Munnar, India Travel Blogs

Cup of Tea anyone
Apr 11, 2006 (15 photos)

... of tea. It took six hours to get here by bus and we stayed at JJ Cottage which is in our guide book. Munnar is the Tea capital of India and if my family were here I'm sure they would drink the place dry!! Munnar has great scenery and amazing views but ...

Greener than the Green Bag
Dec 17, 2007 (41 photos)

Munnar is my top favorite place in the whole of India. It is fantastically lush, green, clean and beautiful. This is where the tea you drink every morning grows. I've never seen a land, or rather hills like this before in my life.   The place is ...

Dutch Kochi , backwaters, wild elephants and tea
May 18, 2004 (5 photos)

... the same herd of elephants munching grass. Another fabulous day. Maybe I should have studied biology instead of geography. MUNNAR A four-hour busride up into more serious hill and mountain landscapes broughtme to the town of Munnar. It was founded by ...

India Nature: The Highlands of the Western Ghats
May 8, 2007 (12 photos)

... shrines as the bus drove by. The trip visit into this part of the Western Ghats lasted one week and went through Munnar, Eravikulum National Park, Kumily, and Periyar National Park. The road passed forests, small homes in the woods, tea and coffee crops ...

Fancy a cuppa?
Mar 1, 2006 (8 photos)

... the entire way. But as we hit the hills, the the lush rain forests, the mercury dropped mercifully, and as we approached Munnar the rain a-came down. It's lovely and cool up here, and a welcome relief from the oppressive heat of the south. And I feel ...

Kerala holiday May 2008
Jun 13, 2008 (210 photos)

... km., it was also a corridor connecting the extensive Neriamangalam and Adimaly forests at the foothills of Munnar. Within minutes we spotted India's largest butterfly, the black and yellow Southern Birdwing, followed by an assortment of unique insects and ...

Western Ghats (hills)
Mar 4, 2006 (5 photos)

Friday 3rd March 2006 Munar No rest for the wicked, after a good nights sleep following our 10 mile trek, we packed our bags and moved onto our next destination of Munar. We went posh and hired a 4x4 jeep taxi together with Patrick, Hannah and Maiya. ...

The Misty mountain Hop. .
May 15, 2006 (5 photos)

... on the tiles," and perhaps "moby dick," but I will spare you the details. Up through the tea plantations again, through Munnar, many stops at waterfalls and such, places one can see in previous picture entries. . In Mirayoor we stopped to check e-mails ...

Munnar at last! And, the elusive Eugene. .
May 8, 2006 (5 photos)

... to many places, and most of them wanted too much money, and wouldn't come down in price, so finally, driving back through New Munnar section, I saw "hotel krishna," and decided to check rates. The sign said 100 for a single, but when the man came down, he ...

Tea Plantations
Feb 28, 2009 (32 photos)

... nbsp; It was so nice not to be hot for once!  I actually used a blanket at night!  The main activity in Munnar is hiking around the tea plantations.  This is very easy to do since the countryside is covered with them.   Everywhere ...

Tea Plantations and Tree Houses
Mar 8, 2008 (18 photos)

... . 6000 thousand feet above sea level.  It was much cooler; glad to get a break from the heat and the mosquitos.  Munnar was full of wonderful green tea plantations as far as the eye could see!!. Amazing views. We went to the Tata Tea ...

Toilet no more!!
Apr 22, 2009

... this morning and civilization (we had chicken in a restaurant with cutlery!!) needs time to settle in my head. We are in Munnar now, a town surrounded by tea plantations and rolling mountains and mist. Which is nice if you like scenery and that kind of ...

Squeezy Love Pillow saved our Butts!
Feb 26, 2007 (3 photos)

... ... wiat for it... 1 pound 24 pence (including tip)!!! And no stomach bug - always a bonus in my eyes! We are now in Munnar which is one big tea plantation. It is much cooler here which is a welcomed break for a couple of days. We are quite high up ...

The Book
Feb 8, 2007

... entertained for 45 minutes and then left.  yesterday we took a bus away from the coast, climbing up into the hills to munnar, an oasis surrounded by tea plantations as far as the eye can see.  after the ridiculous heat and humidity of the coast, ...

