Top station

The highest point in Munnar - Top station Munnar

Do you know which is Munnar’s highest point? Well, you guessed it right, its Top Station! The spectacular trek area a little outside the main city of Munnar is this lovely railway station located at the highest point of Munnar. With its rare gift of Neelakurinji, it is a prime part of Munnar tour packages for nature lovers. The representative site is definitely among the best places to visit in Munnar and it is also a top location in all Munnar tour packages.

Major attractions

One of the most visited places in Munnar, the mesmerizing spot in the hills can be conveniently enjoyed at the much accessible road connecting the city with Kodaikanal which can be easily reached by taxi, frequent public buses or your own car. The biggest attraction here is its rare specification of being the highest accessible site in the lush green city of Munnar. A city full of leaves and clouds is home to the station of state railways which boasts of being the highest station carefully placed at a height of Seventeen-hundred meters built at the heart of the peaceful Valley of Kundala.

If you are not really a nature-person then you can always go ahead to visit the famous Kurinjimala Sanctuary as well. Anyway, the place is a paradise for nature lovers. One may enjoy a good birds-eye view of the magnificent Theni Valley of the adjacent state of Tamil Nadu, beautifully presenting the entire package of the beauty that the Western Ghats has to offer at that very spot.

More attractions

One of the rarest attractions that attract tourists here is surprisingly not its massive height, but the rare Strobilanthus that exclusively grow here. These rare flowers found here are locally named as the Neelakurinji. The attractive fact associated with these lush blue flowers is that the people visiting here get to see these beauties blooming only once in every 12 long years. People from across the globe may visit here again in the fortunate year of 2030 in order to experience the rare exotic blue buds covering this area of Munnar. Till then you can always enjoy the falling fog and clouds over your heads at that long a height giving you an illusion that you can actually hold them in your fist. All these special attractions make it a prime part of Munnar tourism.

How to reach

Distance in kilometers from Munnar- 32.