Munnar Travelogue

Elections are on in Kerala - even Munnar is not spared, flags of Congress and UDF are shown

I had a long weekend, 15 Oct to 17 Oct, which I tried to spend in Munnar, and it

partially worked out. Here is what I had planned originally : 

1. Bangalore to Aluva, by train(start on Thursday 21:40 and reach Aluva on Friday 09:30)

2. Aluva to Munnar, by road (finish the journey in 1 hour according to this website).

3. Spend roughly 2.5 days in Munnar and follow steps 2. and 1. in reverse order.

But as I figured out, source for step 2. was horribly wrong.

Aluva to Munnar is 120 KM, not 18 KM. And so the journey

took more than 3 hours by taxi(a bus would have taken at least

5-6 hours).

So I reached Munnar around 1AM after vomiting twice on the
way, since it was a hilly terrain and the car driver was driving at
a fast enough pace.

Animals grazing - on the way to Top station view point

Anyway, in short, I could spend around roughly 1.5 days
actually touring Munnar.

Here is some useful info :

1. Hotel Misha, (Close to the main market in old Munnar. Opposite Hotel Green Ridge.), ☎ 04865-230376/232376/230076 (mishaholidays@gmail.com), [15]. checkout: 12AM. Can be negotiated further down till Rs. 700-800/- in peak season and lower in off season. 1000

2. Rent a bike :
Rs. 350/- per day. Contact Mr. Chandran - Phone : 9447220648/ 04865-231113

Contact D. Ravichandran - Phone : 9446130363/ 04865-2331543. Rent a taxi :

For more details :
Wikitravel Munnar

Beautiful landscape of Munnar

View outside Tata Tea Museum

Echo Point, but the voice didn't echo for me and others :-)

Government has declared it as a weak bridge, but haven't stopped the traffic yet.