#64 of 79 · mountain
Visakhapatnam to Araku
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh → Araku Valley
115 km · Oct – Feb · Moderate
The Eastern Ghats in a single sitting. Coffee, Borra’s limestone caves, and a climb out of the coast into a tribal valley that feels a country away from Vizag.
Viewpoints
Borra Caves
Karst under the road. Stop.
80 km
705 m
Ananthagiri
Coffee estates and the first cool air.
90 km
850 m
Araku valley floor
Pad-fields and a slow last ten kilometres.
115 km
910 m
- Road
- Ghat is well engineered. Fog after rain. Weekend tourist traffic from the city.
Tips
- 01
Go up at dawn
The ghats are empty and the coffee is being picked.
- 02
Train is the other way
If you drive up, take the Kirandul line down once. Different film.
From the road
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Keerthi L.
Dec 2025
Borra before the weekend jeeps. Coffee at Ananthagiri, valley by nine. Do not do this after 11am in December — fog eats the ghats.
