My Travel Tales

Kuntala waterfalls is one of the best and highest waterfalls in Andhra Pradesh. I planned to visit this waterfall so many times from the past three years, but never get a chance. As part of our one day trip to sahastrakund waterfall, we included kuntala also to the list. I should thank my friend Soorya Prakash for organizing such a beautiful one day trip to kuntala and sahastrakund waterfalls.

Belum caves located in Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh is considered as the India's second largest caves. This is one of the best places to visit in AP. There are many caves in India, but visiting belum caves will be a unique experience. We should thanks AP Tourism for developing and maintaining these caves.

After browsing so many pictures and reading so many stories about gandikota, I planned for visit Gandikota on September 21,2013. Earlier I planned to visit this place so many times, but didn't get a change to go there. So this time I visited this place alone. Gandikota is also known as "Indian Grand Canyon" because of the gorge present near the gandikota fort. In this post, I will provide all the information required for visiting Gandikota.

Many times I heard of maredumilli and Rampachodavaram  but never get a chance to visit those places. As part of the meetup organised by Surya Prakash, a friend of mine, through Travel India Cafe( http://www.meetup.com/theTIC/ )  , I visited this place in Dec 2012. Maredumilli in East Godavari district is in the heart of undisturbed patch of Eastern Ghat forests, is one the best places to visit in Andhra Pradesh. Location:            Maredumilli is located at a distance of 85km from Rajamundry(Andhra Pradesh) on the Bhadrachalam road. Maredumilli forest comes under the Alluri sitaramaraju forest area. How to reach maredumilli?? There are two ways to reach maredumilli, either from rajamundry or from Bhadrachalam. Better hire a vehicle for the whole trip from rajamundry or board any bus that is going towards bhadrachalam and get down at maredumilli. View Larger Map   Places of visit: In Maredumilli: There are many places to ...

                                      Andhra Pradesh has two major rivers, Godavari and Krishna flowing through many districts in the state. AP Tourism is taking many initiatives to promote river tourism, by conducting river tours, river side camps and also planning to promote Konaseema as an alternative to Kerala. In this post I'm going to give a brief introduction about all AP Tourism River tourism projects in Andhra Pradesh. (Source: http://discoverap.wordpress.com/category/general-info/ ) Konaseema: Konaseema is located in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, surrounded on all sides by wateers of Godavari and Bay of Bengal. Amalapuram is the only major town in kakinada. Rajahmundry is the only airport near to Konaseema. Other accessible airports are Vijayawada (160 Kms – 4 Hours) and Visakhapatnam (200 Kms – 6 Hours). Rajahmundry is also well connected with Road & Rail. AP...

                                                 Andhra Pradesh has 22 sancturies and 4 national parks covering an area of around 5% of the total geographical area. Among them Sri Venkateshwara Sanctuary and National Park, Nagarjunasagar Srisailam (Project Tiger), Pulicat, Papikonda, Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary and Kolleru are so popular. AP Tourism is taking all the steps to promote Eco-Tourism in these places by providing accommodation and   by organizing Eco trails. In this post I'm going to provide information about all the Eco-tourism places in Andhra Pradesh. (Source: http://discoverap.wordpress.com/category/general-info/ ) Talakona: Talakona waterfalls, amidst the the Sheshachalam range of Venkateshwara reserve forest is just 50 kms from Tirupati, and is almost equi-distant from Chennai (220 kms) and Bangalore (300 k...

Even though there are many places to visit in Andhra Pradesh, due to lack of information and also due to negligence by the tourism department many places were remained as unexplored for so many people. So in this post i'm going to give information regarding the best weekend destination in AP, hoping that this will be useful for people who are interested in enjoying their weekend exploring new places in AP. Here goes the list of top 10 weekend destination in AP Vizag and Araku :-        Visakhapatnam(Vizag) is the best weekend destination in Andhra Pradesh and also second important city in AP. Vizag, Located at a distance of 600km from Hyderabad is famous for the beautiful beaches which are very clean and also less crowded. A ride in the beach road from Ramakrishna beach to Bheemili beach is a must-go ride, and all the famous beaches are located in this stretch.              ...