Bangalore to Moodabidri Urbania Rental — 8 to 16 Seater Force Urbania for Group Travel
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Places to Visit in Moodabidri
Saavira Kambada Basadi
The thousand-pillar basadi, properly the Tribhuvana Tilaka Chudamani, completed in 1430 and the finest Jain structure on this coast. The hall carries something close to a thousand granite pillars and the celebrated feature is that no two carry the same carving - figures, geometric bands, floral work, each column different. The tiered roof shows the coastal Tulu style rather than a Deccan one. A manastambha stands in front. Visit in the morning when the light comes into the hall properly; allow an hour and look up as well as around.
Saavira Kambada Basadi
The thousand-pillar basadi, properly the Tribhuvana Tilaka Chudamani, completed in 1430 and the finest Jain structure on this coast. The hall carries something close to a thousand granite pillars and the celebrated feature is that no two carry the same carving - figures, geometric bands, floral work, each column different. The tiered roof shows the coastal Tulu style rather than a Deccan one. A manastambha stands in front. Visit in the morning when the light comes into the hall properly; allow an hour and look up as well as around.
The Dhavala Manuscripts and the Jain Math
The Jain Math at Moodabidri holds palm-leaf manuscripts of the Dhavala, Jayadhavala and Mahadhavala - commentaries on the Shatkhandagama and among the most significant surviving texts of the Digambara tradition, preserved in this small town for centuries. They are religious property rather than museum exhibits and access is not casual; viewing is at the discretion of the math and generally restricted. Visit the math for the setting and ask respectfully rather than expecting a display. That these documents survived here at all is the point worth carrying away.
Chowta Palace
The eighteenth-century palace of the Chowta rulers, who governed this part of the coast, is a wooden structure of the kind Tulu Nadu built and very little of which survives - carved pillars, sloping tiled roofs, inner courtyards and a scale that is domestic rather than imperial. It houses a collection of artefacts and manuscripts. Visit for an hour; it is a rare surviving example of coastal Karnataka domestic architecture and it is a good deal quieter than the basadis. Access arrangements vary, so check locally on the day.
Karkala and the Chaturmukha Basadi
Twenty kilometres north, Karkala holds a forty-two foot Bahubali carved from a single granite block and raised on Gomatabetta in 1432, standing on a bare rock hill with the coastal plain and the Ghats in view. Below it sits the Chaturmukha Basadi of 1586, a four-faced structure with identical entrances on all sides and Tirthankara images facing each way - severe, symmetrical and unlike anything else in the region. Visit both in a morning. The climb to the statue is short and stepped, and the view alone justifies it.
Venur
Twenty-five kilometres east, Venur is a village on the Phalguni with a thirty-five foot Bahubali raised in 1604 by the Ajila chieftains - the smallest of the coastal monoliths and by a distance the least visited. There are also basadis and the remains of the Ajila palace. There is essentially nothing else there. Visit precisely for that: a six-hundred-year-old monolithic statue standing in a quiet village with no crowd, no queue and no commerce around it, which is an experience Shravanabelagola cannot offer.
Mangalore and the Coast
Moodabidri sits thirty-five kilometres inland from Mangalore, which puts the whole coast within easy reach - Panambur and Tannirbhavi beaches, the Kadri Manjunath temple, the Sultan Battery watchtower and the confluence at Sasihithlu. Further north, Udupi has the Krishna temple and Malpe the boat to St Mary Islands, with their columnar basalt formations. Visit the coast as a second or third day. For many groups the Jain circuit and the coast together make the trip, and Moodabidri is well placed to be the base for both.
Distance
340 Km
One way
Time
8 hrs
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₹ 27900
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About the Bangalore-Moodabidri route
Bangalore
Where Your Journey Starts
Hassan
185 Km
Kottigehara
300 Km
Venur
325 Km
Moodabidri
340 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.
Hassan
Base of the Hoysala Belt
The route leaves Bangalore northwest onto NH 75, and the Nelamangala junction is the only stretch that depends on timing rather than road - our drivers aim to be past it before 7:00 AM. Yediyur, twenty-five kilometres beyond Kunigal, has the best breakfast cluster on this highway. Channarayapatna is where the Bahubali circuit properly begins: Shravanabelagola lies twelve kilometres off the highway, with the fifty-seven foot Gommateshwara of around 981 CE on Vindhyagiri, the oldest and largest of the five Karnataka monoliths. The climb is about six hundred and fifty barefoot steps, so it is a half day rather than a stop - worth building into the outbound leg deliberately if the circuit is your purpose.
