Bangalore to Badami Bus Service — Rent an AC Bus for the Chalukya Heritage Circuit
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Places to Visit in Badami
Badami Cave Temples
The four rock-cut Badami cave temples are the reason most travellers book a cab to this town in the first place. Carved directly into the red sandstone cliff between the sixth and eighth centuries, the caves house Hindu, Jain, and Vaishnava shrines with some of the finest early Chalukyan sculpture in India, including an eighteen-armed Nataraja and a striking Vishnu reclining on the serpent Ananta. Climbing between the four levels takes a couple of hours and rewards visitors with a sweeping view of Agastya Lake below. Visit early morning or late afternoon when the light on the sandstone turns a deep amber and the crowds thin out, making it easier to study the carvings in the pillared verandahs without rushing.
Badami Cave Temples
The four rock-cut Badami cave temples are the reason most travellers book a cab to this town in the first place. Carved directly into the red sandstone cliff between the sixth and eighth centuries, the caves house Hindu, Jain, and Vaishnava shrines with some of the finest early Chalukyan sculpture in India, including an eighteen-armed Nataraja and a striking Vishnu reclining on the serpent Ananta. Climbing between the four levels takes a couple of hours and rewards visitors with a sweeping view of Agastya Lake below. Visit early morning or late afternoon when the light on the sandstone turns a deep amber and the crowds thin out, making it easier to study the carvings in the pillared verandahs without rushing.
Agastya Lake
Sitting at the foot of the cave temples, Agastya Lake is a spring-fed water tank believed to have healing properties and is considered one of the sacred tanks associated with the sage Agastya. The stepped ghats around the lake are lined with shrines, and the reflection of the fort walls and temple spires on the still water is one of the most photographed sights in Badami. Locals still bathe here during festivals, and the walkway around the lake connects almost every major monument in town, so it works well as a central orientation point once your cab drops you at the entrance.
Bhutanatha Temple Complex
Two clusters of temples dedicated to Lord Shiva as Bhutanatha stand directly across the lake from the caves, and the eastern group is easily the most photographed monument in Badami thanks to its position against the cliff and the water. Built through the early Chalukyan and later Kalyani Chalukya periods, the complex mixes Dravidian and Nagara architectural elements in a way rarely seen together elsewhere in Karnataka. Reaching it involves a short walk around the lake, and the temple is at its best right after sunrise when boatmen ferry pilgrims across and the sandstone cliffs behind glow orange.
Badami Fort
Built originally by the Chalukyas and reinforced later by Tipu Sultan, Badami Fort climbs the northern hill above the town and is reached through a flight of rock-cut steps guarded by old watchtowers. Inside, the fort complex has a lower and upper Shivalaya, a granary, and cannon emplacements that once controlled the entire valley. Entry to the fort area is free, and the climb, though a little steep in places, takes under an hour. The summit gives an uninterrupted view of Agastya Lake, the cave temples, and the town rooftops, and is one of the better sunset points in the region.
Banashankari Temple
About five kilometres from the main town, Banashankari Temple is dedicated to the presiding deity of the Chalukya and Kalachuri dynasties and remains one of the most active pilgrimage sites in the Bagalkot district. The temple tank, surrounded by a covered stone corridor with over a hundred pillars, hosts the annual Banashankari Jatre, a temple fair that draws thousands of devotees every January and February. Even outside festival season, the temple's dark stone architecture and the quiet corridor around the tank make it a peaceful stop, and most Badami taxi itineraries include it as a short detour on the way in or out of town.
Pattadakal (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
A UNESCO World Heritage Site roughly twenty two kilometres from Badami, Pattadakal was where Chalukyan kings were formally crowned, and its temple complex is often described as the meeting point of North and South Indian temple architecture. Ten major temples stand within a single walled enclosure, mixing Dravidian towers like the Virupaksha and Mallikarjuna temples with Nagara style shrines such as the Kashi Vishwanatha and Papanatha temples. Virupaksha, the largest of the group, was built to commemorate a Chalukyan victory over the Pallavas and later inspired the design of the Kailasanatha temple at Ellora, which makes this stop essential for anyone interested in the evolution of Indian temple design.
