Araku Valley & Borra Caves Train Journey
📍 Araku Valley· by BanBanjaraVerified ✓
Highlights
- ✦ The Kirandul line through 58 tunnels and 84 bridges
- ✦ Borra limestone caves, a million years in the making
- ✦ Coffee plantation walk and the tribal museum
- ✦ Chaparai water cascade
- ✦ Katiki waterfalls jeep and walk
- ✦ Sunrise at Galikonda, the highest viewpoint in the Ghats
Quick facts
- Group size
- Up to 22
- Transport
- train, tempo-traveller
- Stay
- hotel
- Difficulty
- easy
- Duration
- 3D2N
- From
- Bangalore
What's included
Stay
- ✓ 2 night(s) stay — hotel
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 — Hyderabad → Visakhapatnam⌄
Overnight train or bus from Hyderabad, reaching Visakhapatnam in the morning. A relaxed day on the coast — Rushikonda beach and Kailasagiri — before an early night ahead of the 6.50 am train.
dinner
🏨 Hotel, Visakhapatnam
Day 2 — The Kirandul line to Araku⌄
The morning passenger train climbs into the Eastern Ghats through 58 tunnels, with Borra caves at the halfway point. Reach Araku by afternoon, visit the coffee museum and the tribal museum, and stay in the valley.
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🏨 Hotel, Araku
Day 3 — Chaparai, Katiki and the road back⌄
Chaparai cascade and the Katiki falls walk in the morning, then the road back to Visakhapatnam by the Ananthagiri ghats for the night train to Hyderabad.
breakfast
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
BanBanjara✓ Verified
1380 trips completed · since 2015 · ★ 4.5
BanBanjara is the biggest weekend-trip operator out of Hyderabad, running camping, trekking and rafting departures across Telangana, Andhra and Karnataka. Gandikota rim camps, Araku train trips and the Gokarna–Dandeli combination are their signature runs.
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