Kottigehara
Junction of the Charmadi Ghat
Belur comes thirty-five kilometres beyond Hassan with the Chennakeshava temple, UNESCO-inscribed in 2023 and carrying bracket figures among the finest sculpture in India. Chikmagalur follows and the country turns to coffee - the Baba Budan hills to the north are where Indian coffee began. Beyond Chikmagalur the road runs west through Mudigere into proper Malnad, winding continuously through estate and forest, and Kottigehara is where the Charmadi ghat turns down toward the coast. This is where our drivers confirm the ghat position; Charmadi is narrow, steep and quick to close for landslip risk, and Shiradi is the alternative.
Venur
Bahubali of the Phalguni
The Charmadi descent drops through forest in a series of tight hairpins and is one of the more beautiful roads in Karnataka - not a road for a long wheelbase, and one to be doing in daylight. At the bottom the country changes completely into coastal Dakshina Kannada: humid, dense, areca and coconut where there was forest. Ujire comes first, eight kilometres short of Dharmasthala, where a thirty-nine foot Bahubali stands on Ratnagiri hill above the temple town - the newest of the monoliths, installed in 1973 and carved at Karkala. Belthangady follows, and then Venur on the Phalguni, where a thirty-five foot figure raised in 1604 stands in a village with almost nothing else in it. It is the quietest stop of the circuit and often the one people remember.
Moodabidri
Jain Kashi of Karnataka
Fifteen kilometres of coastal plain road through areca gardens and paddy, flat and easy after the ghat. The landscape here is Tulu Nadu proper - tiled roofs, temple tanks, and the particular density of green that this coast has. Moodabidri is a working town rather than a heritage site set apart, and the basadis stand among ordinary streets - which is part of what makes it interesting. The Saavira Kambada Basadi is the principal one; the Jain Math holds the Dhavala manuscripts, and Chowta Palace is a short walk. Karkala is twenty kilometres north. Our driver takes you to the confirmed address and assists with luggage. A 6:00 AM departure puts most travellers in Moodabidri by around 1:30 PM.
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Urbania Packages for the Bangalore to Moodabidri Route
Corporate Package
Built for Bangalore technology and manufacturing teams travelling to the coast for plant visits, dealer meets, offsites and leadership retreats. Includes GST invoicing, a Proforma Invoice for PO-based approval, a named driver for the whole trip, and consolidated monthly billing for registered accounts. The same corporate urbania bangalore stays with your team across the Moodabidri, Karkala and Mangalore legs, with duty slips signed daily and reconciled against the final invoice. The Urbania is also the vehicle of choice when senior visitors are in the group, because arriving at a plant gate or a resort in one says something a standard van does not. Our corporate travels bangalore desk manages the arrangement end to end.
Family and Pilgrimage Package
The most common booking on this corridor. Moodabidri is rarely a standalone trip for families; it usually forms part of a four to six day coastal Karnataka circuit taking in Shravanabelagola, Moodabidri, Karkala, Venur, Dharmasthala, Kukke Subramanya and Udupi. The package is designed around temple timings and around the reality that a family will spend two hours inside a basadi complex and needs the vehicle waiting when they come out. Luggage capacity is the deciding advantage on a week-long trip, and recliner seats matter more than usual when senior members of the family are travelling. Drivers on this package know the darshan timings and the parking situation at each temple.
Luxury and Executive Package
The top configuration, using the 15 and 16 seater Urbania with the fuller recliner layout, or a smaller variant run at reduced capacity so every passenger has an empty seat beside them. Suited to milestone family trips, senior management travel, wedding party movement and any group that wants to stay together without compromising on comfort. Urbania for wedding bangalore bookings on this route are common, since Moodabidri and Mangalore weddings frequently draw guest parties from Bangalore who want a vehicle that looks right at the venue and a chauffeur in formal attire. Vehicle decoration is available on request. For larger guest movements, our volvo bus rental bangalore tier covers the same route.
