Engineering is never completed without a gang trip. After completion of our 5th semester exams we planned to go for a trip to Vishakapatnam and Araku for few days. So, we booked our tickets in "Prashanthi Express" and we also booked tickets from vizag to araku in train. But due to an accident the train has cancelled from vizag to araku.
We have some plans, Destiny has some other beautiful plans for us. So, we booked our araku trip with local travelling agency in vizag.
On 4th November 2017, is the start to our wonderful journey. We took prashanthi express from Bangalore to vizag. It was a 24 hour journey and the most beautiful one too.
On day 2, we reached vizag at around 1'o clock. Then we headed towards our hotel which was booked earlier.
Hotel name and address : Lakshmi Paradise, No.31-1-2, South Jail Road, Near Vivekananda Statue,Beside Calvary, Allipuram, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh 530004
The cost of the rooms are 1600/- ( 2 rooms). They provided the best rooms.
After checking-in, we went to Vuda park and kailasagiri hill, these are best places to visit in vizag. Try to reach vuda park by 3'o clock in evening so that you can have more time in the sunlight.
You should reach to the top on the rope way. It was the best experience, as you can see whole vizag and sea while you are going up. And for coffee lovers, don't miss the coffee at the bottom of the hill.
Cost for up and down in rope way is 95/- per person.
After reaching the top try to go to each and every corner of the hill to experience the beauty of vizag.
Here are some the pics we took from top of the hill:
You will love the sunset from there and also you will enjoy the nature around.
You can click as many pictures as you want. Enjoy your evening there.
Visit the marine museum there, it’s almost walk-able distance from Vuda park.
You will notice all our submarines and our navy general’s who worked for our country. Don’t miss it.
The entry is around 20/- per person.
Then you can make your way towards….Beach!!
As beach is very next to it, enjoy in the beach and you will love it for sure. It’s very neat and you can enjoy as much as you want.
We visited R.K beach in the night. It was very pleasant and we enjoyed a lot.
If there is more time you can visit “Submarine museum”(make sure you visit before 5). Try to visit it. Unfortunately we missed it.
Then we had our dinner and went to the hotel.
After enjoying more than half-a-day in the city. We planned to start Araku on next day morning.
For Araku, we booked a travel package and it was around 10k(for 8 people). It was inclusive of accommodation, vehicle and driver.
This cost is for a round trip Vizag-Araku-Vizag. (2 day package).
6'o clock in the morning, our travel person came to the hotel where we stayed and picked us from there.
Into the Nature
We started to araku and the person who came with us is mr.ramu. He is very friendly and mingled with us. If you want any information or package details, contact him: contact number - 9989721415
We had our breakfast at one of the hotel on the way to araku. And we continued our journey towards araku.
While on journey, towards araku we really very happy that our train has cancelled. We enjoyed a lot while travelling. We resumed at many beautiful places and seen the beauty of the nature and clicked some pics.
If you want to enjoy the nature, caves, hills etc. prefer train journey to araku. But if you want to plan perfectly according the situations, I suggest to travel by road.
Towards Borra Caves:
We directly went to the Borra caves. Try to visit while you are on the way to araku, so that you can reduce travelling distance. The entry ticket will be around 30/- to 40/- and if you want to carry smartphones you should buy an another ticket.
Near Borra caves, you can try "Bongulo chicken". The cost may vary according to the situations. But don't miss it.
After having our lunch, we went to katika waterfalls. You must visit those falls.
Up to a certain point you can go in your vehicle, after that you should hire another vehicle to take you near waterfalls.
Cost of vehicle is 2,500/-(up and down).
They will also take you to a certain point, from there you should trek few kilometers to reach waterfalls (4 km). But trust me, it's worth. You can even get into the water and you can spend time there. It was the most memorable moments in my life.
Tip: Take extra pair of clothes with you.
On the way, you can find chicken lollipop's. try them too.
After that we went to our resorts in araku, Which are part of out package. We resumed for coffee on the way and it was very good at minimum cost.
Resorts name: Krishna Tara Resorts, Araku
They provided us the best rooms available and we completely fell in love with those resorts. they are simply amazing.
After reaching resorts, we got ready for our dinner. We have to pay for the dinner and everything is readily available at the resorts.
And the most beautiful part is, they arranged a tribal dance in the night. We took part in that and we enjoyed a lot there.
Next day we woke up very early and enjoyed the morning nature and sunrise in araku with a coffee provided by the resort people and we clicked some pics of resorts and nature.
After having our breakfast, we went around araku by vacating the rooms.
We went to chapurai waterfalls, where we should be little careful.
suggestion : Don't get into the water(little dirty).
But you can have a good time there.
After that we went to tribal museum, where we explored the culture of araku tribal's.
The entry ticket cost is very minimum and we can even hire the bicycles.
Then we started to vizag around 2'0 clock. But on the way we stopped at coffee plantations and took few cups of coffee and brought few seeds and coffee powder with us. Take your time to visit plantations, they were very beautiful.
Last but not least, we visited simhachalam temple, while coming back to vizag. We went to darshan and came back very quickly since there is no rush. The temple was very peaceful and nature on the hill was very pleasant.
After that we went directly to the railway station we kept our luggage in clock room and went to beach to enjoy more. After that we went to railway station and boarded our train to our hometown's.
So, it's an end of our beautiful days in vizag - City of destiny and Araku with the budget cost.
Hope it helpful to you for your trip too.
Happy travelling.
Peace...!!
