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Ooty is always known as the famous summer capital in India and this place is famous for the Nilgiris, the queen of hills in India. There are some famous tourist places in Ooty where you can see the skyline and you can find several attractions like waterfall, garden, elephant safari, wax museum and more in Ooty. This place is divided into four major parts like Coonoor, Mudumalai, Avalanche, and Kodanadu.
Some best attractions in Ooty:
Wax museum: The Great Wax World Museum is located two kilometer away from main town of Ooty. It is an ideal place for your kids, because they can explore some wax statues and their history from this museum. The Wax museum is situated in the Old Colonial Mansion of Ooty and you can reach the Ooty Lake and Ooty Town Centre from this place. Here you can find wax statues of some famous personalities and you can find scripts and ancient artifacts.
Mudumalai: Thisis one of the largest sanctuaries in Ooty where you can do some adventures like elephant safari. Moyar River is one of the most attractive points in Mudumalai and you can see some animals when they come to drink water from this river. Along with that, you can do some elephant safari conducted by Tamil Nadu Forest Department. You can visit the elephant feeding camp where you can interact with the elephants and here the forest department has banned timber extraction, because they preserve the eco-tourism balance by providing subsequent training to these elephants. After that, you can see the jungle museum where you can see some fossilized animals and lastly, you can explore the Mudumalai National Park and Tiger reserve sanctuary.
Tea Estate: Youcan find large tea plantation in Ooty and Nilgiris tea is world-renowned tea. You can visit the tea estate in Ooty and walk through these tea plantations. You can visit the Glenmorgan tea estate in Ooty, which is the oldest tea estate in Nilgiris, and this is famous as a picnic spot. You can get entrance into some tea factory, see the processing, and packaging of the teas. You do not need to pay any entry fees to enter the tea factories, but you are not allowed to pluck the tealeaves from tea estate.
Ooty hotels
Best Ooty hotels, luxury accommodation on the range of Nilgiris hills
You can book any of the best Ooty hotels from online booking portals and you can easily find the best luxury accommodation on these websites. If you want to stay on the hill area then you can book the Accord Highland and those who want to stay in a colonial area in Ooty, can book the Club Mahindra Derby Green or the Danish Villa. Else, you can also book from the hotels located in the main city like, Sarkar Palace, Berry Hills Resort, De Santhosh Residency, and Kluney Manor. Apart from that, you can book in advance some budget hotels for a budget-friendly stay in Ooty such as The Red House, Two Seas Residence, Global Village, Kumaran Cottage, MMR Holiday Inn and Neil Resorts.