Borra Caves
Limestone chambers a million years old on the Ananthagiri hills, with a stream still running through them.
- Where
- Araku, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 18.2811, 83.0394
Get the Borra Caves stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Borra Caves. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Andhra Pradesh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Borra Caves
Araku Valley 19 km
Coffee grown by Adivasi cooperatives at nine hundred metres, reached by a railway with fifty eight tunnels.
Arma Konda 34 km
A peak in the Madugula hills north of Paderu, known also as Sitamma Konda.
Deomali 51 km
The highest point in the state.
Simhachalam Temple 61 km
Sandalwood covers the deity for all but one day a year.
Bheemunipatnam Beach 62 km
An old Dutch settlement and its cemetery.
Bavikonda 64 km
A Buddhist monastery above Visakhapatnam with a relic casket and rock-cut cisterns.
Thotlakonda 64 km
A Buddhist monastery on a hill above the sea.
Indira Gandhi Zoological Park 66 km
The third largest zoo in India, set inside the Kambalakonda forest at Visakhapatnam.
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Questions
Where is Borra Caves?
Borra Caves is in Araku, Andhra Pradesh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Araku Valley (19 km), Arma Konda (34 km), Deomali (51 km).
How do I get the Borra Caves stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Borra Caves and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Andhra Pradesh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Borra Caves before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Andhra Pradesh volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.