About Ooty
A haven for nature lovers, adventure enthusiasts, honeymooners and Bollywood directors, Ooty is a hill station with something for all. Ooty is surrounded by four majestic hills - Doddabetta, Snowdon, Elk Hill and Club Hill. The vicinity of Ooty lake always remains abuzz with activity. While families hire rowboats and motorboats and make merriment, lovebirds sit on the edge of the lake to witness the dipping sun heralding sunset. The Botanical garden of Ooty has a wide array of trees, plants,shrubs, herbs and flower varieties. The greatest surprise of the place is a fossil tree trunk believed to be 20 million years old. Ooty is not known so much for particular monuments but for the diversity and purity of nature. That aptly explains the reason behind popularity of horse rides here. Ooty never lets down sports enthusiasts. The golf course and race course of Ooty attract many lovers of both the sport here. Eucalyptus trees are quite an integral part of Ooty's landscape and even support a small oil industry here. The air of Ooty always reverberates with love, mysticism and the collective aroma of its diverse plant species. The nearest airport is at Coimbatore some 105 kms away while the Blue Mountain Express connects the city to Mettupalayam.