Ooty : Town of Joy

Because of its relatively low popularity, you can enjoy Ooty tourist places. you’ll feel like aside from the locals, you have this place to yourself. If you manage to make the time to get over to Ooty during your trip to this hill station in the state of Tamil Nadu, in southern India. here are some fun ways to pass your time.

Mountain Railway

The mountain railway or ‘Toy Train’ as it is colloquially known is one of the main attractions in Ooty. This train meanders for almost 50 kilometres through the mountains, the forest and across large expanses. The train takes 5 hours from start to finish and it has been recorded as being the steepest in Asia.

Botanical Gardens

Widely considered as the most beautiful gardens in India, Ooty’s botanical gardens attract thousands of tourists every year. The gardens are terraced and each step of the design shows off the very best of Indian botany. Here you will find ancient trees, tropical plants and flowers and a wide range of native wildlife from insects to birds.

Thread Garden

The result of an artists colourful imagination is a garden of some of the World’s wildest and most interesting plants, made entirely from thread. Anthony Joseph conceived this idea 12 years ago and together with his team of 50 workers, they have achieved an incredible feat in the creation of this handmade garden. The thread garden may not sound too exciting but once you see it for yourself and appreciate the high level of skill and time which has gone into making it, you are sure to be blown away.

Relax on Avalanche Lake

The lake in the heart of Ooty is the perfect place to spend a relaxing afternoon. This is a busy place amongst locals and tourists alike and the best way to enjoy it is to hire a boat and float around this 65 acre body of water. If the weather is good then there really is no better place to be than this beautiful lake.

Mukurthi National Park

Mukurthi National Park is a protected area. Previously it was known as "Nilgiris Tahr National Park" . It is situated on a high raised ground at Nilgiris. The park is characterised by montance grassland and shrublands. It is a home to endangered wildlife, including royal Bengal Tiger and Asian Elephant. Its main mammal attraction is the Nilgiri Tahr. It is the India's first International Biosphere Reserve. There are also leopard, sambar deer, barking deer, small Indain civet, shrew, soft furred rat. There are also birds including threatened laughingthrush, whistling thrush, woodcock etc.., Predatory black-winged kite, kestrel etc., may see in the grasslands. This area is also home to the numerous flora. The main objective is to conserve the endangered shola grasslands ecosystem and its epedemic flora and fauna.

Kalhatti water falls

Kalhatti falls is 13km away from the Ooty city. It is on the road to Mysore road or Sigur Ghat Road. You have to go 2 miles from kalhatti village to reach the Kalhatti falls. It is one of the tourist destination in ooty. It is also a beautiful picnic spot. The falls is connected by the motorable road. Most of them select this spot for Hiking, Bird Watching and Trekking.