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Araku Tribal Fairs & Coffee Season
Winter is Araku's season — the coffee harvest, tribal weekly markets (santhas) at Araku and Paderu, and tourism-department programmes with Dhimsa performances. Check APTDC for any scheduled festival dates.
December–January (tourism season; weekly tribal markets year-round)Free entry
Highlights
- Coffee harvest and estate visits
- Weekly tribal markets
- Dhimsa performances at the Tribal Museum
Dates that follow the lunar calendar are announced by the organisers each year — confirm before you travel. Found an error? Tell us.
Make a trip of it
While you're there
Hill station
Araku Valley
Coffee, cloud and a train ride through 58 tunnels
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Caves
Borra Caves
Million-year-old limestone caverns lit like a cathedral
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Waterfall
Katiki Waterfalls
A jeep ride and a stream walk to a 50-ft fall near Borra
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Hill station
Ananthagiri Hills
Coffee plantations and viewpoints on the Araku ghat road
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