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Munnar Hill Station

Munnar is an attractive, beautifull hill station wrapped with unending expanse of green tea plantations. The mind cooling natural beauty, waterfalls, wildlife sanctuaries and lakes together draw tourists from all around to Munnar, and was the summer resort of British Government in South India. It is located 133 kms from 1600 to 1800 meters above sea level.





The sprawling green tea plantations picturebook towns, winding lanes and holiday fecilities, make this an amazing hillstation. The rocky mountains and the rolling hills, the breath taking scenery and the green coffee and cardamom plantations of Pothamede, 6km from Munnar offers an exellent view. The rare and attractive Neelakurinji (Strobilatanthes), take twelve years to flower are in this region. Yet another facest of the natural beauty is observed at the idyllic hill station, Devikulam with it velvet lawns and picturesque spectrum of exotic flora and founa.

Pallivasal, the first hydroelectric project of Kerala, situated about 8km from Munnar is of immense scenic beauty.





The highly specialised dairy farm, the Indo Swiss Live stock Project, where the green meadows, the exotic cattle and the rose garden attracts a lot of tourists is at Mattupetty.

15km from Munnar is Rajamala , the natural habitat of the Nilgiri Tahr (a rare mountain goat) which is fast becoming extinct. Nyayamakad near Rajamala is a land of breathtaking waterfalls. On the way to top station there is Echopoint, 15km from Munnar which is a scenic place, gets it’s name from the natural echo phenomenon.

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