Ooty-Travel Guide

Ooty is a hill station near the Nilgiri hills in the Indian state of  Tamil Nadu.Ooty is also known as Udhagai.Just like another hill station, there are lots of sceneries, viewpoint and each of them is been converted in good tourist attraction place. Tea and coffee plantation covered most of the part of Ooty.                                                                                                                                                  
Duration of trip-3D/2N from Bangalore

  We have started our journey from Bangalore, we have booked a Volvo Bus around 10 pm. The approximate distance from Bangalore to Ooty is 265 km. and we reached at 6:30 a.m. After that we went to the hotel where we had our breakfast. And after that, we started visiting the places.

DAY 1

1-Ooty Lake - The Ooty lake is artificial lake constructed by John Sullivan. It is located behind the railway station. Those who like boat riding or pedal and motor boat this is a good place to those set of people. It starts at morning 8 AM and it is there till 6 PM.
Ooty Lake
2- Pyakar River- Pykar is a name of village and river  19 km from Ooty.This area is surrounded by the forest that add to it natural beauty. The river falls down different height towards the end. This place is popular Picnic spot for Tourist as well as local. Many filmmakers have shot songs of their movie around the picturesque lakes. There is a Boathouse, rest house and restaurants run by the Tamil Nadu Tourist Development Corporation.
Pyakar River


DAY 2

 3-Shooting Point- A wondrous meadow. It looks like the same place that has come alive from dreams. The Picturesque setting made it a preferred location for the shooting of many films like Raaz, Raja Hindustani, Hum etc.
Shooting Point
People often go horse riding at this place through  It's best to enjoy on foot.With a calm lake alongside the route leading to the point.This is also a good picnic spot or just rejuvenate  oneself.
Shooting Point
4 Doddabetta Peak- It is the highest mountain in the Nilgiri Hills, There is a reserved forest area around the peak. From the peak, you can see the whole view.There is telescope house for a better view.
Doddabetta Peak
DAY 3
5-Botanical Garden- The botanical garden in Ooty is home to many rare species of trees. The paper bark tree, the monkey bark tree, and old fossilized tree round out the other rare species.The Ooty botanical garden is divided into 6 part which include the lower garden, New Garden, Italian Garden, Conservatory, Fountain Terrace and Nursery. We covered  botinical garden at around 1:30 after that we had our lunch. After finishing our lunch we went hotel.

Botanical Garden
At evening we started our journey for Bangalore. Hope this information will help you to plan your vacation.




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