Trekking

The beautiful mountains of Munnar provide the perfect setting for going on an adventurous trekking expedition. There is no dearth of hills, mountains and trekking trails in Munnar and various resorts and hotels organize trekking expeditions. We are here Back packing for almost 12 years in Munnar. We are well aware of most of the trickiest trekking routes the city. Our team guarantees you full satisfaction and makes you to feel complete trek so you can witness the natural sunrise which you never experienced before.
Tea is the dried leaf of a bush and contains theine and when added to boiling water along with milk and sugar, it gives an aromatic and stimulating drink. Tea is one the most important beverage crops in India. It is also popularly known as “Chai”. Tea plantations were confined to Upper Assam only but later on, new areas such as lower Assam and Darjeeling were also opened up to tea cultivation, there were 35 tea plantations in Assam alone. Later on, tea cultivation started in Nilgiri Hills of Southern India, Tarai along the foothills of the Himalayas and in some area of Himachal Pradesh and Meghalaya.

Tea plantation requires a moderately humid and hot and climatic condition. Tea plantation thrives well in humid an hot weather condition. As climate impacts crop yield, crop quality, One should consider the local climate for tea plantation. The optimum temperature range for tea plant growth is 20° to 33°C and temperatures above 35°C and below 10°C can damage the tea plants growth. Tea plantation requires well distributed rainfall from 150 cm to 300 cm throughout the year. Tea plantation is a shade loving plant and grows more vigorously when it planted along with shady tree areas. Tea plantation thrives well in deep, well drained, friable loamy soils. Virgin forest soils that are rich in humus and iron are the best suited soils for tea plantations and large proportion of potash and phosphorus in the main soil gives special flavour to tea as is the case in Darjeeling. Water logging will damage the plants, so make sure there is easy way of draining the soil. As part of Soil/Land preparation in Tea plantation, good dose of nitrogenous fertilizers like ammonium sulphate and organic matter should be added to soil