Ooty Botanical Garden

One of the must visit place in Ooty is the botanical garden. It is the most famous among the tourists visiting Ooty and this can easily be understood from the fact that the botanical remain crowded through out the day and through out the year. I prefer to visit this place during winters as the crowd is still less in winters compared to that in summers. Spread over 55 acres this botanical garden was built in the year 1847 by the Marquis of Tweedale. Every year in the month of May, the flower show is organized at the Ooty botanical garden that exhibits various flowers along with rare plant species. The botanical Garden is maintained by the Horticulture Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu. Click here for list of tourist place in Ooty

Ooty Centenary Rose Garden - Photos from the Rose Garden

The Ooty Centenary Rose Garden has more than 1000 varieties of roses in it. Probably the maximum number of varieties in a single garden. The Rose Garden is situated in the heart of Ooty town and it is located around one km from the Charring Cross. It covers close to 10acres of land and is maintained by Tamil Nadu Horticulture Department. The Rose Garden is situated on the Elk Hill. This garden was awarded the best rose garden in entire south Asia from the International Rose society in 2006.

I have put some of the photos that I took at the Rose Garden in this post. Click here to read more about the tourist places to visit in Ooty.

Dolphin's nose Ooty - Coonoor

Dolphin's nose is one of the most scenic view point near Coonoor ( and Ooty). Click here to know more about the tourist places in Ooty and Coonoor . The road to Dolphin's nose is not in a very good shape. When I went there last cementing of the road was in progress and due to that there were traffic jams at a couple of places and we spent close to 2 hours stuck in traffic jams. I made good use of these traffic jams and clicked some of the best picture ever. Dolphin's nose was covered with clouds and the lush green tea gardens in the white clouds were worth enjoying and capturing. I did my best and below are some of them.. Enjoy...

Lake View Ooty

Some beautiful view of the Ooty Lake. Another very picturesque tourist spot of Ooty. This man made lake is more than 150 Years old and has been a major tourist attraction in Ooty. Near to this lake are many more tourist spots like - children park, toy train, 3D shows, fun rides etc. There is option of double seater and 4 seater pedal boats for tourists. Speed boats are also available for those not willing to sweat out. Click here for info on - Tourist attractions in Ooty - List of Hotels in Ooty - Children park Ooty

Hotel Sinclairs Ooty

I stayed for 3 nights and 4 days are Hotel Sinclairs - Ooty. It is a 3 star hotel located close to Ooty town. I think it would be around 5 KMs from the Charring Cross. I got a good deal from Makemytrip.com . I got the entire package including tea, lunch and dinner for 10K. The room that we got was not up to the standard of a 3 star hotel. The room was damp but later I figured out that most of the hotels in Ooty are like that. Few things that I really liked about the hotel Sinclairs. - Hotel Sinclairs Ooty is the only hotel in Ooty that has central heating system in place. - Food is really good at Hotel Sinclairs Ooty - Beautiful view of the town Below are some of the pictures that I clicked there. Click here to read about
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Ooty Tea

Ooty is known for its tea. I really wanted to taste the Nilgiri Tea when I went there. Only there I realized that tea is actually not grown in Ooty but in Kotagiri and Coonoor. Though, there are few Tea factories in Ooty but that is just to attract tourists. I went to one of them (Near Hotel Sinclairs). It is good to understand how the tea is processed and to know the steps through which the tea leaves undergo before it reaches us but one thing that you should be aware of before going to this place. The tea that is served here is not the same that are in the packets meant for Sale. The tea that they serve is really good and I got few of them and all the flavors are horrible. To read more about place to visit in Ooty

Doddabetta Peak - Ooty

Some of the picture that I clicked at the Doddabetta Peak. This place is ideal for photography. Best time to visit Doddabetta Peak would be early morning for view of sunrise and then in the evening for the view of sunset. During day time it tends to be quite hot if there is no cloud cover. You can view the entire town from this peak. Click here to read more about Doddabetta Peak and other tourist places in Ooty.