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Posted on Sep 12, 2018
BookLockhart Tea Museum- Nestled around a Living Tea Factory in an Estate with a history of more than 100 years.
A museum is an abode of various artefacts collected to reflect and in turn educate the present generations about the cultural, historical, and artistic works of the bygone era. Lockhart T...
Posted on 05-Jul-2018
Learn moreLockhart Tea Museum provides an experienced heritage tea factory tour and visit to tea museum
Make Your Own Tea at Lockhart Tea Factory, Munnar
Dec 20, 2017 – Dec 19, 2018Make your own tea programme is a new innovation introduced by Lockhart Estate and the Factory in Munnar. The objective of this unique programme is to give the tea lovers all around the world a unique experience of producing a tea by their own hands.
This programme provides an opportunity for par...
Posted on Nov 5, 2017
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Posted on Nov 5, 2017
Now Lockhart Tea Factory Munnar provides Tea Garden Cycling.
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Posted on 30-Sep-2017
Learn moreFactory Tour & Tea Museum: - This is an another day tour where one can have an experienced tea tour by the way of visiting the plant directly and can learn and feel the different grades of Tea such as Black, Green and White Tea. Along with that, the guest can learn health benefits of Tea also.
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Testimonials
9 months ago
- Anil GOverall good experience and Informative tour. This tour give you idea how Tea is actually prepared in factory and help to understand difference between white, green and black tea. Ticket is 200 Rs per Head for factory tour Approaching road to factory is not good. (as of 5th Dec 2019) .
7 months ago
- Rahul SVery old tea factory. Tea made from convenctional method in this factory. One can taste different types of tea and can purchase it also. Export quality tea available here. Fees is 200 in which tour the factory is included.it is a guided tour and one can see the various steps involved in processing of tea leaves.How the leaves are separated,segregated according to its quality you can see there. View of tea gardens from the factory is also very good.
10 months ago
- Flora BA really wonderful tea walking tour. Our guide Ashok was so knowledgeable and interesting. The tea is also good.
Explore the Lockhart Tea Museum
Join us here in beautiful Boulder, Munnar for a factory tour and tea museum. From raw ingredients to finished products, you’ll learn all about the wonderful world of tea and see how our wholesome products are blended, packaged and shipped. You'll never look at tea the same way again!
Lockhart Tea Museum
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museum is an abode of various artefacts collected to reflect and in turn
educate the present generations about the cultural, historical, and artistic
works of the bygone era. Lockhart Tea Museum is one such place which excites
its visitors by providing a historical voyage through the development of one of
the first plantations in Munnar from 1879. This living Museum and factory gives
a bucketful of knowledge about orthodox tea processing and the operations that
go into the making of black tea, green tea, and white tea in traditional ways.
Lockhart Tea Museum displays various equipment’s
used in the plantation in the past and present like Hand Shears, Mechanical Harvesting
Machines, Drake and Fletcher Sprayer to name a few.
The Tea
Museum makes the visitors understand the growth of plantations from 1819. The
Museum includes old writings, 100 years old photographs of the British planters
during their hunting, Bullock carts, Allwyn Prestocold refrigerator, Funerary
Urn etc which informs the visitors about the ancient world. Old photographs on
the walls show a glimpse of the history of Munnar.
The
Lockhart tea factory is famous for its Orthodox Tea produced in the traditional
way. The factory houses the museum was built in 1936 and includes a tea sales
outlet and tea-tasting sections. The tourists are given a guided briefing about
the origins of tea for consumption, its history & health Benefits to the
visitors.
The
Lockhart tea factory is famous for its Orthodox Tea produced in the traditional
way. The museum includes a living factory which was built in 1936 and a tea
sales outlet and tea-tasting sections. The visitors are given a briefing about the origins of tea for
consumption, its history & health benefits and explained about the
traditional tea manufacturing processes.
Know Before Your Visit
- Our factory follows strict FDA requirements and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) to ensure the safety of our employees and tourists. Please keep in mind these restrictions during your visit at Lockhart Factory
- Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
- Photography is prohibited in the factory.
- Foot cover are required in the factory.
- Food, drinks, gum and glass containers are not allowed in the factory.
- Service animals are not allowed in the factory.
- Restrooms are not available during the factory portion of the tour.
- Smoking not allowed.
- Courtesy wheelchairs are available for guests but they are limited in quantity and are available on a first come, first served basis. Tour Guides will not be available to push wheelchairs in the factory.
- Tour participants must allow the tour guide to lead at all times.
- Prohibited items policy includes items that we determine may be harmful or disruptive to our guests or employees. Examples of prohibited items include but are not limited to: alcoholic beverages or any illegal substance under Indian law, weapons of any kind or objects that appear to be weapons (including toy guns such as squirt guns, nerf guns, etc.) Drones, remote control devices, skateboards, scooters, inline skates and shoes with built-in wheels.
- Reservations are required for all group tours. Advanced reservations are required for groups of 8 or more.
- Outside food is not permitted in our tour center or café. You may utilize our outside tables or purchase food from the café. Contact our Café for group reservations at +91 4865 264036.
If you have any issues or concerns, please contact G.Prabhakar at lockhart.care@harrisonsmalayalam.com or +91 9446005406.
Those who are visiting Munnar don't forget to visit here.
Our Recognitions
- We certified with Adventure Tourism Association of India (ATOAI)
- We aggregated with Green Farms Kerala by Kerala Tourism
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