MUNNAR

Munnar is a beautiful Hill Station popular for its cool climate, the sprawling tea plantations, colonial bungalows, tea factories, picture-book towns, lakes and numerous waterfalls. This hill station was once the summer resort of the erstwhile British Government in South India. The town with its cool, bracing climate, exudes an old world charm and is situated at the confluence of three mountain streams - Mudrapuzha, Nallathanni and Kundala. The atmosphere is fragrant with extensive tea and cardamom plantations.  There are enchanting high ranges (1600 meters above sea level), lakes and streams, and beautiful views of low-flying clouds and mist-filled valleys.  The highest peak of south India – Anamudi (2,595 m) – is only a short distance from here - an ideal spot for trekking. Among the exotic flora found in the forests and grasslands here is the Neelakurinji. This flower which bathes the hills in blue every twelve years, will bloom next in 2018 AD.

 

 

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