Manipal to Agumbe by Car or Tempo Traveller
Agumbe — sunset point and rainforest · 58 km · about 1 hour 30 minutes one way · chauffeur-driven
How far is Agumbe from Manipal?
Manipal to Agumbe is 58 km, about an hour and a half up the ghat via Hebri. The sunset point looks west over the Ghats to the Arabian Sea.
- Distance
- 58 km one way
- Drive time
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Destination
- Agumbe — sunset point and rainforest
- Suggested vehicle
- Tempo Traveller 11+1
- Driver
- Included — we do not offer self-drive
Why people make this trip
The closest real hill trip to Manipal, and the standard weekend outing for campus groups. Agumbe is the wettest place in South India, home of the king cobra research station, and the sunset point on a clear evening is the view everyone comes for.
What the road is like
Inland through Hebri, then fourteen hairpins up the ghat through rainforest. Slow, beautiful, and genuinely demanding in the monsoon when the mist arrives without warning.
Worth stopping for on the way
- Agumbe Sunset Point
- Sitanadi and Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary
- Barkana and Onake Abbi viewpoints
- Jomlu Theertha Falls
One thing worth knowing
The sunset only works on a clear evening, and between June and September there often is not one. November to February is when the trip is worth planning around the view rather than the drive.
Which vehicle suits this route
For most groups on this route we suggest the Tempo Traveller 11+1 — the right size for a group too big for a car and too small for the Urbania. Every vehicle in the fleet is available for this trip, though: 4 cars from the Glanza up to the Innova Crysta, and the 11+1 and Force Urbania 16+1 tempo travellers for a group. Tell us your headcount and we will tell you honestly what travels best.
What a quote includes
Vehicle, driver, driver bata and fuel. Toll, parking and any permit charges are billed at actuals. We do not publish rates because they depend on the vehicle, the number of days and whether the trip is one way or return — call +91 94492 30083 or send the form and you will have a firm all-inclusive figure the same day.
Vehicles for Manipal to Agumbe
| Vehicle | Capacity | Suits this route for |
|---|---|---|
| Manipal to Agumbe by Force Urbania 16+1 | 16+1 seater | Joint-family temple circuits, sangha yatras and corporate outstation trips |
| Manipal to Agumbe by Tempo Traveller 11+1 | 11+1 seater | Groups of eight to eleven on temple circuits and picnic trips |
| Manipal to Agumbe by Toyota Innova Crysta | 6+1 seater | Family temple tours, Kollur and Dharmasthala day trips, airport runs |
| Manipal to Agumbe by Maruti Suzuki Ertiga | 6+1 seater | Day trips around Udupi, Karkala and Malpe with a small family |
| Manipal to Agumbe by Toyota Etios | 4+1 seater | Mangaluru airport transfers and two-to-four passenger temple visits |
| Manipal to Agumbe by Toyota Glanza | 4+1 seater | Couples, local Udupi sightseeing and short station or airport hops |
Every vehicle is chauffeur-driven and quoted per trip — we do not publish rates.
Manipal to Agumbe — common questions
58 km via Hebri, about an hour and a half including the ghat climb. It is the easiest hill trip from the campus.
It does that road regularly. It is slower through the hairpins than a car — that is physics, not the driver — so we plan the extra time in rather than rushing it.
Book Manipal to Agumbe
Tell us the dates and the route. We reply with an all-inclusive figure — driver, fuel and taxes included.
Other popular routes
| Route | Distance | Drive time |
|---|---|---|
| Manipal to Mangalore Airport | 65 km | 1 hour 30 minutes |
| Manipal to Mangalore | 65 km | 1 hour 40 minutes |
| Manipal to Udupi | 6 km | 15 minutes |
| Manipal to Kollur | 82 km | 2 hours 10 minutes |
| Manipal to Dharmasthala | 100 km | 2 hours 30 minutes |
| Manipal to Kukke Subrahmanya | 146 km | 3 hours 35 minutes |
| Manipal to Murudeshwar | 100 km | 2 hours 30 minutes |
| Manipal to Gokarna | 184 km | 4 hours 20 minutes |
| Manipal to Sringeri | 95 km | 2 hours 40 minutes |
| Manipal to Kateel | 55 km | 1 hour 20 minutes |
Manipal to Agumbe — shall we quote it?
Send us the date and how many are travelling. All-inclusive figure the same day, with a driver who has done this road hundreds of times.