We stayed a night in a “village” called Karunagappally, it was the closest to the ashram we could find a decent accommodation in. When we arrived, noone was there and the house seemed abandoned. We had made a booking on booking.com so V gave them a call – number is no longer valid. Convinced this place is no longer rented…
One morning we went to the forest department office in Munnar (online bookings don’t take foreign cards) and booked 2 nights in the Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary: One night in Koottar log house in the north of the park and the other at Thoovanam log house in the south of the park. The next day at 10:30am we took a local…
We got off the bus in Munnar and headed straight to the Forest Department Office to inquire about trekking. They only organise things in the wildlife sanctuaries further from Munnar and nothing locally, so they referred us to the KFDC Office. We went there and they gave us pretty much only one option: Trek from base camp to the top…