Weekend Destination - Munnar


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Unplanned to trip to Munnar last weekend. Initial plan was Valparai, Top Slip, Sholayar & Athirapally. In the last minute (Friday late night) the destination shifted to Munnar (for no reason)

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Day 1:
- Start by 07:00am from home (Palladam, Tirupur Dist)
- Thirumalai Water falls and Dam
- Lakkom Water Falls
- Mattupetty Dam & Boating
- Echo point
- Kundala Dam
- Top Station
- Night stay @ Munnar

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Day 2:
- Attukad water falls
- Tea & Spice plantations
- Kallar Water falls
- Marayoor Sandalwood forest (on the way back to Udumalpet)

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Thirumoorty waterfalls
We were left with a big disppiontment. Easy to guess, no water. We spent some time at the reservoir (again no boating) and started towards Munnar.

Drive from Udumalpet to Chinnar consumed a little more time than expected. Road is full of patches. After crossing 3 check-posts (TN Border, KL border, Forest dept) and entering the Kerala border, road is better.

Lakkom water falls:
- Situated on the highway
- Road side parking only (no dedicated parking space, ofcourse not to expect the same on hill stations)
- Lots of shops for eateries
- bathing allowed
- Entry fee 10 INR/person (No fee for camera)

Since the monsoon just started, water level / flow is less (but more than sufficient) Water was icy cold.

Mattupeyty Dam:
After lunch at Saravana Bhavan, we started towards Mattupetty Dam. Water level is low and by the time we reached there, it started raining and boating is not allowed. After waiting for 30 mins, we started towards the next destination.

Echo Point
Echo point is on the other end of Mattupetty reservoir. Again the low water level (to be frank, no water at-all) left us with disappointment.

Kundala Dam
No major attraction here, just another reservoir. Horse riding available.

Top Station
By the time we reached Top Station, it was around 17:30 hours. View point ticket counter closed and we couldn't visit the view point. From parking we have to walk 500m to reach the ticket counter and another 100+ steps walk down to the view point.

Night stay at Jays Munnar. welcome to jays tourist home munnar

Attukad Water Falls
Roads were pretty narrow with few sharp turns. All that we could see is only GREEN. Water falls isn't accessible for bathing. There is Tea shop & a house near the water falls, we should pass through their house to reach the top of water falls

Kallar Water falls
Construction work is in progress and access to water falls restricted.

Marayoor Sandalwood forest
Good driving experience inside the sandal wood forest. Best place to buy Jackfuit (got 2 for 70 INR)
 
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Beautiful set of pictures and the car looks really great[clap].

It will be more adventurous to go to these places during rainy season; there will be plenty of water in the falls, reservoirs will be full and more of greenery too and worth taking the challenge.
Thank you sir.

Thank God there was no down pour, else we couldn't cover all these places in a couple of days.

God's own Country is blessed with a lot of greenery even before the monsoon.
 
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Drive from Udumalpet to Chinnar consumed a little more time than expected. Road is full of patches. After crossing 3 check-posts (TN Border, KL border, Forest dept) and entering the Kerala border, road is better.
Refreshing pictures indeed. Mind sharing the gear used to capture those beautiful pictures ?

I must have done Palakkad- Munnar/Rajakkad stretch at least 40-50 times. Except for ONCE, I chose the Trissur-perumbavur-Kothamangalam-Adimaly route. It was during my most recent trip, while returning from Munnar, I took the beautiful Marayoor-Udumalpet route. From now on, wish to take the Udumalpet route. Looking forward to multiple trips via Udumalpet during the rains, this July-August.

BTW, are the roads really bad ? In February, it wasn’t.
 
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Wow [clap] A nice travelogue with pics.

BTW, I just admire for you car Registration number. Is this really a number, or you did anything?
 
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