Tirupati to Srisailam cab.

Approximately 355 km, a drive of about 6–7 hrs depending on traffic, weather and the stops you make. That's measured city centre to city centre — a pickup from a temple, hospital or suburb on the far side of either city adds to it, so tell us your exact address and we'll confirm the real distance.

Swift Dzire (Sedan, 4 seats) at ₹13/km, about ₹7,800; Maruti Suzuki Ertiga (Compact, 6 seats) at ₹16/km, about ₹9,600; Toyota Rumion (Compact, 7 seats) at ₹16/km, about ₹9,600; Kia Carens (SUV, 6 seats) at ₹18/km, about ₹10,800. This route is about 355 km and is charged per kilometre with a minimum of 300 km a day, so those are estimates for roughly 2 days. Tolls, State tax, Driver allowance are billed on top at actuals, and the total is agreed on WhatsApp before you travel. Tempo travellers are quoted on WhatsApp.

Outstation is round trip only — the car and the driver stay with you and come back with you. A one-way drop still has to pay for the empty return leg, so it prices close to a return anyway, which is why almost nobody books it that way, and from Srisailam there is no practical way to pick up a ride back. The same page covers the return leg (Srisailam to Tirupati).

355 km, Tirupati to Srisailam. At roughly 2 days for the 355 km, the driver stays with you overnight — so the boot matters as much as the seats, and most groups of four still take an Ertiga to Srisailam rather than the Dzire. All of them come with a local, Telugu-speaking driver.

One of the twelve Jyotirlingas, and far enough from anywhere that almost nobody arrives without a car waiting. The driver stays at the temple through the darshan and the trip is quoted as a return from the start, because there is no practical way to find a ride back.

Most people take in the Srisailam dam and the ghat viewpoints on the same trip. They are short stops on the way rather than a detour, so tell the driver at the start and he builds them in instead of turning back for them.

Anywhere in Tirupati — the car comes to your address. The points people ask for most are Tirupati Airport (Renigunta), Tirupati Railway Station, Alipiri (ghat foot). Airport and railway station pickups are normal, so tell us the terminal or platform side and the driver waits there rather than calling you from the wrong gate. Send the exact address on WhatsApp and we will confirm it with the fare.

By UPI directly to us on pickup — never cash to the driver, and never any advance. We send the payment request on WhatsApp when the car arrives.