Ooty, coonoor and kotagiri:
Country : India
State :Tamilnadu
District : Niligiri
Altitude : 2250 M ( 7300 ft ) appx
Nearest airport : Coimbatore.
Nearest city : Coimbatore
High temperature: 17°c - 20°c
low temperature : 5°c - 12 °c
Route : From Mettupalayam to Ooty through Coonoor is around 55 kilometres and has more hairpin bends.
: From Mettupalayam to Ooty through Kotagiri is around 63 kilometres and has less hairpin bends with less traffic and wide roads.
Best time to visit : October to June ( in the month of may,flowers show and boat race are conducted. )
Places of interest:
1. Nilgiri mountain Railway:
Nilgiri mountain Railway runs from Mettupalayam to Ooty through Coonoor it is around 46 kilometre distance. The train starts at 7:10 a.m. morning at mettupalayam and Reaches Ooty at 12 noon. the average speed of this train is 9 kilometre per hour and has 7 halt between Mettupalayam and Ooty. the train number is 56136. you can book the ticket from IRCTC website. it is a very popular and plesent ride. the return train from Ooty starts at 2 p.m. and reaches Mettupalayam at 5:35 p.m.the return train number is 56137.
2. Sims park:
Sims Park is at Coonoor, it is a very beautiful park lot of flowers and plants.
3.Second World War Memorial:
it is situated in Wellington near Coonoorvacancy the Second World War Memorial pillar here.
4.Rose Garden Ooty:
This is the one of the biggest Rose garden with variety of Rose flowers.
5. government botanical garden:
government Botanical Garden situated in Ooty has variety of species of plants.
6. Ooty lake:
it was situated in Ooty where we can have a pleasant boat ride
7. Mudumalai National Park
8. pykara lake
9. Wax world Museum Ooty
10. Doddabetta peak
It is situated on the way from Kotagiri to Ooty.
11. Shooting point.
12. Lady canning's seat
13. Honey and bee museum
14. Tea factory visit
you can visit high field tea factory near Coonoor Sims Park or the tea factory on the way from Ooty to doddabetta.
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| High field tea factory coonoor |
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| High field tea factory coonoor |
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| High field tea factory coonoor |
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| High field tea factory coonoor |
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| Tea garderns at highfield tea factory coonoor |
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| Tea garderns at highfield tea factory coonoor |
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| Tea garderns at highfield tea factory coonoor |
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| Tea garderns at highfield tea factory coonoor |
15. Tea estate:
