Munnar, Blackberry Hills Shola Hike
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 6.73 mi
- Elevation gain
- 965 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 965 ft
- Max elevation
- 4,906 ft
- TrailRank
-
61
5
- Min elevation
- 3,829 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- one hour 46 minutes
- Time
- 2 hours 18 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1769
- Uploaded
- May 24, 2019
- Recorded
- May 2019
near Vandikarai, State of Kerala (India)
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Itinerary description
We took this beautiful hike and due to rain, took an auto once we got to the main road. It’s probable to take some tea plantations on the end leg rather than the main road which is a little riskier and less scenic, but we saw a few walkers along the road. I'd ignore the trek time listed since obviously we went much faster thanks to the auto.
We started the hike at Blackberry Hills--they have well-marked signs for their Shola Hike, which consists of a quick, steep descent onto the tea plantation road. Once through the hill and onto the main road, we took a left. We did hear “this is private property” from one person but everyone else in the plantation greeted us with smiles and we had no problems. Exquisite views all around.
It's also a loop trek, which is convenient. If you need to coordinate transport, you can be dropped at Blackberry Hills, and then receive pickup or hail an auto at a few points if you don't want to do the full loop--Attrakadu falls is an obvious one, as is Blanket Hotel or the Pothamedu bridge (trail time will be appx 1 hr 30 mins at the falls, 1:50 for Blanket Hotel and prob 3 1/2 hrs at the bridge). Happy trails!
We started the hike at Blackberry Hills--they have well-marked signs for their Shola Hike, which consists of a quick, steep descent onto the tea plantation road. Once through the hill and onto the main road, we took a left. We did hear “this is private property” from one person but everyone else in the plantation greeted us with smiles and we had no problems. Exquisite views all around.
It's also a loop trek, which is convenient. If you need to coordinate transport, you can be dropped at Blackberry Hills, and then receive pickup or hail an auto at a few points if you don't want to do the full loop--Attrakadu falls is an obvious one, as is Blanket Hotel or the Pothamedu bridge (trail time will be appx 1 hr 30 mins at the falls, 1:50 for Blanket Hotel and prob 3 1/2 hrs at the bridge). Happy trails!
Waypoints
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3,871 ft
Steps
You can use these steps to save you from a much windier path, although they’re steep.
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3,976 ft
Top of stairs
At the top of the stairs we took a left, towards Blanket
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3,980 ft
Just kidding
Turn right at the steps, the hotel is a dead end
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4,177 ft
Top of the stairs
Turn right
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4,738 ft
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4,695 ft
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4,646 ft
Hornbill Restaurant
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I followed this trail starting from the end of the tea fields dawn and up to the bridge. Beautiful!