Yercaud is a hill station located on the Shevaroy Hills of the Eastern Ghats in the northern part of Tamil Nadu and experiences incredibly enjoyable climate. Yercaud is measured to be a poor man's Ooty, as it is less costly place than Ootacamund.

Remaining of its charming beautiful attractiveness and vegetation, Yercaud is now ahead status as a preferred tourist spot along with locals as well as foreigners. In Tamil language, "Yeri" means lake and "Kaadu" means forest. Yercaud has a lake positioned at its center and hence the name.

Yercaud is famed for oranges and coffee plantations and it has sealed some of the forests in original form with quite a few local variety of flora and fauna. The main produce glare in Yercaud is coffee, but fruits like guava and jackfruit and spices like black pepper, cardamom are also grown as farm crops. The coffee plants were brought to Yercaud from Africa in 1820 by M. D. Cockburn.

The forest areas of Yercaud are plentiful with teak, sandal wood and silver oaks. The wildlife in Yercaud comprises of bison, deer, foxes, mongooses, squirrels, snakes and birds like kites, swallows, bulbuls and sparrows.

As the temperatures do not fall to the edges, there is no require for any serious winter clothing for tourists who trip Yercaud. There are also a lot of trekking spots available in and around Yercaud. Throughout the month of May, a summer festival is conducted which includes flower shows, dog show boating races and fairs.

Tamil Nadu Road Transport Corporation buses join Yercaud with further key cities in the state. Usual bus services are accessible from Salem to Yercaud. It is well connected with main cities in India by deluxe comfortable tourist bus services. These buses attach Yercaud to Coimbatore (190 km) and neighboring metro cities like Chennai (253 km) and Bangalore (160 km).

Jolarpettai (20 km) and Salem Junction (35 km) are the adjacent railheads. All south spring trains passes during Salem has stop at Salem station. Salem railway station is well linked to Trivandrum, Erode, Cochin and Mangalore. Taxis are accessible from Salem railway station to Yercaud and fare is concerning Rs 700.

Trichy international airport (163 km) is the adjoining airport. Coimbatore (190 km) and Banglore (230 km) are additional key airports close to. These airports are well linked with Delhi and Chennai. Taxis are obtainable and cost is about Rs 3000 from Trichy railway station to Yercaud.

Kiliyur Falls is a breathtaking and stunningly beautiful waterfall in the Shervaroyan hill range in the Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu. At some 2.5 km away from Yercaud Lake, this waterfall is a pure delight when visited immediately after the monsoons. The electrifying sight of water falling from the height of some 300 ft will surely take the breaths away for nature lovers.   Kiliyur waterfall is without doubt a fantastic place to be at and...