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Pollachi → Aliyar → Monkey Falls → 40 hairpin bends → Valparai
- 64 km from Pollachi (about 105 km from Coimbatore) · 2.5–3.5 h with stops
- Valparai
- Dinner
Pickup around 8–9 AM. Stop at Aliyar Dam, then Monkey Falls if it is open, and start the climb. We pause at Loam's View Point near the 9th bend and at safe pull-outs further up, where Nilgiri tahr are sometimes seen on the rock faces. After check-in and lunch in town, spend the afternoon at Koolangal river and Sri Balaji Temple, and finish with an evening walk in the tea estates close to your stay.








