On Ratnagiri hill above the Pampa river, the temple of Sri Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy at Annavaram is one of the most visited temples in Andhra Pradesh. Devotees come to perform the Satyanarayana vratam, and the temple is built in the shape of a chariot.

At Rajamahendravaram, the Godavari is crossed by three great bridges: the old Havelock rail bridge of 1900, the Godavari arch bridge and the road-cum-rail bridge, one of the longest in Asia. The riverfront ghats are the setting for the Pushkaram festival every twelve years, and boat trips run upstream to the Papikondalu gorge.

South of Kakinada, Coringa protects one of the largest mangrove forests in India, where the Godavari meets the sea. A long boardwalk leads through the mangroves to a watchtower, and boat trips go into the creeks, home to otters, fishing cats and many birds.

Yanam's riverfront on the Godavari, known as Rajiv Gandhi Beach, is the town's favourite evening spot, with a long promenade, gardens, statues including a large Shiva linga flanked by elephants, and boats on the wide river. Yanam was a French enclave for more than two centuries until 1954, a small piece of Puducherry surrounded by Andhra Pradesh.

Near where the Vasishta Godavari meets the Bay of Bengal, the Lakshmi Narasimha temple at Antarvedi is an important pilgrimage site, its annual festival in January and February drawing large crowds. A lighthouse and the beach where the river meets the sea are close by.

One of the Pancharama Kshetras, five ancient Shiva temples of Andhra Pradesh, the Somarama temple in Bhimavaram dates back many centuries. Its linga is said to change colour with the phases of the moon, white at full moon and darker at new moon.

Known as Chinna Tirupati, the small Tirupati, the Venkateswara temple at Dwaraka Tirumala stands on a hill named after the sage Dwaraka, who by legend found the self-formed deity in an anthill. The temple has two idols, one self-formed and one installed, and is popular with pilgrims who cannot travel to Tirumala.