Day 1Day 1
Pollachi → Topslip safari → Aliyar → Valparai
- About 35 km to Topslip; about 110 km in all to Valparai
- Valparai
- Dinner
An early start from Pollachi (5:30 AM from Coimbatore) brings you to Topslip for the morning safari run by the forest department. In the teak and grassland you may see spotted deer, sambar, gaur, langurs and, with luck, elephants. After lunch, drive back towards Pollachi and climb to Valparai via Aliyar and the 40 hairpin bends, watching for Nilgiri tahr near the upper bends.
- Topslip (Anamalai Tiger Reserve)
- Kozhikamuthi elephant camp
- Aliyar Dam
- 40 hairpin bends
- Loam's View Point






