Road Conditions / Things to Note:

1) Chennai - Trichy - Dindigul - 4 Lane GQ Roads

2) Dindigul - Theni - 2 Lane State Highway - Road widening in progress - Some sections are relaid already, But if you are on a car - expect delays in week days / peak hours

3) Theni - Chinnamannur (Take Left) - Vellayammalpuram Village - Decent single lane roads

4) There is a forest check post just after this village, There was no one available to stop us - so we rode through.

5) Vellayammalpuram to Meghamalai to Highwavys - Broken roads with some patchy tarmac here & there - Caution: The roads are tough and challenging - Most of the places, The roads are steep with no tarmac / only boulders to evade through.

6) Stay Options available are: Cloud Mountain Bunglow / Sand River Cottage - Costly resort sorta accommodation and Panchayat Guest House / Government IB are cheaper versions of the same.

7) There are only two places to get food in the whole 30-40 kilometer radius - To get food or book accommodations - contact: Murugan (Who owns the Murugan tea Shop) - +91-94427-81748

8) Best time to visit the place is after the monsoons (obvious) - August to January (In my Opinion)

9) We visited: Highwavys Dam, Maharajamettu View Point, Iravangalar Dam, Lakes Surrounding the Dams, Several tea Estates (there are totally 7)

10) We missed: Vattaparai, Manalar, Thoovanam Dam & Vanniar Dam (Due to very bad roads and Lack of time)

11) There is a forest guest house available - which can be the perfect place to stay for wild life lovers - Stay needs to be booked through forest officials (Not sure of contact Numbers)

12) BSNL works throughout the area and in some high hair pin bends, Airtel / Vodafone from Kerala works!

13) There are a couple of falls / dam surrounding Meghamalai - But needs to be accessed from Theni & not via Meghamalai

14) Accommodations are normally booked well in advance (before a month atleast)

15) This is not a regular hill station, It is un adulterated and has a soothing effect. Hope it remains so.

16) Contact details for accommodation:

Sand River Cottage / Cloud Mountain Bungalow - Shivakumar @ +919894055554 or +919487850508.
Panchayat guest house / Government IB @ 04554232389 or 04554232225

Best wishes for your travels. Route Map : Chennai, Tamil Nadu to Meghamalai - Google Maps

With more rain coming in, we rode a little more slow, cautious as slush and slippery rocks made the ride tougher. We sort of got synced with the roads now that it was not bothering us and we accepted the fact that the nature would be much preserved if the roads are in this way - with more tourist, more plastics & so more damage to mother nature. In that sense, Little damage to our vehicles were much OK.

And after many days did I get to read a blog worth drooling. I really loved the pictures and interesting narration of ride....

Good to see Deepak also joining you guys. I met him in Ooty. Its an absolute delight to see you guys travelling like this.

Beautiful place... perfect for a small gang to go, prepare own food, drink, dance, bonfire and ofcourse, awesome Tea.

Well done.

Wonderful Trip Log there Machi ! Superb Photos and good narration !

Now waiting for September

Very nice Travelogue and superb photos Ananth . I belog to the city Cumbum, Theni District and work here in Chennai. 7 months back I had an unplanned solo trip to Meghamalai for the first time. Wow, surprisingly its a wonderful place and I have enjoyed the trip a lot and felt very refreshed after the trip. I'm happy to share my trip photos here - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...3&l=2446988272
Happy Touring buddy !
Gopi

Beautiful pictures! Looks like a great off beat place. I wonder how beautiful it would be just after the rains with more water in that dam/lake

We definitely could have, and thats what we did, post Ullundurpet!


Please go ahead. I havent seen the picture myself.

Simple and crisp review, Ananth. Keep it coming and superb photos by the way. Waiting for the next ride to catch up with you guys

Cheers!
VJ

Ananth...this one place was left for nature itself....this place again would get commercialised...I had been to this place twice now and have never shared the snaps or anything about this place

Similarly Kollimalai was one and now look at the number of people going there, just 4 yrs back that was like 1 typical village (though not much change, but still little commercialisation)

But your narration was excellent and also the snaps.

There are quite a lot of such destinations across in all states, lets not commercialise those places too. just my thought.

Great Ride Ananth....
Nicely written log.... Thoroughly enjoyed it....

@Ananth:- Wonderful, detailed, informative, delightful, excellent, ballae! I'm sure if any one reads this TLog would have all the information and fairly an idea what to expect. Come September...Happy biking!

Images are looking more beautiful here than the FB.Superb pictures Anant bhai

Cheers
Biru

Seeing the trip again here, a second-time delight.

nice tour, and man... superb photos... excellent.

Thanks for sharing this Ananth. Will surely help a lot of people who are tempted to explore this after reading your travelogue. Have added this to the first post also.

Only if all members can add the valuable info like this in their travelogues, this place will be heaven for all bike tourers.

Superb Blog Ananth!!
Awesome place... Perfect for a weekend getaway... (Like you told, hope not many tourists get to know about it )
Great bikes!!! Insane road!!!

And after many days did I get to read a blog worth drooling. I really loved the pictures and interesting narration of ride....

Good to see Deepak also joining you guys. I met him in Ooty. Its an absolute delight to see you guys travelling like this.

Although riding every weekend the craving for something new was killing me...and what better time could I have stumbled upon the tourer section. Monsoons are IN and this is worth it. Doing it this weekend

Excellent find...and superb pics da...Thanks for sharing

awsom photos. i was in chennai for four years but i never came to know about this place.

Keep up the good work dudes.

@ Ananth - Been waiting for the blog ever since the teaser pic, The pics were superb and the narration was even better!

Very nice! I must ride here!

I totally agree with you. Nice point of view

Amazing place, superb pics and very nice log

I wish all the best to all three of you for all your future rides.
Ride safe, ride hard and ride long

no place is far from here!