Bangalore Day Trip: Stone Giant & UNESCO Hoysala Temples

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| Bangalore, India

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Free Cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Instant ticket delivery

Mobile Ticket

Pickup available

Duration

12 hours

Wheelchair accessible

Audio guide

Live guide

Traditional South Indian breakfast — idlis, dosas, and aromatic filter coffee to start the day right
Door-to-door pick-up and drop-off from your Bangalore hotel
All monument entry fees and admission tickets included — no surprises
Expert native guide throughout the monuments — stories, insights, and details no guidebook contains
Comfortable air-conditioned vehicle throughout — sit back and enjoy the countryside
Traditional South Indian lunch — authentic, local, and deeply satisfying

Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
Personal Shopping
Entirely at your discretion, always appreciated

Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Suitable for most fitness levels — the 700-step climb at Shravanabelagola is walked barefoot, with handrails throughout and a relaxed pace
Exclusively English-language — your guide's stories, context, and insights, delivered fluently
Minimum age 4 years — adult pricing applies to all travellers
Smart casual dress code — covered shoulders and knees required at all monument sites
Maximum 8 travellers per group — intimate by design, never a crowd
Subject to favourable weather conditions — if cancelled, an alternative date will be offered

Most tours show you these temples. Ours lets you truly read them.

Expert native guides bring alive the hidden stories, social commentary, and jaw-dropping details carved into 1000-year-old stone — the kind of insights no guidebook contains and no flag-following tour delivers.

With no more than 8 travellers, the experience...

Duration from 12 Hours to 15 Hours
Group Tour
Max 8 people in the group

1
Kunigal
Your day begins before the monuments do.

We pick you up from your hotel in a comfortable air-conditioned vehicle and set off through the Karnataka countryside. As Bangalore's skyline fades behind you, the landscape opens up — rice fields, temple towns, and the quiet rhythm of rural Karnataka rolling past...
- Duration 3 Hours•
- No Admission Ticket Required
2
Shravanabelagola
Shravanabelagola — 2,300 Years of Living Faith

Your expert guide meets you here, at the foot of 700 ancient steps and 2,300 years of living faith.

Those steps are climbed barefoot, as Jain tradition demands. Well-worn and smooth, with handrails throughout — guests in their 60s and 70s reach the...
- Duration 4 Hours•
- No Admission Ticket Required

Hoysaleswara Temple

Halebidu — Where Every Inch Tells a Story

The UNESCO World Heritage Hoysaleshwara Temple at Halebidu stretches over 200 metres of outer wall — every inch carved with gods, goddesses, elephants, celestial dancers, scenes from the Ramayana and Mahabharata, floral scrolls, and mythical creatures. No two panels are the same....

Duration 2 Hours•
Admission Ticket Included

Belur

Belur — The Temple That Took 103 Years to Build

Commissioned in 1116 AD by Hoysala King Vishnuvardhana, the Chennakeshava Temple at Belur took three generations and over a century to complete. It shows. The soapstone carvings — celestial dancers, divine beings, delicate floral motifs — were executed with a...

Duration 2 Hours•
Admission Ticket Included

Bengaluru

The Journey Home

The drive back to Bangalore is your time to exhale — to let the day settle. Your driver is there for any needs along the way, and you'll be back in the city by evening, carrying something most visitors to Bangalore never find.

With no more than...