2 Day Trip Bangalore to Ooty

After reaching to Ooty bus stand, we hired auto rickshaw which cost Rs. 200 to reach hotel. The view while on the way was spectacular. Auto rickshaw dropped us in our hotel, cost Rs 1500 per day. We spent some time there to overcome full night laziness. Before starting our unimaginable day we had breakfast in one local south Indian restaurant. That was not much big or something but the taste was great. So, now it's time to explore the boundary of the hill station. We booked a full trip cab package from outside the restaurant, cost Rs 3000 for two days. If you are visiting as a group, it is better to book a Cab that will be more flexible and distributed cost across you.

Our first trip is to pine forest. This trip is also called Filmi Chakkar as many films has been shoot here. On the way we have seen the typical house and local tribal of Nilgiri. Driver traverses route through dense forest allowing glimpse of sunlight through trees and the presence of small lakes reminds you of heaven. Pine forest is a semi dense forest of pine trees. Single part of forest is open for visitors. Other place on the way to pine forest are golf course, that was not open for tourist. One outside view was available of these places.

Another next stop was famous place i.e Devil's/Wenlock down situated in way to Pykara. This is a vast expanse of grasses meadows attracted many visitors for its scenic beauty with flourishing top of mountains. There we hang up for some time we took a walk enjoying famous snacks of this place like steamed corn and roasted peanuts etc.

Then we headed towards Pykara falls. Pykara is the largest river in Nilgiri. It is located 20 kms from Ooty. Pykara falls gets down majestically enhancing the incredibility of the view.

Apart from this, there runs a boat house called Pykara Boat house where you can hire boats for a ride. It cost Rs 100 per person for a boat ride. We ended our day with pleasant boat ride.

We started from Ooty by 10:00 am to Coonoor at 12:00am. You can go to Coonoor from Ooty by bus as well, but we never tried bus so can't tell you the details. It took 2 hours to reach Coonoor from cab. This was definitely a dream come true for both of us as its marvellous ride, lavish green valley, tea estates and small villages. I didn't took a ride in toy train but recommend all of our reader to definitely take a ride in toy train. The hills of Coonoor are profolic tea country, the variety of tea scattered on the plantation.

People were buying tea for daily use or gifts. Eucalyptus oil, cloves, cinnamon are major shopping attraction of this place. You can buy woollen goods. They are cheap and good. Home made chocolates are famous delicacies here. We purchased some of them.