Munnar
Mar 19, 2006 (5 photos)

... through another night in the Shining. The rickshaw driver met us this morning and took us sightseeing, wow. Outside of Munnar the countryside is outstanding, mountains, lakes, trees, clouds everything you would expect of a European mountain range, or ...

Munnar, la ville du the ou il pleut beaucoup
Apr 20, 2009 (19 photos)

Lundi 20 avril, lever difficile a 6h. Apres un petit dejeuner bien riche, nous voila, Germain, Stefano et nous deux, parti pour prendre nos moto chez Jospeh Ivan, qu il a fallu bien 10 bonnes minutes pour qu'il se reveille.  Nous choisissons ...

Day 18: Heading for the hills
Mar 29, 2008 (6 photos)

... Kerala for 18 years and is a keen amateur naturalist and a great source of local gossip and stories. On reaching Munnar (elevation 1600m), it was fantastic, thrilling even, to feel cool again. The Windermere Estate is stylish and welcoming and thanks to ...

Munnar - Gorgeous Tea Plantations
Feb 16, 2007

Oh, sweet, beautiful, crisp, green, manicured, friendly Munnar. THis is possibly my favorite part of the trip noting all parts are pretty stellar. After a few days in Cochin, I was planning to head to Munnar, a little tea plantation town about 5 hours ...

Kerala - Munnar
Apr 29, 2006

... fog cleared a bit in the valleys and I could see a lot more. We made our way over to the Tea Museum where I learned more about Munnar and it's history along with how tea is made. You could smell the tea in the air. Given that I am a tea lover this was ...

Hiking in the tea plantations
Aug 17, 2009

... verdant surroundings.  The morning after we arrived we arranged to go on a trek up one of the peaks of Munnar. Our group of 9 started at 7am and spent 2hrs hiking up a grassy slope with fantastic views over the surrounding countryside, lakes, ...

South India
Feb 12, 2008 (10 photos)

... was lovely and was only 16 rupees... so cheap, going there again tomorrow! (Im just hoping they provide a folk or spoon... im not good eating with my hand/fingers!) Tomorrow we are off exploring by oursleves around Munnar.      

Tea Plantations
Oct 10, 2005 (2 photos)

... in the corridor outside. We discussed whether it was ok in India to go and ask someone to shut up...and decided it wasn't. Munnar is surrounded by tea plantations, which we cycled (painful on the legs) and drove (painful for my stomach) around. We also ...

Munnar
Mar 30, 2008 (35 photos)

Climbing into the mountains(Western Ghats) we could feel the temperature dropping.Munar is the location of some of the worlds highest growing tea estates.On the way we stopped to watch some working elephants with their Mahouts and fed biscuits to wild ...

Tea Country
Feb 14, 2009 (12 photos)

We have finally made the move from Kochi and are now 130 km inland in a place called Munnar.  We hired an Ambassador car (a Morris, Oxford) and Babu the driver to make the journey as comfortable as possible.  The journey was spectacular winding ...

Cooling off In Munnar
Mar 24, 2005

The capital of tea

in the middle of tea plantations
Feb 25, 2006 (5 photos)

gopi, a friend of my dad organized for me a trip to munnar, a hilly-mountainy area where they have incredibly large tea plantations... i and silvia left early in the morning to get to this amazing place...we were astonished to see tea trees in very ...

Day 19: Tea and gin
Mar 30, 2008 (9 photos)

... rule out mad scientists using alien technology. On the way back to the hotel we stopped to wander around the market at Munnar. Given the lack of price inflation on seeing tourists, we assumed this excursion wasn't on most tour parties must do lists. ...

Hill Stations and Tea Plantations
Sep 22, 2005 (31 photos)

... . Now I realise that I was wrong and that I shouldn't worry about being jaded; the little things are still taking my breath away. Munnar was the best few days of the trip so far. There are quite a few hill stations in South India, but we went for one ...

munnar continued
Apr 25, 2008

... town of Munnar where we tried to yet again unsucessfully post a blog while inhaling copius amounts of diesel fumes.We really liked munnar town though,it was a great place to wander around and all the school children wanted to speak to us in their very best ...

Mumbai, Goa and Munnar - India!
Apr 15, 2006 (4 photos)

... driver! It did only cost about 80 pence for a 4.5 hour journey so cannot complain! Arrived in Munnar which is the largest tea plantation in India and it was beautiful! Went for a hike through the plantations and the scenary was amazing - beautiful colours ...