Munnar: Tea Plantation & Lakshmi Hills Hiking with Guide

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Duration4h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN

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Two Local Men Planted the First Tea Here—Now You Walk Where They Led

You hike through Munnar's tea plantations, grasslands and shola forest with a guide who shares the history of how the British arrived and two locals named Kannan and Devan first planted tea here. You see flycatchers in the forest, flowering plants on the hillside, and views of Anamudi peak from Lakshmi hills. Light refreshments are included, and the pace is soft enough that you can listen and look around instead of just climbing.

Step-by-step itinerary

Hiking through Munnar's nature and history

Start hike at meeting point
Soft hike through tea plantations
Guide tells story of Kannan and Devan
Explore beautiful grasslands and plants
Learn about grassland and possible bison
Enter shola forest to see flycatchers
Relax atop Lakshmi hills with views
Descend back to starting point
End hiking tour

The Experience

"The British came looking for land, and Kannan and Devan showed them Parvathimala," your guide will tell you in the first hour, walking through the tea plantations that still cover the hillsides around Munnar. It's the kind of story that makes the rows of green bushes feel less like a commodity and more like a place where something actually happened. The hike starts soft—that's what they call it—which means you're moving at a pace that lets you listen and look around instead of just pushing uphill. The guide shares the history as you walk, and the landscape starts to make sense: why the British chose this spot, why the plantations still matter, why locals still talk about those two men.

After the tea fields comes the grassland, and this is where the view opens up. You're on Lakshmi hills now, and the surrounding landscape spreads out in front of you—flowering plants, non-flowering plants, the kind of detail a guide who knows the place actually notices. The grassland sometimes has bison, though you won't always see them. Then the hike moves into shola forest, where the light changes and the air feels different. Flycatchers in orange and black move through the canopy. You're maybe two hours in, and the forest is dense enough that you forget how close you are to the tea plantations below.

The final push takes you near the top of Lakshmi hills, where you stop and rest. This is the moment the hike was built for—Munnar spreads out below you, the whole valley visible at once, and Anamudi, South India's highest peak, sits in the distance. The guide lets you sit with that view for a while. Then you descend the same way you came, another hour back to the starting point. The whole thing takes three to four hours, and by the end your legs know you walked, but your mind is still on that grassland and the story about two men who changed what this place became.

What’s included

Your hike includes a guide who shares the history of tea planting in Munnar and stories about the local men Kannan and Devan, light refreshments during the walk, and all fees and taxes. You don't arrange transport to the plantations or pay separately for entry.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearbyNot for heart conditions

Operated by SreesTours

Is this one for you?Right for anyone who wants to walk through Munnar's tea country and see the valley from above without navigating the route alone or figuring out which stories matter—the guide and the fixed pace handle both.