#67 of 79 · mountain
Tirupati to Tirumala
Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh → Tirumala
22 km · Oct – Mar · Moderate
The Alipiri ghat: stacked hairpins up the Eastern Ghats to a temple town on the ridge. Short, steep, and one of the most driven mountain roads in the country — still worth doing at dawn.
Viewpoints
Alipiri
The foot of the ghat, and the first hairpin.
2 km
170 m
Ghat road viewpoint
The stacked bends, looking back at the plains.
14 km
750 m
Tirumala
The town on the hill. Park and walk.
22 km
853 m
- Road
- Excellent ghat tarmac. Heavy traffic, one-way windows, and buses. Fog before sunrise in winter.
- Permits
- Private vehicles are regulated on the ghat. Check TTD timings and one-way schedules the night before.
Tips
- 01
Dawn, or not at all
Midday is a queue. The road is the point before the temple is.
- 02
One-way windows
The ghat is timed. Miss the slot and you wait.
From the road
1 notes
Field reports from people who have driven this route.
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Lakshmi P.
Dec 2025
Alipiri at 5:40. The hairpins were empty. The temple can wait. The ghat cannot, after eight.
