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Munnar · Tea Culture & Plantations

Known as the South Indian Tea Capital with the highest tea estates in the country spanning 80,000 hectares. Key sites include the Tata Tea Museum and estates like Kolukkumalai, the world's highest tea garden. The area offers tea garden trails, wildlife sightings including elephants, and blooms of Neelakurinji every 12 years. Tea processing uses orthodox and CTC methods.