Aihole
Known as the cradle of Indian temple architecture, Aihole sits about thirty five kilometres from Badami and contains more than a hundred temples built between the sixth and twelfth centuries, ranging from simple flat roofed shrines to the more evolved Durga Temple with its curved apsidal end and surrounding gallery. Many of these structures functioned as architectural experiments, which is why the styles here vary so widely within a small area. The Ladkhan and Meguti temples are also worth the walk, and because the site is spread across the village, a full visit with a waiting cab typically takes two to three unhurried hours.
Mahakuta Temple Complex
Roughly fourteen kilometres from Badami, the Mahakuta temple complex is built around two natural spring fed tanks believed to be sacred to Lord Shiva, and the site was an important early Chalukyan religious centre even before Badami itself rose to prominence. Devotees still take a ritual dip in the tanks, and the surrounding cluster of small Shiva shrines, mixed with coconut and banana groves, gives the place a quieter, more rural feel than the more visited monuments in town. It pairs naturally with Pattadakal and Aihole on a full day sightseeing loop out of Badami.
Distance
510 km
One way
Time
10 hrs
Via expressway
Starting from
₹ 36420
Plus GST
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About the Bangalore - Badami route
Bangalore
Where Your Journey Starts
Tumkur
70 Km
Chitradurga
200 Km
Hospet
315 Km
Gajendragad
400 Km
Badami
510 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.
Tumkur
Gateway on NH48
The first significant halt on the Bangalore to Badami route, Tumkur sits about seventy kilometres from the city along the four-lane NH48 corridor and works well as an early tea and rest stop before the drive stretches out toward the Chitradurga plateau. Historically an important trade centre for coconut and areca nut, the town today is better known as an educational hub with several engineering colleges lining the highway. Drivers on this route typically treat Tumkur as a quick refuelling and washroom stop rather than a sightseeing halt, since the bulk of the four hundred and fifty plus kilometre journey still lies ahead, though travellers with extra time sometimes detour about fifteen kilometres off the highway to the hill temples of Devarayanadurga. Traffic through this stretch can get heavy near the bypass during morning hours, so cabs departing before sunrise usually clear Tumkur well within the first hour of the trip, keeping the rest of the day's schedule comfortable for sightseeing later in Badami.
Chitradurga
The Fort City of Karnataka
About three hours into the drive, Chitradurga is the most rewarding roadside break on the entire Bangalore to Badami route and is well worth a planned stop rather than a rushed one. The town's seven walled hill fort, built by local Nayaka chieftains and later strengthened by Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan, sprawls across a range of granite boulders and includes escape tunnels, ancient temples, and gunpowder storage chambers built up over generations. Even a forty five minute walk through the lower fort gates gives a sense of the scale, and the climb to the upper bastions rewards visitors with views across the Deccan plateau. Local eateries around the fort serve a proper Karnataka thali, making this the natural lunch stop for most cab itineraries heading toward Hospet and Badami. Because Chitradurga sits almost exactly at the midpoint of the journey, drivers often use it to switch shifts on longer round trips or simply rest before the next stretch of highway toward Hospet.
Hospet
Doorway to Hampi
Hospet marks the point where the Bangalore to Badami road trip brushes past one of India's most celebrated UNESCO sites, Hampi, which lies just thirteen kilometres further off the main route. Many travellers extend their cab booking by a day here to explore the ruins of the Vijayanagara Empire, including the Virupaksha Temple and the iconic stone chariot at the Vittala Temple complex, before continuing north to Badami. Even without a Hampi detour, Hospet itself is a functional town with reliable highway dhabas, fuel stations, and hotels, making it a sensible overnight halt for travellers who prefer splitting the long drive across two days instead of covering it in one sitting. From Hospet, the road toward Badami turns quieter and narrower compared to the four-lane stretch from Bangalore, so drivers usually plan for slightly slower average speeds on this last major leg of the journey.
Gajendragad
Agricultural town
A smaller agricultural town in the Gadag district, Gajendragad is mainly a functional waypoint on the Hospet to Badami stretch, but it does have one notable landmark worth a brief stop, the hilltop Someshwara temple, an early example of transitional temple architecture built under Chalukyan influence. The town also sits close to the Kappatagudda hill range, a lesser known biodiversity zone with old shrines scattered across its slopes. Most cab drivers use Gajendragad purely as a fuel and rest stop before the final short run into Badami, since the roads narrow considerably in this stretch and pass through several small villages and farmland. Keeping some buffer time here is useful, particularly during the local harvest season when tractors and bullock carts share the highway with regular traffic.
