Ooty and Coonoor packages at a glance
Ooty and Coonoor tour packages cost ₹6,999 to ₹9,999 per person for a 3 to 4 day trip, depending on the length, the season and whether you take a fixed-date group departure or a private trip.
- Duration: 3, 4 days; two days covers the two towns, three or four adds Pykara, Avalanche or a day of nothing but tea estates.
- Price: ₹6,999 to ₹9,999 per person, twin or triple sharing.
- Route: Ooty town for the gardens, the lake and Doddabetta, and Coonoor 20 km down the hill for the tea estates and the valley viewpoints.
- Travel: Coimbatore is the nearest airport and railhead, about three hours below Ooty; Mysuru is the road approach from Karnataka.
- Stay: a hotel in Ooty town, or a quieter cottage or estate stay on the Coonoor side.
- Best time: October to February for clear mornings; the flower show fills May.
- Trip type: 4 fixed-date group departures and private trips on your own dates.
Ooty and Coonoor 3 day package
3 days / 2 nights from ₹6,999 per person.
Day one is Ooty: the botanical garden, the rose garden and the lake. Day two takes the toy train down to Coonoor for Sim's Park, Dolphin's Nose and Lamb's Rock, with a tea factory on the way back. Day three is Doddabetta at dawn and the drive down.
5 plans: 3 Days Ooty Isha Group Trip from Hyderabad (3D/2N, from ₹6,999); 3 Days Ooty Coonoor Weekend Getaway from Hyderabad (3D/2N, from ₹6,999); 3 Days Ooty Coonoor Bliss from Bangalore (3D/2N, from ₹8,900); 3 Days Ooty Coonoor Bliss from Coimbatore (3D/2N, from ₹8,900).
Ooty and Coonoor 4 day package
4 days / 3 nights from ₹9,999 per person.
The longer plans add Pykara lake and falls, Avalanche in the shola forest, or Mysuru and the Bandipur road on the way in or out.
1 plan: 4 Days Ooty Mysore Isha Group Trip from Hyderabad (4D/3N, from ₹9,999).
Places you see on the Ooty and Coonoor trip
The two halves of the trip, in the order most itineraries run them.
- The Nilgiri Mountain Railway, Ooty to Coonoor: An hour on the UNESCO-listed rack railway; book the seat, the ride is the point.
- Doddabetta Peak: The highest point in the Nilgiris at 2,637 m, clearest before the mist comes in at mid-morning.
- Government Botanical Garden and Rose Garden: The 1848 garden with its fossil tree, and 20,000 roses on the slope above town.
- Ooty Lake: Pedal and row boats on the 1824 lake in the middle of town, quietest early.
- Pykara falls and lake: Boating and two falls in shola forest, 19 km out on the Mysuru road.
- Sim's Park, Coonoor: A 12-hectare botanical garden on a natural slope, with the fruit and vegetable show in May.
- Dolphin's Nose and Lamb's Rock: The two Coonoor viewpoints over the Catherine falls and the plains, best in the morning.
- A tea factory and the tea museum: The processing floor and a tasting, on the road between the two towns.
Ooty and Coonoor trip cost
₹6,999 to ₹9,999 per person, and what moves it is the length, the season and the room. 3 days from ₹6,999, 4 days from ₹9,999.
What the price includes
- Travel from the pick-up city and back on a group departure, or the car and driver on a private trip.
- Stays on twin or triple sharing.
- The meals named on the trip page, normally breakfast and dinner on a group departure.
- Sightseeing as listed, and a Travloger trip captain on every group departure.
What it does not include
- Entry tickets at the botanical garden, the rose garden, Doddabetta, Sim's Park and the viewpoints.
- The Nilgiri toy train ticket, which is booked separately and sells out in season.
- Boating at Ooty lake and Pykara, lunches on travel days, anything personal, and travel insurance.
Who this trip suits
Solo travellers and friends: the fixed-date departures are mixed groups with a trip captain, from ₹6,999 per person, and rooms are shared by gender. About half of every group travels alone, so joining by yourself is the normal way to do this trip, not the exception.
Couples and families: this is an easy trip — gardens, a boat ride, a train and two viewpoints, with no walking beyond a few hundred metres. As a private trip the early starts go, and Coonoor makes the quieter base of the two if you want tea estates rather than a town.
Best time to go, and getting to Ooty and Coonoor
Best time
- October to February, 5 to 20°C: Cold, clear mornings and the best light for Doddabetta and the toy train; frost is possible in December and January.
- March to June, 15 to 25°C: The summer season, when the plains escape the heat; the flower show fills May and rates peak.
- July to September, 12 to 20°C: Heavy rain and mist on the viewpoints, the fewest crowds and the lowest prices of the year.
Getting there
Ooty has no airport or railway station of its own. Coimbatore, 85 km below, is the nearest of both, and the Nilgiri Mountain Railway climbs from Mettupalayam through Coonoor to Ooty. From Karnataka the road approach is through Mysuru and Bandipur.
Or take them one at a time
The same hills also run as longer trips: Ooty on its own, or Ooty paired with Kodaikanal in the Palani hills.
