Hampi and Badami packages at a glance
Hampi and Badami tour packages cost ₹8,999 to ₹18,499 per person for a 3 to 6 day trip, depending on the length, the season and whether you take a fixed-date group departure or a private trip.
- Duration: 3, 4, 5, 6 days; four days gives each half a full day, five or six adds Anegundi or Hospet without a dawn-to-dusk drive.
- Price: ₹8,999 to ₹18,499 per person, twin or triple sharing.
- Route: Hampi first for the Vijayanagara ruins among the boulders, then three hours north-west to the Chalukyan rock-cut caves at Badami and the temple fields of Aihole and Pattadakal.
- Travel: Hosapete is the railhead for Hampi and Badami has its own small station; the drive between the two takes about three hours.
- Stay: a guesthouse or resort at Hampi or Hosapete, and a hotel at Badami below the cliffs.
- Best time: November to February; April and May are punishing on open stone.
- Trip type: private trips planned around your dates.
Hampi and Badami 3 day package
3 days / 2 nights from ₹8,999 per person.
Day one is the Hampi sacred centre: Virupaksha, the bazaar, the Vittala temple and the stone chariot, with Hemakuta for sunset. Day two is the royal enclosure and the drive north to Badami for the caves. Day three is Pattadakal and Aihole before the journey home.
1 plan: 3 Days Hampi Badami Bliss from Hospet (3D/2N, from ₹8,999).
Hampi and Badami 4 day package
4 days / 3 nights from ₹11,499 per person.
The longer plans add Anegundi and the coracle crossing at Hampi, Badami fort and the Bhutanatha temples at the lake, or Mahakuta and Banashankari on the way between the two.
3 plans: 4 Days Hampi Badami Bliss from Hospet (4D/3N, from ₹11,499); 4 Days Hampi Badami Bliss from Bangalore (4D/3N, from ₹12,999); 4 Days Hampi Badami Pattadakal Bliss from Hyderabad (4D/3N, from ₹13,499).
Hampi and Badami 5 day package
5 days / 4 nights from ₹13,999 per person.
The longer plans add Anegundi and the coracle crossing at Hampi, Badami fort and the Bhutanatha temples at the lake, or Mahakuta and Banashankari on the way between the two.
4 plans: 5 Days Hampi Badami Bliss from Hubli (5D/4N, from ₹13,999); 5 Days Hampi Badami Pattadakal Bliss from Hyderabad Honeymoon (5D/4N, from ₹15,499); 5 Days Hampi Badami Pattadakal Bliss from Bangalore (5D/4N, from ₹15,999); 5 Days Hampi Badami Pattadakal Bliss from Hyderabad (5D/4N, from ₹15,999).
Hampi and Badami 6 day package
6 days / 5 nights from ₹16,999 per person.
The longer plans add Anegundi and the coracle crossing at Hampi, Badami fort and the Bhutanatha temples at the lake, or Mahakuta and Banashankari on the way between the two.
2 plans: 6 Days Hampi Badami Gokarna Bliss from Hubli (6D/5N, from ₹16,999); 6 Days Hampi Badami Gokarna Bliss from Bangalore (6D/5N, from ₹18,499).
Places you see on the Hampi and Badami trip
The two halves of the trip, in the order most itineraries run them.
- Virupaksha Temple and Hampi Bazaar: The one temple still in worship after 700 years, with the ruined bazaar street running east from it.
- Vittala Temple and the stone chariot: The musical pillars and the chariot on the ten-rupee note; a battery bus runs the last kilometre.
- Matanga Hill and Hemakuta Hill: Sunrise from one, sunset from the other, both a short climb over the boulders.
- The royal enclosure: The Lotus Mahal, the elephant stables, the queen's bath and the stepped tank, all inside one walled quarter.
- Anegundi and the coracle crossing: The older settlement across the Tungabhadra, reached by coracle, with Anjanadri hill above it.
- Badami cave temples: Four caves cut into the red sandstone cliff in the 6th century, above the Agastya lake.
- Bhutanatha temples and Badami fort: The temples at the water's edge and the fort on the cliff opposite the caves.
- Pattadakal: A UNESCO site of ten temples where the northern and southern styles were worked out side by side.
- Aihole: Over a hundred temples across the fields, including Durga and Lad Khan — the place the Chalukyas practised.
Hampi and Badami trip cost
₹8,999 to ₹18,499 per person, and what moves it is the length, the season and the room. 3 days from ₹8,999, 4 days from ₹11,499, 5 days from ₹13,999, 6 days from ₹16,999.
What the price includes
- Travel from the pick-up city and back on a group departure, or the car and driver on a private trip.
- Stays on twin or triple sharing.
- The meals named on the trip page, normally breakfast and dinner on a group departure.
- Sightseeing as listed, and a Travloger trip captain on every group departure.
What it does not include
- Entry at the Vittala temple complex and the Badami caves, and the Archaeological Survey ticket that covers Pattadakal.
- The coracle crossing at Anegundi and the battery bus at Vittala, both paid on the spot.
- Lunches on travel days, anything personal, and travel insurance.
Who this trip suits
Friends and solo travellers: every trip here is private, so a group of four to eight sets its own pace and splits the cost.
Couples and families: this is a walking trip on uneven stone in strong sun, so the month matters more here than anywhere else in the south — November to February, and hats. As a private trip the days start early, break in the middle and finish at sunset, which is both the cooler and the better-looking way to do it.
Best time to go, and getting to Hampi and Badami
Best time
- November to February, 15 to 30°C: The only comfortable window for either: cool mornings on the boulders, clear light on the carvings, and the river still full.
- March to June, 24 to 42°C: Very hot on open stone with almost no shade; sightseeing is a dawn and dusk business and prices are lowest.
- July to October, 22 to 33°C: Rain and humidity, greener than you expect, and the Tungabhadra at its fullest.
Getting there
Neither has an airport. Hosapete, 13 km from Hampi, is the railhead for the ruins; Badami has a small station of its own on the Hubballi line, and the road between the two takes about three hours. Hubballi airport is 160 km from Hampi and 110 from Badami.
Or take them one at a time
Hampi also runs on its own, and pairs just as easily with Gokarna's beaches on the coast.
