Ooty packages for 3 days
3 days / 2 nights from ₹6,999 per person. arrive, the botanical garden and the rose garden, Ooty lake in the afternoon and the market in the evening. Then Doddabetta at dawn, the toy train down to Coonoor, Sim's Park, Dolphin's Nose and Lamb's Rock, a tea factory on the way back. Then Pykara lake and falls, the tea museum, and the drive down the ghat after lunch.
6 plans: 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); 3 Days Ooty Isha Yatra from Coimbatore (3D/2N, from ₹8,999).
Ooty tour packages at a glance
- Duration: 3 days; most travellers take 3.
- Price: from ₹6,999 per person, stays, local travel and the sightseeing listed on each trip page.
- Places: the Nilgiri toy train from Mettupalayam or Coonoor, the botanical and rose gardens, Ooty lake, Doddabetta peak and the tea estates at Coonoor.
- Travel: Every trip starts with a pick-up wherever you are coming from; the trip pages say what the journey covers.
- Stay: a colonial-style hotel in Ooty town or a tea-estate stay above Coonoor, quieter and greener.
- Best time: October to June is the season.
- Weather: Ooty stands at 2,240 m: 5 to 20°C in December and January with frost some mornings, 15 to 25°C from March to June when the plains escape the heat, and heavy rain in July and August..
- Trip type: 2 fixed-date group departures and private trips on your own dates.
Ooty packages by starting city
Fixed-date group departures leave from Hyderabad and Bangalore: the travel, the stays, the meals listed and a trip captain in one price.
From Chennai and Coimbatore every trip is planned privately around your dates, and each city page says how to reach Ooty from there and what it costs.
Places to visit in Ooty
Every trip on this page covers the places below; a private trip can drop one and add another.
- The Nilgiri Mountain Railway: The UNESCO-listed toy train; the Mettupalayam to Ooty run takes five hours, and the Ooty to Coonoor leg is the easy hour-long version.
- Government Botanical Garden: 55 acres laid out in 1848, with the fossil tree and the May flower show.
- Ooty Lake and the boathouse: Pedal and row boats on the 1824 lake, busiest in the afternoon.
- Doddabetta Peak: The highest point in the Nilgiris at 2,637 m, with a telescope house; go early before the mist.
- Rose Garden: Over 20,000 varieties on a terraced slope above the town, at their best from May to July.
- Coonoor: Sim's Park, Dolphin's Nose and Lamb's Rock: The quieter hill town 20 km down, with the tea estates and the valley viewpoints.
- A tea factory and tea museum: The processing floor and a tasting; most are on the Coonoor road.
- Pykara falls and lake: 19 km out, a boat ride and two falls in a shola forest, on the way to Mudumalai.
A 3 day Ooty trip, day by day
A private trip runs the same plan at your own pace; a group departure follows it to the minute.
- Day 1: arrive, the botanical garden and the rose garden, Ooty lake in the afternoon and the market in the evening.
- Day 2: Doddabetta at dawn, the toy train down to Coonoor, Sim's Park, Dolphin's Nose and Lamb's Rock, a tea factory on the way back.
- Day 3: Pykara lake and falls, the tea museum, and the drive down the ghat after lunch.
Ooty trip cost and what the price covers
Ooty packages start at ₹6,999 per person: ₹6,999 for 3 days. That covers the stays, the local travel, the sightseeing and activities each trip page lists; the journey from your city is quoted with the trip so you can pick the train, bus or flight.
What moves the price is the room category, the season and the group size. Weekends, long weekends and the December fortnight cost more than a mid-week date, and a group of four to six brings the per-person price down because the car and the rooms are shared. Entry tickets and anything not named on the trip page stay out of the fare, so the number you see is the number you pay.
Ooty and Coonoor packages
Coonoor is 20 km down the hill and the better base for tea: Sim's Park, Dolphin's Nose, Lamb's Rock and the estate factories, all quieter than Ooty town.
4 trips on this page, from ₹6,999 per person: 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); 3 Days Ooty Coonoor Group Tour from Bangalore (3D/2N, from ₹8,999).
