There Are Tours Combining Both Ooty And Kodaikanal Two Major Hill Stations of Tamilnadu

Ooty is one of the few hill stations of Tamilnadu, called Nilgiris too, full of vegetation and greenery, summer capital of Britishraj’s Madras State once, flower shows and dog shows being conducted here every year drawing people all over the world to participate and Ooty tour will be a splendid experience particularly in summer.

From Coimbatore Ooty is reachable by road with 100 km drive and from Mettuppalayam, another city in Tamilnadu, it is 45 km drive, the former having the nearest Airport and the later having the nearest railway station, with a toy train also from Mettuppalayam, covering Coonur, another pleasant hill station, the travel by which narrow gauge rail will be by itself a lifetime experience.

For a Ooty tourist wanting to spend holidays there attractive packages are offered by travel agents and among them Kodaikanal to Ooty tour package for 4 nights and 5 days, covering Coimbatore, Ooty, Coonoor, Kodakanal , in which Ooty tour starts from Coimbatore, has the following itinerary:

•On the first day, the Ooty tour members are picked up from Coimbatore Airport or Railway Station, and taken on a 100 km drive to Ooty, the queen of Hills, where they do Hotel check in and the traveler will have time that day for relaxation besides Boat ride in the Ooty lake.
•Second day, it will be a local Ooty tour, visiting Botanical Garden, Doddabetta Peak, Hindustan Photo film factory etc.
•Third day, the Ooty tour party completes local tour at Coonoor, which includes Ketti view, Wenlock downs, Lamb’s rock, Dolphin’s nose, Sim’s park, Wellington Island etc, and takes a post lunch drive through 280 Km to reach Kodaikanal in about 7 hours.
•Fourth day, local tour of the king of the Hills Kodaikanal visiting Kodaikanal Lake, Briant’s park, Observatory, Pillar rocks, Coaker’s Walk, Telescope Houses, Kurinji Andavar Temple, Silver Cascade, Bear Shola False and overnight stay at Kodaikanalrn•Fifth day, beautiful drive back to Coimbatore to take up the return travel to respective destinations, through Air or train as the member chooses.

There are many other combinations where the Ooty tourism starting point would be any of the Airports in Southern destinations and the tour is conducted by road thereon from the Airports, in such a manner not only the tourists coming from other parts of India, but also those from any part of the Globe can enjoy an Ooty tour, for which one can make online booking in any of the Travel agents’ web portals.