Munnar, a serene hill station, renowned for its misty valleys

Munnar is a tranquil hill station nestled in the hills of Idukki district in Kerala. One of the most popular tourist destinations in Kerala, Wayanad is located at a height of 1600 m above the sea level, offering stunning views like few others. A land that seems to have been plucked from the realms of fantasy and painted onto the canvas of reality, Munnar is magically ethereal in every facet. Undulating hills cloaked in emerald greenery, mist-kissed valleys, sprawling tea plantations, cascading waterfalls and the crisp mountain air together weave a tapestry of beauty like no other.

Situated about 1600m above sea level, Munnar is at the confluence of three mountain streams- the Muthirapuzha, Nallathanni and Kundala The word Munnar translates to three rivers in Malayalam.

The indigenous people of Munnar are those belonging to the Muthuvan tribal community. The land lay unexplored and wild until the 19th century when planters from faraway lands in Europe chose to start plantations here. The credit for starting tea plantations in Munnar goes to A. H. Sharp, a European planter. It was in the year 1880 that Sharp planted tea for the first time in around 50 acres of land. The rest, as they say, is history. Today the very sight of these never ending hills wrapped in a velvety coat of tea plantations had become the biggest identity of this plantation town.

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