Bangalore to Varanga Bus Rental — 27 to 50 Seater Coach Hire for the Lake Temple
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Places to Visit in Varanga
Kere Basadi — The Lake Temple
This is the reason people make the journey. Known formally as the Chaturmukha Basadi and locally as Kere Basadi, the shrine sits alone on a stone platform in the centre of the Varanga lake. It has four entrances facing the four cardinal directions, and inside, four Tirthankaras — Parshwanatha, Neminatha, Shantinatha and Ananthanatha — stand back to back in the kayotsarga meditation posture, with an idol of Devi Padmavati installed before Parshwanatha. Inscriptions at the neighbouring Neminatha Basadi indicate the lake was excavated in the twelfth century. The priest still rows out every morning to perform the rituals. During and after the monsoon the surface fills with white water lilies, and the varanga lake temple looks exactly like the photographs that circulate every July.
Kere Basadi — The Lake Temple
This is the reason people make the journey. Known formally as the Chaturmukha Basadi and locally as Kere Basadi, the shrine sits alone on a stone platform in the centre of the Varanga lake. It has four entrances facing the four cardinal directions, and inside, four Tirthankaras — Parshwanatha, Neminatha, Shantinatha and Ananthanatha — stand back to back in the kayotsarga meditation posture, with an idol of Devi Padmavati installed before Parshwanatha. Inscriptions at the neighbouring Neminatha Basadi indicate the lake was excavated in the twelfth century. The priest still rows out every morning to perform the rituals. During and after the monsoon the surface fills with white water lilies, and the varanga lake temple looks exactly like the photographs that circulate every July.
Neminatha Basadi
A short walk from the lake stands the oldest of the three Varanga shrines, a stone temple roughly seventy feet square with a tiled roof and an ornate torana at the entrance. The main deity is a five-foot idol of Lord Neminatha, and the navaranga hall holds bronze images of all twenty-four Tirthankaras. Because the temple carries some of the oldest datable Jain inscriptions in the Karkala region, historians rate it as important as the lake temple even though tourists photograph it less. Come here first, then walk to the lake — the sequence makes far more sense chronologically.
Chandranatha Basadi and the Varanga Jain Matha
The third shrine of the Varanga cluster, also called the Matada Basadi, sits inside the premises of the Jain monastery. It houses a black stone image of Parshwanatha in the standing meditation posture. The matha here is an offshoot of the Humcha Jain Matha and has functioned continuously for centuries, which is why Varanga still hosts Rathotsava, Mahavir Jayanti and Paryushana Parva on a scale you would not expect from a village this size. Modest pilgrim accommodation and simple Jain meals are available here, which matters if you plan an early morning darshan.
Karkala Gommateshwara — Bahubali’s Second Hill
About twenty-two kilometres from Varanga, a granite monolith of Lord Bahubali stands 42 feet tall on a rocky outcrop, carved from a single block and consecrated in 1432 by the Vijayanagara-era ruler Vira Pandya. It is the second largest statue of its kind in Karnataka after Shravanabelagola, and the climb up the rock-cut steps takes ten minutes and repays you with a view across the Karkala plateau to the Western Ghats. Most visitors booking a bangalore to karkala taxi treat this as the anchor of the trip and Varanga as the discovery.
Chaturmukha Basadi, Karkala
Built in 1586 on a low hill facing the Bahubali statue, this four-faced temple is one of the finest examples of Vijayanagara-era Jain stone construction on the coast. Its granite pillars are cut so precisely that the structure has survived four and a half centuries of coastal monsoon with almost no restoration. Twenty-four Tirthankara images look out through the four doorways. Standing between the two hills at sunset, with the monolith on one side and the basadi on the other, is the single best photograph of the whole trip.
Anekere and Padu Tirupati, Karkala
Anekere, the elephant lake, was once where the royal elephants of Karkala were bathed. Today it is a walkable lakefront in the middle of town with a small island shrine. Beside it stands the Sri Venkataramana Temple, known across Dakshina Kannada as Padu Tirupati or the Tirupati of the West, and it draws a steady stream of devotees who cannot travel to Andhra Pradesh. It is a useful reminder that this region is not exclusively a Jain circuit — the Hindu and Jain traditions here have shared the same towns for six hundred years.
