Botanical Garden

As the name says this Garden formed by Mr.Mc.Ivor during the year 1857-1867 is a collection of flora. Words to be found to describe the beauty of this botanical Garden.

Children’s Park

At the eastern end of the lake we find a children’s park. Already the climate and natural green carpet, adding pride to ooty, this children’s park is also an important place.

Boat House Lake

Even though the name of this lake is boat House Lake, people use to call this lake as ooty lake. The British ruler called john Sullivan has constructed this beautiful lake in the years 1823-1825.

Pykara

This is the name of a river in this district. It is believed to be the largest in the place. The old Tribals called Todas Believed this River as a Holy one and they were worshipping this river in days of yore.

Glen Morgen

This spot is located at a distance of 17 km from ooty. An important place with thick forests. More varieties of trees are seen over here. Some important species helpful to mankind are also found here.

Tiger Hill

A Beautiful hill located to the east of udagamandalam. That too is at the lower bend of Dodda-Betta peak.

Avalanche

Located at a distance of 25 km from ooty. A place that should not be missed. A dam called Canada dam is seen here. An exotic experience of mountain trekking could be realized in this place.

Dodda Betta

This is the highest point in nilgris Located at a distance of 8 km from ooty. In nilgris plateau this peak point runs north- south. A very high location, whose height is about 2636 m.

Ooty is a destination that can be visited all through the year. Summers are pleasant, winters are cool, and monsoons are beautiful. Summers during March to May have an average temperature in the range 15°C to 20°C. Summers maximum temperature never crosses 25°C. Winters during November to January are very pleasant and cool with minimum touching below 4°C and maximum ranges about 15°C. Monsoons offer good rainfall during June to September. February-March is spring and October-November is autumn.

Ooty is very attractive in all seasons, Winters can be chilly with ice forming. Flower shows during February - March attract many tourists. Ooty celebrates New Year, especially in hotels, with great enthusiasm and cultural shows.

Best time to visit is all through the year, may keep off heavy rainy days in monsoon.

Ooty is 90 km from Coimbatore, 301 km from Bangalore, 160 km from Mysore, 537 km from Chennai, and 567 km from Kanyakumari, 290 km from Bangalore, 842 km from Hyderabad, 485 km from Kanchipuram, 281 km from Kochi, 265 km from Kodaikanal, 326 km from Madurai, 401 km from Mangalore, 422 km from Pondicherry, 537 km from Rameswaram, 341 km from Thanjavur, 498 km from Thiruvananthapuram, 342 km from Tiruchirapalli, 534 km from Tiruupati.

Most visitors arrive in Ooty either by bus from Mysore in Karnataka or by the mountain railway from Coonoor and Mettupalayam. Between the lake and the racecourse are the bus stand and railway station.

Air: Nearest airport, Coimbatore is 98 kms away. Cochin airport is 250 kms away and Bangalore airport is 276 kms.

Rail: Ooty has a miniature railway connecting it with the lowlands. The railways starts at Mettupalayam (46 km from Ooty), north of Coimbatore, and goes via Coonoor to Ooty, where you will see some spectacular views of the precipitous eastern slopes of the rain-forested Nilgiris.

Road: There are frequent buses for Kotagiri and Coonoor. Ooty is connected by bus service to Coimbatore, Bangalore (via Mysore), Chennai, Kanyakumari, Thanjavur and Tirupati. Karanataka's state bus company (KSRTC) has daily bus services to Bangalore, Mysore and Hassan. Private bus companies offer super deluxe bus services to Bangalore, Chennai, Kodaikanal and Mysore.