Munnar Things to Do

Mattupetty located 13 km from Munnar is situated at a height of 1700 m. It is a very beautiful picnic spot. You can take a walk on the dam and admire the beauty. The lake also has boating and various kinds of peddal and motorboats are available for hire. If you are lucky then you can spot some elephants on the banks. There are lots of birds for bird watching enthusiasts.

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Mattupetty is situated 13 km from Munnar at a height of 1700m, Mattupetty is known for its hightly specialised dairy farm-the Indo Swiss Livestock Project. Over a 100 varieties of high -yielding cattle are reared here. Visitiors are allowd into 3 of the 11 cattle sheds fof the farm.
Visiting time 9 am 11 am and 1400 pm to 15.30 pm.
The Mattupetty Lake and dam , jst a short distance from the farm, is a very beautiful picnic spot. The sprawling kundala tea plantations and Kundala lake are other ottractions in the vicinity. DTPC Idukki provides boating facilities on the Mattupetty Dam. Speed launch and motorboats are available on the hire.

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The cheeyappara and Valara waterfalls are lovated between Nariamngalam and Adimali on the kochi madurai higway. The Cheeyappara waterfalls cascade down in sever steps. It is a real feast to the eyes. This is also a great place for trekking.

Pothen medu situated 6 km from Munnar. It offers an excellent view of tea, coffeee and cardamom plantations in Munnar. The rolling hills, the lush mountain and the breathtaking scenary here are idea for trekking and long mountain walks.

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This idyllic hill station with its velvet lawns, exotic flora and fauna and the cool miuntain air is a rare experience. The Sita Devi Lake with its mineral waters and pituresque surroundings is a good picnic spot. The lake is also ideal for trout fishing.

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This natural habitat of the Nigiri tahr is situated 15 km from Munnar. Half of the world population of the rare mountain goat (hemitragas bylocres) which is fast becoming extinct, is now found here. The nilgiri tahrs are today reduced to small herds found in the Eravikulam- Rajamala region.

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This park stretches for about 97sq km, though there is only a 10km pathway, that visitors are requested to use. In a bid to cut down on erosion to the grasslands, taking walks off the pathways is forbidden.

Plastic water containers are also forbidden, in an attempt to discourage littering. (There is a big problem all over Kerala with abandoned plastic water bottles!)

Its a nice place to enjoy a walk and admire the stunning mountainous and hilly scenery.

The main attraction is the Nilgiri tahr (Hemitragus hylocrius). These goat like creatures are indiginous to this region, and thrive on the grass covered land, and shola forestation. It favours a rocky habitat.

The tahrs were in danger of extinction, but due to serious conservation work led by Clifford Rice, and proclaiming the area as a National Park in 1978, there are now estimated to be over 1000 tahrs in this area of parkland.

These creatures are quite tame, we were quite close to a small herd. Although some visitors did try to get a bit too close.

(see my Munnar intro page)

Open 08.00 - 17.30 daily
Small charge for video cameras.
Not sure of entrance price as this was included in our tour.

There is boating also down on this Mattupetty River. They have High Speed Boats for few people and big boats for larger groups.

On the other side of river is jungle where we spotted a kid elephant with his mother and father.

The speed boats have amazing balance and the person driving this takes you for all the adventurous turns in the water.

So, this is a definite "No Miss Activity".