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Pollachi → Aliyar → 40 hairpin bends → Valparai loop → return
- About 130 km round trip from Pollachi (210 km from Coimbatore)
- Return home
- Lunch in Valparai
Leave by 6 AM (5:30 AM from Coimbatore) to reach Aliyar in soft morning light. After a short stop at the dam, continue to Monkey Falls for a quick look or dip if the forest department has it open. The ghat climb begins right after: 40 numbered bends, with Loam's View Point near the 9th bend giving the best view back over the reservoir. In Valparai we cover the tea estates, Sri Balaji Temple and a short stop at Koolangal river, then start down by 3:30–4 PM so the descent is finished in daylight.






