Chikhaldara - famous hill station for coffee plantation,Maharashtra
Location
: Maharashtra,India
763 kms from Mumbai
Chikhaldara
is the most famous hill station in Maharashtra and has beautiful valleys and
streams flowing though this valley. Chikhaldara Hill Station is at a height of
about 1118 meters and has lovely scenic beauty.
Chikhaldara
is connected to most major cities by road. Regular ST buses connect Chikhaldara
to Amravati, Nagpur, Wardha, Akola and other cities.
HOW
TO REACH THERE ?
Nearest
Airways :
Akola airport(60 kilometers).There are buses and taxis
available from airport to Chikhaldara hills.
Nearest
Railways :
Bandera
station(110 kilometers) Chikhaldara hills. It is on the central railway line.
Nearest
bus stop :
Amravati(100
kilometers). There are state transport buses which are operated at frequent
time
interval s.
Highlights
:
Close
to Chikhaldara hills is the Melghat Tiger project, there are about 82 tigers
here.
Chikhaldara
hills are the only hill station in Maharashtra that has coffee plantation.
Wildlife
animals such as panthers, sambars, sloth bears, wild boar and rarely found
dogs.
Height
: 1118 meters
Ideal
time to visit:
Best
time to visit Chikhaldara is from October to June as the cool wind blowing here
are makes this place to relax in summer.
History
:
Chikhaldara
is named after Bhima a pandava killed Keechaka and threw him in the hills.
After this the place was known as Keechakadara and later as Chikhaldara hills.
ABOUT
CHIKHALDARA HILL STATION :
Chikhaldara
is popular not only in India but is also favorite holiday destination for the
British people. This place is full of deep valleys and the valleys are full of
velvet fog and also huge forest.
The
beauty of this place cannot be described in words. Chikhaldara hills are the
only hill station in Maharashtra that has coffee plantation.
It has lovely
viewpoints from the hills you can see amazing valley, lake and a wide variety
of wildlife.
As
this place is full with velvet fog for most of the time it is breezy and very
cool here and the tourists always feel as if they are walking on the clouds.
There are many waterfalls here as rainy season is present for a very long
period of time.
Tourists
also enjoy doing trekking here as the valleys are deep and filled with dense
forest.
People can have a thrilling view of sunset and sunrise from various
picnic spots in and around the hills.
Weather
:
Chikhaldara
has an annual rainfall of 154 cms.
Temperatures vary from 39 C in summer to 5 C
in winter. October to June is the best time to visit.
Place
to stay :
There
are MTDC resorts with all accommodation amenities and they arrange super living
facility for the tourists. Other options are lodges, hotels and economy guest
houses with reasonable rates that with suite everyone's pocket.
Famouse
places In and around the Chikhaldara Hill Station
Tags: Hill Station, India
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