Fastest and most convenient journey - by car/ bike or RikshawThere is a motorable road to the top of the hill.Beware there is only one road to the top. You can expect vehicles coming from the other side as well. Around 40 curves to be negotiated before you reach check point cum entry gate where entry tickets Rs. 5/- per head are issued. Two wheelers are not allowed beyond this point as road is not well formed / slippery while 4 wheelers are allowed to proceed. You can choose to climb up thru steps and be in the midst of natures lap savouring many different things such as old temple, a very large open tank, Tippus rock, Hanuman Temple etc.. There are many aggressive monkeys on the way and visitors are advised not carry food or prepackaged food.
Now with the international airport at Devanhalli, one hardly needs to write directions for this place from Bangalore. Itâs on the same route, after Devanhalli, you need to take a left there is a sign board having a left arrow for Nandi Hills at that turn and keep going straight.
Bangalore to Nandi Hills directions->From Hebbal flyover take NH7 and take a left diversion about 10km after passing by BIAL airport flyover with a signboard in English "Nandi Hills 22 km". There is another left just before it but that leads to a factory. Around 7 km after the BIAL flyover towards Nandi hill across the highway, you can see a fort / birth place of Tippu Sultan.
More adventurous but also safe - Bangalore to Nandi Hills by BusAll buses leave from Bangalore's central bus station "Bangalore Majestic" or "Kempegowda Bus Station KBS". As this is a local bus, tickets charge around 46/- per head are sold directly in the bus. You can book the seats from ticket counter at Majestic with Rs. 200/- per head. That ensures your seat, nothing else.
In the morning and evening there are direct buses. The KSRTC bus to the top leaves at 8:30AM from platform 13 it varies, but it will be near to that. Returning direct buses from the Hills to Bangalore leave at 2:30PM, 4:15PM and 5PM. But the timings are not strictly followed. Bus might arrive earlier even.
If you miss the direct bus to the top of Nandi Hills, there is a 2nd possibility to reach the hills by public transport: Go to Chikballapurcharge around 42/- per head and from there with a private bus to the Nandi Hills. The buses leave every half an hour and it takes about 2 hours to reach the hill.Take the bus to Chikballapur from platform 11. After about 1 hour you will reach Chikballapur The station is announced by the bus driver, but it is hard to understand. So better make sure that you check on the right side if you see the bus station sign for Chikballapur. From Chikballapur there are frequent mini buses to the top. The journey is about half an hour.
There are no buses in afternoon 12PM-4 PM from Bangalore so make sure that you arrive before time.
If you do stay the night, there are no buses from Nandi hills heading directly to Bangalore until the afternoon. But, there are plenty of buses that run to Chikballapur throughout the morning, and buses leave constantly from there to Bangalore.
