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Araku Valley (Telugu: అరకు లోయ) is a hill station in Visakhapatnam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It is a beautiful valley in the Eastern Ghats inhabited by different types of tribes. Araku Valley is one of the least spoiled and less commercialized tourist destination in South India

Geography
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Araku is located at WikiMiniAtlas
18°20′00″N 82°52′00″E / 18.3333°N 82.8667°E / 18.3333; 82.8667.[2] It has an average elevation of 911 metres (2,989 ft).

It is located 114 km from Vishakhapatnam, close to the Orissa state border.The Anantagiri and Sunkarimetta Reserved Forest which are part of Araku Valley, are rich in biodiversity. This valley is surrounded by mountains like Galikonda, Raktakonda, Sunkarimetta and Chitamogondi. Galikonda hill rising to a height of 5,000 feet (1,500 m) is one of the highest in Andhra Pradesh. The average rainfall is 1700 mm, bulk of which is received during June–October

Coffee
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Araku is popular for its famous coffee plantations. India’s first tribal growers’ organic coffee brand was launched in the Araku Valley in 2007. The premium organic "Araku Emerald" brand of coffee sells globally. Thousands of tribals in the Agency area are engaged in coffee cultivation as farm hands or small farmers.

In films
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This scenic beauty is also a host for many Tollywood films like Happy Days, Katha. Darling movie released in year 2010 was shot in Araku.

Transportation
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Road through Araku ValleyThe valley is connected through both rail and road to the city of Vishakapatnam. There are two railway stations at Araku and Araku Valley on the Kothavalasa-Kirandul railway line of Visakhapatnam division of the East Coast Railway, on the Indian Railways network

so hope guys all of you will like this place and will think to visit here atleast once :smile:

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