Araku forests will soon be open for tourists at night
The Andhra Pradesh Tourism department is planning to introduce night vihar, a unique tourism package that will allow tourits to trek throught the wilderness of Visakhapatnam.
On a pilot basis, the Araku forests will be made accessible for tourists at night. Representatives of the forest department and the tourism department will escort the tourists for night forest tours to ensure safety. The night vihar wil be arranged on jeeps and the authorities have ensured that the safety of the tourists is prime important.
The short-cut to Araku via Sunkarametta from Vizag, which is a dense forest, is selected to be open for the tourists in the first phase.