Viewpoints, Valparai

Valparai boasts of a number of viewpoints. Loam’s View Point is an important viewpoint that one cannot afford to miss while making their way to Valparai. It is located on the 9th hairpin bend on the mountain road to Valparai from Pollachi. It offers an impeccable view of the Aliyar Dam and its reservoir.

The place is also a good vantage point to look out into the plains, as far as the town of Pollachi. A deep long look around might be well enough for one to attain nirvana, as one can see the towering mountains of the Western Ghats. You will feel dwarfed in their midst, before towering ranges, mist and the slow distant rumble of the Aliyar Hydroelectric Power Plant.

Other notable viewpoints in and around Valparai are Nallamudi Poonjolai, close to the Sangili Road at Valparai, Kadamparai Dam and Number Parai. All these places have some of the best views of the hills and valleys and at times, the plains.