Southern trail: Bangalore, Mysore, Ooty, Coonnoor.
It was a long time when I had a taken a long break from my routine office chores. And also leaves were pending and about to lapse. I decided to go on Southern trip to Bangalore, as my soul mate lives in Bangalore and he had already done a survey of good spots there. So I don't have to hunt websites and other references for the places. Just need to plan my trip, find companions and start the journey. But none of the partners accompanied and I started my journey alone. It was Good Morning Banagalore, when I landed there on Sunday. 
A rest day after a delicious Hyderabad Biryani. Meanwhile I was searching for the conducted tours, so that I didn't have to worry about my travel. ound a trip of KSRTC website, booked it and went to see the Bangalore city (VidhanSoudha and Brigade Road area). But on the way I received a call from KSRTC saying that trip is canceled. After a VidhanSoudha photoshoot at night I was tensed about my overall trip plans.
Next day, finally I got a packaged trip of the Mysore-Ooty-Coonnoor from Bangalore and finally boarded upon a bus. Mysore Palace, Chamundeshwari, Vrindavan garden were the places of interest before the day end of first day.
Day 2 was trip to Ooty, the highest spot in Nilgiri mountain ranges. The road to Nilgiri was a picturesque journey through the Bandipur and Mudumalai forests.
The deers were happily walking on the highways and I could capture a few. Reaching Ooty, sight seeing at Ooty lake, garden was just similar to monotonous routine tourist. I decided to do some adventure and get some good shots. After freshening up in a hotel I looked in a watch, It was almost 6:15 and within 15 mins there was a sunset.
To get a vantage point for the sunset shoot I had to trek uphill somewhere. It was really a race against time. Finally managed to reach on top of some hillock and managed to get a beautiful sunset over the Nilgiri trees with the tea gardens at the bottom. Ooty was chilling place at night. I couldn't even walk in the bathroom without shoes.
Day 3 was trip to Coonoor, Tea garden, Madras Regimental Center and some valley point (forgot the name), followed by the Coonnoor to Ooty toy train journey encircling the blue mountains and tea gardens in the mist and finally the Dodabetta peak.
Returned Bangalore at next morning and quickly rode the bike to Nandi Hills. This place was not up to the mark (or I didn't had much time to explore in a limited time) whatever I have heard. After that took a rest for whole day and boarded on a train journey back to Pune.
A rest day after a delicious Hyderabad Biryani. Meanwhile I was searching for the conducted tours, so that I didn't have to worry about my travel. ound a trip of KSRTC website, booked it and went to see the Bangalore city (VidhanSoudha and Brigade Road area). But on the way I received a call from KSRTC saying that trip is canceled. After a VidhanSoudha photoshoot at night I was tensed about my overall trip plans.
Next day, finally I got a packaged trip of the Mysore-Ooty-Coonnoor from Bangalore and finally boarded upon a bus. Mysore Palace, Chamundeshwari, Vrindavan garden were the places of interest before the day end of first day.
Day 2 was trip to Ooty, the highest spot in Nilgiri mountain ranges. The road to Nilgiri was a picturesque journey through the Bandipur and Mudumalai forests.
The deers were happily walking on the highways and I could capture a few. Reaching Ooty, sight seeing at Ooty lake, garden was just similar to monotonous routine tourist. I decided to do some adventure and get some good shots. After freshening up in a hotel I looked in a watch, It was almost 6:15 and within 15 mins there was a sunset.
To get a vantage point for the sunset shoot I had to trek uphill somewhere. It was really a race against time. Finally managed to reach on top of some hillock and managed to get a beautiful sunset over the Nilgiri trees with the tea gardens at the bottom. Ooty was chilling place at night. I couldn't even walk in the bathroom without shoes.Day 3 was trip to Coonoor, Tea garden, Madras Regimental Center and some valley point (forgot the name), followed by the Coonnoor to Ooty toy train journey encircling the blue mountains and tea gardens in the mist and finally the Dodabetta peak.
Returned Bangalore at next morning and quickly rode the bike to Nandi Hills. This place was not up to the mark (or I didn't had much time to explore in a limited time) whatever I have heard. After that took a rest for whole day and boarded on a train journey back to Pune.
Ooty is the capital town of the district of nilgiri. I would say that the climate in ooty is pleasant and is a great place for leisure tours. There are many places you can tour, such as the Botanical Gardens, Lamb's rock and Dodabetta Peak, Ooty Lake, Kodanadu's View Point, and also weekend trips like: Madumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Kotagiri, Kalhatty Waterfalls, Dolphin's Nose, Avalanche, Coonnoor, on tours to Ooty India.
ReplyDeleteSome of the tourist attractions of Ooty are Ooty Lake which was was built for providing an irrigation tank to the people of this region, Botanical Garden situated on the lower slopes of the Dodabetta peak and Kalhatty Falls which is located about 113 kilometers away from ooty.
Ooty is on the narrow gauge railway, connected to Mettupalayam (47 km), which is directly connected to Coimbatore and Chennai. The famous toy train connects Ooty with Mettupalayam and Coonoor. A good network of roads and national highways connect Ooty with all major towns and cities. There are regular bus services to and from Coimbatore, Trichy, Bangalore, Madurai, Kanyakumari, Mysore, Palghat, Calicut, Tirupati and other important destinations in South India. Ooty is also well connected with major cities of Kerala and Karnataka. Coimbatore, 105 km from Ooty, is the nearest airport.
You can opt for a 3 days ooty tour or a 4 days coimbatore ooty tour or a mysore ooty tour to enjoy this beautiful destination of charming hills and pleasant climate. I think it is during summer vacation most people are visiting this place. Ooty is also a honeymooners paradise in south India.
India is truly a great place with lots of diversity and is a unique place in the world. Indian tourism industry has performed well in the recent years. You can follow my updates on @india_tourism in twitter or in my india travel blog.
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Surrounded by abundant tropical jungles and 18 hills, the tomb is over 1260m/4135ft above sea level is part of Sabarimala Sahyadris (Western Ghats), the remains of ancient temples are evident in the hills and in contiguous Nilackal, and Kalaketi Karimala offerings are still made to quote / devas. In eastern sannidhanam is the `Vavarnada which commemorates Vavar, a Muslim Senor associated Ayyappan. This passage speaks volumes about the friendship among religions present in Kerala.
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