Bangalore to Kochi Minibus Service - Group Travel to Fort Kochi and the Kerala Backwaters
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Places to Visit in Kochi
Fort Kochi and the Chinese Fishing Nets
The cantilevered fishing nets along the Fort Kochi shoreline are the image of the city - large shore-operated lift nets, introduced by traders from the court of Kublai Khan by tradition, still worked by teams of fishermen and best watched at sunrise or sunset. Behind them, Fort Kochi is a walkable quarter of Portuguese, Dutch and British buildings, with St Francis Church, where Vasco da Gama was originally buried in 1524 before his remains were returned to Portugal - the oldest European church in India. Visit on foot over a half day. The quarter is small, the light in the late afternoon is exceptional, and vehicles are better parked at the edge than driven through the lanes.
Fort Kochi and the Chinese Fishing Nets
The cantilevered fishing nets along the Fort Kochi shoreline are the image of the city - large shore-operated lift nets, introduced by traders from the court of Kublai Khan by tradition, still worked by teams of fishermen and best watched at sunrise or sunset. Behind them, Fort Kochi is a walkable quarter of Portuguese, Dutch and British buildings, with St Francis Church, where Vasco da Gama was originally buried in 1524 before his remains were returned to Portugal - the oldest European church in India. Visit on foot over a half day. The quarter is small, the light in the late afternoon is exceptional, and vehicles are better parked at the edge than driven through the lanes.
Mattancherry Palace and Jew Town
The Mattancherry Palace, often called the Dutch Palace, was built by the Portuguese around 1555 as a gift to the Raja of Kochi and later renovated by the Dutch. Its murals are the reason to go - some of the finest in India, covering the walls of the bedchambers with scenes from the Ramayana and Puranic subjects in dense mineral colour. Adjoining it, Jew Town runs down to the Paradesi Synagogue, built in 1568 and the oldest active synagogue in the Commonwealth, with hand-painted Chinese floor tiles and Belgian glass chandeliers. The lane between them is lined with antique and spice shops. Note that the synagogue closes on Fridays and Saturdays and on Jewish holidays.
Marine Drive and the Backwaters
Marine Drive is the promenade along the Ernakulam waterfront, facing the harbour, and it is where the modern city gathers in the evening - a walkway, the Rainbow Bridge, and ferries crossing to Fort Kochi and Vypin. The public ferry is the cheapest and most enjoyable way to move between the islands, and it beats driving around by a considerable margin. From here the wider backwater system opens south toward Alleppey and Kumarakom, and houseboat trips can be picked up from Kochi itself for anything from a few hours to overnight. Visit at dusk. For a group with a vehicle, the ferry-and-walk combination through Fort Kochi is genuinely better than trying to drive the quarter.
Cherai Beach and Vypin
Around twenty-five kilometres north on Vypin island, Cherai is a long stretch of shallow, relatively calm water backed by coconut palms, with a lagoon on the landward side - one of the few places where you can see backwater and sea within a few hundred metres. Dolphins are occasionally seen offshore. Visit for a half day if the itinerary allows, particularly with families, since the water is gentler than most Kerala beaches. Vypin is reached by bridge or by the vehicle ferry from Fort Kochi. The drive up the island is pleasant and there are Chinese nets along the backwater side that are far less crowded than the famous ones.
Hill Palace Museum, Tripunithura
Sixteen kilometres from the city, the Hill Palace was the seat of the Kochi royal family, a complex of over forty buildings in traditional architecture set in landscaped grounds with a deer park, and it now houses the largest archaeological museum in Kerala. The collection includes the royal crown and ornaments, paintings, sculpture, epigraphy, manuscripts and coins covering the long history of the Kochi kingdom. Visit for the collection and for the grounds, which are a genuine relief from the city. It is closed on Mondays. This is the best single answer for a rainy afternoon in Kochi, and it is consistently underrated by visitors who never leave Fort Kochi.
