Ooty Tour
 

Ootacamund or Udhagamandalam, which stands 7,349 feet above sea level in the Nilgiris, is known as the Queen of southern hill resorts of India. Ooty, as it is popularly known, spreads over 36 square miles, and the temperature ranges from 25 degree celsius in summers, to near freezing in winters.This famous hill station is at the junction of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka, three southern states of India.

Ooty Lake, The lake covers an area of one and a half square miles, with a railway running along one bank. The large graveyard of St. Thomas's church, built in 1870, overlooks the lake.

Botanical Gardens, were established in 1848, by the Marquis of Tweeddale. The gardens lie on the lower slopes of Dodabetta peak, the highest point in Ooty. The gardens are formally laid out with lily ponds, and there are clipped bushes in the form of elephants, with raised trunks. Here, a thousand different species of plants including some thirty types of eucalyptus, are to be found.

Charing Cross, is a road junction with markets around it. A short walk from Charing Cross is the Spencers departmental store, which still sells its own Planter's Special cigars, made of Indian tobacco.

Accessibility

Air:
To reach Ooty by airways one has to travel to Coimbatore which is 105km away from Ooty.

Rail:
Ooty is connected by railways to Mettupalayam (47km). Mettupalayam is directly connected to Chennai.

Road:
National highways and roads connect Ooty to all the major cities.