Munnar Lying at an altitude of 1524 m in the green and serene Kannan Devan Hills, this quiet and restful resort with mist-filled valleys and low-flying clouds is a paradise for nature lovers. Anaimudi, South India's highest peak is little beyond Munnar. Eravikulam National Park, the home of nilgiri tahr, is in the vicinity. Tourists can have a glimpse of gaur, langur, lion-taild macaque, and elephants roaming in herds.
The Kundale Tea Plantation, an area surrounding a lovely lake, offers an opportunity to see the tea plantations, to watch tea being picked, to learn how tea is processed, to smell the sweet scent of tea wafting through the air and to buy the tea directly from the gardens. Munnar is 136 km off Cochin.

The nature-lover’s paradise. Snuggling in the green and serene Kannan Devan Hills, lies the quite and restful resort of Munnar, at an altitude of 1524 m and 136 km off Cochin.
Panoramic views of low-flying clouds and mist filled valleys make it a pretty little heaven with a cool bracing climate. It was opened up out of virgin forests a century ago by pioneering planters.
Within its remote and elderly churches - gracious, stone-structures with ancient chandeliers and rosewood pews. A little beyond lies Anaimudi, South India's highest peak. In the vicinity is the Eravikulam National Park, the home of the endangered Nilgiri Tahr that roams on a stretch of grassland or is seen climbing the pinnacles of the undulating hills.
Here we can have a glimpse of a Gaur, Langur, Lion-tailed macaque, and Elephants roaming in herds.