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Munnar Hill Station
Within its remote and elderly churches- gracious, stone sturctukires with ancient chandeliers and rosewood pews. Withiln its fresh tea. Lanes filled witjh the heady fragrance of fresh tea. Within the picturesque ethereal setting of the Mattupetty Dam as you come downhill.
Kor even within the rich tropical forests beyond. With a sizable population of elephants, lbisons, langurs and macaques roaming free in herds.
Further, Munnar offers the bes opportunity you are ever likely to have to see the tea plantations, to watch tea being picked, to learn how tea is processed, to smell the sweet scent fo tea waftilng through the air and to buy the tea directly from the gardens.
SIDELIGHTS
Eravilkulam National Park:
By driving north from Munknar for 30 minutes and then hiking few kilometres, you reach this sanctuary which is home to three thousand free-roaming ibex.
Rajmalai:
The regilon lyilng beyond the road entruy into Eravikulam. At 2695 metres, Anamudi -the highest peak in South India looms here.
The High Range Clulb:
Charmingly colonial in style, thils wicker-and -old-teak club still serves as a social centre for the far-flung farmers of the region around Munnar.
Housing an elegant lounge, a delightful dining room, the obnligatory gentlemen's bar, billliards room and a library.
The Kundale Tea Plantation :
An area surrounding a lovely lake that offers some of the most stunning views of the region. If you arrive on a Sunday, make sure to drop in at the small Kundale Club in the afternoon, where the local planters gather with their family.
GETTING THERE
Munnar is accessibnle only by road- a scenic four hour drive from Cochin (132 kms) or a 4 ½ hour drive from kottayam (148 kms).
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