Our Force Urbania Fleet in Bangalore
Our luxury urbania rental bangalore fleet covers 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15 and 16 seater configurations, all with full recliner seats, dual-zone air conditioning, per-seat USB charging and GPS tracking. We run the complete range of group vehicles from the same Bangalore base, so if your headcount changes after booking we can usually move you up or down a category without restarting the process.
• Force Urbania — 8 to 16 seater luxury van, the core vehicle for this route
• Tempo traveller — 8 to 18 seater, a lower-cost alternative on the same corridor
• Mini bus — 12 to 24 seater, for groups above Urbania capacity
• Bus — 27 to 50 seater, including Volvo and Benz coaches for large movements
• Cars — 4 to 7 seater, from Etios, Dzire, Innova, Innova Crysta, Innova Hycross and Fortuner through Corolla Altis, Camry, Audi A6, Audi Q7, BMW 5 Series, BMW 7 Series, Mercedes-Benz E Class, Mercedes-Benz S Class and Rolls-Royce Ghost
Tejas Tours and Travels does not operate sleeper bus services. All our vehicles are seated configuration with recliner or push-back seats. On the Moodabidri route this is not a limitation, since the drive is comfortably done in daylight in a single day, and daylight is also when the Shiradi Ghat section is at its safest and its most worthwhile.
Billing Details — What Is Included and What Is Extra
We quote in writing before you book and the quote itemises everything, so there are no surprises at trip end. A 20 percent advance of the total fare confirms your booking.
Included in the Quoted Fare
• Base fare and fuel charges
• Driver allowance
Not Included — Billed Separately at Actuals
• Toll charges and parking fees
• Interstate tax, where a route crosses a state border
• Additional driver bata after 9:45 PM
• GST as applicable
• Final rental is calculated on total kilometres and hours from our garage to garage
On the Bangalore to Moodabidri route specifically, no interstate tax applies, because the entire journey stays within Karnataka. That is a genuine cost advantage over comparable distances into Tamil Nadu or Kerala and it is worth factoring in when you compare quotes.
The garage-to-garage basis is standard across the organised group transport industry in Bangalore. The meter starts when the vehicle leaves our garage for your pickup point and ends when it returns. We build this into the written quote, so the number you approve is the number you pay.
Tejas Tours and Travels does not provide passenger insurance cover. Passengers are advised to arrange their own travel insurance if required. Vehicle insurance and full statutory driver and vehicle compliance are maintained across the fleet.
Other Popular Routes from Bangalore
The Moodabidri run is one of several coastal and Malnad corridors we operate. These are the routes groups book most often from Bangalore.
• Bangalore to Mangalore — 350 km, eight hours. The coastal hub, thirty-four kilometres from Moodabidri and the usual base for groups combining beaches with the basadi circuit.
• Bangalore to Karkala — 335 km. The Gommateshwara monolith and Chaturmukha Basadi, twenty kilometres from Moodabidri and almost always booked together.
• Bangalore to Dharmasthala — 300 km, seven hours. The Manjunatha temple and the Bahubali statue at Ratnagiri. One of our highest-volume pilgrimage bookings.
• Bangalore to Kukke Subramanya — 285 km, six to seven hours. Frequently combined with Moodabidri and Dharmasthala over a three-day circuit.
• Bangalore to Udupi — 400 km, nine hours. The Krishna Matha, Malpe beach and St Mary’s Island.
• Bangalore to Sakleshpur — 225 km, four to five hours. Coffee estates and Manjarabad Fort, and the standard halt on the Moodabidri drive.
• Bangalore to Chikmagalur — 245 km, five hours. Coffee country and Mullayanagiri.
• Bangalore to Coorg — 265 km, five to six hours. Abbey Falls and Dubare elephant camp. Book early for weekends.
• Bangalore to Sringeri and Horanadu — 330 km. The Sharada Peetha and Annapoorneshwari temple, often extended to Moodabidri via Karkala.
• Bangalore to Murudeshwar and Gokarna — 500 km. The coastal temple circuit north of Mangalore, usually a three to four day trip.
Our Services from Bangalore and Mysore
Every service below runs from both our Bangalore and Mysore bases, so a group can start a trip in one city and finish in the other without changing operators.
