Tourist Attractions in Munnar

Explore the 5 best tourist attractions in Munnar, Kerala that every traveler must visit. This list covers a wide range of attractions including hill stations, temples, monuments, and much more — so there's something for every kind of traveler.

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  Meesapulimala

  Mountain in Munnar

  At 2,640 metres, Meesapulimala is the second-highest peak in South India, and the tallest that ordinary trekkers can actually climb without restricted-area permits. That distinction matters more than it sounds. Anamudi, its slightly taller neighbor, sits inside Eravikulam National Park and requires permissions that most travelers never bother to secure. Meesapulimala asks for nothing more than good boots and a willingness to keep walking uphill. The name translates roughly to "hill of t...
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  Kundala Lake

  Lake in Munnar

  At roughly 1,700 metres above sea level, Kundala Lake occupies a shallow bowl of green hills about 20 kilometres from Munnar town. It's artificial — the product of a dam thrown across the Kundala River in the early twentieth century — and yet nothing about its appearance feels engineered. The water shifts between grey-green and slate blue depending on whether clouds have sunk into the valley or the sun has shouldered through. Most mornings, fog rolls across the surface so heavily that the ped...
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  Attukad Waterfalls

  Waterfall in Munnar

  Between the fifth and sixth hairpin bends on the road from Munnar to Pallivasal, the tea plantations simply stop. The road pinches tight, the hillside splits open, and a column of white water hammers down through a rocky gorge with enough force to vibrate in your sternum before your eyes even find it. This is Attukad Waterfalls. It doesn't ease you in. During monsoon, the cascade swells into something almost hostile — a churning, single-minded torrent that throws mist clear across the tarmac...
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  Eravikulam National Park

  National Park in Munnar

  At 7,000 feet, the wind doesn't greet you at Eravikulam National Park — it ambushes you. Sharp, cool, carrying the faint sweetness of wild balsam, it sweeps across rolling grasslands that look nothing like the tropical Kerala you left behind a few hours ago. This is not jungle India. This is something far stranger — a high-altitude grassland ecosystem draped over the Western Ghats, where endangered mountain goats graze within arm's reach, entirely unbothered by your presence or your camera. E...
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  Anamudi

  Mountain in Munnar

  At 2,695 metres, Anamudi Peak doesn't just dominate the Western Ghats — it dominates the entire landmass south of the Himalayas. Let that register. Every ridge and summit across Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka stands shorter than this single point in the Eravikulam National Park outside Munnar. And yet, unlike so many famous peaks, Anamudi doesn't announce itself with jagged drama or snow-dusted grandeur. It's a rounded, grassy dome — elephantine in shape, which is fitting, since its name t...

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