
Bangalore to Munnar Force Urbania — 8 to 16 Seater Luxury Van Hire
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Places to Visit in Munnar

Eravikulam National Park and Anamudi
The park covers the high shola and grassland above Munnar and holds the largest surviving population of the Nilgiri tahr, which are habituated enough to be seen at close range along the visitor path - genuinely one of the more reliable large-mammal sightings in India. Anamudi rises behind at 2,695 metres, the highest point in India south of the Himalayas. Access is by forest department bus from Rajamala with capped numbers. Visit early in the day and check the calving-season closure, usually February and March, before fixing your dates.
Distance
480 Km
One way
Time
10 hrs
Via expressway
Starting from
₹ 39100
Plus GST
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About the Bangalore-Munnar route
Bangalore
Where Your Journey Starts
Salem
200 Km
Palani
380 Km
Chinnar
440 Km
Munnar
480 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.

Salem
Steel City of Tamil Nadu
The first four hours are the fastest of the journey, on six-lane NH 44. Our drivers reach the pickup point fifteen minutes early and aim to be past Electronic City before 5:30 AM, because the last sixty kilometres of this route is ghat through forest and arriving in daylight is what the whole schedule is built around. The Thoppur ghat between Dharmapuri and Salem is the first of two climbs on this route - four-laned but steep enough that loaded trucks crawl - and our drivers hold back rather than joining in. Salem has the best highway restaurants on the corridor and is the natural breakfast halt.
Palani
Hill Abode of Murugan
Fast, flat four-lane highway south through the Kongu plains past Namakkal, with its eighteen-foot monolithic Anjaneyar, and Karur on the Amaravathi. Dindigul is where the route turns west toward the hills, and it lands almost exactly at lunch on an early departure - the Thalappakatti biryani that originated here is the most famous food stop on this highway. Palani follows, with the Murugan temple standing on Sivagiri hill above the town - the third of the six Arupadai Veedu and one of the most visited temples in Tamil Nadu. Families combining a Munnar trip with darshan often stop here, and it adds an hour or two rather than a day. Beyond Palani the Western Ghats are properly in view.

Chinnar
Rain Shadow Sanctuary
The road runs west through Udumalpet, a market town at the foot of the hills with the Amaravathi reservoir and the Anamalai reserve behind it, and then begins to climb toward the Kerala border. The country here is dry and open, with the wall of the Ghats ahead. Chinnar is the border sanctuary and it is genuinely unusual - a dry deciduous forest in the rain shadow of the range, quite unlike the wet slopes on the Munnar side, holding the grizzled giant squirrel and a good deal else. The Kerala interstate permit is presented here, arranged by us in advance. From this point on the road is forest ghat and wildlife on the carriageway is a real possibility.

Munnar
Tea Capital of Kerala
The climb from Chinnar through Marayoor is the best part of the drive. Marayoor holds the only natural sandalwood forest in Kerala, protected and patrolled, and the valley below it grows the cane that makes the GI-tagged jaggery sold in dark cakes at roadside stalls. Scattered across the surrounding hills are muniyara - megalithic dolmens around three thousand years old, standing in open fields, which most people drive past without knowing what they are. Beyond Marayoor the road climbs into the High Range and the landscape changes into the tea geometry that Munnar is known for - contoured slopes, shade trees, and the estates running to the ridgelines. Munnar town itself is compact and congested at the centre; most accommodation is on the estate roads outside it, several on narrow approach lanes, so send us the property name at booking and we will confirm access. A 5:00 AM departure puts most travellers in Munnar by around 3:00 PM.
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Urbania 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 force urbania hire enquiries on this corridor.
Corporate Package
The Urbania's strongest case, and the reason most Bangalore corporate desks book it rather than a tempo traveller. For leadership offsites at the Munnar estate resorts, client hosting and visiting delegations, the vehicle communicates the company's standards without anybody having to say anything. Practically: GST invoicing, a Proforma Invoice for PO-based approval, a named driver for the full trip, GPS tracking for the event manager, and consolidated monthly billing for registered accounts. Per-seat USB and a quiet cabin mean the drive is working time rather than lost time, which on a ten-hour leg is not a trivial saving. Our corporate travels desk manages it end to end, and a corporate urbania bangalore booking usually pairs with a KIA airport transfer at one or both ends.