Our cab rental bangalore service covers premium car rentals in bangalore, luxury car rental bangalore and everyday car booking across sedans, SUVs and premium marques. For eight to eighteen passengers at a lower price point than the Urbania, luxury tempo traveller bangalore offers the tt vehicle fleet held to the same outstation standard.
For larger movements, our bus rental in bangalore fleet runs 27 to 50 seater coaches for rental bus booking and bangalore bus booking requirements, while the volvo luxury bus tier handles conferences, weddings and large corporate movements. The mini bus rental in bangalore service sits between the two, covering minibus rental and mini bus booking online enquiries for groups of twelve to twenty-four. Premium small-group travel is handled by the force urbania hire fleet, covering urbania van rental and urbania on rent bangalore bookings.
On the corporate side, corporate cab service bangalore covers corporate travel management and corporate transport services for companies needing managed travel across cities. Our employee transportation services bangalore division runs office cab service bangalore, staff transportation services and night shift cab service bangalore contracts across tech parks, with employee pick up and drop service and employee shuttle service arrangements built around shift timings.
For education clients, school transportation services covers school bus service bangalore, school bus rental bangalore and student pick up and drop service, including school excursion bus rental bangalore and college trip bus rental for annual tours — Moodabidri and Karkala are a popular heritage excursion for Bangalore schools. Airport requirements are handled by airport transfer bangalore, covering bangalore airport cab, kempegowda airport taxi and airport cab booking with live flight tracking.
Longer journeys fall under outstation cabs bangalore, covering outstation cab booking, outstation taxi bangalore and outstation vehicle booking for multi-day itineraries. For celebrations, wedding car rental bangalore handles wedding cars for rent, marriage car rental bangalore and wedding bus rental Bangalore for guest movement. And for premium seven-seater travel, innova hycross rent bangalore covers innova hycross taxi and hycross car rental bookings. Custom tour packages combining any of these vehicles are available on request.
How to Book a Force Urbania for Rent in Bangalore — Step by Step
Booking a Force Urbania for hire in Bangalore with Tejas Travels takes under five 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.
• Share your Bangalore pickup location — area, building or landmark such as Whitefield, Electronic City, MG Road, Koramangala, a hotel name or a tech park.
• Share your destination or full itinerary.
• Share your group size.
• Share the Urbania seating variant you need: 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15 or 16 seater.
• For Kempegowda airport pickups, share the flight number. The driver tracks live flight status and adjusts pickup timing for delayed flights automatically.
• For corporate bookings from Bangalore tech parks, share your GST number and preferred invoicing format.
• For weddings, VIP travel and multi-day coastal circuits, mention the occasion and share the full day-wise itinerary so we can allocate the best-condition vehicle and a driver with ghat route experience.
Step 2 — Receive Your Written Quote
• Within 2 hours of your enquiry, Tejas Travels sends a written quote via WhatsApp or email.
• The quote itemises every charge:
• Urbania hire rate — per kilometre or flat local package
• Driver allowance
• Applicable toll and parking estimates
• Interstate permit where applicable — not required for Moodabidri, since the route stays within Karnataka
• GST
• No verbal-only pricing. Everything is in writing before you commit.
• For corporate clients, a Proforma Invoice is available at this stage for PO-based approval.
• If you want to compare two seating variants, or the Urbania against a standard tempo traveller, request both quotes 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 of the total fare confirms the booking and guarantees the specific Urbania variant on your date.
• Payment options: UPI (Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm), NEFT, IMPS or RTGS bank transfer, or credit and debit card via payment link.
• Advance receipt issued within 30 minutes.
• Your confirmation includes:
• Driver name and mobile number
• Vehicle registration number
• Departure time
• Pickup location confirmation
• Full billing breakdown — all sent to WhatsApp or email in writing
• The Urbania fleet is smaller than the standard tempo traveller fleet. For long weekends, Diwali, Dasara, New Year and the Bangalore and coastal wedding season, book well ahead.
Step 4 — Your Driver and Urbania Arrive Early
• Your assigned Tejas Travels driver arrives at the confirmed Bangalore pickup point 15 minutes before scheduled departure.
• For airport transfers the driver coordinates at the Arrivals gate.
