6 Munnar Tea Experiences to Build an Afternoon Around

1.Munnar Tea Trail Tour with Factory Experience ( By Munnar Info)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 458 reviews · from $13Our pick

Join a morning or afternoon tea trail near Munnar with a guide such as Mari, Ramesh, or Raja. Walk through Lockhart’s tea gardens, learn about cultivation and local plants, visit the working factory, and taste several tea varieties. Groups are capped at eight, but private transport and lunch cost extra.

“It was a very enlightening tour about traditional methods of plantation, processing and tea making. I would definitely recommend this tour.”

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2.Munnar Tea valley Tour ( By Munnar Info)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 83 reviews

Spend 6 to 8 hours exploring Munnar by private taxi with a driver-guide. Visit a spice plantation, tea factory, flower garden, dams, Echo Point, Kundala Lake, Top Station, and the Tea Museum. Guides such as Ganesh, Mani, Surya, and Edwin have been praised for safe driving and flexible photo stops.

“Great way to get introduced to Munnar! We had a great trip with Surya, he was on time and adjusted the trip to our needs! We saw all the highlights and the highlight was Top Point and spice garden tour. A few stops were unnecessary bRead more”

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3.Tea planation walking In Munnar- (by Munnar Info)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 53 reviews · from $10Best value

Start at Moolakadai at 9 a.m. and walk through Lakshmi Tea Estate with a local guide such as Raja J, Ramesh, or Samy. Learn tea picking, spot temples and plants, see Chokanad Tea Factory, and finish near Munnar’s old CSI Church. Expect about three hours on foot.

“Wonderful walk throughout the tea plantations. We learned a lot about Al the different teas and other spices by our guide King Raja”

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4.Tea trail, Tea Factory, and Tea Tasting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 47 reviews · 3 hours · from $13

Walk through Munnar’s tea terraces with guides such as Mari or Raja, learn how leaves are grown and processed, then visit Lockhart Tea Factory, founded in 1936. The three-hour experience ends with a tasting of black, green, and specialty teas. Bring water, sunscreen, and shoes for uneven ground.

“Wonderful experience. Mari is so engaging and knowledgeable about tea growing, cultivating, harvesting and processing. It was very informative. We spent about an hour walking through the plantation. Then they arranged tuk tuks from the plantation to the factory for everyone. We walked through all the tea processing rooms. At the end we sampled 5-6 teas. Then we could purchase tea from the factory store. No pressure to purchase, but most did. The prices seemed pretty good.”

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5.Private Munnar Tea Trek

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 38 reviews · 1 day · from $14

Spend about four hours walking through Munnar’s tea estates and Lakshmi Hills with a private guide such as Shiva, Raveendra, Chandru, or Pradeep. Expect tea-making stories, valley views, birds, possible wildlife sightings, photo stops, fruit, snacks, and a moderate hill walk.

“Superb guide who led us on an informative and spectacular trek through and above the tea plantations”

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6.Munnar Tea Trail Tour , Tea factory visit & Tea Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 25 reviews · from $14

Meet near Munnar’s KSRTC bus stand for a guided walk through Lockhart Tea Estate, with views toward Chokramudi Peak and Idli Hills. You’ll see tea pluckers at work, visit a 1936 factory, learn how orthodox tea is made, and join a tea-tasting session.

“Our guide was fantastic, not only did he have very good knowledge of the tea plantations but also everything else in this area, pointing out interesting plants, birds and rivers. He looked after us extremely well. After the tour we were waiting for our driver to collect us, we hRead more”

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