Family Package
For families of eight to sixteen travelling together, which on this route usually means a mixed-age group with elders and children in the same vehicle. That combination is where the Urbania makes the most difference: full recline in every row rather than the front two, individual armrests so nobody is negotiating for space across ten hours, and dual-zone AC so the back row is not the hot row. 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 that before quoting dates rather than after. Child seats can be arranged with notice.
Luxury and Guest Hosting Package
For milestone trips, guest hosting and senior family groups where the vehicle is part of the occasion rather than a means of getting to it. The 8 to 10 seater configurations use a 1/1 captain layout, so every passenger has an individual window seat — the most exclusive way to do this route short of separate cars, and considerably more comfortable than separate cars over ten hours. Chauffeur in formal attire on request, vehicle deep-cleaned before departure, and the same Urbania retained for the full circuit. This is also the tier that suits urbania wedding bangalore movements and the estate weddings Munnar increasingly hosts, where guest transport quality is noticed.
Munnar and Thekkady Circuit Package
The most common Kerala hill itinerary from Bangalore, and the one where retaining a premium vehicle pays back most clearly. Munnar and Thekkady sit around four hours apart through fine hill country, and two nights at each gives you the tea estates and a tiger reserve in one trip. Adding Alleppey or Kochi at the end makes a full circuit of six or seven days. Across a munnar thekkady package from bangalore the vehicle covers several hundred kilometres of hill road on top of the drive down and back, which is exactly the mileage profile where suspension and seat quality stop being cosmetic. Tell us the full shape at the quotation stage so the hill running is priced in rather than surfacing at settlement.
Our Force Urbania Fleet in Bangalore
We operate the Urbania in seven configurations — 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15 and 16 seater. The 8 to 10 seaters use a 1/1 captain layout with every passenger on a window; 12 seats and above use a 2/1 layout. All are deep-cleaned before every booking, GPS tracked, serviced at authorised Force Motors centres and driven by chauffeurs trained specifically on the Urbania, which handles differently from a standard van. Our wider fleet runs alongside it from the same Bangalore base, so if the headcount or the budget changes after enquiry we can move you across categories without restarting.
• Force Urbania — 8 to 16 seater luxury van, the premium vehicle for this route
• Tempo traveller — 8 to 18 seater, the standard alternative at roughly sixty to eighty percent less per kilometre
• Mini bus — 12 to 24 seater, for larger groups where estate access has been confirmed
• 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
• 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, and on this route we plan a daylight drive with a dawn start rather than an overnight run — on a road finishing with sixty kilometres of forest ghat, that is a safety position as much as a comfort one. The Urbania fleet is also smaller than our tempo traveller fleet, so specific variants book out ahead of long weekends, Diwali, New Year and the December to January peak. Confirm early if you need a particular configuration.
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. All Urbania outstation rates are garage to garage with fuel included.
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 runs its own arrangements, which are worth checking directly.
Other Popular Routes from Bangalore
Munnar is one of several corridors where our Urbania fleet is booked most often. These are the routes groups ask for regularly.
• 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 Coorg — 265 km, five to six hours with forty kilometres of ghat. The classic premium weekend and the route our Urbania fleet runs most.
• Bangalore to Ooty — 275 km. The Nilgiri switchbacks, where ride quality is felt more than on almost any other route we operate.
• Bangalore to Chikmagalur — 250 km, five hours. Coffee country and Mullayanagiri, the nearest hill option to Bangalore.
• Bangalore to Wayanad — 280 km, six hours. Kerala permit required. A frequent corporate offsite booking.
• Bangalore to Mysore — 150 km, three hours. Srirangapatna, the Palace and Chamundi Hills. The standard premium day outing.
• Bangalore to Tirupati — 250 km. Our most frequent pilgrimage booking, and one where full recliners matter on an overnight run.
• Bangalore to Kodaikanal — 460 km. The other Palani hills station, reached by turning north at Batlagundu.
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 force urbania rent bangalore fleet covers urbania van rental, urbania on rent bangalore and luxury urbania rental bangalore bookings across seven seating configurations, for local hire, KIA airport transfers, weddings and outstation runs like this one. For the same seat band without the premium, luxury tempo traveller bangalore covers tt vehicle requirements from 8 to 18 seats with pushback seating and full air conditioning.
For larger groups, our mini bus rental in bangalore fleet handles minibus rental, mini bus in bangalore and mini bus booking online enquiries from twelve to twenty-four seats, while bus rental in bangalore runs 27 to 50 seater coaches for rental bus booking and bangalore bus booking requirements. The volvo bus rental bangalore tier covers volvo luxury bus and luxury bus hire for conferences and large corporate movements. Our cab rental bangalore service covers premium car rentals in bangalore, luxury car rental bangalore and everyday car booking for parties of four to seven.
