Tourist Places Near Bangalore

If you want Andhra Pradesh’s hill country at its wildest, this is the district I’d point you to first. Alluri Sitharama Raju district (locals say “ASR district”, headquarters Paderu) is the tribal heartland of the Eastern Ghats, roughly 110–115 km from Visakhapatnam. It packs in Araku Valley’s coffee country, the Borra Caves, one of India’s prettiest short train rides, and Lambasingi, where December mornings can drop to around freezing point. One heads-up from someone who has watched this map change: on 31 December 2025 the Rampachodavaram division, which includes Maredumilli, was split off as the new Polavaram district. So Maredumilli and Rampa are no longer in ASR district, and the old “ASR” guides that lump them together are out of date. Everything below sticks to what sits inside the district today, plus a few honest detours. Fact Detail Headquarters Paderu (about 904 m above sea level) Administration 11 mandals, one revenue division (Paderu) Base city Visakhapatnam – A...

Hey fellow traveler, if you want a slow, green, coconut-scented break, East Godavari is it. This is the Godavari delta in Andhra Pradesh: paddy fields, canals, riverside temples, mangrove creeks and the backwater islands of Konaseema, all within a couple of hours of Rajahmundry. One thing I wish someone had told me before my first trip: since the 2022 district reorganisation, the old East Godavari region is split into three districts. East Godavari proper is headquartered at Rajamahendravaram (Rajahmundry), Kakinada has its own district (home of Coringa), and Konaseema (Amalapuram, Dindi, Antarvedi) is another. When locals and travel sites say "East Godavari trip," they usually mean the whole delta, and that is how this guide treats it. Rajahmundry is the best base, Kakinada is your second. History This delta was the heart of the Vengi region, ruled by the Eastern Chalukyas from the 7th century onward. Rajamahendravaram itself is traditionally...