Fast Facts about Ooty
When to visit
Best season to visit Ooty is from June to February, but Ooty is never out of season.
Tourist Offices
Tamil Nadu Tourist Office
Wenlock Road, Ooty.
Tourist Information Centre
Government of Tamil Nadu
Bangalore City Railway Station
STD code- 0423
Ooty, the Scotland of the East, is one of the most exotic holiday destinations in Tamil Nadu, South India. The most beautiful and picturesque hill station of South India Ooty is popularly known as the 'Queen of the Blue Mountains' or 'Queen of Hill Stations' among the tourists.
The presence of large number of tea estates classifies Ooty as the 'land of tea gardens'. Lofty mountains, dense forest, sprawling grasslands and miles and miles of tea gardens greet the passengers on most routes.
Tourist Activities
Ooty has plenty of tourist attractions. The Botanical Gardens are full of shady trees, myriad ornamental plants and flowers. The main attraction here is the fossilized tree trunk, which is about 20 million years old. Established in the year 1848 the gardens are formally laid out with lily ponds, and there are clipped bushes in the form of elephants, with raised trunks. You can find wide varieties of plants including some thirty types of eucalyptus in these gardens.
Another major tourists spot is Ooty Lake, which is at about 1-km of distance. It is an artificial lake constructed by John Suvillian, the first Collector and virtual founder of Ooty in 1824. You can enjoy boating in this beautiful lake every day from 8 am to 6 pm.
The other adventure here is climbing up on the highest peak in the Blue Mountains at 8,606 ft-Doddabetta where the Eastern and the Western Ghats merge.
There are numerous picnic spots in Ooty. Wenlock Downs is the most popular picnic spot in Ooty, stretched over an area of about 20,000 acres. Other popular picnic spots are Ninth mile and Sandy Nallah. These spot are frequently used for film shoots.
Ooty organizes a number of carnivals all through the year. The most popular among them are the annual Tea and Tourism Festival in January, Bookkapurma Mariamman an annual festival and the Ooty Mariamman in April and May attracts crowds in huge numbers. Various Boat Races, Summer Festival and Dog Shows are organized during the festivals.
Hotels in Ooty
Ooty is full of luxurious as well as economy class hotels, guesthouses and lodges. The biggest Hotel in Ooty is the Howard Johnson Monarch situated near the famous Botanical Gardens. Other famous hotels here includes Hotel Nahar Nilgiris, TTDC's Hotel Tamil Nadu, Hotel Lake View, Holiday Inn Gem Park, Hotel Khems, Nilgiri Woodlands and YWCA of India Project.
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