Beautiful scenic view of the Yercaud city

Yercaud Tourism

Uncover Yercaud, a hill station situated on the Shevaroy ranges

About Yercaud Tourism

Yercaud is called Yercaud because of the forest lake which was found here.

Some people also call it 'Ooty of the poor'. It is a beautiful hill station in the district of Salem which is in Tamil Nadu, India. You can locate Yercaud on the Shevaroys range of hills in the Eastern Ghats. Yercaud is sited at an altitude of 1516 meters above the sea level of the sea. The highest point in Yercaud is the beautiful Servarayan temple, which is at 5,327 feet. Yercaud is one of the most favorable hill stations for tourists who are willing to have a Yercaud one day tour even because it is encircled by natural cliffs.

In Yercaud people mainly earn by the plantation of coffee which was basically brought to Yercaud by Africans. While having Yercaud trip you can also come across hills and fauna which still reside here.

History of Yercaud

The name Yercaud was kept by the Tamil words yeri and kaadu. Yeri means lake and kaadu mean forest. Yercaud was founded by Sir Thomas Munroe governor in 1842. In the 1820s the district collector of Salem David Cockburn made efforts to develop this place and this was the reason that he was called " father of Yercaud”. In order to develop Yercaud, he cultivated many crops like tea, pears, coffee, and even apple. Yercaud always had a cool climate so many Christians got attracted and started schools in here. The local residents of Yercaud are known as vellalas or even the Malayalis. They got drifted from Kanchipuram about 500 years ago. The population of Yercaud has never exceeded 50,000 and still, it is around 38,0000.

Shopping in Yercaud

The main source of earning in Yercaud is its a plantation of coffee which was an African gift to them. The Yercaud tourist guide would definitely tell you about the Citrus fruits grown here. When you shop in Yercaud you will get attracted to the natural things the local people sell there like oil, coffee powder, chocolate which are homemade, sweets which will make you drool, fresh cheese items, beautiful jewelry, shawls, and sweaters. While having the Yercaud city tour the local shops you will find herbs which are natural and in many ways helpful. What will be better than buying fresh and natural things which aren't available nowadays?

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    Ashwin's 4 days trip to Yercaud

    Very well planned and coordinated. Very well planned and coordinated.

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    Er's 5 days trip to Yercaud

    well planned. Nice driver well planned. Nice driver

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    Deviraaj's 4 days trip to Yercaud

    Munnar, Alleppy, Kerala. Hi Mr. Sahil, Had a great time during the trip. The hotels are not upto the mark and the drive in the cab was not comfortable.

    Deviraaj Andhra pradesh

    Pankaj's 3 days trip to Yercaud

    On day 2, Cab driver did not follow the itinerary and did not took the couple to Konoor which was surprising to me.

    pankaj Singh Bengaluru

    Mohammad's 4 days trip to Yercaud

    Hotel Golden Castle was not up to the standard, their rooms were good but amenities were not nice, they didn’t had kitchen operating and every time we had to order food from outside, also we had to ask for toiletries as it was not their along with water bottles in the room and milk sachets and same is the case with tea and coffee sachets Apart from this entire trip went really nice and all thanks to Kimaya from Travel Corp for arranging such an amazing trip. Kempscave was great stay with no complaints and along with all the famous sightseeing . Very nice and great experience throughout the trip

    Mohammad Mustajeeb Hyderabad

    Desapallinaveena's 5 days trip to Yercaud

    This is my third time using travel triangle service . We love your service. But this time , hotel in Rameshwaram was not upto the mark and had worst service . Please look into that . Otherwise overall trip planned was too good

    Desapalli Naveena Bengaluru

    Nikky's 3 days trip to Yercaud

    It was nice and well planned by Travel traingle and My Trip Lab.

    Nikky Priya Bengaluru

    Taher's 6 days trip to Yercaud

    Travel Agent Should focus and guide better to visit places that are worth of visit and money. 50% of places were useless and not worth of visit

    Taher Sarsawala Ahmedabad

    Vinzeeus's 2 days trip to Yercaud

    I am not satisfied with service provided , while booking agent told he will provide hindi speaking driver also he said full day driver will be with you and wherever you want to take you can take him in stipulated time but , in actual that driver refused to go any far place which takes 30min only, driver said he will charge extra if he goes 30 min far from city , also he was not able to speak hindi or English properly. Also after booking driver details given very late to me , I only called to booking agent for driver number Kodaikanal stay was beautiful, sky view villa is best to stay

    Vinzeeus Gazee Chennai

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The places which one should see while having Yercaud visit are Killiyur valley, emerald lake, bear's cave, Pagoda point, lady's seat, botanical gardens, Tipperary viewpoint, Annamalaiyar Temple viewpoint, Anna park, Karadiyur Viewpoint, Shevaroy temple, silk farm, Sri Chakra Maha Meru Temple, Sri Raja Rajeshwari temple, shevaroy hills.

Tamil and English are the main languages spoken in Yercaud.

This place was named Yercaud because this place has a large number of forests and beautiful lakes and in Tamil, forests are known as yeri and lakes as kaadu.

The collector of Salem Mr. David Cockburn was called as the father of Yercaud.

The dishes which one should not at all miss in Yercaud are Saapudu, dosas, Pongal, paniyaram, appam, uthappam, upma, thogayal.

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