Araku Valleyఅరకు లోయ
Coffee growing hill valley in the Eastern Ghats, the hill escape of Vizag.
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About Araku Valley
A hill station at about 900 m in the Eastern Ghats, 115 km from Visakhapatnam, reached by a ghat road or the Kirandul passenger train that passes through 58 tunnels. The valley grows the Araku coffee sold across India and is ringed by tribal villages. Stops include the Tribal Museum, Padmapuram Gardens, the Ananthagiri coffee estates on the way up and the Chaparai stream falls at Dumbriguda. No permit is needed to travel the tribal belt here.
What to see and do
- Tribal Museum
- Padmapuram Gardens
- Ananthagiri coffee estates
- Chaparai falls at Dumbriguda
- Galikonda viewpoint
- Kirandul train ride
Part of Eastern Ghats.
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