Araku valley of Vizag or Visakhapatnam hill station tour

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Train Journey to Araku

Araku valley is a famous hill station of AP. It is located at a distance of 120 KM from Visakhapatnam ( Vizag )is famous for its scenic beauty. Located on the eastern ghats , it has valley, water falls and streams flowing by the side of the train track and roads . The journey to Araku Valley is the most enjoying as the rail passes through tunnels, hill sides and streams. . It is better to go to Araku by train and return by road. You can see the local tribal dance at if you are on APTDC package tour. If you are at Araku then you must see Borra caves.

Padmapuram Gardens
Tree top Cottages at Araku

Tree top Cottages at Araku

One of the main attraction is tree top cottages located in the middle of green surroundings of Araku valley. These tree huts ( hanging cottages ) are ten feet above the ground level and one can experience rare swing along with trees. Huts are attached with toilet and continuous water supply.

For bookings contact Manager Padmapuram gardens Phone No:08936.49615 There is a toy train in the Padmapuram garden for the tourists. There is a tribal museum on tribal heritage, living system and culture. Anantagiri water fall is 30 KM from Araku. There is one more picnic spot called Dumbriguda Waterfalls ( Chaaparai ). This spot is only 15 Kms from Araku.

Araku park

Araku park

Tribal welfare department has one Horticulture nursery cum training center at Padmapuram . It is open from 8 AM to 12.30 PM and again on 2.00 PM to 5.00 PM

There is an AP tourism valley resort PUNAMI available at Araku valley.

TYDA – An eco-tourism project This nature camp located at a distance of 75 Km from Vizag is right place for bird watching, rock climbing, trekking and over night stay.

There is a rail with road journey package available by AP tourism with same day return or with one night stay.

Near Araku Valley

Vizag
Borra Caves
Araku by train
Araku package
Araku Accommodatione
Dumbriguda Chaaparai

For reservation and further details contact
APTDC
Central Reservation Manager
Central Reservation Office, No 46A, RTC Complex,
Visakahaptnam Phone: 0891-2746446, Telfax 2713135
Mobile 9848007022, 9848185775,9848023948

subas chandra bishwal	24-01-2009
Visiting araku is avery nice Experience.it was wounderfull bora cave padam puram botanical garden very nice. and thank to andhra turism for such Rail Bus turist pakage thank you
reyaz	03-08-2009
I want the package from Hyderabad to Vizag/Araku valey
satyanarayana	14-08-2009
please send details of araku valley from kakinada.
traveller	08-09-2009
Can you tell me about the araku rail-cum-road package from vizag with 1 night stay
tourist	10-09-2009
will u please send me a whole package of araku rail cum road for 2days and 1 night with accomidation rates and all other detaails per persom
Lakshmi	22-12-2009
Myself and my husband went for honeymoon for vizag from there to ARAKU.we went in train while in train one can see the wantastic views of those trees and ups and downs.this was a wantastic experience for us that we never forget.People are very kind and it was a nice experience.Maily tribal museum and their products are simply super
Dnyaneshwar Somase	02-01-2010
Araku Valley traveeling was nice experince. It is very beautiful place of nature scene. We enjoyed a lot. Borra Caves are really fanstatic creation. We suggest, everybody should visit this location to enjoy the natural enjoyment, which you can\'t get city side area. Bye, Have nice enjoyment and fun for visiting this location...... Goodluck

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