diff --git a/ios/react-native-navigation-sdk/NavModule.mm b/ios/react-native-navigation-sdk/NavModule.mm
index 24b5f0c..d801857 100644
--- a/ios/react-native-navigation-sdk/NavModule.mm
+++ b/ios/react-native-navigation-sdk/NavModule.mm
@@ -616,8 +616,12 @@ + (GMSNavigationRoutingOptions *)routingOptionsWithStrategy:(std::optional<doubl
 - (void)configureNavigatorWithTravelMode:(GMSNavigator *)navigator
                               travelMode:(std::optional<double>)travelMode {
   if (travelMode.has_value()) {
+    GMSNavigationTravelMode mode = (GMSNavigationTravelMode)travelMode.value();
+    if (_session != nil) {
+      _session.travelMode = mode;
+    }
     NavViewModule *navViewModule = [NavViewModule sharedInstance];
-    [navViewModule setTravelMode:(GMSNavigationTravelMode)travelMode.value()];
+    [navViewModule setTravelMode:mode];
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/ios/react-native-navigation-sdk/NavViewController.mm b/ios/react-native-navigation-sdk/NavViewController.mm
index e8a4507..c3bd4ca 100644
--- a/ios/react-native-navigation-sdk/NavViewController.mm
+++ b/ios/react-native-navigation-sdk/NavViewController.mm
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ - (BOOL)attachToNavigationSessionIfNeeded {
   if (result) {
     _isSessionAttached = YES;
     _mapView.navigationUIDelegate = self;
+    [_mapView setTravelMode:session.travelMode];
     [self applyStylingOptions];
     [self restoreNavigationUIState];
     [self applyTrafficPromptsSetting];