Munnar

Why travellers come to Munnar

Munnar rises far above the backwaters in the Western Ghats, and it is the classic partner to a houseboat trip: two or three nights in the hills, then down to the water. The landscape is unmistakable — endless corrugated ridges of manicured tea, planted by the British in the nineteenth century and still worked today, wrapped in morning mist and cooled by mountain air. Beyond the estates lie the shola forests and grasslands of Eravikulam National Park, home to the endangered Nilgiri tahr, and viewpoints that look out over the whole range. It is the change of altitude, climate and pace that makes a combined trip feel complete.