6 quiet places to head for
Distances are straight-line. Crowd is out of 100, the same reading each place's own page prints.
Andhra Pradesh
Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary
One of south-east Asia's largest pelican breeding colonies, nesting in trees standing directly over a village tank.
- Crowd
- 12/100
- Quietest good month
- February (12/100)
- Good season
- Oct-Mar
- Typical cost
- ₹900/day
12.42°N 78.74°E · 1,100 m
Tamil Nadu
Javadi Hills
Remote tribal hills between Salem and Tiruvannamalai with 30+ hairpin bends, stunning Beema Falls, the Vainu Bappu Observatory at Kavalur, and deep-forest Malayali
- Crowd
- 8/100
- Quietest good month
- February (8/100)
- Good season
- Oct-Mar
- Typical cost
- ₹1,000/day
Andhra Pradesh
Ubbalamadugu Falls
An eight-kilometre trek up a boulder valley in the Eastern Ghats to a plunge pool below a hundred-foot fall.
- Crowd
- 32/100
- Quietest good month
- September (38/100)
- Good season
- Aug-Jan
- Typical cost
- ₹900/day
13.72°N 79.25°E · 500 m
Andhra Pradesh
Talakona
Andhra's tallest waterfall at 270 feet, dropping into a pocket of genuine rainforest inside the Tirumala hills.
- Crowd
- 28/100
- Quietest good month
- February (28/100)
- Good season
- Sep-Feb
- Typical cost
- ₹900/day
13.65°N 78.40°E · 1,290 m
Andhra Pradesh
Horsley Hills
Dubbed the 'Ooty of Andhra'. A charmingly small, tranquil hill resort lined with eucalyptus and mahogany trees.
- Crowd
- 35/100
- Quietest good month
- February (35/100)
- Good season
- Dec-Mar
- Typical cost
- ₹1,400/day
11.43°N 79.79°E · 2 m
Tamil Nadu
Pichavaram
One of India's largest mangrove forests, and one of very few anywhere you can row into rather than look at.
- Crowd
- 45/100
- Quietest good month
- February (45/100)
- Good season
- Nov-Feb
- Typical cost
- ₹1,000/day
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About the distances
Every distance on this page is a straight line between two points on the map, because that is the only figure that is exactly true. Roads are longer: around 1.4 times on the plains, and often double in the mountains, where a single pass or river gorge decides the route. Open a place for how to get there, the nearest airport and railhead, and its road and permit notes.
Places near Chennai: questions
What are the quietest places near Chennai?
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Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary (80 km away, crowd 12/100), Javadi Hills (181 km away, crowd 8/100), Ubbalamadugu Falls (79 km away, crowd 32/100) lead the list. All 6 places sit within about 230 km of Chennai.
How far are these places from Chennai?
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Between 79 km and 212 km in a straight line. Road distance is always longer: usually around 1.4 times the straight-line figure on the plains, and often double in the mountains, where one pass can turn 70 km on the map into a full day's drive. Check the route on each place's own page before you commit.
When is the best time to visit the places near Chennai?
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It differs by place. Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary is at its quietest in February while still in season; Javadi Hills is at its quietest in February while still in season; Ubbalamadugu Falls is at its quietest in September while still in season. Every place links to a month-by-month crowd calendar.