Munnar Things to Do

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About 30 km from Munnar Top Station is at a height of 1.880 m above sea level.
With beautiful panoramic views of mountains and valley towards the neighboring state of Tamil Nadu.

We rented a motorbike in Munnar and drove trough a beautiful, green landscape to Top Station.

Hire a cab to go to Visit the Kolukumalai tea factory.The drive up hills is breathtakingly beautiful.On the way is an echo spot,where you can scream to hear your voice echo!
At the factory you get to see how tea is made from leaves.The entry fee is Rs.100 per person,Children are not charged.You can buy organically grown tea(which is sold at Rs.110/500 gms)This tea is not available outside Munnar,since it is mostly exported.It is a nice place to hang around for a while.The shop there sells tea,but nothing else!
So do carry some light eats and snacks if you want.
From Chinnakanal the cab charged us Rs.800?

The visit to Munnar is not complete without a half day tour to the Eravikulam National Park. In fact make it the first visit in your itinerary, as the weather can be unpredictable. It does rain and although the cloud can be beautiful your camera may not like it. It will be great if you can also spot India's wild goat the Nilgiri Tahr, with a superzoom handy

Mattupetty offers great views of the landscape, do some shopping for caps, beads, junk wear.

You will get real close to the neighboring state Tamil Nadu from Mettupetty, where you have Anaimudy National Park and Pampadum shola National Park, GO WILD respect nature!

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Go ahead and take a boat ride in the scenic Mattupetty river. It closes at 5.30 pm. We were lucky to have a driver named Rajesh who made this ride an absolutelt thrilling experience, what with exemplary daredevilry and creativity with the camera. He drove the boat with one hand, gave it a wild twist, and then with the other hand captured our exhilirating reaction on camera, great work Rajesh!!

Its a fun ride with the family. The ride is priced at Rs. 300 for 5 people.

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This is the natural habitat of the Nilgiri Tahr goat, 2695 mts above sea level this offers a birds eye view of Munnar.Half the world's population of the rare mountain goat or tahr which is fast becoming extinct, is now found here.The Niligiri tahr in Rajamala are now to be found in small herds found in Eravikulam-Rajamala region. The total number of Niligiri Tahrs in Rajamala is estimated to be over 1300.

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Situated at a height of 1700 mts, this looks like a bit of sweden thats been imported here. As we drove by in our ambassador both Aj and I were wondering why we bother spending exorbitant amounts heading out of India for a vacation when there'es so much here still to see!

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A must do day trip from Munnar is a visit to the Marayoor region which is north of Munnar along the Munnar Udumalpet road which goes to Coimbatore. As you leave Munnar town you pass by Rajamalai, the entry point to Eravikulam national park, where you can go to see the Nilgiri Tahr and Anaimudi the highest peninsular Indian mountain, if lucky. Unfortunately there is too long a queue most of the time so a lot of people skip this visit. After this the road passes through the most scenic areas of Talaiyar, Nyamakad and Gundamalai tea estates, deep valleys all ringed by high mountains. You can take short walks through the tea paths wherever it is unfenced. The Lukkom falls come on the way. At Marayoor you will find a patch of dense sandalwood forests which are fenced in to prevent vandalism. Then comes a side road to Kovilkadavu the home of the Muniyara prehistoric dolmens. The entire hillside and valley are covered in these dolmens and it is a good trek for those who are interested. If you proceed further you will enter the dense deciduous Chinnar sanctuary going upto and beyond the Tamil nadu border. At Alampetty just after Marayur you can engage a forest guide and do a short trek to Thoovanam falls or to some more prehistoric sites. Wildlife sighting is high on the Chinnar section. All in all an excellent day trip from Munnar.