97 square kilometres of shola-grassland protecting the endangered Nilgiri tahr, with Anamudi — the highest peak in India south of the Himalaya — inside it.
Closed for calving roughly February to March. Private vehicles stop at the gate; a forest bus covers the last 4 km. Book online — daily numbers are capped and it sells out in season.
Must visit
The Kanan Devan estate's museum and working factory, where you follow a leaf from plucking to packet…
Must visit
The best thing to do in Munnar costs nothing: walk a plantation road at dawn through waist-high tea…
A reservoir 13 km from town with boating, a shola forest edge and the roadside spot where the hills…
A wide cascade between Munnar and Pallivasal, at its most impressive right after the monsoon.