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Coimbatore/Pollachi → Topslip forest birding → Valparai
- About 35 km from Pollachi to Topslip; about 110 km on to Valparai
- Valparai
- Dinner
An early pickup (about 4:45 AM from Coimbatore, 5:45 AM from Pollachi) gets you to Topslip for the first hours of light. What you can do depends on what the forest department allows that day: the reception area, the roadsides and any guided walk or safari that is running. Forest birds such as the Malabar trogon, Sri Lanka frogmouth, hornbills and woodpeckers are possible. After lunch, drive to Valparai via Aliyar and the ghat.







