Date: March 11, 2018

I’ve been meaning to visit Munnar for quite some time. Although I’d been to Periyar back in 2009, I didn’t have the chance to visit the more popular town of Munnar, even though both are in the same district. My mother has been talking about visiting Munnar for a few years now. So in early March, I decided to take my parents to the famed hill station of Kerala.

There wasn’t too much planned. It was going to be two nights in Munnar and then one night in Kochi before heading back to Kannur.

Getting to Munnar

From Kannur, I assumed you had to get to Ernakulam first and then take a bus to Munnar. But upon doing some more research, turns out when coming from Kannur (or north Kerala), one can also get down at Aluva station and then take a KSRTC (Kerala State Road & Transport Corporation) bus from the Aluva bus depot which is very close to the railway station.

The train I booked from Kannur to Aluva was the NETRAVATI EXPRESS, which arrives (if no delays) into Kannur at 6:45AM and stops at Aluva 12:13pm.

On the day of our journey, our train was delayed :/

Since I woke up early to catch the train, I slept through most of the journey and missed most of the sights.

We arrived in Aluva 30 minutes late. We quickly had lunch from a restaurant nearby and then walked to the KSRTC bus depot which is only a short walk from across Aluva train station. Continue reading “Getting to Munnar – Train ride from Kannur and KSRTC bus from Aluva” »