Tourist Attraction in Ooty and around Ooty
Ooty
is a town, a municipality and the district capital of the
Nilgiris district in the state of Tamil
Nadu.
Ooty ( Ootacamund ) is a popular hill station located in
the Nilgiri Hills and Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve.
Ooty
is Located in the Blue Mountains of the Western Ghats, Ooty
attracts a large number of tourists every year. lakes, blue
mountains, grasslands, dense forests, eucalyptus trees
and miles of tea gardens greet the visitors en route to
Ooty. The hill station itself is a land of picturesque picnic
spots. It is situated at an altitude of 2,286 meters above sea
level. It used to be popular summer and weekend getaway for the
British during the colonial days, later it was made into a summer
administrative town.
Ooty
Botanical Gardens
Ooty Botanical Gardens ( 22-acre) was laid out in 1847 and is maintained by the Government of Tamil Nadu. A flower show along with an exhibition of rare plant species is held every May. The Gardens have around a thousand species, both exotic and indigenous of plants, trees, herbal, shrubs, ferns, and bonsai plants.The garden has a 20-million-year-old fossilized tree.
Ooty
Lake
Ooty lake covers an area of 65 acres.The Boat house offers boating facilities to tourists, is a major tourist attraction in Ooty. It was constructed in 1824 by John Sullivan, the first collector of Ooty. The lake was formed by damming the mountain streams flowing down Ooty valley.The lake is set among groves of Eucalyptus trees with a railway line line running along one bank.
Rose
Garden
The Government
rose garden (Jayalalithaa Rose Garden, Centerary Rose Park
and Nootrandu Roja Poonga) is the largest rose garden in
India. It is situated on the slopes of the Elk Hill in
Vijayanagaram of Ooty town in Tamil
Nadu .
Today this garden has one of the largest collection of roses in the
country with more than 20,000 varieties of roses of 2,800 cultivars.
Ooty Mountain Railway
The Nilgiri Mountain Railway was built by the British in 1908, and was initially operated by the Madras Railway Company. The railway still relies on its fleet of steam locomotives. In July 2005, UNESCO added the Nilgiri Mountain Railway as an extension to the World Heritage Site of Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, the site then became known as "Mountain Railways of India.". For the past several years diesel locomotives have taken over from steam on the section between Coonoor and Udhagamandalam ( Ooty).
Stone House
Stone
House is the first bungalow constructed in Ooty. It
was built by John Sullivan and was called as Kal
Bangala by the tribals (Kal means stone in Tamil).
Today, it is the official residence for the principal of
the Government Arts College, Ooty.
Toda
huts
There
are a few Toda huts on the hills above Botanical Garden,
where Todas still dwell. There are other Toda settlements in the
area, notably Kandal Mund near Old Ooty.
St.
Stephen's Church
St.
Stephen's Church is located on the road to Mysore in
Ooty, in the state of Tamil
Nadu, India.
It is one of the oldest churches in the Nilgiris district.
Ooty
Golf Course
Ooty
Golf Course is located in Ooty town. The golf course is set
at an altitude of 7600 feet. It is owned by the Gymkhana club in
Ooty.
Tribal
Museum
The
Tribal Museum is part of the campus of Tribal Research Centre which
is in Muthorai Palada (10 km from Ooty town). The Tribal
Museum displays houses belongs to Toda, Kota, Paniya, Kurumba
and Kanikaran. It is home to rare artifacts and photographs of
tribal groups of Tamil Nadu as well as Andaman and Nicobar Islands
and anthropological and archaeological primitive human culture and
heritage.
Wax World, Ooty
A
wax museum that houses life-size look-alike wax statues of
personalities of Indian history, culture and heritage housed in a
142-year-old bungalow.
Pykara
Pykara
is a river located 19 km from Ooty. A boat house by
the Pykara falls and Dam is added attractions to the tourists.Pykara
boasts of well protected fenced Sholas, Toda settlements,
undistributed grassy meadows and also a good wildlife habitat. The
Pykara river rises at Mukurthi peak. It passes through hilly tract,
generally keeping to North and turns to West after reaching the
Plateau's edge. The river has a dam and power plant. The river
flows through a series of cascades; and the last two falls of 55
meters and 61 meters are known as Pykara falls. The falls are
approximately 6 km from the bridge on the main road. The
Pykara Dam, Pykara falls and the reservoir attracts many tourists.
Doddabetta Peak
It
is the highest peak (2,623 m) in the Nilgiris, about 10 km from
Ooty. It lies at the junction of the Western and Eastern Ghats and
offers beautiful vistas of the Nilgiri Hill ranges. It is surrounded
by dense sholas. One can have a panoramic view of the landscape
through the TTDC telescope.
Pine
forest
Pine
forest Situated between Ooty and Thalakunda. It is a small
downhill region where pine trees are arranged in an orderly fashion.
Kamaraj
Sagar Dam (also known as Sandynalla reservoir)
Kamaraj
Sagar Dam is located at a distance of 10 km from the Ooty .It is
a picnic spot and a film shooting spot on the slopes of the Wenlock
Downs.
Mudumalai
National Park
Muthumalai
National Park ( Tiger Reserve) lies on the
northwestern side of the Nilgiri Hills (Blue Mountains),
in Nilgiri District.Mudumalai, which means 'first hills’, is
one of the first wildlife sanctuaries established in India.The
sanctuary is divided into 5 ranges - Masinagudi, Thepakadu,
Mudumalai, Kargudi and Nellakota. Here one can often spot herds
of Indian elephants, vulnerable Gaur,
and Chital. The Western Ghats, Nilgiri Sub-Cluster
(6,000 km2 (2,300 sq mi)), including all of
Mudumalai National Park, is under consideration by the UNESCO World
Heritage Committee for selection as a World Heritage
Site. The sanctuary is a haven for Indian
Leopards and Bengal Tigers and other threatened
species.There are at least 266 species of birds in the sanctuary,
including critically endangered species like the Indian
White-rumped Vulture and the long-billed vulture.
Needle
Rock View pont is
situated between Goodalore and Pykara. Needle
Point Rock View Point is
8 Kms far from Gudalur in Gudalur Ooty road and the view point gives
you a 360 degree view. A panoramic view of Mudumalai Wild Life
Sanctuary and Gudalur town far below is a visual treat from this
view point.
Emerald
Lake
This
lake is near the town of the Emarald. There is a viewpoint near the
dam. The rest of the area is mainly in a reserved forest and is
largely off-limits to visitors.
Shooting
medu is
green & very Beautiful shooting spot. This place is called as
"Shooting
Medu".
This place is Very calm and very interesting for picnics
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