Description
Located at Meghamalai, a 6000 acre tea plantation equidistant from Madurai and Thekkadi, the Cloud Mountain bungalow has all the characteristics of a British built bungalow; fireplaces in all rooms, a portico, landscaped gardens and lawns, tall trees flanking the courtyard and tea gardens all around. What sets this bungalow apart is the proximity to the 7 km lake within the plantation and the orange trees beside the driveway.

Destination Meghamalai
Meghamalai is located in Tamil Nadu about 85 kilometers from Thekkadi in Kerala, 43 kms off Chinnamanoor, on the Thekkadi – Madurai Interstate Highway.
Once the exclusive preserve of a group of plantations, Meghamalai today has become the cynosure of every tourist. The largest plantation, the Highwavys Group, is a tea plantation owned previously by Hindustan Lever and today run successfully by the Woodbriar group.
Flanked on one side by the Periyar Tiger Reserve and on the other by the proposed Meghamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, the Highwavys group of Estates lie ensconced in a geographic depression shaped like a bowl, bordered by rising mountain ranges on all sides with a 7 kilometer lake winding across itself.
Meghamalai is also home to rare species of birds, flora and mammal life. Wild Gaurs and Elephants are commonly sighted across the few plantations but more so within the Highwavys Group of Estates.

Experience
There are some places you think are beautiful, some much more than others and some that leave you feeling all comparisons are inane. Meghamalai will make all comparisons inane and leave you stupefied by its sheer beauty. Rolling tea hills, broken by still waters; rising mountains painted with forests, are the few things that leave you spell bound.

To wake up to the call of a distant elephant trumpet, to walk beside the lake for miles across undulating hills, to walk past an elephant skull to a private waterfall or to simply sit atop a grassy cliff and be in communion with mountain peaks all around, are some other things that will become forever locked within your memory for a long, long time.

Whoever described paradise must have been here before!

Tourist Highs
As the name suggests, Meghamalai is the kingdom where the clouds meet the mountains. It is arguably the most beautiful hill station in South India , known to a selective few and seen by even fewer people.
The views are breathtaking, the climate perfect.
The serene lake and the beckoning mountains ranges are perhaps the best `real' description of paradise.
Amidst the natural beauty, it is also about wildlife sightings, treks, and picturesque walks, playing billiards or table tennis, sitting around a bonfire, camping out on a mountain cliff or bathing in a waterfall.

Its' about activities and beauty , one within the other, a perfect blend, a place to thank Mother Nature, to be grateful for the sheer beauty of the world around.

Facilities

• Bedrooms with fireplaces
• Morning bed tea and coffee
• Common dining hall
• Hot water in every room
• Library
• Home cooked meals as per request of the guest
• STD ISD facilities
• Table tennis

Activities

• Jeep drive across the plantation to see animals – Rs 1000 per room
• Picnic at Grass Hills – Rs 1000 per room
• Tea factory visit – Complimentary
• Barbeque and bonfire – Rs 1000 per room
• Use of Club facilities – Rs 350 per room cover charge
• Entry to the Executive Club is complementary. 

Access
Nearest Airport – Madurai , Tamil Nadu / Distance 185 kilometers
Nearest Rail Head – Dindigul / Distance 165 kilometers
 

Routes
Bangalore – Salem – Dindigul – Theni – Chinnamanoor – Meghmalai / Distance
(Travel time – 8 hours)

Chennai – Salem – Dindigul – Theni – Chinnamanoor – Meghmalai / Distance
(Travel time – 18 hours)

Coimbatore – Pollachi - Periyakulam – Theni – Chinnamanoor / Distance
(Travel time – 3 hours)

Coimbatore – Pollachi – Periyakulam – Theni – Chinnamanur – Meghamalai
Distance : 294 Kms
Travel Duration : 8 Hrs