Pacha Estate sits on forty acres of terraced tea, folded into the Western Ghats above Munnar. Twenty-two rooms, one plantation bungalow, and a kitchen that cooks from what the estate grows.
Every room looks over cropped tea rows that pickers walk before sunrise — no glass or gate between you and the garden.
Jackfruit, pepper, and greens come from our own kitchen garden; the day's catch of trout comes from the estate ponds.
Mornings start with our factory supervisor, who has plucked these same slopes for over twenty years.
Pacha Estate began as the manager's bungalow on a working tea plantation. We've kept the estate running and opened its rooms, gardens and factory to guests who want quiet over spectacle.
Read the full story →Garden-view rooms and one full plantation bungalow for families.
An open kitchen and dining room built inside a retired tea-drying shed.
Daily walks at 7am through the tea rows and spice terraces.
An open deck above the estate, clear of light, for evenings and star-gazing.
"We didn't want a resort with a view of a tea garden. We wanted a tea garden that happened to have rooms in it."
— Estate Manager, Pacha Estate
Spice plantation stays by the Periyar reserve.
Rolling grassland camps and pine walks.
Houseboat stays through the coir villages.
Lakeside cottages inside a bird sanctuary.
Rooms are limited to keep the plantation quiet. Write to us or call ahead for the season's tariff.
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