Yagati Tours

January 2026 · Completed · By car

East Andhra Family Road Tour: Maredumilli – Lambasingi – Araku – Visakhapatnam | 11–18 January 2026

Completed 11–18 Jan 2026 (about 2,100 km by road): Vijayawada, the Maredumilli forest, a misty Lambasingi morning, Paderu, Araku Valley and the Borra Caves, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam (Simhachalam, Rushikonda, Kailasagiri, Beach Road), Annavaram, Rajahmundry, Palakayathippa Beach and Hamsaladeevi, and home on NH65. Route and timings from the locations of our photos.

11 Jan 2026 – 18 Jan 2026Dates
8 days / 7 nightsDuration
2,100 kmDistance
4Travellers

Route

Start: Vertex Prime, Hydernagar, Hyderabad - Sun 11 Jan, ≈8:21 AM

Hyderabad → Suryapet → Kodad → Vijayawada → Eluru → Rajahmundry → Gokavaram → Rampachodavaram → Maredumilli → Addateegala → Lambasingi → Paderu → Araku Valley → Ananthagiri → Borra Caves → Vizianagaram → Nellimarla → Visakhapatnam → Simhachalam → Rushikonda → Kailasagiri → Anakapalli → Tuni → Annavaram → Rajahmundry → Eluru → Vijayawada → Machilipatnam → Palakayathippa Beach → Hamsaladeevi → Vijayawada → Jaggayyapeta → Suryapet → Narketpally → Hyderabad

Road conditions: slow sections

Progress was slowest on the narrow forest and ghat roads from Rampachodavaram through Maredumilli to Lambasingi, and down the Ananthagiri ghat after dark.

SectionReason for low speed
Rampachodavaram → Maredumilli → LambasingiNarrow forest and ghat roads, few fuel stations and patchy mobile signal
Borra Caves → Ananthagiri ghatGhat road, driven down in the dark

Day-by-day plan

DateRoute / activityKmDepart → arriveNight stayNotes
11 Jan 2026 Hyderabad → Suryapet → Kodad → Nandigama → Vijayawada
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296 ≈8:21 AM → 6:29 PM Vijayawada Out of Hyderabad through Koti on NH65. A break at Pillalamarri, Suryapet (12:18–12:33 PM), then via Kodad and Ibrahimpatnam into Vijayawada over the Kanaka Durga flyover. Night in Vijayawada.
12 Jan 2026 Vijayawada → Eluru → Rajahmundry → Gokavaram → Rampachodavaram → Maredumilli → Addateegala → Koyyuru → Lambasingi
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419 8:10 AM → 6:52 PM Lambasingi East on NH16 and across the Godavari at Rajahmundry, north through Gokavaram to Rampachodavaram (12:49 PM) and into the Maredumilli forest (1:41–2:54 PM). Back via Addateegala and Koyyuru, a sunset stop at Peddavalasa, and Lambasingi by about 6:50 PM.
13 Jan 2026 Lambasingi → Paderu → Hukumpeta → Araku Valley → Ananthagiri → Borra Caves → Vizianagaram
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215 6:06 AM → 8:12 PM Vizianagaram Up early for the mist at Lambasingi (6:16–8:09 AM). Via Tajangi and Paderu to Araku Valley (12:45–2:24 PM), Sunkarametta and the Borra Caves (4:38–5:18 PM), then down the Ananthagiri ghat to Vizianagaram by 8:12 PM.
14 Jan 2026 Vizianagaram → Nellimarla → Visakhapatnam
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137 8:53 AM → 9:39 PM Visakhapatnam (Gopalapatnam) A morning around Vizianagaram (Chelavuru and Ambativalasa) and the early afternoon at Saripalli near Nellimarla (12:14–2:38 PM). Into Visakhapatnam by 6 PM, and the evening on Beach Road.
15 Jan 2026 Visakhapatnam: Simhachalam → Rushikonda → Kailasagiri → Beach Road
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77 10:19 AM → 7:45 PM Visakhapatnam (Gopalapatnam) A day in Visakhapatnam: the Simhachalam temple hill (12:41 PM), the Rushikonda hills and Rushikonda Beach (2:05–3:25 PM), Kailasagiri (5:09–5:30 PM) and Beach Road in the evening.
16 Jan 2026 Visakhapatnam → Anakapalli → Tuni → Annavaram → Jaggampeta → Rajahmundry
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201 9:24 AM → 6:25 PM Rajahmundry Down the coast via Anakapalli and Tuni to Annavaram and the Satyanarayana Swamy temple (1:07–3:17 PM), then to Rajahmundry by 6:25 PM.
17 Jan 2026 Rajahmundry → Eluru → Vijayawada → Machilipatnam → Palakayathippa → Hamsaladeevi → Vijayawada
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372 ≈11:27 AM → ≈7:49 PM Vijayawada Back to Vijayawada by 1:49 PM, then out via Machilipatnam to Palakayathippa Beach near the Krishna estuary (5:00–5:45 PM) and Hamsaladeevi at sunset. Night in Vijayawada.
18 Jan 2026 Vijayawada → Nandigama → Jaggayyapeta → Kodad → Suryapet → Narketpally → Chityal → Hyderabad
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322 ≈1:10 PM → ≈7:07 PM Home Home on NH65 via Jaggayyapeta (2:26 PM), Narketpally and Chityal (5:20 PM), back in Hyderabad in the evening.

Travellers

4 travellers on this tour.

Vehicles

Hyundai Alcazar Corporate Diesel AT (2025) SUV

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