TOURIST INFORMATION

OOTY

Distance from Ooty bus stand

Places

in km Places in km
Botanical Gardens 2 Dever Betta View Point 40
Lake 1 Parsons valley 18
Dodabetta Peak 11 Wenlock Downs 8
Pykara Dam & Boat house 21 Western Catchment 40
Pykara Water falls 23 Kamaraj Sagar Dam 10
Kalhatty water falls 14 Mukurthi Peak & Mukurthi National park 40
GOVT. Musuem 2 Cairn Hill 6
Valley View 4 Mini Garden 0
Glenmorgan 17 Rose Garden 3
Upper Bhavani 60 Deer Park 2
Avalanche 20 Mudumali Wildlife Sanctuary 67
 

CONOOR

GUDALUR

KOTAGIRI

Places

In Kms

Places

In Kms

Places

In Kms

Sim'sPark

Law falls

Lamb's Rock

Dolpin's Nose

Droog

Kattary Dam&Water falls

Kundah dam

Ralliah Dam

Kodamalai view point

 

 

3

7

8

12

17

14

30

10

8

 

 

Numbala kotta

Thorapalli hanging Bridge

Needle Point View

Frog Hill View Point

Nella Kotta

Theppakkadu

Nelliyalam

Cherambadi

Segur Water Falls

 

8

10

12

14

15

17

20

35

30

 

 

Kodanad View Point

St.Catherine Water Falls

Rangaswami Peak

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

6

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Travel Info - How to get here

 
Nearest Airport is Coimbatore (100 Kms)


Nearest broad gauge railway head is in Mettupalayam(46 Kms). Major broadgauge and metre gauge railway juinction is Coimbatore (89 kms). Coimbatore is connected with all major cities. Mettupalayam to Ooty, is connected Mountain Railway. To reach Ooty by Mountain Railway is 4 hours journey.


Ooty is connected by good motor able road.


LOCAL
TRANSPORT

City Bus, Taxi and Auto available.

Road Distance from Ooty in Kms

Place Kms
Coimbatore 89
Coonoor 18
Kotagiri 31
Calicut Via – Gudalur) 187
Mysore 160
Bangalore 290
Cochin (Via – Coimbatore, Palakkad) 281
Trichy(Via – Coimbatore, Palani) 302


Places of Worship
TEMPLE Murugan Temple, Elk Hill, Venkateshwara Perumal Yemple, Sri Mariamman Temple,Subramania Swamy Temple, Vittoba Temple, Balamurugan Temple, Iyappa Temple, Muniswarar Temple, Jain Temple, Mooyulaka Arasiaamman Temple,Kandal and Kaasi Viswanatha Swamy Temple,Kandal.

CHURCH St. Stephen's Church, Union Church, Holy Trinity Church, St.Thomas Church, Sacred Heart Church, St.Mary's Church, St Theresa's Church and Kandal Shrine.

MOSQUE Big Mosque, Lower Bazaar.

MUTT Ramakrishna mutt, Ramakrishna puram, Ooty. Narayana Gurukulam, Manjanakorai, Ooty. Abu Babajee Trusttt, Wood Cock Road, Ooty. Diyanamyam (PBKS) Ettins road, Ooty. Raghavendra Mutt, Bombay Castle, Ooty, Dakshinamurthy Madalayam, Kandal, Ooty, Sampoorna Ashram, Naduhatty, Kattabettu Post, Nilgiris, Bahai Prayer Hall, Snow down road for prayer, Yoga, Meditation etc.

Tourism Information can be had from  The Tourist Officer, Ooty

Office/Officer

Phone Number(0423)

Tourist Officer

2443977

TTDC Old Boat House

2446801

Manager, Youth Hostel , Ooty

2443665

 
VISITORS TO NILGIRIS

YEAR

FOREIGN TOURISTS

DOMESTIC TOURISTS

TOTAL

1989

6,450

12,52,856

12,59,306

1990

12,404

13,47,808

13,60,212

1991

14,839

14,25,031

14,39,870

1992

11,556

14,69,941

14,81,497

1993

5,023

15,44,707

15,49,730

1994

10,336

16,05,464

16,15,800

1995

8,407

19,63,539

19,71,946

1996

13,250

17,07,150

17,20,400

1997

17,700

18,21,200

18,38,900

1998

23,868

18,47,989

18,71,857

1999

22,763

18,88,928

19,11,691

2000

18,440

15,52,711

15,71,151

2001

20,654

20,11,165

20,31,819

2002

23,590

20,32,400

20,55,990

2003

25,000

20,20,525

20,45,525

2004

24,500

15,00,500

15,25,000

2005

23,606

19,05,755

19,29,361

2006

32,134

21,70,127

22,02,261

2007

38,239

22,36,915

22,75,154

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