Kudlu Theertha Falls, Hebri
Roughly thirty kilometres from Varanga through the Hebri forest belt, the Sitanadi drops into a deep rock pool at Kudlu Theertha. The last stretch is a jeep track followed by a short forest walk, so this is a monsoon-and-after destination rather than a summer one. Forest department permission is required and the trail closes in heavy rain. If your group is fit and your itinerary has a spare half day, ask your driver to build this in — it is the wildest landscape you will see on the entire trip.
Agumbe — The Cherrapunji of South India
Fifty kilometres north of Varanga, Agumbe records among the highest rainfall anywhere in South India and holds the country’s only permanent rainforest research station devoted to the king cobra. The sunset point at the edge of the ghat looks straight down onto the Arabian Sea plain, and on a clear February evening the view carries for eighty kilometres. Travellers who book a bangalore to agumbe cab as an extension of the Varanga trip usually add Barkana and Onake Abbi falls to the same day.
Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary and Sitanadi
The Agumbe ghat road runs through the Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary, a corridor of evergreen forest that connects to Kudremukh National Park and shelters tigers, leopards, lion-tailed macaques and hornbills. You will not see big cats from the road, but the Sitanadi nature camp offers guided treks and the drive itself, with mist sitting in the valleys at seven in the morning, is worth the early start. Ask the driver to leave Varanga by six if you want the sanctuary stretch in its best light.
Udupi Sri Krishna Matha, Malpe and Moodbidri
Thirty-seven kilometres west of Varanga sits Udupi, where devotees view the Krishna idol through the silver-plated Kanakana Kindi window, and eight kilometres beyond that lie Malpe beach and the hexagonal basalt columns of St Mary’s Island. Southward, Moodbidri holds the Saavira Kambada Basadi, the thousand-pillar temple of 1430, where no two pillars are carved alike. A bangalore to udupi cab booked as a three-day round trip covers Varanga, Karkala, Moodbidri, Udupi and Malpe comfortably without any backtracking.
Distance
385 Km
One way
Time
9 hrs
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About the Bangalore-Varanga route
Bangalore
Where Your Journey Starts
Kunigal
70 Km
Shravanabelagola
145 Km
Hassan
185 Km
Sakleshpur
225 Km
Karkala
363 Km
Varanga
385 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.
Kunigal
The Horse Country of Karnataka
Kunigal is a name racing enthusiasts across India recognise. The Kunigal Stud Farm, laid out in the eighteenth century during Tipu Sultan’s rule and later run by the Maharajas of Mysore, is among the oldest thoroughbred breeding farms in the country and still supplies horses to the Bangalore and Mysore turf clubs. The rolling grassland around the town looks different from anything else on this highway, and in the early morning you can often see horses being exercised from the road. Kunigal Lake, on the northern edge of town, draws migratory birds between November and February and is a reasonable ten-minute leg-stretch stop. This is also where the coconut and areca belt properly begins — roadside stalls sell tender coconut, and the fruit here is noticeably cheaper than anything inside Bengaluru. Most drivers on the Varanga run take their first proper break somewhere between Kunigal and Yediyur, and there are several clean highway restaurants along this stretch serving idli, vada and filter coffee from six in the morning.
Shravanabelagola
The 57-Foot Bahubali
Channarayapatna is a functional highway town, but twelve kilometres south of it stands one of the most significant Jain sites on earth. Shravanabelagola’s Gommateshwara statue, carved around 981 CE, rises 57 feet from the summit of Vindhyagiri hill and is reached by 614 rock-cut steps. Every twelve years the Mahamastakabhisheka draws hundreds of thousands of pilgrims. For anyone travelling to Varanga this detour is close to essential, because it places the whole trip in context: Shravanabelagola, Karkala and Varanga are three points of the same Karnataka Jain heritage triangle, separated by six hundred years of history and about four hours of driving. Budget two and a half hours for the climb and darshan, and carry socks — the granite gets extremely hot after ten in the morning. Groups booking a jain pilgrimage tour karnataka package almost always structure day one around this stop and reach Varanga by evening.
Hassan
Gateway to the Hoysala Heritage
Hassan is the largest town between Bengaluru and the coast and the natural refuelling and rest point of the journey. Its real significance is as the base for Belur and Halebidu, the twelfth-century Hoysala temples inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2023. The Chennakeshava temple at Belur, thirty-eight kilometres away, carries soapstone carving so fine that individual bracelets on the celestial dancers are drilled through, and Halebidu’s Hoysaleswara temple runs a continuous carved frieze of elephants, horses and epic scenes around its entire base. Adding both to a Varanga itinerary needs an extra day, but families travelling in a tempo traveller frequently do exactly that. If you are not detouring, Hassan is still where your driver will stop for a proper meal, top up fuel and check tyres before the ghat section — a sensible habit, because from here the road begins to climb.
