Trip to ooty

On the night of 17th August, my friend’s and me boarded a bus from the Karnataka Interstate Bus Terminal to Ooty. The bus was full and we departed at 10.40pm. The bus stopped for a break at Mandya on the way for 10 minutes and then it proceeded for Ooty.

Next morning on 18th of August just before reaching Ooty the bus stopped for 5 mins, requested by the passenger for urgency, but we found it interesting, as the bus had stopped next to the Pykara Lake, the serene was stunning, as the climate was nerve-jangling our body. We reached OOTY "the land of Nilgiris" Ootcamund around 8.00am, due to very bad roads from Gudalur to Ooty. The road was hectic but we enjoyed the journey watching a charismatic nature.

We booked a moderate accommodation and spoke to the lodge owner about the places. He advised us to go for a package tour. There were three to four packages of which we booked ‘Filmy Chakar’, as we found it good.
The journey, had to start by 9.30, due to some reasons it was delayed by 1 hour.
As the sightseeing started, the guide gave a brief introduction about Ooty and all the places where we stopped.
We saw the Kamarajasagar dam, where Roja movie was shot, Pine forests, Pykara dam, Pykara Lake and Pykara falls where we enjoyed a lot. We were back to town by 5.00 and went to Ooty Botanical garden. At around 5.30pm when the Ooty-Coonur traditional train was about to move, we geared up to the railway station for the 1.30-hour amazing journey. The nature seen from the train cannot be described in words its simply was awe-inspiring, which was treat to eyes. We reached Coonur around 8.00pm and caught a bus from Coonur back to Ooty and reached around 9.30 pm.

The next day we got up at 7 am, everyone was fresh by 10 am; we rushed to the Ooty boat club, which was around 2 kms from Ooty bus stand. The boat ride was really nice and while still on the boat we saw a Deer park on the opposite of the lake.

Our bus was at 12.30 pm, back to Bangalore, via Madhumalai wildlife sanctuary & Bandipur Tiger reserve. While on our way back we went back to our teen ages when we saw the animals in the wild. It was awesome, especially a peacock that stood on the road, next to the passing bus.
We were back in Bangalore around 9.15 pm.


Distance: Bangalore to Ooty-300kms
Via Bandipur and Madhumalai Wildlife sanctuary