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Force Urbania on rent in Haridwar
Groups of a dozen or more who would rather not spend ten hours in a tempo traveller.
A retired Indian Army officer who founded Shiv Ganga Travels in Haridwar in 2010 and pioneered the zero-commission model for Char Dham operators here. About us
Fares and road notes on this page reviewed July 30, 2026.
The Urbania is the one vehicle on our card where the case is entirely about the ride. A tempo traveller is built on a truck chassis; the Urbania is a monocoque, which in practice means it corners flat, absorbs the broken surface above Rudraprayag without throwing the back row around, and is quiet enough to hold a conversation in at highway speed. On a Haridwar airport transfer none of that matters much. On the ten-hour climb to Badrinath with fourteen people aboard it is the difference between a group that arrives ready to walk to the temple and one that arrives wanting a lie down. It costs roughly fifteen per cent more per kilometre than a 17-seat tempo for the same seats, and whether that is worth paying depends almost entirely on how long the route is.
Force Urbania rate card, Haridwar
The four numbers that decide a hire bill — the day slab, the extra kilometre, the extra hour and the outstation per-km rate. Most operators publish the first and let you discover the other three.
| Vehicle | Seats | 8 hr / 80 km | Extra km | Extra hour | Outstation /km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Force Urbania | 17 | ₹6,500 | ₹34 | ₹400 | ₹32 |
| Tempo Traveller 17-seat | 17 | ₹5,500 | ₹30 | ₹350 | ₹28 |
2026 season rates. The 8 hr / 80 km day is a slab, not a target — whichever limit you cross first starts the extras. Outstation trips add a flat ₹300 per night driver allowance; night running between 10 PM and 6 AM adds ₹300 to a local booking. Every one of these numbers is on the page before you book, which is the entire difference between us and a call-centre quote.
Tell us the dates and where you are going and we convert this rate card into one fixed all-in figure for your trip — driver allowance, tolls and parking already in it.
What a Force Urbania is genuinely good for
Char Dham, Badrinath, the full Do Dham — anywhere the group is in the vehicle for eight hours a day, repeatedly.
The reason most people upgrade. A monocoque body over Uttarakhand hill surface is a genuinely different experience from a ladder frame.
Where the vehicle is part of what is being provided rather than just transport, and it shows.
Delhi or Jolly Grant to Haridwar in one vehicle, with everyone arriving in the same state.
When not to book a Force Urbania
Every operator will tell you what a vehicle does well. These are the cases where we would put you in something else, including the ones where that earns us less.
For a short transfer it is money spent on comfort you will not be in long enough to notice — a 17-seat tempo does a two-hour run just as well for meaningfully less.
We run fewer Urbanias than tempos, so peak-season availability is tighter. Book further ahead than you would for a tempo, particularly for May and June.
Ground clearance is lower than a tempo traveller. On a season with heavy landslide diversions above Sonprayag or Joshimath we will sometimes recommend the tempo instead, and that is not us upselling downwards for fun.
Green Card and trip permit as standard, and oxygen fitted above 2,500 m. The Urbania handles the Char Dham routes on the same permits as everything else we run — the difference is entirely in the ride, not the capability.
What a Force Urbania hire includes
The same terms as every other booking we take. Published here rather than read out on a call, because a rate card without an inclusions list is only half a price.
- Fuel for the whole journey
- Driver charges, his food and his night halt
- All tolls, state border taxes and green tax
- Parking at temples and viewpoints
- Green Card and trip permit for hill routes
- Oxygen cylinder on board above 2,500 m
- Basic first-aid kit
- GST
- Your hotel or lodge — we can book it, billed separately
- Meals for passengers
- Pony, palki, porter or helicopter charges
- Temple pujas, VIP darshan or aarti tickets
- Anything caused by a landslide, roadblock or weather halt beyond the planned days
- AC in the hills — ₹2,000 extra if you want it running above the valleys
The vehicle you actually travel in
Force Tempo Traveller
The default vehicle for the standard package. The 12-seater is the one to ask for — on a 17-seater chassis with 12 people, everyone gets a window.
- Seats
- 12 / 17 / 20 + driver
- Luggage
- Roof carrier plus rear boot
- Best for
- Groups of 8 and above, joint families, temple sanghs
- Availability
- Standard on group departures
- Push-back seats
- Overhead storage
- Wide windows
- Standing headroom
Cancellation, in plain terms
We do not take payment online. Most bookings run on a small advance over UPI and the balance to the driver at the end of the trip, so there is rarely anything to refund. Full cancellation terms.
What our passengers say
Eight of us, including my parents at 72 and 69. Palki was arranged for both at Kedarnath without any fuss. Ramesh bhai, our driver, was calm on roads that frightened me and knew every tea stop worth stopping at. Ground-floor rooms at every hotel, as promised.
The price I was quoted in February was the price I paid in May. After what I read about agent markups, that alone was worth it. Badrinath darshan was handled well and Tapt Kund before the 4:30 AM slot was something I will remember for a long time.
Three generations travelling together, and the pacing was right for all of us. Oxygen was on the vehicle and we needed it once, at Kedarnath, and it was there in under a minute. They arranged proper Tamil vegetarian food at two hotels on request, which I did not expect this far north.
Force Urbania hire, answered
Thirty-two rupees per km on outstation trips, plus a ₹300 per night driver allowance. A local day inside Haridwar is ₹6,500 for 8 hours and 80 km, with extra kilometres at ₹34 and extra hours at ₹400.
Direct operator — our own vehicles and our own drivers, no broker in between. Operating from Haridwar since 2010.
Direct operator — our own vehicles and our own drivers, no broker in between, operating from Haridwar since 2010. Registration, fleet and credentials.
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Book a Force Urbania in Haridwar
Send us the dates, the group size and where you are going. You get one fixed all-in figure back, from the people who own the vehicle.