Pedal through Letchmi Village

Overview

Munnar’s tea plantations are a sequestered world, with their very own rhythm of daily routines, timings and worker schedules. It really is very different from the rest of Munnar and its daily pursuits.be it in the factory or out amongst the estate areas where the plants grow. Kannan Devan Hills, where Letchmi Estate is located, was recognised as the ideal place to start plantations by the British. Initially, they also started cultivating coffee, cardamom, cinchona, etc but they later decided to focus on growing tea. The south-west part of the beautiful Kanan Devan Hills, where Letchmi estate is located receives high rainfall and occasional frost during the winter; the average annual rainfall for the estate is around 170 inches. The Tea Museum, India's first-ever tea museum, is located in the Kannan Devan Hill area.

Why you will love it

What you will experience

After leaving behind the traffic and the hustle and bustle of the main road, you will enter the relatively flat and calm environs of Letchmi Road leading to up to the estate. Letchmi estate is one of the most picturesque tea plantations in Munnar and the landscape as you continue to cycle down the road is a pure visually treat. As you pass through the village, you can see domestic animals on the sides of the road, tiny homes belonging to plantation workers arranged in neat, meticulous lines and vibrantly coloured temples.