Kathakali, Kalaripayattu and Athirappilly
Kochi is the easiest place in Kerala to see Kathakali properly - several theatres run daily evening performances with the elaborate make-up applied on stage beforehand, which is half the experience, and the same venues often stage Kalaripayattu, the Kerala martial art. Book ahead in season. Further out, Athirappilly Falls lies around seventy kilometres north-east near Chalakudy, on the road you drove in on: the largest waterfall in Kerala at roughly twenty-five metres and eighty metres wide, spectacular from June through January and much reduced by March. It is a full day from Kochi, or better still built into the inbound journey as a detour rather than a separate trip.
Distance
550 Km
One way
Time
11 hrs
Via expressway
Starting from
₹ 35800
Plus GST
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About the Bangalore - Kochi route
Bangalore
Where Your Journey Starts
Krishnagiri
90 Km
Salem
200 Km
Coimbatore
355 Km
Palakkad
400 Km
Thrissur
460 Km
Kochi
550 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.
Krishnagiri
Mango Capital of Tamil Nadu
On a 550 km day the departure discipline matters more than anything else. Our drivers reach the pickup point fifteen minutes early and aim to be past Electronic City before 5:30 AM, because every fifteen minutes lost here is fifteen minutes of arriving in Kochi after dark. Passengers boarding at Whitefield or Marathahalli are routed via Sarjapur and Attibele to bypass Chandapura. The road opens out after the Attibele toll and the Tamil Nadu border. Hosur has an unusually temperate climate for the region and sits at the centre of a rose-growing and automotive belt. Beyond it the NH 44 is six-lane and excellent, and Krishnagiri arrives quickly - the mango capital of the state, with roadside Banganapalli and Neelam stalls from April to July and a ninth-century hill fort visible from the road. This is where Chennai-bound traffic peels off and the road south thins noticeably.
Salem
Steel City of Tamil Nadu
Dharmapuri is an agricultural district centre, and Hogenakkal lies forty-five kilometres east where the Cauvery drops through a gorge - a half-day detour that does not fit a Kochi run but is worth knowing about for a slower return. Thoppur is the one demanding section of this route. The highway climbs steeply between Dharmapuri and Salem, and although four-laned throughout, the gradient is severe enough that loaded trucks slow to walking pace and lane discipline suffers. Our drivers hold back rather than joining in. Beyond it the road opens out into Salem, built on iron ore and mango orchards, which has the best highway restaurants of the whole journey - proper parking, clean facilities, quick service. This is the natural breakfast halt on an early departure. Budget forty minutes and use it properly, because the next good stop is three hours on.
Coimbatore
Manchester of South India
At Salem the route leaves NH 44 and joins NH 544 heading west, and this is fast four-lane running across the Kongu plains. The Kaveri is crossed near Bhavani, with Erode just beyond - the centre of the largest turmeric trade in India and a major textile town in its own right. Tiruppur follows, the knitwear capital, whose garment export industry is visible along the highway in the density of units and transport depots. Avinashi holds an old and architecturally significant Shiva temple directly on the road, worth thirty minutes for anyone with an interest. Coimbatore is bypassed rather than entered, which is the sensible choice on a through journey. Note that recent driver reports have flagged flyover construction detours on the Salem bypass to Neelambur stretch and diversions around Madukkarai on the Coimbatore approach, so our drivers check current conditions rather than assuming a clear run.
Palakkad
Granary of Kerala
This is the most geographically interesting forty-five kilometres of the journey. The road crosses the Palakkad Gap, the only major break in sixteen hundred kilometres of Western Ghats, a corridor about thirty kilometres wide between the Nilgiris and the Anaimalais. The wind funnels through it constantly, which is why this belt has wind farms and why Coimbatore is noticeably breezier than the rest of the Tamil Nadu plains. Walayar is the Kerala border checkpost, where the interstate permit is presented - arranged by us in advance, so it is a formality. Commercial traffic queues here can be substantial. Beyond the border the change is immediate and total: laterite soil, coconut and rubber, tiled roofs, and green of a different order. Palakkad is the rice bowl of Kerala, with Tipu Sultan fort in the town and the Malampuzha dam and gardens nearby. It is the natural second halt of the journey and the first place to eat Kerala food properly.
