Trekking In Munnar – The Tea Plantation and Grass Land Trekking in Kerala
Description
Highlights
Lakshmi Hills Hiking – Top 6 Highlights
- Parvathimala Tea Plantation Estate – now called as Seventhmala.
- Beautiful Grass land.
- View Anamudi Peak – South India’s highest mountain.
- Mountains and Valleys of Munnar.
- View of entire Munnar at your foot from Lakshmi Hills Top.
- Beautiful Shola Forest.
Fact Sheet
Starting Point / Reporting Place | KSRTC Bus Depot, Munnar City. |
Total duration of Hike | 3 – 4hrs depend on travellers’ ability to walk. |
Starting Point / Reporting Place | KSRTC Bus Depot, Munnar City. |
Total Length of Hiking ascend to descend | 6 – 7kms / approx. 7000 – 8000-foot steps |
Approx elevation from starting point | 674mtrs. |
Hiking level | Moderate and easy |
Programme
- 0650hrs – Reporting time at starting place. Our guide will meet, receive and give a short introduction about the hiking, its duration, sightseeing and activity, Do and Don’t during the hiking etc.
- 0700hrs – 0800hrs. Hiking through Tea plantation. The hiking start at 0700hrs from the meeting point and first one hour is a soft hiking through the tea plantations. The best scenic spot is the Parvathimala – which is the first tea planted hills in Munnar. During this time the guide shares you a story of two local men named “Kannan and Devan” whom guidance Britishers reached this place, which led to planting of first tea sapling in parvathimala in Munnar.
- 0800hrs – 0830hrs. Grassland. After the tea plantation, next is the beautiful grasslands which has amazing view of surrounding places and you can also see flowering and non-flowering plants. The guide has more stories of grassland as this place, sometime, may have presence of Bison. This grassland can only be experience in Lakshmi hills during the hiking.
- 0830hrs-0900hrs. Shola Forest. At the end of grassland, your hiking enters unbelievable and most beautiful shola forest where you can see different colours of flycatcher – particularly orange and black.
- 0900hrs – 0930hrs. Mountain and Valley view. At the end of shola forest, you will be at almost top of Lakshmi hills, now it’s time for relax. Relax for some time and during this time you can see the whole Munnar and surrounding place at your feet and enjoy beautiful landscape of Munnar and Anamudi Peak which are the most highlight of this hiking.
- 0930hrs – 1030hrs. After a while, guide will escort and start descending. After an hour walking, you will be reaching at the starting point and hiking ends.
Things to Carry
- Water bottle – our guide will carry one each, in case of additional, you can carry.
- Normal jogging dress with head cap recommended.
- Rain coat – in case your hiking is during monsoon or rainy season.
- Hiking shoes – This is mandatory as some part of the hiking route is slippery.
Tariff
The average price for one or two adults for this hiking is Rs. 2000 to Rs. 2500 with 5% tax per person. This price is applicable for up to 5 adults. If this is a group of 5 or more, the price for this hike tends to be cheaper.
What are all included in this price?
- Entry Permit.
- Guide Charges.
- Mineral water.
So, take a break from the hustle-bustle of daily life and come rejoice yourself in the adventurous and natural beauty of Munnar.
FAQs
This is not a daily conducted tour but exclusively private tour.
Yes, you can choose any time between 6am and 2pm. If it’s a sunny day, then morning is the best time. Since fog and mist is often start afternoon by 4pm, you can start any time but it should end by 4pm.
Yes, you can have a shorter duration of one or two hrs hiking in the same place. You can only experience the tea plantation of little bit of grassland. Since entry charges and guide charges are applicable, the price remain same.
Summer time - During Apr to Jun due to summer, we do not recommend a hiking from 11am to 2pm. The best time during this period is from 0530am till 11am and 3pm to 5pm. Winter time – We have winter from Oct to Mar. During this time, you can choose any time between 6am till 3pm. We have sunrise hike and normal hike. Sunrise hike start from 0530hrs till 0830hrs. You can choose this hiking any day irrespective of winter or summer.
All the hiking trails are either through the revenue land and land owned by Kannan Devan tea company. We need to pay a fee, get a permit before enter the land. Moreover, there is no proper hiking trail marked and some of the hiking path is very narrow. Only experienced guide know this route, therefore you need to have a guide with you. Hence the above price mentioned is charged and to meet these expenses or facilities which a traveller needs to pay.
Its impossible to carry baby pram during a hiking. In case if you want to carry infants, one must use baby carrier bags, but it’s safe to carry along with hiking trail.
Yes, children from the age of 10 and above can easily participate in the Lakshmi hill hiking. We have done hiking with kids of 10yrs without any hurdle.
Cancellation and full refund are available if cancelled 10hrs before the hiking start time.
Yes, very clear signal available at the top with all the service providers. But while going and coming back, there are places where signal range is less or some time no connectivity.
Srees Tours is directly doing this with the help of local guides. After the booking, you will get a confirmation voucher through email and WhatsApp. We will also share you location of reporting place. We will also share our guide contact number. On arrival at the reporting place, you can call the guide. You can also contact direct to Sree tours customer care for any assistance which is mentioned in the confirmation voucher.
Average Reviews
5.0/5
good activity, must-visit place in kerala