🌲 Chennai to Munnar Tea Gardens & Alleppey Package
📍 About Munnar — sightseeing, shopping and what not to miss
Munnar is a prominent hill station in Kerala, famous for its vast tea estates and gardens that cover rolling hillsides. A four-day trip allows ample time to explore the main sights in the region. Visitors can travel to Mattupetty Dam and lake, where peaceful water views complement the surrounding greenery. Higher up, the Top Station viewpoint offers expansive panoramic vistas across the Western Ghats and neighbouring valleys. Nature enthusiasts can visit Eravikulam National Park, a protected area known for its unique high-altitude ecosystem, rolling grasslands, and native wildlife species. Whether taking in sweeping vistas from high elevation points or walking past manicured tea estates and gardens, Munnar delivers a refreshing high-country experience focused on scenic mountain landscapes and quiet outdoor exploration.
🗺️ Places the Chennai to Munnar itinerary covers
Ghat roads are the reason this trip is worth a driver who runs them regularly. Over 4 days you get the same vehicle for the climb, the local sightseeing and the descent.
- Eravikulam National Park
- Mattupetty Dam and lake
- Top Station viewpoint
- Tea estates and gardens
🧭 How a 4-day Chennai to Munnar trip is shaped
- 1,180 KM of driving in total, Chennai back to Chennai.
- 4 days is the duration most groups book this as. It is also offered as a 5 day trip.
- Overnight stays are part of the trip, so the driver's halt and batta are factored into the quote.
- The route crosses into Kerala, so an interstate permit is part of the booking.
- Pickup is from your address in Chennai, not from a depot.
💰 What it costs
The Chennai to Munnar trip starts at ₹28,360 for a 9 + 1 Seats Tempo Traveller (Maharaja Sofa), worked out on the full 1,180 KM over 4 days including driver batta.
All six vehicles, with per-km rates and batta broken out, are on the Chennai to Munnar rental page.
🌙 Driver batta across 4 days
This trip runs 4 days, so batta is charged 4× the daily rate — from ₹1,000 per day depending on the vehicle, already included in every fare above. Over 1,180 KM the daily driving is paced around the driver's mandatory rest window.
🛂 The Kerala border crossing on this route
Chennai to Munnar leaves Tamil Nadu and enters Kerala, so a Kerala entry permit is raised for the vehicle. It is billed at actuals on top of the ₹28,360–₹57,900 fare range above, and the checkpost stop is built into the 4-day schedule.
