Coimbatore to Green Valley View (Suicide Point) – Packages, Price, Distance & Complete Travel Guide
If you’re looking for a breathtaking viewpoint with deep valley views and dramatic landscapes, the journey from Coimbatore to Green Valley View is a must-experience hill station trip.
Popularly known as Suicide Point, this viewpoint in Kodaikanal offers stunning views of deep valleys, plains, and distant hills. The location is fenced and safe for visitors, while still providing an awe-inspiring perspective of the steep drop.
The journey from Coimbatore passes through Pollachi and Palani, followed by a scenic ghat road climb into Kodaikanal.
Green Valley View Experience
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Green Valley View is known for:
- Deep valley and cliffside views
- Misty landscapes and cloud cover
- Expansive greenery
- Popular photography spot
- Small local stalls near viewpoint
It offers one of the most dramatic viewpoints in Kodaikanal.
Coimbatore to Green Valley View — Distance, Time & Route Overview
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
The Coimbatore to Green Valley View distance is approximately 175–180 km, and the travel time is around 5 to 6 hours by road.
The route is:
Coimbatore → Pollachi → Palani → Kodaikanal → Green Valley View
The return journey follows the same route.
Why Green Valley View is Worth the Trip
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Green Valley View is famous for its steep drop and panoramic views of the plains below. On clear days, the view stretches far into the distance, offering a spectacular visual experience.
Even when covered in mist, the location has a unique, mysterious charm.
Perfect for:
- Nature lovers
- Photographers
- Couples
- Sightseeing travelers
- Adventure seekers
Places to See Along the Way
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
- Aliyar Dam – Scenic stop
- Palani – Transit town
- Hill viewpoints along ghat roads
- Kodaikanal Lake – Nearby attraction
- Pillar Rocks – Close-by viewpoint
Best Time to Visit Green Valley View
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
- October to March – Clear views and best weather
- April to June – Pleasant but slightly crowded
- Monsoon (Jul–Sep) – Misty with limited visibility
Morning visits offer the best visibility
Distance & Travel Time Breakdown
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
- Coimbatore to Palani: ~3–4 hours
- Palani to Kodaikanal: ~2 hours
- Kodaikanal town to viewpoint: ~15–20 minutes
Total travel time: 5–6 hours
Travel Insights & Route Experience
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
The drive is smooth until Palani, after which the ghat road begins. The route includes multiple hairpin bends with scenic valley views.
Green Valley View is easily accessible by road and is a common stop on Kodaikanal sightseeing routes.
Local Tips & Travel Insights
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
- The area is fenced for safety
- Avoid leaning over barriers
- Visit early to avoid crowds
- Carry light jackets
- Beware of monkeys near stalls
Seasonal Travel Note
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
- Monsoon: Misty and dramatic
- Winter: Clear and best visibility
- Summer: Pleasant and popular
Winter is ideal for clear scenic views.
How to Reach Green Valley View from Coimbatore
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
By Road:
Direct drive or cab
By Train:
Nearest station – Palani or Dindigul
By Bus:
Coimbatore → Kodaikanal → local transport
Find Operators for Your Trip
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Mappyo helps you connect with verified cab operators and Kodaikanal tour packages.
Book Your Trip
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Choose a Green Valley View trip from Coimbatore and enjoy:
- Scenic hill drive
- Valley viewpoints
- Relaxed sightseeing
Frequently Asked Questions
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
How far is Green Valley View from Coimbatore?
Around 175–180 km
Is trekking required?
No
Best time to visit?
October to March
Can I go by car directly?
Yes
Is it safe?
Yes, fenced and secure
Is it crowded?
Yes, during peak seasons