Thrissur
Cultural Capital of Kerala
Sixty kilometres south-west through paddy and plantation country, with the Ghats now on the eastern horizon rather than ahead. The road is good and the driving is easy, and this stretch passes quickly. Thrissur is built in concentric rings around the Thekkinkadu Maidanam, the hillock at its centre crowned by the Vadakkumnathan temple, one of the oldest Shiva temples in Kerala and a monument of considerable architectural importance. The city is the acknowledged cultural capital of the state, and the Thrissur Pooram, held around April and May, is the most spectacular temple festival in Kerala - caparisoned elephants, percussion ensembles of hundreds of musicians, and a fireworks display that runs through the night. If your travel dates fall near Pooram, expect the city to be full and book accommodation far ahead.
Kochi
Queen of the Arabian Sea
The final ninety kilometres run south through Chalakudy, where the road east leads thirty kilometres to Athirappilly, the largest waterfall in Kerala - a genuinely worthwhile detour if you have built the time in, and best from June through January. Angamaly and Aluva follow on the Periyar, and from here the Kochi metropolitan belt begins in earnest. This stretch is where the current NH 544 works between Thrissur and Angamaly bite, and drivers familiar with the route have been using an internal line via Athani and Ashtamichira rejoining at Kodakara as the more predictable option. Our drivers check the position before committing. Approaching Kochi, the Edappally junction is heavily congested between roughly 8:00 and 10:00 AM, so arrival timing matters. Kochi itself is spread across the mainland at Ernakulam, the Fort Kochi peninsula and a chain of islands, so tell us your exact drop address - the difference between Ernakulam and Fort Kochi is around forty-five minutes in traffic. For Cochin International Airport at Nedumbassery, note that it sits north of the city near Angamaly, on the road you came in on, so airport drops are quicker than the map suggests.
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Minibus Packages from Bangalore to Kochi
Four package shapes cover almost every enquiry we take for this route. All are quoted garage to garage on actual kilometres and hours, with both interstate permits itemised separately.
Corporate Package
Built for offsites, conferences and client travel to Kochi, which has become a regular destination for Bangalore technology firms. A 20 to 24 seater minibus with pushback seating for the long haul, a GST-compliant invoice, a Proforma Invoice issued in advance for purchase-order approval, and 30-day credit terms for registered corporate accounts. Pickup from multiple tech park points on one trip sheet. Where a team exceeds twenty-four we pair a minibus with a tempo traveller so both vehicles travel in convoy under one coordinator. Regular clients route these through our corporate travel desk. Many corporate groups fly one leg and drive the other, and we handle Kochi airport transfers on the same trip sheet.
Family and Wedding Package
Kerala weddings and family holidays make up a large share of our Kochi bookings, and both bring heavy luggage, a wide age range and fixed arrival times. A 12 to 18 seater minibus with generous luggage space, a driver experienced on the NH-544 run, and an itinerary built around a night halt at Coimbatore or Salem rather than a single punishing day. For older travellers we strongly recommend splitting the drive in both directions, and we plan the Fort Kochi days so that walking distances stay reasonable.
Budget Group Package
For college groups, friend circles and cost-conscious family trips. A 12 to 20 seater non-AC or standard AC minibus at the lowest per-kilometre rate in our range. On a route of this length the per-head economics strongly favour a group vehicle: split across eighteen people, the total including both permits and driver halts usually lands below what the same group would spend on separate transport plus local taxis, ferries and parking in Kochi. This is where most mini bus rental in bangalore price enquiries land, and we quote it with the kilometre rate stated openly.
Luxury Package
Ten hours on the road is where a comfort upgrade earns its cost. Executive minibus with reclining seats, better suspension, curtains and a music system, or an upgrade to a Force Urbania for 13 to 17 passengers who want the highest comfort tier in this size class. This is the package we most often recommend for groups with elderly travellers or young children, and for corporate groups where people are expected to work the day after arrival.
