Manipal to Sringeri by Car or Tempo Traveller
Sringeri Sri Sharadamba Temple · 95 km · about 2 hours 40 minutes one way · chauffeur-driven
How far is Sringeri from Manipal?
Manipal to Sringeri is 95 km, about two hours forty over the Agumbe ghat. The temple sits on the Tunga, where the fish are fed by hand from the steps.
- Distance
- 95 km one way
- Drive time
- 2 hours 40 minutes
- Destination
- Sringeri Sri Sharadamba Temple
- Suggested vehicle
- Toyota Innova Crysta
- Driver
- Included — we do not offer self-drive
Why people make this trip
Sringeri is the first of the four mathas established by Adi Shankaracharya, and the setting does as much as the shrine: a broad calm river, the Vidyashankara temple beside the Sharadamba shrine, and the Ghats all around. The drive over Agumbe is half the reason people book it.
What the road is like
Inland through Hebri and up the Agumbe ghat — fourteen hairpins through rainforest — then on to Sringeri. The ghat is slow by design; in the monsoon mist can close it down to walking pace.
Worth stopping for on the way
- Agumbe Sunset Point
- Sitanadi and Someshwara
- Vidyashankara Temple, Sringeri
One thing worth knowing
The ghat road rewards a driver who knows the hairpins more than any other road we run. In the monsoon we build in an extra half hour rather than pretending the mist will not arrive.
Which vehicle suits this route
For most groups on this route we suggest the Toyota Innova Crysta — the car every coastal driver trusts on a long day. 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 We do not publish rates because they depend on the vehicle, the number of days and whether the trip is one way or return — call +91 94492 30083 or send the form and you will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 Sringeri
| Vehicle | Capacity | Suits this route for |
|---|---|---|
| Manipal to Sringeri by Force Urbania 16+1 | 16+1 seater | Joint-family temple circuits, sangha yatras and corporate outstation trips |
| Manipal to Sringeri by Tempo Traveller 11+1 | 11+1 seater | Groups of eight to eleven on temple circuits and picnic trips |
| Manipal to Sringeri by Toyota Innova Crysta | 6+1 seater | Family temple tours, Kollur and Dharmasthala day trips, airport runs |
| Manipal to Sringeri by Maruti Suzuki Ertiga | 6+1 seater | Day trips around Udupi, Karkala and Malpe with a small family |
| Manipal to Sringeri by Toyota Etios | 4+1 seater | Mangaluru airport transfers and two-to-four passenger temple visits |
| Manipal to Sringeri 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 Sringeri — common questions
95 km, about two hours and forty minutes over the Agumbe ghat. It is a comfortable day trip with time at the temple.
Yes — that is the twelve-hour Malnad circuit, package 6 on our list. Horanadu serves free annadana to every pilgrim, so the day usually plans around lunch there.
Book Manipal to Sringeri
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 Agumbe | 58 km | 1 hour 30 minutes |
| Manipal to Kateel | 55 km | 1 hour 20 minutes |
Manipal to Sringeri — 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.