Orvakallu Rock Garden

Orvakal Rock Garden also called Orvakallu Rock Garden near Kurnool(20 kms distance) is a nice little weekend getaway from Hyderabad at around 250 kms distance. This is a big rock garden maintained by Andhra Pradesh tourism and has lot of Rock formations which are believed to be formed few thousands of years ago. The rocks are of different sizes and shapes. There is a small lake inside the garden and water passes through the rock garden into this lake. This can be viewed after a small trek along the rocks. This has been developed as a very good tourist spot for locals and outsiders. There are some sculptures made out of discarded automobile parts and look good.

There is a Haritha resort also inside the Garden and has around 20 cottages spread across ground level and upper level, where one can plan night stay. Kids play area is also available near the entrance. One can easily spend around 2 hours in the garden walking/trekking along the pathway. Once you reach to the top, there is an amazing view of the rock formation and also the lake. Few Telugu movies were shot here. There is a restaurant available which serves good food.

Need to be very careful while trying to reach here as the entrance is covered by the trees on the road and easy to miss it. It is open and could be quite hot during summers and afternoons. So better to carry caps, sunglasses, etc. Jogulamba temple(one of the 18 shakti peetams) is also very close and can be combined with this.

Orvakal Rock garden timings: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm

How to reach: It is very close to Kurnool and distance from Kurnool to Orvakal Rock Garden is around 20 kms on the Rayalseema Expressway(NH40) just opposite the Kurnool airport. If you are going from Hyderabad, take the NH44 to Kurnool and then merge on to NH40(just 10 kms). Kurnool is well connected by Air, Rail and Road.

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Orvakal Rock Garden
Orvakallu Rock Garden