Kolukkumalai
The highest tea estate in the world at 2,400 metres, reached by jeep from Munnar over a road that is mostly rock.
- Where
- Theni, Tamil Nadu, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 10.0750, 77.2210
Get the Kolukkumalai stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Kolukkumalai. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Tamil Nadu volume with your photos and a note.
Near Kolukkumalai
Meesapulimala 3.1 km
The second highest peak in the Western Ghats at 2,640 metres, reached on foot through rhododendron and grassland from Munnar.
Pampadum Shola National Park 9.2 km
The smallest national park in Kerala, high shola forest above Munnar.
Mathikettan Shola National Park 11 km
A small shola forest in Idukki whose name means the forest that confuses the mind.
Mattupetty Dam 11 km
A concrete dam in the Kannan Devan hills above Munnar, holding water for power.
Vattavada 13 km
A cold high valley past Munnar where garlic, cabbage and passion fruit grow in terraces, and the road ends at the Tamil Nadu line.
Devikulam 13 km
A small hill station eight kilometres from Munnar, at eighteen hundred metres.
Kanthalloor 16 km
A village of apple, orange and strawberry orchards on the dry side of the Ghats, where Kerala grows fruit it cannot grow anywhere else.
Munnar 18 km
Tea planted across the Kannan Devan hills from the 1880s, and the country the neelakurinji flowers over once in twelve years.
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Questions
Where is Kolukkumalai?
Kolukkumalai is in Theni, Tamil Nadu. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Meesapulimala (3.1 km), Pampadum Shola National Park (9.2 km), Mathikettan Shola National Park (11 km).
How do I get the Kolukkumalai stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Kolukkumalai and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Tamil Nadu volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Kolukkumalai before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Tamil Nadu volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.