South India · Hill station in Tamil Nadu, India

Ooty

Ooty is a town and seat of the Nilgiris district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Every way there

Coimbatore → Ooty
54 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · ₹660–820
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Calicut → Ooty
101 km · quickest by road, 3h 16m · ₹1,030–1,280
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Kannur → Ooty
154 km · quickest by road, 4h 23m · ₹1,420–1,780
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Ooty, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Ooty has

YScheduled flightsCoimbatore (CJB), 56 km
YTrains and coachesTransitous carries 2 timetable feeds for this country, 1 with real-time
NFerriesno crossing within 25 km
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter shareno share feed known
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known.

11.410°, 76.700°

It is located at an altitude of 2,240 m (7,350 ft), in the Nilgiri Mountains, which forms part of the Western Ghats, and is known by the epithet "Queen of hill stations".

Get in

Getting to Ooty

Ooty has no airport. The nearby airports are located in: Coimbatore (CJB IATA). Nearest airport (88km and 3.5 hrs) Mysore (MYQ IATA). Mysore airport is also close (116 km and 4 hrs) Kozhikode (CCJ IATA). Serves the most destinations out of these three airports (140 km and 4 hrs)

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Udagamandalam SR
The Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR) connects Ooty with Mettupalayam.
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Ooty
Direct buses from Coimbatore take 4 hours and are operated by KSRTC (Kerala) and by private bus companies.

See

Worth seeing

Annamalai Temple (about 20 km from Ooty). This place has grown as a famous temple of Lord Muruga, and is known as 7th Hill house of the lord. The view from the temple is great. There is an observatory at the top of hill for the public to enjoy the magnificent panoramic view.

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Doddabetta Peak
The peak of Dodabetta (literally meaning the big mountain) stands at an altitude of 2,623 m.
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Fern Hills Palace
Be sure to visit this palace-turned-hotel of the Mysore Maharaja.
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Ooty Botanical Gardens
If you are on a sightseeing tour to Ooty, you might want to visit the Government Botanical gardens, which were laid out in 1847.
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Toda Temple
Todas were the original inhabitants of Ooty region.
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Ooty Rose
It is an amazing and very large area garden.
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Wax World
It is a private investment not supported by the government.

Things to do

Most travel agents and hotels conduct guided tour packages that will bundle you into a bus, and tick off the most important and hence crowded "tourist" spots in the area. Some hotels also arrange for private cars like Indica, TATA Sumo.