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 leadership 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 — and for institutions running premium educational trips the Urbania signals a level of investment that parents notice. 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, with the Urbania a natural fit for entourage movement and VIP guest shuttles. 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 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 day-wise itinerary.
• Share your group size and the Urbania seating variant you need: 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15 or 16 seater.
• Share the Munnar hotel or resort name, so we can confirm the estate approach lane before allocating the vehicle.
• For KIA airport pickups, share the flight number. The driver tracks live flight status and adjusts pickup timing for delayed flights automatically.
• For corporate, wedding and VIP bookings, mention the occasion so the team allocates the best-condition Urbania and arranges chauffeur formal attire where required.
• For Munnar, Thekkady and other multi-day 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:
◦ Urbania hire rate — per kilometre or flat local package, garage to garage with fuel included
◦ Driver allowance — Rs 600 per day for outstation hire
◦ Applicable toll estimates
◦ Interstate permits — Tamil Nadu and Kerala on this route, Andhra Pradesh for Tirupati, Goa for the west coast
◦ 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 corporate clients requiring reimbursements, a Proforma Invoice can be issued at this stage for PO-based approval.
• If you want to compare the 13 seater against the 15 seater, or a standard tempo traveller against the Urbania, request both quotes at the same time. We will give you the honest comparison rather than steering you to the premium tier.
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.
• This matters more than on other vehicles. The Urbania fleet is limited, and particular variants book out ahead of IT sector long weekends, Diwali, New Year and the December to January peak.
• 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
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.
• The Urbania is clean, deep-sanitised, fuelled and ready, with the dual-zone air conditioning checked before every outstation departure.
• For wedding, corporate and VIP bookings, the driver is 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 Tamil Nadu and Kerala permit checkpoints at Attibele and Chinnar.
• GPS tracking is available throughout, which corporate event managers use to follow the group in real time.
• 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. Given the limited Urbania fleet size, the advance matters more here than on other vehicles — it is what guarantees your specific variant on your date.
• UPI — Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm, BHIM UPI and Amazon Pay. The fastest method, with instant confirmation on receipt. Recommended for advance deposits on Urbania hire.
• 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 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 invoice issued within 24 hours of trip completion.
A 20 percent advance confirms your booking and guarantees the specific seating variant. For Munnar, Thekkady and other multi-day outstation hire during peak dates, a higher advance may be required.
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 for Bangalore Urbania Hire
• Multi-day outstation hire including Munnar, Thekkady, Coorg, Ooty and Goa — minimum 5-day notice for a full refund on pre-booked multi-day Urbania hire.
• Weddings — minimum 7-day notice for a full refund. Cancellations within 3 days of the wedding date are non-refundable, given vehicle preparation and driver allocation commitments.
• Peak dates — IT sector long weekends, Diwali, Onam and New Year require a minimum 48-hour notice for a full refund. Less than 24 hours is non-refundable.
• Force majeure — Bangalore bandhs, heavy rain disruptions, Kerala hill road closures and landslide diversions attract a 100 percent refund within 2 working days regardless of notice period.
• Modifications — date changes, seating changes and route additions with more than 24 hours notice are accommodated at no penalty, subject to Urbania availability on the new date.
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 used for the advance. 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 for operational reasons — 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 against the final balance.
• 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.
• Disputes — for refund discrepancies or billing disputes, contact us within 7 days of trip completion. Genuine billing disputes are resolved within 3 working days.
For refunds, 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 Munnar Urbania
The bangalore to munnar distance is around 480 kilometres via NH 44 through Salem and Karur, then west through Udumalpet, Chinnar and Marayoor, with reported figures between 460 and 500 kilometres. An Urbania takes 9 to 10 hours 30 minutes with two proper halts. The last sixty kilometres from Chinnar is a sustained ghat through forest, which is why we push a dawn departure — the whole schedule is built around reaching that stretch in daylight rather than around a target arrival time.
