Before you go

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.