Tea garden, Sylhet
Malnicherra Tea Estateমালনীছড়া চা-বাগান
- Time needed
- One to two hours.
- best months
- Apr–Oct
- Cost
- Free to walk the roads.
Rolling tea hills on the airport road, a few minutes from the city: founded in 1854, it is counted the oldest commercial tea estate in the subcontinent.
Plan your visit
- Best time
- April to October, when leaves are picked.
At a glance
- Founded
- 1854
- Area
- About 1,500 acres
About
The estate covers about 1,500 acres of low hills, the bushes clipped flat in rows with shade trees above them. Roads cross it, so you can walk among the bushes without going far from town.
The pickers, mostly women from tea-worker families who have lived on the estates for generations, work from spring to autumn. Ask before taking anyone's photograph.
Getting there: A short CNG ride up the airport road from the city.
Things to do
- Walk the estate roads among the bushes in the morning.
Good to know
- It is a working estate: stay on the paths and do not pick leaves.
