is owned by private tea companies like
Tata Tea Estates, Parry Agro, N.E.P.C
and many more. Most people living in
Valparai work at these estates.
The nearest airport to Valparai is in
Coimbatore. Pollachi and Coimbatore
are the nearest railway stations.
Coimbatore is connected with all
major cities of the country. Valparai
can be reached by cars and buses
from Pollachi, Palakkad, Coimbatore,
which are at a distance of 65 km, 43
km and 100 km approximately. Tamil
is spoken in Valparai. The local people
can communicate in Hindi and English
too with the tourists. Valparai has a
good range of hotels, resorts and guest
houses for accomodation. Restaurants
serve different cuisines. One can also find
bakeries offering wide range of eatables
like biscuits and other delicacies.This place is a paradise for Nature
photographers. It is one of the
best places for wildlife and nature
photography. There are plenty of
options for photographers to capture
waterfalls, macro subjects, mountains,
birds and other wide variety of
wildlife. Photographers can carry any
camera with wide angle, standard
zoom and macro lenses. ND filter is
preferable to get better landscapeSaritha Dattatreya has a full-time job with a reputed education company. When it
comes to photography, her first love and expertise lies in creative macro and nature
images. She also enjoys photographing images of food, abstracts, travel and different
dimensions of street life. She is associated with DCP Workshops and Expeditions
as a Panel Expert. She conducts workshops on basic & advanced photography and
digital image processing. Saritha is also a mentor to photographers at experimental
workshops on long exposure techniques, silhouettes, highlights, shadows and various
other themes. She intensely relishes every moment by integrating this form of art into
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