Queen of Ooty Hills

Doddabeta peak is the utmost apex point in Ooty that located nearly above more than three thousand meters. It is the highest peak in South India that lies at the junction of Eastern and Western Ghats. The fabulous valleys and the areas of Coimbatore, some moorland of Mysore are glanced exactly from this peak point very clearly. 

On the other hand, there is a Telescope House in the Doddabetta apex. Human eyes are capable to make a glance for some areas only. Hence, by using this telescope one can have long fantastic sight around this mountain. This Telescope House has been managed and controlled by the Tamil Nadu Development Corporation. 

This house has unveiled by the Tamil Nadu Government on June 18, 1983. There is also TTDC restaurants that accommodate to the savor of the visitors. There is also a fabulous activity that held at this tourist spot is trekking at the Doddabetta Peak.

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World illustrious Coonoor Hills

Coonoor is one of the world famous tourist spot that included in the tourist package of Ooty. The place Coonoor is adjoining via the meter gauge railway line on the world famed Nilgiris Mountain Railway. The trip is traveled between Mettupalayam and Ooty.

The out looking tourist rides, at this place, are Sim’s Park, which comprises lots and lots of plants, trees and flowers as like the Botanical Garden. The region enclosed by this garden is twelve hectares. This place is located about nearly twenty kilometers from South Ooty. The famous entertainment is celebrated in summer named as “Fruit Show.”

The fantastic and thrilling activity of Coonoor is trekking trails. It leads the visitors to Lamb Rock, which exit ten kilometers from this town. The regions that are covered by this trip include Coimbatore plains, which provide a spectacular view of the tea and coffee plantations. About 12 km from this town, there is a trek from Lady Canning’s Seat to Dolphin’s Seat.

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OOTY- The Queen Of Hill Stations

Ooty, is also known as "Udhagamandalam" is abe best tourist place in south India. It’s been rightly titled as the as Queen of Hill Stations. Ooty, the headquarters of The Nilgiris district is one of the famous hill station tourist place in India. It is situated at an altitude of 2,240 meters above mean sea level. The word Nilgiris means Blue Mountains. It is a land of picturesque picnic spots and had been a popular summer and weekend getaway for the British during the colonial days. There are plenty of interesting tourist places like Botanical Gardens, Lakes, Boat houses, water falls, shooting spots, Wildlife Sanctuary, Tea estates and many more.

Awesome Journey in Train to reach Ooty

The Queen of Hills is connected to the Chennai City (Capital of Tamilnadu state) by a train at night hours. The train called as Nilgiris Express or Blue Mountain Express which leaves from Chennai at night, and reaches Mettupalayam a small town at the foothills of the Nilgiris early the next morning around 6.30am. The train The Nilgiri Mountain Railway (Toy Train) leaves Mettupalayam at7.10am. The train is very smaller one and can only accommodate few passengers. A through ticket from Chennai to Ooty will ensure a place in the smaller train, although many prefer the faster route of taking a cab or a bus from Mettupalayam.
The steam train takes a very scenic route, and the pace of travel will let you take in the beautiful scenery at leisure with stops at stations for the engine to take on water (the journey takes about 5.1/2 hours compared to 2 hours by road). The train often travels only at 5 - 10 Kmph, allowing some adventurous passengers to disembark from the train and walk along the train.

Mettupalayam can prove to be a bottle-neck during the peak season of April-June with cabs charging exorbitant rates. The train is often quite regular in this part of the country, and is by far the most comfortable way to get here. There are other trains from Chennai to Coimbatore also.

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