Badami
Journey's End
The final stretch into Badami reveals the landscape that makes this town so distinctive, red sandstone cliffs rising sharply out of flat farmland with Agastya Lake tucked between them. Most cabs arrive in the late afternoon if the journey begins early from Bangalore, leaving enough daylight for a first look at the cave temples or a walk around the lake before checking into a hotel. Badami's compact size means almost every major monument, the caves, the fort, and the Bhutanatha temples, sits within walking distance of the main market, so once the cab drops you at your hotel, sightseeing on foot is easy for the rest of the stay. Drivers familiar with this route usually recommend keeping the following morning free for the day trip to Pattadakal and Aihole before starting the return journey.
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Bangalore to Badami Bus Packages
Every quote is built around the group, not the other way around. These four package structures cover the majority of our bangalore to badami bus package bookings.
Corporate and Offsite Package
Built for company teams, MICE groups and annual offsites leaving from Whitefield, Electronic City, Manyata, Bellandur and the ORR corridor. Includes an Executive or Volvo coach with reclining seats, onboard charging points, a public address microphone for the trip coordinator, and multi-point pickup across Bangalore so nobody has to reach a single assembly location at 5 am. GST invoicing, Proforma Invoice for purchase-order approval and consolidated monthly billing are all standard. This is our most common configuration for corporate bus rental bangalore on long heritage routes.
Family and Group Package
For extended families, wedding parties travelling to a function in Bagalkot district, and neighbourhood or apartment association groups. A 21 or 27-seater AC mini coach handles most family bookings comfortably, with luggage space for three-day travel and the flexibility to stop for photographs whenever the group wants. Elderly passengers are a common consideration on this route, so we allocate vehicles with lower step-in height and plan longer, more frequent halts on request.
Budget and Student Package
Non-AC and Standard AC buses in 32, 40 and 45-seater configurations for schools, colleges and NGO groups where per-head cost is the deciding factor. Badami, Pattadakal and Aihole are on the syllabus for history and architecture students across Karnataka, and this is our highest-volume category for school excursion bus rental bangalore and college trip bus rental bangalore. Vehicles carry valid fitness and permit documents, GPS tracking is available for the institution to monitor, and drivers on student trips are selected on experience and conduct record.
Luxury Package
Volvo B9R and BharatBenz coaches with pushback seats, extra legroom, curtains, LED lighting and dedicated luggage bays. Suited to premium leisure groups, international visitors on a Karnataka heritage circuit, and wedding parties who want the arrival to look the part. Sleeper configurations are available for overnight departures, which lets a group leave Bangalore at 10 pm and arrive in Badami in time for a morning cave visit without losing a working day.
Our Services
Tejas Tours and Travels operates a full ground-transport fleet across Bangalore and Mysore, covering everything from a single sedan to a fifty-seater coach. If your Badami itinerary needs more than one vehicle class, or you need a smaller car to run alongside the coach for a family elder, it can be arranged under the same booking.
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 covers everything from an Etios to a Mercedes, and the 6-seater Toyota Innova Hycross is the most requested vehicle for small family groups on long heritage drives.
Tempo Traveller and Force Urbania
For groups of nine to seventeen, a luxury tempo traveller bangalore is often the right size for the Badami circuit, particularly for the narrow approach roads at Aihole. 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 with 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, and a Badami trip can be combined with a Mysore leg on a single itinerary.
Billing Details for Bangalore to Badami 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 badami 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.
• Interstate tax and permit charges, where the itinerary crosses a state border.
• 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.
Garage-to-garage billing explained: the meter starts when the bus leaves our depot and stops when it returns. On a long route like Badami this typically adds 20 to 40 kilometres to the trip total depending on your pickup area in Bangalore. We state this upfront in the written quote so there is no surprise at settlement.
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, or hotel name such as Electronic City, Whitefield, Manyata, the BIAL airport area or MG Road.
