
Mysore to Bhadrachalam Mini Bus for Groups of 14 to 25
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Distance
1,015 km
From Mysore
Time
About 22.5 hr
Via Bangalore, Hyderabad Outer Ring Road and Khammam
Starting from
₹ 71400
7 days, 2,100 km, 14 seater
14 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/1
NORMALAC14 Seats
₹69,858 ₹84,466
+ ₹12466 (Taxes & Charges)

15 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/1
NORMALAC15 Seats
₹69,858 ₹84,466
+ ₹12466 (Taxes & Charges)
16 Seater Mini bus A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC16 Seats
₹69,858 ₹84,466
+ ₹12466 (Taxes & Charges)

18 Seater Mini Bus A/C
NORMALAC18 Seats
₹74,032 ₹89,500
+ ₹13200 (Taxes & Charges)

19 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC19 Seats
₹74,032 ₹89,500
+ ₹13200 (Taxes & Charges)
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20 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC20 Seats
₹74,032 ₹89,500
+ ₹13200 (Taxes & Charges)

21 Seater Mini Bus A/C
NORMALAC21 Seats
₹74,032 ₹89,500
+ ₹13200 (Taxes & Charges)

22 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC22 Seats
₹78,106 ₹94,433
+ ₹13933 (Taxes & Charges)

25 Seater Mini Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC25 Seats
₹78,106 ₹94,433
+ ₹13933 (Taxes & Charges)

12 Seater Mini Bus Executive A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC12 Seats
₹69,858 ₹84,466
+ ₹12466 (Taxes & Charges)

Mini Bus 13 Seater Executive A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC13 Seats
₹69,858 ₹84,466
+ ₹12466 (Taxes & Charges)

14 Seater Mini Bus Executive A/C 2/2
LUXURYAC14 Seats
₹69,858 ₹84,466
+ ₹12466 (Taxes & Charges)

18 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC18 Seats
₹86,254 ₹1,04,300
+ ₹15400 (Taxes & Charges)
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19 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC19 Seats
₹86,254 ₹1,04,300
+ ₹15400 (Taxes & Charges)

20 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC20 Seats
₹1,02,650 ₹1,24,133
+ ₹18333 (Taxes & Charges)

21 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
NORMALAC21 Seats
₹86,354 ₹1,04,400
+ ₹15400 (Taxes & Charges)

22 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/2
LUXURYAC22 Seats
₹98,576 ₹1,19,200
+ ₹17600 (Taxes & Charges)

24 Seater Mini Bus A/C Executive 2/1
LUXURYAC24 Seats
₹98,576 ₹1,19,200
+ ₹17600 (Taxes & Charges)
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Group pickup
The mini bus leaves at 5 am from one meeting point, kept to one or two stops so the first hour is not lost. Mysore Junction is convenient for groups arriving by train, and the Rail Museum, opened in 1979, is close to the station if children arrive early the day before. Bhadrachalam is about 1,015 km away, with a night at Kurnool, about 505 km from here. Big bags go to the rear and small bags on the racks; keep a night bag separate.

Breakfast
The Shivapura Satyagraha Soudha, built for the 1938 flag satyagraha, stands right beside the highway in Maddur taluk, a quick photo from the window. The mini bus stops in Maddur, 65 km out, for an early breakfast of Maddur vada, idli and coffee at a hotel on the old road, since the expressway skips the town. Twenty minutes is enough for a full group if the order is placed together. Bangalore is about 80 km ahead, and the bypass needs the morning clear.

Bypass
The mini bus does not enter Bangalore, about 145 km out. If members are joining from a train, Majestic is opposite the city railway station, but traffic police give buses very little time to stop there, so we meet them on NICE Road or on the north side instead. The bus joins NH44 north via the ring roads and Devanahalli, and runs on past Chikkaballapur without stopping. Bhadrachalam is about 870 km on, and lunch is planned at Penukonda.

Lunch
A large carving of Kumbhakarna asleep, with demons trying to rouse him, lies near the old Vijayanagara fort at Penukonda, and children enjoy it. The mini bus reaches the town about 280 km from Mysore and stops for lunch at a highway dhaba big enough to seat the whole group, forty five minutes in all. Ring the numbers ahead from the city edge so rice and curry are ready. Anantapur is the afternoon tea stop.

Tea
Uggani with mirchi bajji is what the stalls sell around Anantapur, hot with chilli, so check before giving it to children. The mini bus stops here for tea after about 355 km. Dharmavaram, south west of the city, is known for its GI tagged silk sarees, a buy for another trip. Twenty minutes for tea and the restroom on the bypass, then on to Gooty and Kurnool. Refill drinking water here; the plateau is dry and warm.

Tea
Hyder Ali took Gooty fort from the Maratha general Murari Rao in 1775, the story says after the water ran out, and its walls still crown the hills over the town. The mini bus passes about 405 km from Mysore and stops twenty minutes for tea beyond the junction with the Bellary road, where trucks slow the traffic. The fort makes a good group photo from the roadside. Kurnool follows in roughly two hours.

Night halt
The mini bus group spends the night in Kurnool, after about 505 km. Book one hotel with bus parking for the whole group. NH340C to Srisailam and NH40 to Chittoor begin here, so the city has plenty of hotels used to groups. Breakfast can be uggani and mirchi bajji at the hotel, or the group can eat at Jadcherla on the way. The second day is about 510 km, so dinner and sleep should be early.