• The vehicle is clean, sanitised, fuelled and ready. For wedding and VIP bookings the driver arrives in formal attire.
• 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 the Shiradi Ghat descent.
• At trip end the balance is settled after deducting the advance.
• Any additional kilometres or hours are billed at the pre-agreed rate.
Quick booking: WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your group size, Bangalore pickup area, destination and travel date. Written Urbania quote in 2 hours.
Payment Methods — Force Urbania 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 and Amazon Pay. The fastest method, with instant confirmation on receipt. Recommended for advance deposits.
• Bank transfer — NEFT, IMPS and RTGS. For corporate clients and larger advances. IMPS is instant; NEFT can take up to 2 hours.
• Credit and debit card — Visa, Mastercard and RuPay, via payment link sent to your registered mobile or email. Valid for both advance and full payment.
• Net banking — All major Indian banks. Payment link via WhatsApp or email. Preferred for Bangalore IT corporate PO-based approvals.
• Cash — Balance payable 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 and monthly consolidated invoicing.
A 20 percent advance confirms your booking and guarantees vehicle availability. For multi-day coastal Karnataka circuits from Bangalore during peak dates, a higher advance may be required given the limited Urbania fleet.
Cancellation Policy — Force Urbania Hire in Bangalore
Tejas Travels maintains a fair, transparent and tiered cancellation policy. All terms are communicated in writing at booking confirmation. There are 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 — 10 percent of the total trip fare. The advance is refunded less the 10 percent deduction.
• 24 to 48 hours before departure — 25 percent of the total trip fare. The advance is refunded less the 25 percent deduction.
• 12 to 24 hours before departure — 50 percent of the total trip fare. The advance is refunded less the 50 percent deduction.
• Less than 12 hours before departure — 75 percent of the total trip fare. Minimal or no refund depending on trip value.
• No-show, where the vehicle is deployed and the group is absent — 100 percent of the total trip fare. No refund. The full fare is payable.
• Cancellation by Tejas Travels due to breakdown or force majeure — No cancellation charge. 100 percent refunded within 2 working days, or an equivalent substitute vehicle is offered.
Special Cancellation Conditions
• Multi-day outstation hire including Moodabidri, Dharmasthala, Udupi and Coorg circuits — minimum 5-day notice for a full refund, given the limited Urbania fleet.
• Weddings — minimum 7-day notice for a full refund. Cancellations within 3 days of the wedding date are non-refundable.
• Peak dates — New Year, Diwali, Dasara, Alva’s Nudisiri week in Moodabidri and Bangalore long weekends require a minimum 48-hour notice for a full refund. Less than 24 hours is non-refundable.
• Force majeure — Bangalore bandhs, monsoon closures on Shiradi Ghat, landslides and road closures attract a 100 percent refund within 2 working days regardless of notice period.
• Modifications — date changes, seating variant changes and route additions with more than 24 hours notice are accommodated at no penalty, subject to availability.
To cancel, call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your booking reference. Cancellation confirmation follows within 2 hours, and the refund goes to your original payment method within the stated timelines.
Refund Policy — Force Urbania 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 72 or more hours before departure — 100 percent of the advance paid, processed 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 kilometres are 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 Timelines by Payment Method
• UPI — Google Pay, PhonePe and Paytm refunds go 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.
For refunds, WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your booking reference, advance receipt and refund reason. Confirmation within 24 hours.
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What Our Customers Say About Our Urbania Services in Bangalore
Bangalore to Coorg
So nice that the service we have received from Tejas travellers. Ms Revati is very good coordinator and so polite and have much patience. Thank you so much for making our journey nice and beautiful with sending experienced drivers.🙂
Rahul
15/6/2026 Coorg
5/5
Bangalore to Pondicherry
We recently completed our Pondicherry trip with Tejas Tours and Travel Company, and overall we had a very good experience. Shashikala coordinated with us from enquiry to booking and throughout the trip. She was well-communicated, supportive, and checked in with us daily to ensure everything was fine.