• Share your destination or full day-wise itinerary, total group size, and preferred bus tier: Standard, Executive, Luxury, Volvo or BharatBenz.
• For Badami, Goa, Shirdi and other multi-day bus hire from Bangalore, provide the complete itinerary so we can allocate a driver experienced on that specific overnight route.
• 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 local package, driver allowance of Rs 700 to 1,250 per day depending on the vehicle, applicable toll estimates, interstate permit costs where relevant — Tamil Nadu for Ooty, Kerala for Wayanad, Goa, Andhra Pradesh for Tirupati — and driver night halt charges for multi-day hire.
• No verbal-only pricing. Everything is in writing before you commit.
• For MICE and corporate 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 Badami during the Banashankari Jatre, and for Goa, Shirdi and overnight hire during New Year, Diwali and summer holiday peaks — book well ahead and pay the advance early.
• For large corporate bookings above Rs 50,000, 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, the driver coordinates the exact pickup 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 national highway exits, toll payments, Karnataka border permits and rest stop coordination.
• 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 and corporate 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 accounts, with monthly consolidated invoicing available.
A 20 percent advance confirms the specific bus on your date. For Badami, Goa, Shirdi and large peak-date Bangalore corporate hire bookings, a higher advance may apply. Volvo and BharatBenz coaches should be confirmed well ahead with advance payment, since these are the first vehicles to be blocked out during the season.
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.
• Multi-day outstation — Badami, Hampi, 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 similar disruptions 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 Badami Bus
The bangalore to badami distance by road is 454 km via Hosapete or 510 km via Hubballi. A chartered bus takes 9 to 10 hours including two short halts and a meal break. Cars cover it faster, but a loaded 45-seater realistically averages 50 to 55 km an hour on this route, and we build schedules around that rather than an optimistic estimate.
Chartered fares start from around Rs 28 per km for a 21-seater AC mini coach and rise with seating capacity and tier, with Volvo coaches at the top of the range. Because billing is garage to garage on total kilometres and hours, the final figure depends on your itinerary. Send us your dates, group size and stops on WhatsApp and you will have an itemised written quote within 2 hours.
For 10 to 17 people a tempo traveller or Urbania is usually enough. For 18 to 27, a 21 or 27-seater mini coach. For 30 to 50, a 35, 45 or 50-seater bus. One practical consideration: the approach roads at Aihole and Mahakuta are narrow, so very large coaches sometimes park a short walk away. Our drivers know these parking points and factor them into the day plan.
Yes, and it is how most groups book. Pattadakal is 22 km from Badami and Aihole is a further 12 km, so all three sit comfortably within a single day of local running once you are based in Badami. We recommend 3 days and 2 nights for the full circuit including Mahakuta and Banashankari. Adding Hampi makes it a 5-day bangalore to hampi badami tour package.
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 peak dates, a higher advance may be requested.
Included: base fare, fuel charges and driver allowance. Excluded: toll and parking charges, interstate tax, driver bata after 9:45 pm, and GST. The final rental is based on total kilometres and hours from our garage to garage. Everything is itemised in the written quote before you pay anything.
Because the vehicle is dedicated to your trip from the moment it leaves our depot until it returns. This is the standard convention for chartered bus hire across the industry. On a Badami trip this usually adds 20 to 40 km to the total depending on where in Bangalore your pickup is, and the figure is stated in your quote so it never appears as a surprise on the final bill.
Driver bata beyond 9:45 pm is charged extra. On long routes we plan the day so that this is avoidable where possible, but heritage sites and traffic can run over. If your itinerary is likely to finish late, tell us at the quote stage and we will build the night bata into the written estimate rather than adding it at settlement.
No. Tejas Tours and Travels does not cover passenger insurance as part of the rental. Passengers are advised to arrange their own travel insurance. Our vehicles carry valid statutory vehicle insurance, fitness certificates and permits, and drivers hold commercial licences, but personal passenger cover is not included and we state this clearly at booking.
Cancellations more than 7 days before departure carry no charge and the advance is refunded in full within 5 to 7 working days. Charges then step up from 10 percent to 75 percent as the departure date approaches, with the full schedule listed above. To cancel, WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your booking reference. You will get written confirmation within 2 hours and the refund goes back to your original payment method.