the ghat road and out across the plains to Salem. Lady Seat takes its name from an Englishwoman who reportedly came here every evening during the colonial period, and there is a small observatory with a telescope alongside. Visit at sunset, and if you can, stay past dark - the lights of Salem coming on across the plain below is the sight people remember from Yercaud, and it is genuinely striking. The three seats are within a few minutes of each other and the whole stop takes under an hour.
Pagoda Point
On the eastern side of the plateau, Pagoda Point takes its name from stone cairns stacked in pagoda form by earlier visitors, with a Rama temple now on the site. It looks out over a different valley from the Lady Seat viewpoints - deeper, greener and with the Servarayan range behind. Visit at sunrise if you can manage it, since this side catches the early light and the valley mist below is at its best in the first hour. It is around five kilometres from the lake on good road, and it is the counterpart to Lady Seat rather than a repeat of it.
Servarayan Temple
At around 5,325 feet, the Servarayan temple marks the highest point in the Shevaroy Hills and gives the range its name. The shrine itself is a small cave temple dedicated to Servarayan and Kaveri, reached by a short walk from the parking area, and it is a low-key place rather than a grand one. The reason to go is the view, which on a clear morning takes in the whole plateau and a long way beyond. Visit early, before the cloud builds. The approach road passes through coffee estate country and is one of the more attractive short drives in the district.
Kiliyur Falls
The waterfall drops around ninety metres into the valley below the plateau, fed by the overflow from Yercaud Lake, and it is reached by a path and a flight of steps down from the road - a walk of twenty to thirty minutes each way that is steeper coming back than going down. Visit between July and December when there is genuine water; outside that window it reduces considerably and the walk is not worth it. Footwear matters here, the steps get slippery after rain, and the path is not suitable for anyone unsteady. It is the one attraction in Yercaud that asks something of you.
The Loop Road and the Coffee Estates
Yercaud has been coffee country since the British planted it in the nineteenth century, and the plateau is covered in coffee under silver oak shade alongside orange, pepper, jackfruit and banana. The thirty-kilometre Loop Road circles the plateau through this country and through small settlements and forest, and it is the best thing to do in Yercaud that is not a viewpoint. Several estates offer plantation walks and stays. Visit in April if you can, when the coffee flowers and the whole plateau smells of it. Bear Cave, Rose Garden and Montfort School - a well-known boarding school in an old colonial building - all sit along or near the loop.
Distance
225 km
One way
Time
6 hrs
Via expressway
Starting from
₹ 17800
Plus GST
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About the Bangalore-Yercaud route
Bangalore
Where Your Journey Starts
Hosur
40 km
Krishnagiri
90 Km
Salem
210 Km
Shevaroy Hills
225 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
The only part of the day that depends on timing rather than road. Our drivers reach the pickup point fifteen minutes early and aim to be past Electronic City before 7:15 AM, because the difference between clearing Silk Board before and after the commuter build-up is close to an hour. Passengers boarding at Whitefield or Marathahalli are routed via Sarjapur and Attibele to bypass Chandapura. The road opens out immediately after the Attibele toll and the 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 here. From Hosur the NH 44 is six-lane and excellent, and on a route this short the whole rest of the drive is straightforward.
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 for a 7:00 AM departure Krishnagiri arrives around 8:45 AM - close to the right time for breakfast. 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 off at Rayakottai and the road south thins noticeably. There is a good cluster of highway restaurants around the bypass, and on a short route like this one there is no reason to rush past them.
Salem
Steel City of Tamil Nadu
Dharmapuri is an agricultural district centre known regionally for mango and tamarind. The significant draw nearby is Hogenakkal, forty-five kilometres east, where the Cauvery drops through a gorge and coracle rides run below the falls. On a Yercaud trip this is a genuinely practical addition rather than a stretch - many of our bookings on this corridor do Yercaud and Hogenakkal across two days, and the geography works. Thoppur is the one demanding section on the highway. The road 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 a proportion of drivers treat it as a racetrack. Our drivers hold back rather than joining in. Beyond it the road opens out into Salem, built on iron ore and mango orchards, and the Shevaroy Hills become visible ahead - a green wall rising off the plain, which is where you are going.
