Best Tourist Place in Andhra Pradesh

Maredumilli Waterfall Near Rajahmundry

After a long working schedule do you what to enjoy your weekend in the lap of nature. Here is the best place to visit near Rajahmundry. Maredumilli waterfall in Rampachodavaram Mandal are famous for their wildlife, dense forest cover, waterfalls, and film shooting. It is 45 km from Rajahmundry, and 82 km from Kakinada. The roadway is the only means of transportation to visit this place.

 

Maredumilli Road

The Maredumilli waterfall flows above 60 feet of height, cool breezing water flows continuously with high speed. At the entrance of the waterfall Neelikanteswar temple is located. Tourists visit this temple and continue with a small trek of 15 minutes to reach the top of the waterfall. where the whole beauty of the forest can be seen.

Manyam View point

To encourage tourism in Maredumilli, The Tourism Department has constructed Manyam viewpoint. It gives a panoramic view of hills, forest cover. Tourists can enjoy nature’s beauty in this place. Bhupathipalem reservoir is an irrigation project on Seethapalli Vagu. It provides drinking water facilities to villagers. There is a boating facility for visitors.

 

Maredumilli is not only famous for waterfalls but also famous for the traditional dish Bongulo chicken. “Bongu” means bamboo. chicken cooked in a bamboo shoot. 

                        Bamboo Chicken

The chicken is marinated in locally available species and stuffed in a bamboo shot, then the filled bamboo shot is set on fire to cook. The tribes in Maredumilli cook this dish and sell it to tourists. We can find a lot of spices, organic products, tribal arts, handcrafts, tribal sell all the forest products on roadside stalls.

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Other Waterfalls near Maredumilli                                                        

Along with Mardumilli Waterfall tourists can also visit nearby waterfalls like Jalatharangini waterfall, Amruthadhara waterfall, mothugudem waterfall/polluru waterfall. 

 

Jalatharangini waterfall

It is 7 kms from Maredumilli bus stand. It’s the nearest waterfall to Maredumilli waterfall. It is located at Rajahmundry- Bahadrachalam highway. This is the best waterfall for trek and takes 40 minutes to reach the waterfall and covered with dense forest and the water flow is cool. The best season to visit this waterfall is during the monsoon.

 

Amruthadhara waterfall

Amruthadhara is a seasonal waterfall. One should visit this waterfall during the monsoon season. Visitors need to walk down the hill for 20 minutes to reach the waterfall. Waterfalls flow on the plain rock its is not comfortable to take bath in this waterfall. the tribals maintain the waterfall with wooden steps and wood barricades so that one can easily reach waterfall.

Mothugudem/Polluru waterfall 

It is located near Chinturu Mandalam of Khamman district of Telangana. It is one of the famous waterfalls near Maredumilli waterfall. The waterfall streams in different stages with givens visitors a beautiful image of nature. the water is crystal clear and most tourists enjoy this waterfall by taking bath. There is no public transportation to reach this waterfall. There are a lot of private services are available to reach this place.