Ooty (or Udhagamandalam) is a beautiful hill station located in the famous Nilgiri Hills in the South-Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is rightly called the 'Queen of Hill Stations'. It is located at a height of 2,240 mts above sea level.
The town is famous for numerous tea estates. Apart from these, other major attractions are towering mountains, dense forests and sprawling grasslands.
Ooty has a pleasant climate throughout the year. The temperature ranges from -2 degrees in winters to 25 degrees celsius in summers. However, the nights in ooty are extremely chilly during most of the months. You must carry heavy woollens in winter and light woollen in summer.
Ooty is well-connected by road to Chennai (Capital of Tamil Nadu), Coimbatore, Coonoor, Mysore, Kozhikode, Bangalore, Kochi and Kodaikanal. Many tourists combine the trip to Ooty with Kodaikanal and Coimbatore too. You can also travel by car.
Ooty is also connected by good rail line to the cities. However, it doesn't have an Airport. The nearest airports are Chennai, Coimbatore and Bangalore. You can arrive in these cities by flight and then travel to Ooty via road while capturing the picturesque beauty on the way.
Attractions in Ooty:
There are a lot of places to enjoy in Ooty. Some of these are:
1) Rose Garden
2) Botanical Gardens
3) Ooty Lake
4) Emerald Lake
5) Avalanche Lake
6) Porthimund Lake
7) Upper Bhavani
8) Stone House
9) Toda Huts
10) Ooty Mountain Railway
11) St. Stephen's Church
12) Wax World
13) Tribal Museum
14) Deer Park
15) Doddabetta Peak
16) Pykara River
17) Pine forest
18) Wenlock Downs (grassland area)
19) Kamaraj Sagar Dam
20) Mudumalai National Park
21) Mukurthi National Park
22) Needle Hill viewpoint
23) Frog Hill Viewpoint
24) Parsons Valley Reservoir
25) Annamalai Temple
26) Tea Factory
27) Echo Rock
Do in Ooty:
1) Hiking and long walks
2) Buy homemade chocolates and local tea
3) Golfing
4) Horse Back Riding
5) Boating
Ooty is rightly called a Traveller's Paradise. Come here to freshen up for the year.
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