Shevaroy Hills
Twenty Hairpin Range
Thirty-odd kilometres and twenty numbered hairpin bends climbing from the plains to the plateau, taking around an hour. The bends are each marked with their number, which makes the climb oddly satisfying to track, and the road surface is good. Between the numbered bends are long sweeping curves through forest, and the views back over Salem improve steadily - by the high teens the city is a grid on the plain far below. It is a gentler climb than the Ooty or Kozhikode ghats and our drivers take it at a measured pace. What changes fastest is the air: the temperature drops perceptibly, the vegetation turns from dry scrub to coffee under silver oak shade, and by the top the whole character of the place is different from the plain twenty minutes behind. Yercaud town sits around the lake at the top. One practical note: many estate and homestay properties sit on narrow unsurfaced approach lanes off the plateau roads, so send us the property name at booking and we will confirm what can reach the door.
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Bus Packages for the Yercaud Route
Four package shapes cover almost every enquiry, all quoted in writing and billed garage to garage on actual kilometres and hours.
Corporate Package
The most common booking here by a wide margin. Yercaud is close enough for a Friday-to-Sunday offsite and far enough to feel like a change of scene. Executive AC 27 or 30 seater with recliner seats, USB charging and an LED screen, from your office gate in Electronic City, Whitefield or the ORR corridor. That size is also the right one for the ghat, so the corporate tier and the safe tier coincide. Corporate bus hire Bangalore accounts on 30-day credit get monthly consolidated billing.
Family and Community Package
For extended families and apartment associations taking a hill weekend. A 32 seater standard AC coach with a full luggage bay, and a driver briefed for the pace a mixed-age group needs on a ghat road. Larger family groups are usually better served by two smaller vehicles than one 45 seater.
Budget and Institutional Package
The lowest cost per head, for schools and colleges. Yercaud works well as a geography and botany field trip, with the Eastern Ghats, the plantations and the orchid house in one place. For school excursion bus rental Bangalore and college trip bus rental bangalore we supply driver verification and inspection records as standard, and size the vehicles to the ghat rather than to the lowest quote.
Luxury Package
An executive or Volvo coach with air suspension, dual-zone climate control, premium recliners and per-seat charging, for client offsites and senior leadership travel. Here we normally recommend the smaller premium vehicles rather than a 45 seater Volvo, since the ghat rewards manoeuvrability over size. Where a full-size coach is wanted, we propose a transfer at Salem for the ascent.
Our Services from Bangalore and Mysore
Every service below runs from both our Bengaluru and Mysore bases.
Cab service: For four to seven passengers, our cab rental Bangalore fleet runs Dzire, Etios, Innova, Crysta, Hycross and Fortuner, plus a premium cab line.
Tempo traveller service: Eight to eighteen seaters, and the vehicle we recommend most often for the Shevaroy ghat. Tempo traveller rent Bangalore includes luxury tempo traveller Bangalore variants, and a tt vehicle takes the hairpins far more comfortably than a full coach.
Bus service: The full 27 to 50 seater line, standard AC through executive to Volvo and Benz. Bus rental in Bangalore starts at Rs 38 per km, and bangalore bus booking for outstation runs is confirmed with a written quote inside two hours.
Minibus service: Twelve to twenty-four seaters, arguably the ideal size for this particular hill. Mini bus rental in Bangalore covers mini bus for rent in Bangalore and mini bus booking online.
Force Urbania: Thirteen to seventeen seaters with a quiet cabin and confident manners on hill roads. Force Urbania rent Bangalore is our fastest-growing category, and luxury urbania rental Bangalore suits executive groups here particularly well.
Luxury Volvo bus: Forty-five seater air-suspension coaches for long-distance group travel on highway routes. Volvo bus rental Bangalore covers the volvo luxury bus and Benz fleet, and rental bus booking at this tier needs advance notice on peak dates.
Corporate travels: Account-managed travel across transfers, client pick-ups and offsites. Corporate travels Bangalore provides corporate transport services with monthly invoicing.
Airport transfer: Transfers to and from Kempegowda International Airport with live flight tracking. Airport transfer Bangalore covers single kempegowda airport taxi runs and group movements.
Employee transport: Daily pick-and-drop contracts for IT parks and campuses. Employee transportation services Bangalore covers night shift cab service bangalore, office bus service bangalore and employee shuttle service Bangalore, GPS-tracked and billed monthly.
School commute: Managed school and college transport with verified drivers. Student transportation management supports school bus service bangalore, school bus rental bangalore and safe school transport service Bangalore on contract or excursion terms.
Outstation travel: Every major destination in and beyond Karnataka on one written fare. Outstation vehicle booking covers outstation cabs bangalore, outstation car rental bangalore and outstation taxi bangalore across the full fleet.
Wedding cab and bus: Decorated bridal cars plus guest coaches between hotel and venue. Wedding car rental Bangalore covers wedding cars for rent, marriage car rental bangalore and wedding bus rental Bangalore.