Breakfast
Jadcherla, about 630 km from Mysore, is where Asian Highway 43 and NH167 meet NH44, and buses for Nalgonda and Wanaparthy fill the junction. The mini bus stops for breakfast at a highway hotel set back from the road, thirty minutes for the group. Everyone should use the restroom here. The Outer Ring Road around Hyderabad is about 60 km ahead, and it has no stopping points except exits and service areas.

Ring road
The mini bus takes the Outer Ring Road about 690 km from Mysore, moving from NH44 on the Bangalore side to NH65 on the Vijayawada side without entering Hyderabad at all. The eight lane ring is access controlled, so stops are allowed only at service areas and exits; the driver will not pull over on the main road. The run round the south and east of the city takes about an hour. Suryapet, the lunch stop, is about 150 km beyond.

Lunch
Suryapet, about 840 km out, is the lunch stop on NH65 for the mini bus. The town is a district headquarters, and its hi tech bus station is the fifth largest in Telangana, with meal hotels all around. Forty five minutes for lunch for the group. After lunch the bus turns onto NH365BB, the road east to Khammam, which is narrower than the highway. Bhadrachalam is about 175 km on, so the group arrives in the evening.

Tea
Summer afternoons are very hot in Khammam, which lies low at about 108 m and is the fourth largest city of Telangana. The mini bus reaches it after about 900 km and stops twenty minutes for tea and cold water at a hotel on the main road. Its Kakatiya fort on a hill above the city dates from 950 CE. The final stretch runs through farm country towards the Godavari, about two and a half hours for the bus.

Hotel drop
It is evening on day two when the mini bus pulls into Bhadrachalam, about 22.5 hours of driving after Mysore. The town sits on the Godavari bank at about 50 m and stays warm after sunset. The driver drops the group at one hotel or choultry and parks the bus in its yard. Sri Rama Navami, the Kalyanam, is the busiest time of the year, so book rooms early if your dates fall then. Darshan is best planned for the morning.
Is a Mysore to Bhadrachalam mini bus right for your group of twenty, going for darshan at the Sita Ramachandra temple? Bhadrachalam is around 1,015 km from Mysuru via Bangalore, Kurnool and Hyderabad. We arrange mini bus on rent in Mysore with our own drivers. For Bhadrachalam we pick up from Mysore airport at Mandakalli or your office in Hebbal.
Route | One way | Bhadrachalam and back | Time by mini bus |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Bhadrachalam via Bangalore, Hyderabad Outer Ring Road and Khammam | About 1,015 km | About 2,030 km | About 22.5 hr with stops |
The round trip is about 2,030 km. Driver allowance is ₹600 to ₹700 each day; GST, tolls, parking and permits are at cost. AC or non-AC, as you book. Need only a drop? Ask for a one way quote. Fuel, driver and AC are in the rate. Over 7 days it is billed as 2,100 km, because the minimum is 300 km per day.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 7 days, 2,100 km |
|---|---|---|
₹32 | ₹71,400 | |
₹32 | ₹71,400 | |
₹34 | ₹76,300 | |
₹34 | ₹76,300 | |
₹34 | ₹76,300 | |
₹36 | ₹80,500 | |
₹46 | ₹101,500 | |
₹36 | ₹80,500 |
Totals are the km fare plus the day driver allowance. Extra: night driver allowance (₹600 to ₹700 a night, by size), tolls, parking, Andhra Pradesh permit and 5% GST. Shared by 25, 7 days in the 25 Seater Mini Bus is about ₹3,220 a person.
Keep one spare seat over the number of people. 15 or 16: 16 seater mini bus. For 19 or 20: 20 seater mini bus. For up to 25: 25 seater mini bus.
Fewer than 13 going to Bhadrachalam? The Mysore to Bhadrachalam tempo traveller costs less. More than 25? Book the Mysore to Bhadrachalam bus, or see bus on rent in Mysore for all bus sizes.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
By road Bhadrachalam is about 1,015 km from Mysore, about 2,030 km for the round trip. The mini bus goes via Maddur, the Bangalore bypass, NH44 through Penukonda, Anantapur, Gooty, Kurnool and Jadcherla, the Hyderabad Outer Ring Road, Suryapet and Khammam. It takes about 22.5 hours of driving with stops, over two days.
Kurnool on the first night, roughly 505 km from Mysore. Day two reaches Bhadrachalam.
The 25 seater, so everyone sits and the bags fit. Every size is listed on mini bus on rent in Mysore.
No. The Andhra Pradesh and Telangana entry permits for a tourist vehicle is extra too. Tolls, parking and GST are added at cost, with the receipts.
If the return runs late at night, the driver gets a night allowance. You see it in the quote first. The mini bus night bata is ₹600 to ₹700, by size.
Yes, quoted when you ask. Give us the date and head count, and the one way fare comes back in writing.
Yes. On long weekends toll plazas around Bangalore jam on Friday nights and Saturday mornings, and the return into the city on Sunday evening is just as slow. The mini bus leaves Mysore at 5 am and crosses Bangalore early, and on the way back we plan the city crossing for midday or late night.
No. The mini bus drives in daylight with a night at Kurnool each way. The only dark hours are the early start from Mysore on the expressway. Long night drives on NH44 mean lorries and a tired driver, and the group is better off sleeping in a hotel.