Sakleshpur
Coffee, Pepper and the Malnad Air
You feel Sakleshpur before you see it. The temperature drops, the light goes green, and coffee estates with pepper vines twisted up the shade trees close in on both sides of the highway. This is the heart of the Malnad, and Sakleshpur has become a weekend hill station in its own right with homestays scattered across the slopes. Manjarabad Fort, built by Tipu Sultan in 1792 in a perfect star shape and reached by a short flight of steps off the highway, is the one stop worth making — the view from the ramparts on a clear morning takes in the entire Bisle range. The old Sakleshpur to Subrahmanya railway line, with its viaducts and tunnels cut through the ghat, runs somewhere below you through the forest. Ask your driver to stop at one of the estate-run coffee stalls here; the filter coffee on this stretch is the best on the route by a wide margin.
Karkala
Bahubali’s Second Hill
Karkala is the last real town before Varanga and the administrative centre of this taluk. The 42-foot Bahubali monolith of 1432 dominates the skyline from its granite outcrop, the Chaturmukha Basadi of 1586 faces it from the opposite hill, and between them lies Anekere lake and the Padu Tirupati temple. This is where you fill fuel, draw cash and buy anything you might need, because Varanga village has only small provision shops. The road from Karkala to Hebri narrows and the traffic thins to almost nothing. Note the varanga to karkala distance — about twenty-two kilometres by the Hebri road — because a number of visitors base themselves in Karkala hotels and make Varanga a morning excursion rather than staying in the village.
Varanga
The Floating Temple Village
Hebri is a forest-edge town on the Karkala to Agumbe road, and the last eight kilometres from Hebri to Varanga run through areca plantations and paddy on a single-lane village road. There is no signage worth relying on, which is another reason a driver who has done this route before is worth having. Then the road opens, the lake appears on the left, and the Kere Basadi is sitting there in the middle of it looking exactly as it has for eight and a half centuries. The boat operates through daylight hours for a nominal fee, full-length clothing is expected, and photography of the interior is restricted. Arrive before nine in the morning or after four in the afternoon for the light. Simple accommodation is available at the matha and in Karkala, and the Jain meals served at the temple complex are worth planning your day around.
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Bus Packages for the Bangalore to Varanga Route
Corporate Package
For Bangalore teams travelling to the coast for offsites, annual outings and dealer meets, and increasingly for groups pairing a temple circuit with a Mangalore client or plant visit. 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 bus rental bangalore vehicle stays with the team throughout, with duty slips signed daily and reconciled against the final invoice. Our corporate travels bangalore desk manages multi-coach movements for larger headcounts.
Family and Pilgrimage Package
The core booking here, and usually a temple trust or an extended family group of forty to fifty on a four to six day circuit taking in Dharmasthala, Karkala, Varanga, Udupi and often Sringeri. Planned around temple timings and a driver who waits without needing to be asked. This is also the package where the boat crossing needs building into the schedule properly — we plan the Varanga morning around it rather than treating it as a stop.
Budget Package
Where the per-head figure is what the committee will actually vote on. Non-AC coaches from 27 to 41 seats, point to point, clean vehicle and a verified driver, with nothing added that a college trip, a community association or a bhajan mandali does not need. The bus rate per km in bangalore for the non-AC tier is our lowest, and across a 415 kilometre one-way run the saving over forty passengers is substantial. The budget tier is about vehicle specification only; maintenance, driver vetting and statutory compliance do not vary by tier.
Luxury and Executive Package
Volvo and Benz coaches in executive configuration, with wider push-back seats, better sound insulation, superior suspension on the Ghat and premium interiors. On a nine-hour drive with a Ghat descent in the middle the difference is mechanical rather than cosmetic. Our volvo bus rental bangalore tier covers volvo luxury bus and luxury bus requirements on this route, and for smaller premium groups the luxury urbania rental bangalore option in 13 to 17 seater configuration runs the same corridor.
Our Bus Fleet in Bangalore
Coach capacity for this route runs from 27 up to 50 seats, with Volvo and Benz options in the ac bus rental bangalore tier. Because every category below is held at the same Bangalore base, a change in headcount after booking is normally handled by reallocating the vehicle rather than by starting the booking again.
