Tiny yercaud, a very affordable hill station, is rich in natural champ.’Yercaud’, Tamil for’lake - forest’, lies in the Eastern Ghasts which, unlike the lush Western Ghasts, are generally dry and features short and rocky hill. It is thus a wonderful aberration. Tucked away in the shivaroy hills in Northern Tamilnadu. Yercaud surrounds a smoothing placid lake. There are coffee plantations and orange grove as you approach and the town itself is comfortably small and rewarding pretty.
The town’s omnipresent lake called’The Big Lake’ or’Emerald Lake’. There’s well groomed garden, Anna park, near by. Lady’s seat offers a spectacular view of Salem. Shevaroy Temple is the highest point in Yercaud at 5, 326 ft. Also check out Small Lake, Killiyur Falls and Botanical Garden.