Bangalore to Munnar Minibus Rental | 12 to 24 Seater Mini Bus Hire

Minibus Packages for the Bangalore to Munnar Route

Every quotation is built around what you actually need rather than a fixed menu. The four structures below describe how we typically shape minibus hire bangalore enquiries on this corridor.

Corporate Package

Built for Bangalore IT and manufacturing teams running offsites at the Munnar estate resorts, which handle groups well and are the reason this corridor carries the corporate volume it does. Includes GST invoicing, a Proforma Invoice for PO-based approval, a named driver for the full multi-day trip, and consolidated monthly billing for registered accounts. The same corporate minibus bangalore stays with your team across the drive, the Mattupetty and Top Station circuit and any Thekkady extension, with duty slips signed daily and reconciled against the final invoice. Our corporate travels desk manages the arrangement end to end. Worth saying plainly: the drive makes Munnar a three-day commitment rather than a two-day one, and we would rather set that expectation at the quotation stage.

Family and Group Tour Package

The most common private-hire booking on this route, and increasingly part of a wider Kerala circuit rather than a Munnar-only trip. Munnar and Thekkady over five or six days is the standard shape, with Alleppey or Kochi added for a longer run. Planning turns on two things: arriving in daylight, and the Eravikulam position, since the park closes for calving across roughly February and March and is the single most popular thing to do here. We check the closure before quoting dates rather than after. Luggage capacity is the quiet advantage on a week-long circuit — a 20 seater carrying fourteen swallows what three cars would struggle with, and for a munnar package from bangalore for family with elders travelling, one boarding point beats a convoy.

Budget Package

For groups where cost per head decides the booking — college trips, school excursions, association tours and community groups, which the High Range suits particularly well as a destination. Non-AC and standard AC 12 to 17 seater mini buses, point to point, clean vehicle, verified driver, no frills. At this altitude non-AC is perfectly comfortable once you are past Udumalpet, which makes the saving easier to justify here than on a plains route. The mini bus rate per km in bangalore for this tier is our lowest, and across a 480-kilometre one-way run the saving spread over a full group is substantial. The budget tier is about vehicle specification only. Maintenance schedules, driver vetting and hill-route experience are identical across every tier we run, which on this particular road we would not compromise on.

Luxury and Executive Package

Executive mini coach configuration with fewer, wider pushback seats, extra legroom, better sound insulation and premium interiors. On this route the difference is functional rather than cosmetic, because suspension quality is felt far more on the Thoppur descent and the sixty-kilometre Chinnar climb than on flat highway, and because Munnar involves several hundred kilometres of hill road once you are there as well as getting there. Suited to senior management travel, milestone family trips and guest hosting. For a step further in a smaller seat band, our luxury urbania rental bangalore option in 13 to 17 seater configuration is a premium alternative that also handles the narrow estate lanes particularly well.

Our Minibus Fleet in Bangalore

Our 24 seater minibus rental bangalore and 20 seater mini bus rent bangalore configurations sit at the top of a fleet running from 12 to 24 seats, in AC and non-AC. We operate a complete range of group vehicles from the same Bangalore base, so if your headcount changes after booking, or if the property approach turns out to need a smaller vehicle, we can usually move you across a category without restarting the process.

•     Mini bus — 12 to 24 seater, AC and non-AC, the core vehicle for this route

•     Tempo traveller — 8 to 18 seater, which reaches estate properties a 24 seater cannot

•     Bus — 27 to 50 seater, including Volvo and Benz coaches; on the Munnar hill roads we advise on size and often suggest two smaller vehicles instead

•     Force Urbania — 13 to 17 seater luxury van, a strong fit for the narrow approach lanes

•     Cars — 4 to 7 seater, from Etios, Dzire, Innova, Innova Crysta, Innova Hycross, Fortuner and Commuter 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 pushback seats, which is why we plan this route as a daylight drive with a dawn start rather than an overnight run. On a road that finishes with sixty kilometres of forest ghat, that is a safety position as much as a comfort one. For groups with elderly travellers, breaking the journey at Salem or Dindigul turns it into two easy halves.

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 and permits for the Tamil Nadu and Kerala crossings

•     Additional driver bata after 9:45 PM

•     GST as applicable

•     Final rental is calculated on total kilometres and hours from our garage to garage

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, and we factor this into the written quote, so the number you approve is the number you pay.

Three points are specific to this route. First, Eravikulam entry and the forest department bus from Rajamala, any Chinnar trek, and Marayoor sandal-forest access are booked with the department and paid on site. We arrange the transport and the timing, nothing more, and no operator can obtain department access that has not been released. Second, the Kerala interstate permit applies at Chinnar and is quoted as a separate line at actual, alongside the Tamil Nadu permit. Third, local running in Munnar is substantial — the Mattupetty and Top Station circuit alone is around eighty kilometres and Marayoor is forty each way — so our package quotes carry a stated allowance rather than a bare point-to-point figure.

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. For trekking and forest department programmes the department operates its own arrangements, which are worth checking directly.

Other Popular Routes from Bangalore

Munnar is one of several long-distance corridors we run mini buses on. These are the routes groups book most often from Bangalore.

•     Bangalore to Thekkady — 580 km. The Periyar Tiger Reserve, four hours south-east of Munnar and by far the most common combination with this route.

•     Bangalore to Kochi — 550 km. Fort Kochi and the backwaters, west across the Ghats and a common end point for a Kerala circuit.

•     Bangalore to Alleppey — 600 km. The backwaters and houseboats, the usual third leg of a Kerala circuit.

