Getting to Valparai: the gate, the cap, and the road

Entry is screened at Aliyar, weekend numbers are capped, and the climb is forty hairpin bends through a tiger reserve. What to know before you set off.

Only 750 vehicles are admitted on weekend days (Saturday and Sunday).
The climb from Aliyar is a series of roughly forty hairpin bends.
Valparai sits within the Anamalai Tiger Reserve; elephants, gaur and the lion-tailed macaque use the roads.
Mobile coverage across the estates and the ghat road is patchy.

Confirm before you travel

These change or vary by source. Check the current official position before you set off.

The forest check posts restrict tourist entry overnight.