Places around Hyderabad – Picnic, Day trips, Drives, Weekend travel, Treks and more

I have jotted down some of the places around Hyderabad. These are classified into some broad categories depending on the interest of different people.

Picnic or Day trips
1. Ramoji Film City
2. Mount Opera
3. Vanasthalipuram Deer Park
4. Medak
5. Surendrapuri\Yadagirigutta
6. Bhongir Fort
7. Shamirpet Lake & Deer Park
8. Gandipet Lake
9. Chilkur Balaji Temple
10.Rural Tourism Project at Pochampally
11.Himayat Sagar Lake
12.Mallela Theertham Waterfalls
13.Lake Fox Sagar
14.Saroornagar Lake

Other than these there are number of resorts around Hyderabad for day trips.

Weekend Breaks
1. Srisailam
2. Dindi Reservoir\Dam
3. Nagarjuna Sagar
4. Bhadrachalam
5. Rajamundry
6. Suryalanka Beach
7. Bidar
8. Tirupati
9. Bhavani Island
10.Belum Caves
11.Basar Saraswati Temple
12.Pochera Falls
13.Kuntala Falls
14.Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary

Leisure Trips or Treks - I have classified this separately since this might take more than just a weekend to visit these places.
1. Vishakapatnam and Araku Valley
2. Talakona Falls
3. Rottikallu
4. Horsley Hills
5. Tyda
6. Jagdalpur - Chitrakoot Falls and Tiratgarh Falls
7. Tada Falls
8. Coorg
9. Hampi
10.Maredumilli Forest
11.Konaseema
12.Gandikota - Grand Canyon of India

Please suggest if there are any more and I will add up to this list.