Itinerary
The hiking starts from the meeting point and the first hour is a soft hike through the tea plantations. During this time the guide shares a story of two local men named “Kannan and Devan” who show the British around the place, which led to the first planting of tea saplings in Parvathimala in Munnar.
Next is the beautiful grasslands which have amazing views of surrounding places and you can also see flowering and non-flowering plants. The guide has more stories of grassland as this place, sometimes, may have the presence of Bison. This grassland can only be experienced in Lakshmi hills during hiking.
Then our hiking enters an unbelievable and beautiful shola forest where you can see different colors of flycatchers, particularly orange and black.
Next, you will be at almost the top of Laxmi hills, now it’s time to relax. Relax for some time and during this time you can see the whole of Munnar and surrounding places at your feet and enjoy the landscape of Munnar which is the highlight of this hiking. After a while, the guide will escort and start descending. After an hour of walking, you will be reaching the starting point, and hiking ends.