Our Fleet at Tejas Tours and Travels
We operate and maintain the following vehicle categories, all available for the Kochi route and every other outstation destination from Bangalore.
• Buses: 27 to 50 seater, including Volvo and Benz coaches for large group and corporate movements.
• Minibus: 12 to 24 seater, the recommended size class for this route.
• Tempo Traveller: 8 to 18 seater for mid-size groups.
• Force Urbania: 13 to 17 seater luxury van.
• Cars: 4 to 7 seater, including Etios, Dzire, Innova, Innova Crysta, Innova Hycross, Fortuner, Commuter, Corolla Altis, Camry, Audi A6, Audi Q7, BMW 5 Series, BMW 7 Series, Mercedes E-Class, Mercedes S-Class and Rolls-Royce Ghost.
Please note that we do not operate a sleeper bus service. This is worth stating clearly on the Kochi route, because overnight sleeper coaches are the most common way of covering this distance and many enquiries start by asking for one. For our multi-day group travel we deploy seater coaches and minibuses with scheduled rest halts and planned driver night halts, and arrange hotel accommodation along the route where the itinerary requires it.
Our Services from Bangalore and Mysore
Every service below operates from both Bangalore and Mysore, with the same fleet standards, the same written-quote process and the same garage-to-garage billing.
Cab Service: Sedans, SUVs and premium cars for airport runs, city use and outstation trips. If your Kochi group is under seven people, a car is the sensible choice over a minibus. See our car rental Bangalore options for premium car rentals in bangalore, luxury car rental bangalore and everyday cab rental bangalore requirements.
Tempo Traveller Service: The 8 to 18 seater bridge between a car and a minibus, with a high roof and comfortable seating for long highway runs. Groups asking about a tt vehicle or a luxury tempo traveller bangalore for the Kochi drive should compare it against the minibus on our tempo traveller rental page.
Bus Service: Large group movement for weddings, conferences and institutional travel. Covers rental bus booking, bus rental in bangalore and bangalore bus booking requirements from 27 to 50 seats. Details on the bus rental Bangalore page.
Minibus Service: Our 12 to 24 seater core fleet, covering minibus rental, mini bus booking online, mini bus in bangalore and mini bus for rent in bangalore searches. Full specifications and city packages are on the mini bus in Bangalore page.
Force Urbania: The premium van category, seating 13 to 17. Popular for force urbania rent bangalore, urbania van rental and luxury urbania rental bangalore enquiries where a group wants coach comfort at minibus size. Available through our Force Urbania hire page.
Luxury Volvo Bus: Multi-axle Volvo coaches for long-distance corporate and event travel, which suits the Kochi run for larger groups. Covers volvo bus rental bangalore, volvo luxury bus and luxury bus requirements. Book through the Volvo bus rental page.
Corporate Travels: Managed transport for companies across Bangalore, with consolidated invoicing, credit terms and a dedicated coordinator. Serves corporate travels bangalore, corporate cab service bangalore and corporate transport services requirements. See corporate travel management.
Airport Transfer: Kempegowda International Airport pickups and drops with live flight tracking, covering airport transfer bangalore, bangalore airport cab and kempegowda airport taxi needs. Useful on this route for groups that fly one leg. Book on the airport transfer Bangalore page.
Employee Transport: Daily staff commute contracts for IT parks and manufacturing units, covering employee transportation services bangalore, office cab service bangalore and staff transportation services. Secondary requirements including night shift cab service bangalore, employee pick up and drop service and employee shuttle service Bangalore are handled through the same desk. Details on the employee transport service page.
School Commute: Route-managed school transport with verified drivers and attendants, covering school bus service bangalore, school transportation services and school van service bangalore. We also handle school excursion bus rental bangalore, college trip bus rental bangalore and school picnic bus booking, which is how most long-haul study tours to Kerala are arranged. See student transportation management.
