It is lined with beautiful trees like eucalyptus, jacaranda, allamanda, and gulmohar. The place has a pleasant climate, beautiful valleys, magnificent mountain peaks and captivating agricultural fields. The region is mostly inhabited by Chenchu tribals. Their main occupation is cattle farming. Sampango flowers The area is permeated with the fragrance of sampangi flowers. The hill station is replete a wide variety of flowers including reetha, amla, shikakai, bay leaves, gum, sandalwood, mahogany and bamboo. The forest is home to bears, wild dogs, jungle fowls, sambars and panthers. The Horsley Hills region is well known for the high-milk-yielding Pungannur cows.
Zorbing facilities Horsley Hills offers exciting zorbing facilities. It is one of the few places in the country to have such facilities. The activity, however, needs prior reservation a day earlier. It is usually offered to groups of a minimum 20 persons. Zorbing is a recreational activity involving of rolling down a gentle hill slope from inside an orb, made of transparent plastic. It can be performed on level surface as well. The longer runs can be just over a kilometre long. Other interesting places Rapelling and trekking are the other adventure sports conducted here. There are many walking and trekking trails through the lofty hills and spectacular valleys and along murmuring streams and rivulets.
The other major places of tourist interest in and around Horsely Hills include the Gangotri Lake, the eastern and western view points, Gurram Konda, environmental park, Gaalibanda, and the Horsley Hills Museum. Some places of interest in the region include wind rocks, Mallamma temple, Rishi Valley School (25 km), Chennakesava temple at Sompalle (38 km), Kaundinya Wildlife Sanctuary (87 km), and Talakona waterfalls (113 km). Healing goddess The old name of Horsley Hills was Eenugu Mallamma Konda. According to a legend, a little girl named Mallamma was taken care of by elephants. She used to heal tribal people on the hills.
When she disappeared suddenly, people began to believe that she was a goddess and built a temple for her. Reaching Horsley Hills The nearest airport for Horsley Hills is at Tirupati (144 km). The nearest railway station is Madanapalle (43 km). It is well-connected by road to most of the cities in Andhra Pradesh. Moderate temperatures The temperature of the hill station is moderate all round the year. The summer is a bit high. The summer season is from March to May with the temperature ranging from 20°C to 30°C.
In monsoon, Horsley Hills has moderate rainfall. In winter, the weather is pleasant. From December to February, the temperature ranges between 10°C and 22°C. The best season to visit is the winter. The families visiting the place need not have any heavy winter wear. Simple cotton clothes will be fine during the day. It would be enough to buy some winter jackets for men India online along with other family members before visiting here.
