Ooty Summer Trip Plan 2026

• ✓Arrive via Nilgiri Mountain Railway from Mettupalayam (scenic 5-hour ride) or drive from Coimbatore (90km)
• ✓Check into hotel at Charing Cross or Elk Hill area
• ✓Visit Government Botanical Gardens — 55 acres of rare plants (₹50 entry)
• ✓See the 20-million-year-old fossilized tree trunk in the gardens
• ✓Afternoon boating at Ooty Lake (₹60–₹300 per person)
• ✓Evening walk at the stunning rose garden (₹30)

🍽️ Lunch at Sidewalk Café, Dinner at Earl's Secret

• ✓Morning visit to Tea Factory & Museum — see how tea is processed (₹20 entry)
• ✓Free tea tasting session at the factory outlet
• ✓Drive to Doddabetta Peak (2,637m) — highest point in the Nilgiris
• ✓Use the telescope house for 360° views (₹10)
• ✓Afternoon visit to Pine Forest (₹20) — filming location and tall pine trails
• ✓Optional: Pykara Falls and boating (30km from Ooty)

🍽️ Breakfast at King Star, Lunch at Adayar Ananda Bhavan, Dinner at Hyderabad Biryani House

• ✓Take the heritage Nilgiri Mountain Railway from Ooty to Coonoor (1 hour, ₹30–₹300)
• ✓Pass through 16 tunnels and over 250 bridges through tea estates
• ✓Visit Sim's Park in Coonoor — terraced botanical garden (₹50)
• ✓Tea tasting at a Coonoor tea estate — premium Nilgiri teas
• ✓Return to Ooty for departure to Coimbatore/Mysore

🍽️ Breakfast at hotel, Lunch in Coonoor, Departure