Drive from Hyderabad to Uppalapadu and Suryalanka
Itinerary:
Few Points regarding the drive:
Itinerary:
- Leave Hyderabad on Saturday morning 8 AM
- Reach Suryalanka by 3 PM
- Enjoy at the beach
- Stay at APTDC Haritha Resort
- Sunday morning have breakfast and check out by 8 AM
- Reach Uppalapadu Bird Sanctuary by 9-30 AM
- Leave Uppalapadu at 10-30 AM
- Reach Hyderabad 3 PM
Few Points regarding the drive:
- Route Map: Hyderabad - Uppalapadu Bird Sanctuary - Suryalanka Beach
- Total Distance: 840 km (to and fro)
- Total Time: 7 hours
- Left Hyderabad at 8 AM reached Suryalanka around 3 PM (owing to traffic rerouting at Vijayawada Kanakadurga road)
- Take Vijayawada bypass road until Kanakadurga flyover work is complete
- Uppalapadu to Suryalanka: about 1.5 hours
- Road condition: brilliant (4 lane until Vijayawada) and 6 lane from Vijayawada to Guntur
- Entry ticket: Rs. 20 per head
- Camera Charge: Rs. 25
- No information board at the site confirming the above though
- Only 2 cars can be parked near the gate - else you might have to park on the main road
- Pelicans and Painted Storks aplenty - see it to believe it
- Worth one visit if you happen to be passing nearby or if you stay in Andhra and Telengana
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| Spot-billed Pelican |
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| Short-toed Snake Eagle |
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| Short-toed Snake Eagle |
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| Spot-billed Pelican |
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| Painted Stork |
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| Spot-billed Pelican |
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| Spot-billed Pelican |
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| Clamorous Reed Warbler |
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| Spot-billed Pelican |
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| Spot-billed Pelican |
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| Spot-billed Pelican |
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| Spot-billed Pelican |
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| Spot-billed Pelican |
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| Spot-billed Pelican |
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| Spot-billed Pelican |
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| Spot-billed Pelican and Painted Stork |