• Bus — 27 to 50 seater, including Volvo and Benz coaches, AC and non-AC
• Mini bus — 12 to 24 seater, for mid-sized groups on the same corridor
• Tempo traveller — 8 to 18 seater, for smaller parties
• Force Urbania — 13 to 17 seater luxury van
• 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 push-back seats. On this route we run in daylight with an overnight hotel halt at Karkala, Moodbidri or Udupi rather than descending Shiradi Ghat at night.
Billing Details — What Is Included and What Is Extra
We quote in writing before you book and the quote itemises every line, so nothing appears for the first time at trip end. A 20 percent advance of the total fare confirms the 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 an itinerary crosses into another state
• Additional driver bata after 9:45 PM
• GST as applicable
• Final rental is calculated on total kilometres and hours from our garage to garage
Varanga lies entirely within Karnataka, so no interstate permit applies unless the itinerary extends into Kerala or Goa. Boat charges at the Kere Basadi are paid locally and are not part of our quote. Garage-to-garage billing is the standard basis across the organised group transport industry in Bangalore: the meter starts when the coach leaves our garage for your pickup and stops when it returns, and that is built into the written quote, so the figure you approve is the figure you settle.
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
Varanga is one of several long-distance corridors we run coaches on. These are the routes groups book most often.
• Bangalore to Karkala — 390 km, eight to nine hours. The 42-foot Bahubali and Chaturmukha Basadi, and the standard overnight halt on this route.
• Bangalore to Udupi — 400 km, eight to nine hours. Sri Krishna Matha, Malpe beach and St Mary’s Island.
• Bangalore to Dharmasthala — 300 km, six to seven hours. Manjunatha temple, usually the first halt on a coastal circuit.
• Bangalore to Kukke Subrahmanya — 280 km, six hours. Reached by the same road as far as Uppinangady, and frequently added to this itinerary.
• Bangalore to Sringeri and Horanadu — 330 km, seven hours. Sharada Peetha and Annapoorneshwari, the eastern extension of the Varanga circuit.
• Bangalore to Mangalore — 350 km, seven to eight hours. The coastal city, its beaches and the Kadri and Kudroli temples.
• Bangalore to Mysore — 145 km, three hours. Srirangapatna, the Palace and Chamundi Hills. The most booked one-day outing and school excursion.
• Bangalore to Chikmagalur — 245 km, five hours. Coffee estates, Mullayanagiri and Baba Budangiri.
• Bangalore to Coorg — 265 km, five to six hours. Abbey Falls, Dubare elephant camp and the estates.
• Bangalore to Tirupati — 250 km, four to five hours. Our highest-volume pilgrimage booking, usually a same-day return.
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.
For large 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 corporate movements. The mini bus rental in bangalore service handles minibus rental and mini bus booking online for groups of twelve to twenty-four.
For smaller parties, luxury tempo traveller bangalore covers tt vehicle requirements for eight to eighteen passengers, force urbania rent bangalore handles urbania van rental and luxury urbania rental bangalore bookings, and our cab rental bangalore service covers premium car rentals in bangalore, luxury car rental bangalore and everyday car booking.
On the corporate side, corporate travels bangalore covers corporate bus service bangalore and corporate transport services, while our employee transportation services bangalore division runs office bus service bangalore, staff transportation services and night shift bus service bangalore contracts across the 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. Airport requirements are handled by airport transfer bangalore, covering bangalore airport coach transfers, kempegowda airport taxi and airport cab booking with live flight tracking.
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How to Book a Bus for Rent in Bangalore — Step by Step
Booking a 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, tech park or hotel name, such as Electronic City, Whitefield, Manyata, the KIA airport area or MG Road.
• Share your destination or full day-wise itinerary.
• Share your total group size.
• Share your preferred bus tier: Standard, Executive, Luxury, Volvo or Benz.
• For Varanga, Karkala and other multi-day coastal circuits, provide the full itinerary so we can allocate a driver experienced on the Shiradi Ghat route.
• Tell us if the whole group intends to cross to the lake temple, so we can plan the Varanga morning around the boat schedule.
• For monthly employee commute contract hire, share the route and schedule details.
Step 2 — Receive Your Written Quote
• Within 2 hours of your enquiry, Tejas Travels sends a written quote via WhatsApp or email.
• The quote itemises every charge:
• Bus hire rate — per kilometre or flat local package
• Driver allowance — Rs 700 to Rs 1,250 per day depending on vehicle
• Applicable toll estimates
• Interstate permit costs where an itinerary leaves Karnataka — Kerala for Wayanad, Goa, Tamil Nadu for Ooty. Not applicable to Varanga.