Outstation Travel: All-Karnataka and interstate group travel, covering outstation cabs bangalore, outstation cab booking and outstation taxi bangalore. Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Goa and Andhra Pradesh permits are handled in-house, and the Kochi route needs two of them. Book through the outstation vehicle booking page.
Wedding Cab and Bus: Guest transport, baraat vehicles and decorated cars, covering wedding car rental bangalore, wedding car hire bangalore and wedding bus rental Bangalore. A large share of our Kerala bookings are wedding parties. See our wedding car rental page.
Innova Hycross: The newest addition to our premium car fleet, covering innova hycross rent bangalore, innova hycross taxi and 7 seater innova hycross rental Bangalore. Available on the Innova Hycross rental page.
Tour Packages: Curated multi-day itineraries across Karnataka and South India, including the full Kerala circuit linking Kochi with Munnar and Alleppey, and the Tamil Nadu and Kerala combination that adds Ooty or Yercaud on the way down.
Billing Details - What Is Included and What Is Not
We quote every trip in writing before you confirm, and the structure is the same for every vehicle class.
Advance payment: 20 percent of the total fare confirms the booking.
Included in the quoted fare:
• Base fare and fuel charges
• Driver allowance
Not included in the quoted fare:
• Toll and parking charges
• Interstate tax, which applies twice on this route, for Tamil Nadu and for Kerala
• Additional driver bata for travel after 9:45 pm
• GST
• Final rental is calculated on total kilometres and hours from our garage to garage
On a multi-day Kochi itinerary a driver night halt charge also applies for each night away and is stated in the quote. Entry tickets at the palace, synagogue and museums, backwater cruise and houseboat charges, ferry fares and Fort Kochi parking are payable on site. Please also note that Tejas Tours and Travels does not provide passenger insurance cover as part of the booking. Passengers who want travel insurance should arrange it independently.
How to Book a Mini Bus for Rent in Bangalore - Step by Step
Booking a mini bus for hire in Bangalore with Tejas Travels takes under 5 minutes. Follow these 4 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.
• Share your Bangalore pickup location: area, building, or landmark such as Electronic City, Whitefield, MG Road or Koramangala.
• Share your destination or full itinerary.
• Share your group size and preferred mini bus tier: Standard AC, Executive Mini Coach, or Luxury.
• For corporate bookings from Bangalore tech parks, share your GST number and preferred invoicing format.
• For Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Goa and other multi-day outstation hire, share the full day-wise itinerary so we can allocate a driver with multi-day route experience and arrange the interstate permits.
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 the mini bus hire rate, either Rs per km or a flat local package.
• It itemizes the driver allowance, Rs 500 to 800 per day depending on vehicle.
• It itemizes applicable toll estimates.
• It itemizes each interstate permit where applicable: Tamil Nadu and Kerala are both required on the Kochi route, and Goa or Andhra Pradesh on others.
• It itemizes GST.
• No verbal-only pricing. Everything is in writing before you commit.
• For Bangalore IT sector corporate clients, a Proforma Invoice is available at this stage for PO-based approval.
• You can request comparison quotes for Standard versus Executive Mini Coach at the same time.
Step 3: Confirm Your Booking and Pay Advance
• Review the written quote and confirm via WhatsApp or phone.
• A 20 to 30 percent advance payment confirms the booking and guarantees the specific mini bus variant on your date.
• Payment options: UPI (Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm), NEFT, IMPS or RTGS bank transfer, or credit or debit card via payment link.
• Advance receipt is issued within 30 minutes.
• Confirmation includes the driver name and mobile number, vehicle registration number, departure time, pickup location confirmation, and full billing breakdown.
• All of it is sent to WhatsApp or email in writing.
• For peak Bangalore travel dates such as New Year, Diwali, long IT weekends and October Dasara, book well ahead.
Step 4: Your Driver and Mini Bus Arrive Early
• Your assigned Tejas Travels driver arrives at the confirmed Bangalore pickup point 15 minutes before scheduled departure.
