Valparai Tea Estates & Anamalai Wildlife Drive
★ 3.0 (1)📍 Valparai· by TrekNomadsVerified ✓
Highlights
- ✦ The 40-hairpin ghat climb through the tiger reserve
- ✦ Lion-tailed macaque spotting in the estates
- ✦ Nallamudi Poonjolai viewpoint over the Grass Hills
- ✦ Monkey Falls and Aliyar dam
- ✦ Sholayar dam and the drive to the Kerala border
- ✦ Estate bungalow stay among the tea
Quick facts
- Group size
- Up to 16
- Transport
- tempo-traveller
- Stay
- homestay
- Difficulty
- easy
- Duration
- 3D2N
- From
- Bangalore
What's included
Stay
- ✓ 2 night(s) stay — homestay
Food
- ✓ Meals as listed in the day-wise plan
Transport
- ✓ AC tempo traveller / bus from the boarding hub
- ✓ All local transfers, tolls, parking and driver charges
Team
- ✓ SoloTrips-verified trip captain throughout
- ✓ First-aid kit and emergency support
Not included
- ✕ Meals not listed in the itinerary
- ✕ Entry fees and camera charges unless stated
- ✕ Personal expenses, tips and anything not in inclusions
- ✕ Travel insurance
Day-wise itinerary
Day 1 — Bengaluru → Valparai, the ghat climb⌄
Overnight drive to Pollachi, breakfast at Aliyar, then the climb — 40 numbered hairpins through the Anamalai Tiger Reserve with a stop at Monkey Falls. Reach the estate bungalow by afternoon and settle in.
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🏨 Estate bungalow, Valparai
Day 2 — Nallamudi Poonjolai and the estates⌄
A morning walk to the Nallamudi Poonjolai viewpoint looking out over the Grass Hills, then a slow drive through the estates for lion-tailed macaques and Nilgiri tahr. Sholayar dam in the late afternoon.
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🏨 Estate bungalow, Valparai
Day 3 — Tea factory and the descent⌄
A working tea factory visit in the morning, then the descent before the reserve road gets busy, with lunch at Pollachi. Bengaluru drop late evening.
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Cancellation policy
| Cancel before | You get back |
|---|---|
| 15+ days | 90% refund |
| 7+ days | 50% refund |
| 3+ days | 0% refund |
Refunds processed within 7 working days.
About the organiser
TrekNomads✓ Verified
640 trips completed · since 2017 · ★ 4.6
TrekNomads runs small-group treks and camps in the Western Ghats, capping most departures at 18 people. They are known for scouting their own routes around Sakleshpur, Kudremukh and the Anamalais, and for keeping the same trek leads on a route season after season.
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★ 3.0 · 1 reviews
★ 3 · Fine, but the food was repetitive
No complaints about safety or logistics, and the stay was decent. Three meals of the same menu got old though, and one viewpoint was skipped because we ran late.