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MUNNAR
147 Km away from Kottayam.
An excellent hill station with an exotic flora and fauna. A major
centre of tea industry. It is surrounded by 30 tea estates, some of which
are amongst the highest in the world. Among the exotic flora found in
the forest and grasslands here, is the Neelakurinji, which blooms once
in twelve years. The next bloom is in 2006. Anaimudi, the highest peak
in South India at the height of 2, 695 metre is situated nearby.
The Pothmedu (6 Km from Munnar) offers an excellent view
of the tea, rubber and cardamom plantations. Devikulam (7 Km of Munnar)
is an idyllic hill station with its velvet lawns. The Mattupetty (13 Km
from Munnar) is situated at a height of 1700m is known for its highly
specialised dairy farm - the Indo Swiss Livestock Project. The Rajamala
(15Km from Munnar) is the natural habitat of the Nigiri Tahar. Half of
the world population of the rare mountain goat (Hemitragas hylocres) which
is fast becoming extinct, is now found here.Read
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Accommodation
Sree Narayana Tourist Home near Tourist Information
Office is one the best and less expensive lodge in Munnar.
Hotel Isaac's The Residency, Hotel Hill View, Edassery
Eastend and the Royal Retreat are mid-range expensive.
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