• The mini bus will be clean, sanitized, fuelled and ready.
• The driver calls you 30 minutes before arrival as a courtesy.
• During the trip, the driver handles all routing, toll payments, ORR and NICE road exits, and Karnataka permit checkpoints.
• At trip end, the balance 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 group size, Bangalore pickup area, destination and travel date. Written mini bus quote in 2 hours.
Payment Methods for Mini Bus 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 and Amazon Pay. Fastest method, with instant confirmation on receipt. Recommended for advance deposits.
• Bank Transfer: NEFT, IMPS and RTGS. For corporate clients and advances above Rs 10,000. IMPS is instant; NEFT can take up to 2 hours.
• Credit or Debit Card: Visa, Mastercard and RuPay, via a payment link sent to your registered mobile or email. Valid for advance and full payment.
• Net Banking: All major Indian banks, via a payment link on WhatsApp or email. Preferred for Bangalore IT corporate PO approvals.
• Cash: Balance at time of travel, accepted at trip end. The advance must be digital for booking confirmation. A receipt is issued.
• Corporate Credit: For registered corporate accounts, with 30-day credit terms for signed corporate clients, monthly consolidated invoicing, and an invoice within 24 hours.
Note: A 20 to 30 percent advance confirms your booking and guarantees vehicle availability. For Kerala, Goa, Coorg and multi-day outstation hire from Bangalore during peak dates, a higher advance may be required.
Cancellation Policy for Mini Bus Hire in Bangalore
Tejas Travels maintains a fair, transparent and tiered cancellation policy. All terms are communicated in writing at booking confirmation, with no hidden conditions.
• More than 72 hours before departure: No cancellation charge. 100 percent of the advance is refunded within 5 to 7 working days.
• 48 to 72 hours before departure: Cancellation charge of 10 percent of the total trip fare. The advance is refunded less the 10 percent deduction.
• 24 to 48 hours before departure: Cancellation charge of 25 percent of the total trip fare. The advance is refunded less the 25 percent deduction.
• 12 to 24 hours before departure: Cancellation charge of 50 percent of the total trip fare. The advance is refunded less the 50 percent deduction.
• Less than 12 hours before departure: Cancellation charge of 75 percent of the total trip fare. Minimal or no refund, depending on trip value.
• No-show, where the bus is deployed and the group is absent: 100 percent of the total trip fare is charged. No refund. Full fare payable.
• Cancellation by Tejas Travels, for reasons such as breakdown or force majeure: No cancellation charge. 100 percent refunded within 2 working days, or an alternate vehicle is offered.
How to Cancel: Call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your booking reference. Cancellation confirmation follows within 2 hours, and the refund goes back to the original payment method within the stated timelines.
Refund Policy for Mini Bus 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 72 or more hours before departure: 100 percent of the advance paid, refunded within 5 to 7 working days to the original payment instrument.
• Cancellation 48 to 72 hours before departure: Advance minus the 10 percent charge, within 5 to 7 working days.
• Cancellation 24 to 48 hours before departure: Advance minus the 25 percent charge, within 5 to 7 working days.
• Cancellation 12 to 24 hours before departure: Advance minus the 50 percent charge, within 7 to 10 working days.
• Cancellation by Tejas Travels: 100 percent of the advance paid, within 2 working days on priority processing.
• Trip shortfall, where actual km is less than the minimum: Proportional credit on the excess, settled at trip end.
• Billing error or overcharge: The full overcharged amount, within 2 to 3 working days after verification.
• Duplicate payment: The full duplicate amount, within 2 to 3 working days after confirmation.
Refund by payment method:
• UPI (GPay, PhonePe, Paytm): 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. The account is 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.
Book Your Bangalore to Kochi Minibus
Call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773, or email info@tejastravels.com. Share your travel dates, Bangalore pickup point and group size, and you will have a written quote with both interstate permits itemised within 2 hours. Compare vehicle options on our mini bus rental in Bangalore page, or check the smaller-group option on our Bangalore to Kochi cab page.
