Ooty and Kodaikanal Travel
Ooty short for Ootacamund is a popular hill station of South India in the Nilgiri District of Tamil Nadu and is a wonderful and beautiful slope place of the state, renowned for its rich splendour ornamented with rolling mountains, green meadows, ponds, waterfalls, packed crops, tea home gardens and woodlands. The location is also known by the sobriquet ‘Queen of Hill Stations’ and true to its name the location does appear incredibly wonderful standing with all its satisfaction around the Nilgiri mountain range.
The natural surroundings of Ooty is immensely beautiful and include landscapes, dense forest reserves and national parks. Apart from its scenic natural beauty, the hill station is popular for its tea farming as well as oil extraction industry. The oil here is extracted and obtained from eucalyptus trees, lemon grass, geranium, clove and camphor.
Ooty is often visited along with its twin destination Kodaikanal. Kodaikanal is also equally charming hill station set in the hills of Dindigul district in the state of Tamil Nadu. Nestled in the Palani or Pali Hills in the Western Ghats, this Princess of Hill Stations in the vernacular tongue means ‘The Gift of the Forest’.
Kodaikanal is a very quiet and charming hill resort. Also known as Kodai, it is a favourite holiday destination for not only family vacationers but also for the honeymooners and newlyweds. It is the only hill resort in India that was developed by the Americans. The two most frequently visited places in Kodaikanal by the visitors are the Suicide point and pillar rock. Other places of prime tourist attraction are the Silvers falls, Kodai television tower, Guna cave. Kodaikanal Lake, which is a manmade lake in the form of a star is the most popular attraction of Kodaikanal. The lake offers one with several activities to indulge in like fishing and beating. Tourists can either hire cycles or go horse riding around the lake, which has a picturesque path way around it that is 5 km long. Many opt for a romantic stroll on this pathway too.
Ooty also houses several spots of tourists’ interest. One of the major attractions of theis popular hills station is the Ooty Lake. The lake is very popular for boating where hoards of people and vacationers come to enjoy fun filled time. Another famous attraction of Ooty is the Government Museum, which contains the history of the Nilgiri District. Other prime attractions of Ooty are the Deer Park, Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, the Rose Garden, Ooty Botanical Garden, the Stone House, etc.
Ooty is well connected with nearby railway stations and airports by good roads. It is 535 km from Chennai (via Salem), 89 km from Coimbatore, 18 km from Coonoor (via Gudalur), 155 km from Mysore, 187 km from Calicut, 290 km from Bangalore, 281 km from Kochi (via Coimbatore and Palakkad), 236 km from Kodaikanal (via Coimbatore and Palani). There is a regular bus service from Bangalore, Mysore, Coimbatore, Calicut, Kanyakumari, Thanjavur, Tirupathi and Cochin. Buses ply regularly to Mudhumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Kotagiri, Coonoor and Doddabeta.
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