• Driver night halt charges for multi-day hire
• GST
• No verbal-only pricing. Everything is in writing before you commit.
• For MICE and corporate clients, a Proforma Invoice can be issued at this stage for PO-based approval.
• Request comparison quotes for Standard versus Executive bus hire at the same time.
Step 3 — Confirm Your Booking and Pay Advance
• Review the written quote and confirm via WhatsApp or phone.
• A 20 percent advance payment of the total fare confirms the booking and guarantees the specific bus 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 coastal circuits during New Year, Diwali, Dasara and the summer holiday peak, book well ahead and pay the advance early.
• For large corporate bookings above Rs 50,000, a higher advance may be required.
Step 4 — Your Driver and Bus Arrive Early
• Your assigned Tejas Travels driver arrives at the Bangalore pickup point 15 minutes before scheduled departure.
• For large groups from Electronic City or Whitefield, the driver coordinates the exact pickup gate in advance.
• The bus is clean, sanitised, fuelled and GPS-active.
• The driver calls you 30 minutes before arrival as a courtesy.
• During the trip the driver handles all NH exits, toll payments, Ghat routing and rest stop coordination.
• At trip end the balance is settled after deducting the advance.
• Any additional kilometres or hours are billed at the pre-agreed rate.
Quick booking: WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your group size, Bangalore pickup location, destination and travel date. Written bus hire quote in 2 hours.
Payment Methods — Bus for Rent and Hire in Bangalore
Tejas Travels accepts all major digital and traditional payment methods for both advance deposits and final settlement at trip end.
• UPI — Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm and BHIM UPI. The fastest method with instant confirmation. Recommended for advance deposits on bus hire.
• Bank transfer — NEFT, IMPS and RTGS. For large corporate hire above Rs 15,000. IMPS is instant; NEFT can take up to 2 hours.
• Credit and debit card — Visa, Mastercard and RuPay, via 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 MICE and corporate PO approvals.
• Cash — Balance payable at time of travel, accepted at trip end. The advance must be digital for bus hire confirmation. A receipt is issued.
• Corporate credit — For registered corporate accounts, with 30-day credit terms for signed corporate clients and monthly consolidated invoicing available.
A 20 percent advance of the total fare confirms the specific bus on your date. For Varanga, Karkala, Goa, Shirdi and other large peak-date corporate bookings from Bangalore, a higher advance may apply. Volvo and Benz coach hire should be confirmed well ahead with advance payment.
Cancellation Policy — Bus Hire in Bangalore
Tejas Travels maintains a fair, transparent and tiered cancellation policy for all bus hire in Bangalore. All terms are communicated in writing at booking confirmation.
• More than 7 days before departure — No cancellation charge. 100 percent of the advance is refunded within 5 to 7 working days.
• 4 to 7 days before departure — 10 percent of the total trip fare. The advance is refunded less the 10 percent deduction.
• 48 hours to 4 days before departure — 25 percent of the total trip fare. The advance is refunded less the 25 percent deduction.
• 24 to 48 hours before departure — 50 percent of the total trip fare. The advance is refunded less the 50 percent deduction.
• Less than 24 hours before departure — 75 percent of the total trip fare. Minimal or no refund depending on trip value.
• No-show, where the bus 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 bus is offered.
Special Cancellation Conditions for Bangalore Bus Hire
• Weddings — minimum 7-day notice for a full refund. Cancellations within 3 days of a Bangalore wedding date are non-refundable.
• Multi-day outstation hire including Varanga, Karkala, Goa and Shirdi — minimum 7-day notice for a full refund on overnight or multi-day bus hire from Bangalore.
• Peak dates — New Year’s Eve, Diwali, Dasara and Bangalore long weekends require a minimum 48-hour notice for a full refund.
• Corporate contracts — monthly corporate commute contract terms govern. Modifications with 48-hour notice are accommodated subject to route availability.
• Force majeure — Bangalore bandhs, road closures and Shiradi Ghat closures attract a 100 percent refund within 2 working days regardless of notice period.
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.
Refund Policy — Bus for Rent in Bangalore
All refunds are processed to the original payment instrument. No cash refund is issued unless the advance was paid in cash.
• Cancellation 7 or more days before departure — 100 percent of the advance paid, within 5 to 7 working days.
• Cancellation 4 to 7 days before departure — advance minus the 10 percent charge, within 5 to 7 working days.
