Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Go Yercaud

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Distance - 230 Kms from Bangalore
Travel period - 2 days 
Time to reach - 5 Hours approx.
Type - Hill station
Best time to visit - November to February
Famous for: Viewpoints

Day 1:
  • Start early in the morning from Bangalore (Around 6 AM) and take the Electronic city (Hosur Road) -->Krishnagiri --> Dharmapuri --> Salem.
  • From Salem take a diversion towards left and hit the Sri Sharada College road --> Yercaud road.
  • The drive is very awesome in the hairpin bends, in the mean time we have to be extra cautious as well.
  • There are totally 20 hairpin bends with a stretch of around 30 kms.
  • Once you reach Yercaud, the "Yercaud Lake" towards the right gives us a warm welcome which would be our 1st destination.
  • Enjoy the beauty of the lake by taking a "Boat ride" and feel the fresh breeze while we enjoy the beautiful view of nature.
  • Next lets head to a "Deer Park" which would be our 2nd destination.
  • Our 3rd destination would be the "Kiliyur Waterfalls" which is around 3 kms from the lake.

  • The roads are very narrow and we might find difficulties in taking the vehicles near the entrance.
  • From the entrance we have to walk for around 5-10 mins which is a bit inclined and post that we have to get down the stairs (Approx. 250 steps).
  • Then we will reach the waterfalls which makes a huge noise surrounded by nature.
  • We can enjoy the water fall by standing beneath the waterfall. Also we come across a wonderful mountains.
  • It would be difficult for few to get back to the entrance as we have to climb the steps and walk for few mins.
  • Lets return to the lake and visit "Anna park" which is near the lake and this would be our 4th destination.
  • We have our 5th destination right in front of Anna park which is called as the "Lake Park".
  • Next lets head towards "Lady's seat" (A view point from where we can see Salem) which would be our 6th destination
  • A little above we can find our 7th and 8th destination i.e. "Gent's seat" and "Children seat"
  • Now lets return on the same way back and we can see our 9th destination which would be the "Rose Garden" which is a beautiful garden with roses and a huge garden.
  • Next lets move to out 10th destination which would be "Montfort School" (Very reputed convent which can be viewed from outside) and "Titch square" (its just a junction).
  • Lets travel towards the "Pagoda Point" (we can see the beautiful landscape from the top of the hill as well as the view of Salem city from the top - The night view is awesome as well) is our 11th destination.
  • I think we have traveled a lot for the day, lets head to our hotels or resorts and have a pleasant stay enjoying the chill weather (We can get the local food near the lake). 
Day 2:
  • Lets start our day 2 with a local breakfast (Preferred location for breakfast is near the lake park junction)
  • After the breakfast lets head to our 12th destination which would be the "Botanical Garden"
  • Lets start visiting few temples starting with "Rajarajeshwari Temple" which would be our 13th destination.
  • Our 14th destination would be "Shevroy Hills/Temple" where we would be able to visit a temple and we can enjoy the nature.
  • Lets head to our 15th destination which would be "Sri Chakra Mahameru Temple" which houses the worlds largest Sri Chakra Mahameru.
  • Our 16th destination would be "Karadiyur View point" which is very beautiful view point and we would be able to see Mettur Dam from a very long distance.

  • By this we can end our Yercaud trip. 
People who need to stay back and relax can do so, else can head back to your respective places.

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