Andhra Pradesh's wild side, regularly missed because the Eastern Ghats sit in the shadow of the Western. Each pick — coffee hills, sub-zero hamlets, tribal forests, the canyon — runs underbooked despite scoring 4-5/5 in season.
Cluster by district — Visakhapatnam interior (Araku, Lambasingi) is one trip; Kurnool-Anantapur (Belum, Gandikota) is another. Don't attempt the full list in one circuit; the Ghats fold internal travel times beyond what the map suggests.
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