• Cancellation 48 hours to 4 days before departure — advance minus the 25 percent charge, within 7 working days.
• Cancellation 24 to 48 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, 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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We had a great experience with this travel agent while arranging a bus for our team outing. The response was quick and professional, and all our requirements were handled smoothly. The bus arrived on time, was neat and clean, and the journey was very comfortable. Special thanks to Mahantesh, who was the coordinator and supported us with all last-minute changes. The overall coordination was excellent, which made our trip hassle-free. Highly recommended for group travel arrangement.
Sagar Bamashetti
11/9/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
Sharing a quick note of appreciation for the bus arranged through Tejes Travel for our team outing. The 40-seater bus was very comfortable, clean, and well maintained, which made the journey smooth and enjoyable for everyone. The driver was punctual, polite, and cooperative, and the overall coordination from the Tejes Travel team was very good.
Saroj Gupta
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
I had booked to go to a resort on a day trip with senior citizens too.. Ms. Revathi was so good arranging a very good, comfortable bus. Which came in time. Driver was also very polite.. Thanks a lot ms. Revathi and Tejas tours and travels.
Somaasunder Ks
2/6/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
Lead Consultantancy, we had booked the bus from Tejas Tours and Travels. The experience was great. 1. Good Customer service 2. Soft spoken driver 3. Clean seats and Good AC They were professional, great experience. Overall we support and recommend.
Ramesh Thirugnanam
13/10/2024 Bangalore
5/5
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Frequently Asked Questions — Bangalore to Varanga Bus
The bangalore to varanga distance is approximately 415 kilometres via NH75, Shiradi Ghat, Moodbidri and Karkala, with Varanga a further 26 kilometres beyond Karkala on the Agumbe road. Allow 9 to 10 hours including halts. Most coach groups break the journey at Karkala and cover the last stretch the following morning, which also puts the lake temple at its best light.
By boat, and this needs planning. The Kere Basadi stands on an island in a fourteen-acre reservoir with no bridge, and the crossing of about a hundred metres is made in a small local boat carrying a handful of people at a time. For a coach group of forty-five, allow ninety minutes to two hours. We recommend splitting the party before arrival so that half see the shore basadis while the other half cross, then swap. Boat charges are paid locally and are not part of our quote.
Bus fares around Rs 29,960. 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.
No. Varanga sits on the Karkala to Agumbe road, and the northern approach via Shivamogga, Thirthahalli and the Agumbe Ghat is shorter and more scenic — but the Agumbe hairpins are unsuitable for full-size buses and we do not run them there. All our coaches approach via Shiradi Ghat and Karkala. A coach can reach Agumbe from the Karkala side as a day trip, but cannot descend the far side of the Ghat.
A 20 percent advance of the total fare confirms your booking and guarantees the specific bus on your travel date. It must be paid digitally by UPI, bank transfer or card, and a receipt is issued within 30 minutes. The balance is settled at trip end after deducting the advance. For bookings above Rs 50,000 or for peak dates, a higher advance may be requested.
No. The route stays within Karnataka from end to end, so no permit or border tax applies. A permit becomes relevant only if you extend the itinerary into Kerala, Goa or Tamil Nadu, in which case we arrange the documentation before departure and bill it at actuals.
October to February is the most comfortable window overall, and the lake is at its fullest after the monsoon with the lilies in good condition. Between March and May the water level can drop. In peak monsoon, from June to September, boat crossings are sometimes suspended and Shiradi Ghat is subject to landslip disruption, so we confirm both the Ghat and the lake locally before the coach departs.
No. Tejas Tours and Travels does not operate sleeper bus services. All our vehicles are seated configuration with push-back seats. On a route of this length we plan a daytime run with an overnight halt at Karkala, Moodbidri or Udupi rather than descending Shiradi Ghat at night, which is both more comfortable and safer.
We run 27, 32, 35, 41, 45 and 50 seater buses in AC and non-AC, including Volvo and Benz coaches. Below twenty-five passengers a 12 to 24 seater mini bus is usually more economical. The same coach and driver stay with the group throughout — Varanga, Karkala, Moodbidri, Hebri, Agumbe and onward to Udupi, Sringeri or Dharmasthala. Multi-day hire is billed on total kilometres and hours with a per-day minimum plus driver allowance and night halt charges.
Tejas Tours and Travels does not provide passenger insurance cover, and 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 bangalore bus booking and WhatsApp enquiry lines are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.