Tea Harvester

The Tree Harvester is a hotel housed in a vintage bungalow inside a tea garden.
It is located in Chungath estate in Chitirapuram, near a hydel power house, about 6 kms away from Anchal and about 12 kms away from Munnar. Good motorable road connects this property except for the last 800 m, which is single lane dirt road inside the tea estate. Gruenberg Tea Plantations Haus is on the other side of the tea garden.
The hotel is housed in an old bunglow with spacious rooms and excellent views all around. There is a Kathakali and Kalaripayattu center nearby where regular performances are held. The food quality & taste are excellent and quantity justifies the price. The open air dining is very enjoyable.
It is a pity that the management of such an excellent property is very casual about the hospitality. All parts of the property are not cleaned properly like the fountain etc. The bed sheets and towels are not clean and have spots on them. The towels are wornout, the bedsheets have holes and the plastic chairs are chipped. . The house keeping staff are not very efficient. The extra bed and mattresses are kept on the balcony right outside the rooms. The other staffs are quite indifferent and neglect guest complains. We had booked room at upper level and was given a room where the latch of the balcony door was broken. Though it was informed to the hotel front desk in the noon, it didn't get repaired till late evening. Then they tied a plastic rope and asked us to bear it till next day. After some discussion they shifted us to ground level room for the night. Next day we were allotted a room on the upper level but had to shift our luggage ourselves as no staff was available. The parking is also small and accommodates 6-7 cars.
In a nutshell, the property and its location are excellent but other than that, nothing justifies it's 3⭐ status as claimed on various travel portals.
My suggestion is to book this property only through some reputed travel agencies and take their help in case of need.

The hotel provides excellent service with attentive care and great food. Housekeeping is efficient, and the hotel offers a complimentary cab service with supportive drivers. Whenever you visit, the hotel will arrange everything. The front desk is also very helpful.

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We stayed here in May, and it was the most disappointing stay so far. The temperature sores to as high 30-32 degrees but no Ac is given. The staff is rude the food is bland and the price is exorbitant. The staff is impolite and doesn't respond to your queries. Whenever asked for any help, they give you attitude as if they are doing a favor to you. To top it all there is some construction noise going around all the time. There's some continuous drilling going on outside the rooms which makes it impossible to stay in the hotel.

Beautiful hotel,situated in middle of tea plantation, surrounded by trees,so woke to lots of birdsong. Hotel staff were helpful and attentive, lovely meals, very comfortable rooms with beautiful views. No town that you could walk to,so would need a car to visit. Definitely recommended for a short stay.

Well appointed room surrounded by tea plantations. Breakfast was good, with European food as well as Indian food on offer. No alcohol. There is a bad Wi-Fi signal as all guests share the same Wi-Fi, and we couldn’t pay our bill with a credit card. This was a big problem as there were no cash machines nearby.