Innova Hycross: The benchmark six or seven seater on hill and highway runs alike. Innova Hycross rent Bangalore is available as innova hycross taxi and 7 seater innova hycross rental Bangalore.
Tour packages: Assembled itineraries for Yercaud and Hogenakkal, the Nilgiris and Coorg, with vehicle, driver and routing in one booking.
Billing, Inclusions and Exclusions
The kilometre meter starts when the coach leaves our garage and stops when it returns, so pickup and drop legs sit inside the quoted number. Nothing is added at trip end that was not in the written quote.
What Is Included
• Base fare and all fuel charges
• Driver allowance
What Is Excluded and Billed Separately
• Toll charges and parking fees, at actuals
• Inter-state tax — the Tamil Nadu permit applies on this route
• Extra driver bata for any running after 9:45 PM
• GST as applicable
• Final rental is calculated on total kilometres and hours run, garage to garage
Points to Note Before You Book
• An advance of 20 percent of the total fare confirms the booking and holds the vehicle for your dates.
• The Tamil Nadu permit is arranged by us. The cost is a pass-through, billed at actuals and shown in the quote before you pay the advance.
• Driver night halt charges apply on multi-day trips and are itemised in the quote.
• Boating, entry tickets and activity charges on the hill are paid by the group directly.
• Vehicle size on this route is recommended for the ghat, not just the headcount. We will tell you if your preferred size is the wrong call.
• Tejas Tours and Travels does not provide passenger insurance cover. Groups wanting cover should arrange it independently.
• We do not operate sleeper buses. Our coaches are seated 2+2 or 2+3 in standard AC, executive AC, Volvo and Benz trim.
• Our fleet: 27 to 50 seater buses including Volvo and Benz; 12 to 24 seater minibuses; 13 to 17 seater Force Urbania; 8 to 18 seater tempo travellers; and 4 to 7 seater cars from Dzire and Etios through Innova, Crysta, Hycross, Fortuner, Corolla Altis and Camry up to Audi A6, Audi Q7, BMW 5 Series, BMW 7 Series, Mercedes E-Class, Mercedes S-Class and the Rolls-Royce Ghost.
How to Book a Bus for Yercaud
Four steps, usually under five minutes on WhatsApp.
Step 1 — Contact Tejas Travels
• Call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773, or email info@tejastravels.com, available 24 hours.
• Share your travel dates and Bengaluru pickup point: area, tech park, school or hotel name.
• Give the total group size. We will recommend a vehicle size suited to the ghat, which may differ from what you had in mind.
• Send the day-wise plan, including whether the loop road and viewpoints are covered with the same vehicle.
Step 2 — Receive Your Written Quote
• A written quote reaches you on WhatsApp or email within two hours.
• It itemises the per-km rate, driver allowance, night halt charges, toll estimate, the Tamil Nadu permit and GST.
• No verbal-only pricing. Everything is in writing before you commit.
• Corporate clients can request a proforma invoice for PO-based approval.
Step 3 — Confirm and Pay the Advance
• Confirm on WhatsApp or by phone once the quote works for you.
• A 20 percent advance of the total fare confirms the booking and locks the vehicle to your dates.
• Pay by UPI, NEFT, IMPS, RTGS, or credit and debit card through a payment link. Receipt within 30 minutes.
• Your confirmation carries driver name and mobile, vehicle registration, departure time, pickup point and billing breakdown, in writing.
• Book early for the May Summer Festival, long weekends and the December peak.
Step 4 — Your Driver and Coach Arrive Early
• The coach reaches your pickup point 15 minutes before departure, with the exact gate confirmed for tech-park groups.
• The vehicle arrives clean, sanitised, fuelled and GPS-active, and the driver calls 30 minutes ahead.
• Drivers assigned to this route are experienced on the Shevaroy ghat specifically, not just on highway running.
• At trip end the balance is settled after deducting the advance, with extra kilometres or hours at the pre-agreed rate.
Quick booking: WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with group size, travel dates, pickup point and your day-wise plan.
Payment Methods
• UPI — Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm, BHIM UPI. Fastest, instant confirmation, and our recommendation for the advance.
• Bank transfer — NEFT, IMPS or RTGS, preferred for large corporate bookings. IMPS is instant, NEFT slower.
• Credit and debit card — Visa, Mastercard and RuPay by payment link. Valid for advance and full payment.
• Net banking — All major Indian banks, by link on WhatsApp or email. Preferred for corporate PO approvals.
• Cash — Accepted for the balance at trip end with a receipt. The advance must be digital.