•     Bangalore to Kodaikanal — 460 km. The other Palani hills station, reached by turning north at Batlagundu.

•     Bangalore to Ooty — 270 km, six to seven hours. Through Mysore and Bandipur into the Nilgiris. Half the distance of Munnar for a group wanting hills with less driving.

•     Bangalore to Coorg — 265 km, five to six hours. Coffee estates, Abbey Falls and Dubare elephant camp. Book early for weekends.

•     Bangalore to Wayanad — 280 km, six hours. Kerala permit required. Our most frequent corporate offsite booking.

•     Bangalore to Mysore — 145 km, three hours. Srirangapatna, Mysore Palace and Chamundi Hills. The standard one-day outing and school excursion.

•     Bangalore to Chikmagalur — 245 km, five hours. Coffee country and Mullayanagiri, the nearest hill option to Bangalore.

•     Bangalore to Yercaud — 240 km, five hours. The Shevaroy hills above Salem, directly on this corridor and an easy weekend.

Our Services from Bangalore and Mysore

Every service below runs from both our Bangalore and Mysore bases, so you can start a trip in one city and finish in the other without changing operators.

Our mini bus rental in bangalore fleet handles minibus rental, mini bus in bangalore and mini bus booking online enquiries for groups of twelve to twenty-four, which on this route is the size band the destination handles best. For eight to eighteen passengers, luxury tempo traveller bangalore is the step below, with the tt vehicle fleet held to the same outstation standard and reaching estate properties a larger vehicle cannot.

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 bus rental bangalore tier covers volvo luxury bus and luxury bus hire for conferences, weddings and large corporate movements. 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, and the force urbania rent bangalore fleet handles urbania van rental, urbania on rent bangalore and luxury urbania rental bangalore bookings, which suit this route particularly for the narrow estate approaches.

On the corporate side, corporate travels bangalore covers corporate cab service bangalore, corporate car rental bangalore and corporate transport services for companies needing managed travel, including the offsites that fill the Munnar estate resorts through the season. 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 it employee transport service, employee pick up and drop service, tech park cab service and employee shuttle service Bangalore 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 — and the High Range, with Eravikulam and Chinnar, is a genuinely good field trip rather than a nominal one. Airport requirements are handled by airport transfer bangalore, covering bangalore airport cab, kempegowda airport taxi and airport cab booking with live flight tracking, including connections to Kochi and Madurai airports, which at roughly 110 and 160 kilometres are the nearest to Munnar.

Longer journeys fall under outstation cabs bangalore, covering outstation cab booking, outstation car rental bangalore, outstation taxi bangalore and outstation vehicle booking for multi-day itineraries, with the Kerala permit arranged in advance on this route. For celebrations, wedding car rental bangalore handles wedding cars for rent, wedding car hire bangalore, marriage car rental bangalore and wedding bus rental Bangalore as one managed booking, including the estate weddings Munnar increasingly hosts. And for premium seven-seater travel, innova hycross rent bangalore covers innova hycross taxi and hycross car rental, where the hybrid drivetrain suits sustained hill driving well. Custom tour packages combining any of these vehicles across Munnar, Thekkady, Alleppey, Kochi and the wider Kerala circuit are available on request.

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 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 Electronic City, Whitefield, MG Road or Koramangala.

•     Share your destination or full day-wise itinerary.

•     Share your group size.

•     Share your preferred mini bus tier: Standard AC, Executive Mini Coach or Luxury.

•     Share the Munnar hotel or resort name, so we can confirm whether the approach lane takes a 24 seater before we allocate the vehicle.

•     For corporate bookings from Bangalore tech parks, share your GST number and preferred invoicing format.

•     For Munnar, Thekkady and other multi-day outstation hire, share the full day-wise itinerary so we can allocate a driver with hill-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:

◦      Mini bus hire rate — per kilometre or flat local package

◦      Driver allowance — Rs 500 to Rs 800 per day depending on vehicle

◦      Applicable toll estimates

◦      Interstate permits — Tamil Nadu and Kerala on this route, Andhra Pradesh for Tirupati

◦      A stated allowance for Munnar local running, which the Mattupetty circuit and Marayoor make substantial

◦      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.

•     Request comparison quotes for Standard versus Executive Mini Coach at the same time, and for two vehicle sizes if your group is near the 17 seater boundary.

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 mini bus 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

•     For peak Bangalore travel dates — New Year, Diwali, long IT weekends, the Onam season and the December to January peak — book well ahead. A higher advance may be requested on those dates.

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, sanitised, fuelled and ready, with the air conditioning checked before every outstation departure.

•     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 Tamil Nadu and Kerala permit checkpoints at Attibele and Chinnar.

•     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 mini bus quote in 2 hours.

Payment Methods — Mini 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 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 advances above Rs 10,000. 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 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, monthly consolidated invoicing, and invoice issued within 24 hours.

A 20 percent advance confirms your booking and guarantees vehicle availability. For Munnar, Thekkady and other multi-day outstation hire from Bangalore during peak dates, a higher advance may be required.

Cancellation Policy — Mini Bus 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 bus 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 alternate vehicle is offered.

Special Cancellation Conditions

•     Multi-day outstation hire including Munnar, Thekkady, Kochi and Alleppey — minimum 7-day notice for a full refund on overnight or multi-day mini bus hire from Bangalore.

•     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, Onam 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, traffic disruptions, Kerala hill road closures and landslide diversions attract a 100 percent refund within 2 working days regardless of notice period.

•     Modifications — date changes, vehicle upgrades 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 — Mini 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 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.