Souvik Bhattacharya
6/4/2026 Pondicherry
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
Hired for day-out trip, It was very pleasant and comfortable journey, with good driver's behaviour and l may strongly suggest Tejas travels for better and comfortable family trip
Kishore Lal
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Bangalore to Madikeri
Booked Urbania from tejas travels, bangalore to madikeri. Excellent service, driver was very polite and he knows all nook and corner. Overall we enjoyed the trip
Jai Kumar
1/1/2026 Madikeri
5/5
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Frequently Asked Questions — Bangalore to Moodabidri Urbania
The bangalore to moodabidri distance by road is approximately 355 kilometres via NH75 through Nelamangala, Kunigal, Channarayapatna, Hassan, Sakleshpur, the Shiradi Ghat and Uppinangady, joining NH169 after Bantwal. Driving time is 7 hours 30 minutes to 8 hours 30 minutes depending on your departure time and how long you stop. Leaving Bangalore between 5:00 AM and 5:30 AM gets you past Nelamangala before traffic builds and puts you in Moodabidri by early afternoon with the rest of the day free.
Urbania fare starts around Rs 27,900. The final figure depends on vehicle class, number of days and total kilometres run. Since billing is garage to garage on actual kilometres and hours, we issue a written itemised quote within 2 hours rather than a verbal estimate.
A 20 percent advance of the total fare confirms your booking and guarantees the specific Urbania variant on your travel date. The advance must be paid digitally by UPI, bank transfer or card. A receipt is issued within 30 minutes, and the balance is settled at trip end after deducting the advance. Because the Urbania fleet is smaller than the standard tempo traveller fleet, early confirmation matters more on this vehicle than on others.
The drive itself is comfortably a single day, unlike longer southern routes. But Moodabidri, Karkala and Venur together deserve at least one full day on the ground, and most groups build a two or three night trip taking in Dharmasthala, Mangalore or Udupi as well. A same-day return of 710 kilometres is possible but means sixteen hours in the vehicle and no time at the destination, so we do not recommend it.
No. The entire route from Bangalore to Moodabidri stays inside Karnataka, so no interstate permit or border tax applies. This is a real cost saving compared with similar distances into Tamil Nadu or Kerala. All vehicle documentation, fitness, permit and driver compliance for Karnataka is maintained as standard across the fleet.
Our urbania rent per km bangalore fleet covers 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15 and 16 seater configurations. The 8 to 10 seater variants use a 1/1 captain layout where every passenger has a window seat; the 12 to 16 seater variants use a 2/1 layout. Under eight passengers a car or SUV is usually more economical. Above sixteen, we operate 12 to 24 seater mini buses and 27 to 50 seater buses including Volvo and Benz coaches. We recommend the right size based on headcount and luggage when you enquire.
No. Tejas Tours and Travels does not operate sleeper bus services. All our vehicles are seated configuration with recliner or push-back seats. On this route that is not a drawback, since the drive works best in daylight. The Shiradi Ghat section is safer and considerably more scenic by day, and an early morning departure gets you there with the afternoon still available.
The ghat stays open through the monsoon in normal conditions, but June to September brings heavy rain, mist and reduced visibility, and occasional landslides or repair work can slow traffic significantly. We assign drivers with specific ghat experience to this corridor and monitor road conditions before departure. If the route is closed, an alternative via Charmadi Ghat is available, and any cancellation caused by a road closure attracts a full refund within 2 working days.
Yes, and this is how most groups book it. The same vehicle and driver stay with you throughout, covering the Saavira Kambada Basadi, Guru Basadi, Chowta Palace and Soans Farm in Moodabidri itself, plus Karkala, Venur, Dharmasthala, Kukke Subramanya, Mangalore and Udupi. Multi-day bookings are billed on total kilometres and hours with a per-day minimum plus driver allowance. Share your day-wise itinerary at enquiry stage and we quote the whole trip as one number.
Tejas Tours and Travels does not provide passenger insurance cover. Passengers are advised to arrange their own travel insurance if they wish to be covered. All vehicles carry valid insurance and full statutory compliance, and every driver is verified with a commercial licence and route experience, but personal passenger cover is not part of the booking. To book, call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773 or email info@tejastravels.com with your travel date, Bangalore pickup location, group size and day-wise itinerary. A written itemised quote follows within 2 hours; confirm it, pay the 20 percent advance, and you receive driver details, vehicle registration and the full billing breakdown in writing. Our force urbania rent bangalore enquiry lines are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.