Munnar Attractions
Tea Gardens
Munnar’s top attraction is its scenic tea gardens and is top priority
on any travel itinerary in this area. There are around 30 tea estates, all
are privately owned (about 27 of them owned by Tata Tea Company), but most
estate managers will allow visitors to wander around the estate for free.
Tea factories at the estates offer a great opportunity to witness the
entire process by which tea changes from being a fresh, hand picked leaf
to the fragrant product that makes it to breakfast tables across the
world. Some tea factories also offer tea on sale for visitors.
Mattupetty Lake and Dam
Mattupetty Lake and Dam, which lie 13 km from Munnar, enroute Top Station,
at an altitude of 1700 mt, are popular picnic spot with visitors. The lake
and dam surrounded by wooden hills and tea plantations, makes a great
view.
The Shola forests around Mattupetty are ideal for trekking and bird
watching, with the variety of birds found there. Small streams and
waterfalls cut through the tract here and there, which again adds more
attraction to the place.
Boating is also allowed on Mattupetty Lake and combined with picnic and
trekking, makes for a great outing from Munnar.
Mattupetty Dam was built in the late 1940’s
Swiss Livestock Project Farm
Also known as Mattupetti (cattle village), the Swiss Livestock Project is
a highly specialized dairy farm where over a hundred breeds of highly
yielding cattle are reared in eleven cattle sheds. Visitors are allowed
into three of the sheds during fixed hours.
The project was established in 1961 by Kerala Livestock Development Board
(KLDB).
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