Munnar
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A hill station in the Western Ghats covered with tea estates, close to Eravikulam National Park and Anamudi, the highest peak in South India.
Hill stationIdukki districtBest time to visit: September to May
Highlights
- Rolling tea estates and a tea museum
- Eravikulam National Park, home of the endangered Nilgiri tahr
- Anamudi, the highest peak in India south of the Himalayas
- Neelakurinji, a shrub whose blue flowers cover the hills once in about twelve years
- Mattupetty dam and Top Station viewpoints
Significance
Munnar sits where three mountain streams meet, which gives it its name. Tea planting began here in the late nineteenth century, and the plantations still employ many families.