• Corporate credit — 30-day terms for signed accounts, with monthly consolidated invoicing.
Cancellation Policy
This ladder is confirmed in writing at booking. No hidden conditions.
• More than 7 days before departure — no charge, full advance refunded in 5 to 7 working days.
• 4 to 7 days before departure — 10 percent of the total trip fare, advance refunded less that deduction.
• 48 hours to 4 days before departure — 25 percent of the total trip fare.
• 24 to 48 hours before departure — 50 percent of the total trip fare.
• 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 coach is deployed and the group does not board, the full fare is payable and no refund applies.
• Cancellation by Tejas Travels — breakdown or force majeure, no charge, full refund in 2 working days or an alternate coach.
Special Conditions
• Multi-day outstation — 7 days notice for a full refund on any overnight booking, which covers most Yercaud trips.
• Peak dates — Summer Festival in May, New Year and long weekends need 48 hours notice for a full refund.
• Permit already taken — where the Tamil Nadu permit has been obtained before a late cancellation, that cost is not refundable.
• Weddings — 7 days notice for a full refund. Within 3 days of the date, non-refundable.
• Corporate contracts — monthly commute contracts follow their own terms, with 48-hour modifications subject to availability.
• Force majeure — bandhs, ghat closures, landslips and road blocks get a full refund within 2 working days.
• How to cancel — call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your booking reference. Confirmation within 2 hours.
Refund Policy
Refunds go back to the original payment instrument, in cash only where the advance was paid in cash.
• 7 or more days before departure — 100 percent of the advance, in 5 to 7 working days.
• 4 to 7 days before departure — advance less the 10 percent charge, in 5 to 7 working days.
• 48 hours to 4 days before departure — advance less the 25 percent charge, in 7 working days.
• 24 to 48 hours before departure — advance less the 50 percent charge, in 7 to 10 working days.
• Cancellation by Tejas Travels — 100 percent of the advance, on priority within 2 working days.
• Trip shortfall — where actual kilometres fall below the package minimum, a proportional credit is settled at trip end.
• Billing error or duplicate payment — the full amount, within 2 to 3 working days of verification.
Refund Timelines by Payment Method
• UPI — to the UPI-linked bank account in 3 to 5 working days.
• Credit or debit card — to the originating card in 5 to 7 working days.
• Bank transfer — to the originating account in 3 to 5 working days.
• Cash — at our Bengaluru office, or by IMPS within 5 working days.
• Refund contact — WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with booking reference, advance receipt and reason. Confirmation within 24 hours.
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Frequently Asked Questions — Bangalore to Yercaud Bus
No scheduled service runs the whole way. Public options put you into Salem, from where you change to a local bus up the ghat. Private hire is the only way a group travels door to door in one vehicle, which is the main reason groups book it.
Five to six hours for about 230 km, of which the final ghat section accounts for an hour to an hour and a half. A 6:00 AM departure from Bengaluru gets a group to Yercaud in time for a late-morning check-in.
We do not recommend it. The climb has twenty hairpin bends, several blind, on a road that narrows at the turns, and a smaller coach takes it with margin rather than at the limit. Our recommendation is a 27 or 33 seater. For larger groups we propose two vehicles or a transfer at Salem.
Bus rent per km Bangalore starts at Rs 17,800 for the vehicle before driver allowance, night halt, the Tamil Nadu permit, tolls and GST.
Yes. The vehicle is yours for the trip and stays throughout, which matters because the attractions are spread around the loop road with limited local transport for large parties. Waiting time is inside the quoted package.
You can, but it is tight — most of day one goes to the drive and the ghat. Two nights is the shape that works: arrive late morning on day one, a full day on the hill, and a relaxed departure on day three.
Included: base fare, all fuel and the driver allowance. Billed separately: tolls and parking at actuals, inter-state tax for Tamil Nadu, extra driver bata past 9:45 PM, night halt charges, and GST. Final rental is on total kilometres and hours, garage to garage.
Twenty percent of the total fare, paid digitally by UPI, bank transfer or card link. The receipt arrives within 30 minutes with driver and vehicle details. The balance is settled at trip end.
October to June is the broad window. The Summer Festival in May is busiest, with large crowds and higher hotel rates. The weeks after the monsoon are greenest and Killiyur Falls is at its best, though fog on the ghat is more likely.
No. Tejas Tours and Travels does not cover passengers under a company insurance policy. Vehicles carry statutory motor cover and drivers on this route are licensed, police-verified and specifically experienced on the Shevaroy ghat, but groups wanting personal cover should arrange it independently.