A standard tempo traveller is a converted van on a ladder-frame chassis with fabric pushback seats, central air conditioning and standard ride quality. The Force Urbania is a purpose-built people mover on a monocoque chassis with full recliner seats in every row, individual adjustable armrests, thirty-two to thirty-four inches of row pitch, dual-zone air conditioning, per-seat USB charging, a sound-insulated cabin, HD screen and multi-speaker audio, plus ABS, reverse sensors and emergency exit doors. On flat highway the difference is pleasant. On the Thoppur descent and sixty kilometres of Chinnar ghat, it is the difference between a group arriving fresh and arriving tired.
Urbania fare starts around Rs 39,100. 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.
It depends on the group, and we would rather say so. Force urbania rate per km runs roughly sixty to eighty percent above a tempo traveller. If cost per head is the deciding factor — a college trip, a community tour, a large group on a fixed budget — a tempo traveller or mini bus does this route perfectly well and we will quote you one without pushing. The Urbania earns its premium where comfort across a ten-hour drive genuinely matters, where the vehicle is part of the occasion, or where you are travelling with elders for whom a long day in a standard van is a real consideration. On this particular route, with two gradients and heavy local hill running, the case is stronger than on most.
Almost certainly, and this is one of the Urbania's practical advantages here. Most Munnar accommodation is out on the estate roads rather than in town, and a fair number of properties sit at the end of narrow approach lanes with tight turns. The Urbania has a van footprint rather than a bus one, so it reaches properties a 24 seater mini bus cannot. We still ask for the property name at the enquiry stage and check the approach before allocating, because a handful of estate lanes are tight even for a van, and knowing that in advance is a minor planning note rather than a problem on arrival.
We run 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15 and 16 seater configurations. The 8 to 10 seaters use a 1/1 captain layout where every passenger has an individual window seat, which is the most comfortable arrangement on the market for a long drive and the usual choice for guest hosting and senior family groups. From 12 seats upward the layout is 2/1. Book one size above your headcount if you are travelling with luggage for a week-long Kerala circuit — on a multi-day trip the spare seats absorb baggage that would otherwise sit in the aisle. Tell us your group size and trip length and we will recommend rather than upsell.
No, and this catches a great many groups. The park closes to visitors for roughly two months each year for the Nilgiri tahr calving season, generally across February and March, with exact dates set annually by the forest department. Groups arrive at the gate without having checked and lose the single most popular thing to do in Munnar. Confirm the current position before fixing dates, and if the park is central to your trip do not travel in that window. Even when open, entry is by department bus from Rajamala with capped numbers, so your Urbania parks and the group transfers.
Two permits. The Karnataka to Tamil Nadu permit is checked at Attibele shortly after Hosur, and the Kerala permit is presented at Chinnar before the final climb. Both are arranged by us in advance and billed at actuals, so you need do nothing and there is no delay at either crossing. On Kolukkumalai, no — the track up from Suryanelli is passable only by modified jeeps, and no car, van or coach can use it. That is a property of the road, not the vehicle. We take the group to the jeep pickup point and coordinate the timing, which for a sunrise run means a very early start.
Yes, and on this route it is close to essential. The same vehicle and driver stay with you throughout — the Mattupetty, Echo Point, Kundala and Top Station circuit, Rajamala for Eravikulam, Marayoor, the viewpoints, and the four-hour leg to Thekkady, which is the most common onward extension. Adding Alleppey or Kochi makes a full Kerala circuit of six or seven days. Multi-day bookings are billed on total kilometres and hours with a per-day minimum plus driver allowance. Share your day-wise itinerary at the enquiry stage and we quote the whole trip as one number with the hill running stated.
No sleeper service. Tejas Tours and Travels does not operate sleeper buses, and all our vehicles including the Urbania are seated configuration — though the full recliners make an early start considerably easier than a standard van does, which is why the dawn departure works. On this route we plan a daylight drive rather than an overnight run, which on a road finishing with sixty kilometres of forest ghat is a safety position as much as a comfort one. On insurance, we do not cover passenger insurance. All vehicles carry the statutory motor insurance required under law and every driver holds a valid commercial licence, but personal travel cover should be arranged independently.
September to May, avoiding the heaviest southwest monsoon in June and July when landslide diversions on the hill roads are a real possibility. August to October is when the hills are greenest and the falls are running properly. December and January are the coolest and the peak, and that is also when the Urbania fleet books out earliest, so confirm well ahead. The one date to plan around is the Eravikulam calving closure in February and March. To book, call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773 or email info@tejastravels.com with your travel date, Bangalore pickup location, group size, preferred seating variant, Munnar property name 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 urbania van rental enquiry lines are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

























