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Wyanad,a land with nature and history rooted deep.

Jul 15 2022

Kerala’s least populous district, Wayanad is also its best-known secret. Complete with misty mountains, splendid forests, pristine rivers, and cascading waterfalls, Wayanad is ‘the’ hill station of choice in South India. Not particularly touristy, the district is famed for its wildlife parks and unspoiled nature. Interestingly, Wayanad’s recorded history dates back to as early as 10th century A.D. Pictorial carvings, on the walls of the Edakkal caves, however, show that forests here have probably been inhabited since the Neolithic Age. Ancient temples enclosed by mountains and forests bring reverence and mysticism to the region. Trek to mountain-top lakes and caves, bamboo raft through rivers, and cycle around winding roads to make the most of this spectacular North Kerala region. For the best views of Wayanad, however, you’d best take a bike tour through the paddy fields and small hamlets around. There’s nothing like waking up to a good cup of tea. For more on how this wonderful elixir came to be brewed, visit the tea nursery to find out how it all began. From propagation to grafting, there’s a lot that goes into ensuring each tea bush has higher quality tea leaves worthy enough to be plucked on disease-resistant plants. Move on to the tea fields and try your hand at plucking the ‘two leaves and a bud’ that pluckers around are experts at. Get to know more about pruning and its benefits, before you head over to the tea factory. The heady aroma of tea greets you as you enter the premises here, and spend some time walking past different stages of tea processing from withering and oxidation to crushing and rolling on machinery that was originally imported from Scotland. Just when you think you know it all, get a quick low-down on tea tasting and learn to brew a perfect cup of tea. This is certainly something worth bragging about when you get back home.