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What Our Customers Say About Our Minibus Services in Bangalore
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5/5
Bangalore to Chikmagalur
Excellent service from Tejas travel, we had booked 25 seater mini bus for two days to visit Chikmagalur from Bangalore with family and kids, vehicle was good, neat and clean, driver Sandeep was excellent person with soft spoken and good attitude, we enjoyed the trip, Mr. Imran provided timely help and made our booking and vehicle arrangements easy and comfortable. Thanks Tejas Travels, Imran and Sandeep. Looking forward to utilize Tejas travel service again.
Mr Mohammed
6/11/2023 Chikmagalur
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
Very well maintained vehicles, polite and cooperative staff, excellent service, worth recommending. We used their mini bus for 8 days. Our driver Nutan and our point of contact Laxmi were super supportive.
Abhas Patel
3/4/2024 Bangalore
5/5
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Frequently Asked Questions — Bangalore to Kochi Minibus
About 550 kilometres by the main route through Hosur, Salem, Coimbatore, Palakkad and Thrissur, and 10 to 11 hours with halts. The alternative through Mysore, Wayanad and Kozhikode is longer and slower but much more scenic. Either way this is a full day on the road, and we recommend breaking it with a night halt rather than pushing through.
No, not sensibly. Two days means twenty hours of driving with almost nothing in between. Four days and three nights is the practical minimum: a travel day with a halt, a full day in Kochi, a second Kochi day, and a return. Five or six days lets you add Munnar or Alleppey, which is what most groups end up doing once they see the itinerary.
Two. Tamil Nadu is entered at Hosur, about forty kilometres from Bangalore, and Kerala at Walayar, about 420 kilometres in. A commercial vehicle needs a valid permit with the associated tax paid for each state. We arrange both as part of the booking and itemise each separately in the written quote, so there is nothing to sort out at either checkpost.
Trip starts from around Rs 35,800. Both permits, toll, parking, driver night halts and GST are billed separately and itemised in the quote. The final rental is calculated garage to garage on total kilometres and hours, so adding Munnar or Alleppey adjusts the figure accordingly.
Coimbatore is the better option, at 365 kilometres, with a wide hotel range and a comfortable three-hour run into Kochi the next morning. Salem, at 200 kilometres, is the alternative and suits groups leaving Bangalore late. Some groups prefer Yercaud above Salem, which turns the halt into a hill station night rather than a highway stop.
Not at the door. Both are old quarters with narrow streets, and a minibus parks at a designated lot near the beach or the Jew Town approach while the group walks, takes autos or uses the ferry. This is normal in Kochi and not a limitation of the vehicle. Hill Palace at Tripunithura and Cherai Beach both have proper parking, which is worth knowing when planning the days.
No. Backwater cruise and houseboat charges, entry tickets at Mattancherry Palace, the Paradesi Synagogue and Hill Palace, ferry fares and Fort Kochi parking are all payable on site and are not part of the vehicle rental. Our driver will drop you at the right jetty or gate and advise on timings, but the bookings and payments are yours to make.
Our minibus fleet runs from 12 to 24 seats. On a route this long, book one size above your headcount so passengers have room and luggage is not on laps for ten hours. Under seven a car is more economical, and for 8 to 18 a tempo traveller is worth comparing. For larger groups a Volvo coach becomes a reasonable option on this route, since the highway is good the whole way.
No. Tejas Tours and Travels does not cover passenger insurance as part of the booking. Our vehicles carry the statutory commercial vehicle insurance required by law, but personal travel insurance for passengers needs to be arranged independently. On a long interstate itinerary this is worth arranging, particularly for groups with elderly travellers or young children.
We do not operate sleeper buses, which matters on this route because overnight sleeper coaches are the most common way of covering the distance and many enquiries start there. For our multi-day itineraries we deploy seater coaches and minibuses with scheduled rest halts and planned driver night halts, and arrange hotel accommodation along the route. For Kochi that usually means a night at Coimbatore or Salem in each direction.