Ooty with the Isha Yoga Centre packages
The Isha Yoga Centre and the 112-foot Adiyogi sit 30 km west of Coimbatore, at the foot of the ghat road up to Ooty, so half a day there costs nothing in travel time. The Dhyanalinga is open to everyone and free.
2 trips on this page, from ₹8,999 per person: 3 Days Ooty Isha Yatra from Coimbatore (3D/2N, from ₹8,999); 3 Days Ooty with Isha Adiyogi from Bangalore (3D/2N, from ₹9,400).
Ooty for friends, couples and families
Friends and solo travellers: 2 fixed-date group trips from ₹6,999, travel and trip captain included, rooms shared by gender: 3 Days Ooty Coonoor Weekend Getaway from Hyderabad (3D/2N, from ₹6,999); 3 Days Ooty Coonoor Group Tour from Bangalore (3D/2N, from ₹8,999).
Families and couples take the private trips: the same places at your own pace, with the room category and the car chosen for your group.
Best time to visit Ooty and how to reach
Best time
October to June is the season. October to February is cold and clear (5 to 20°C at night in December and January), March to June is the summer season when the rest of the south escapes the heat, and the flower show fills May. July to September brings heavy rain and the fewest crowds.
- October to February, 5 to 20°C: Cold and clear, frost on some December mornings; the best light for the viewpoints and the toy train.
- 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, mist on Doddabetta, the fewest crowds and the lowest prices.
What to pack
Woollens from December to February, when nights hit 5°C and frost is possible, and a light jacket the rest of the year. Comfortable shoes for the gardens and Doddabetta, a rain jacket in July and August, and sunscreen, because the sun at 2,240 m burns even when the air is cold.
Getting there
Ooty is about 900 km from Hyderabad and has no airport or railway station of its own, so every route goes through Coimbatore or Mettupalayam. By train, overnight services leave Kacheguda or Secunderabad for Coimbatore (about 15 hours) and Ooty is 85 km further, roughly three hours up the Nilgiri ghat; the classic finish is the morning Nilgiri Mountain Railway from Mettupalayam, four and a half hours through Coonoor. Flying to Coimbatore takes about an hour and a half, with the same three-hour drive up. By road it is 15 to 16 hours. Our fixed-date departures from Hyderabad travel overnight and cover the whole journey, so nothing has to be booked separately.
Coimbatore is the gateway to Ooty: 85 km and about three hours up the Nilgiri ghat by road, or the morning Nilgiri Mountain Railway from Mettupalayam, 35 km from the city, which climbs through Coonoor to Ooty in four and a half hours. The Isha Yoga Centre is 30 km west of the city, on the way for anyone adding it.
Ooty is about 270 km from Bangalore, six to seven hours by road through Mysuru and Bandipur, which is why the fixed-date group trips leave on Friday night and reach Ooty for breakfast. Self-drive is straightforward; the last stretch is 36 hairpin bends.
Ooty compared with Coorg, Kodaikanal, Munnar and Coonoor
Ooty or Coorg?
Ooty is the colder, more built-up hill station: gardens, the toy train, Doddabetta and Coonoor, easy for families and for people who do not want to walk far. Coorg is a coffee-estate weekend with waterfalls and homestays, closer to Bengaluru. Ooty costs a little more for the same nights, and the toy train is the thing you cannot do anywhere else.
Ooty or Kodaikanal?
Ooty is the busier and colder of the two, with the toy train, Doddabetta, the gardens and Coonoor's tea estates; Kodaikanal is quieter, built around one lake, and easier to do slowly on foot. Ooty is the better first trip because there is something planned every day; Kodaikanal is the better second one. They are about 240 km apart, five to six hours, so a four or five day trip does both.
Ooty or Munnar?
Munnar is warmer — 15 to 25°C against Ooty's 5 to 20°C in winter — and greener, with tea estates running to the horizon and almost no town. Ooty is colder, has the toy train, the gardens and the boating lake, and is the easier trip from Bengaluru or Hyderabad. Munnar is the one to pick for the tea slopes and the quiet; Ooty for a family that wants sights close together.
Ooty or Coonoor?
They are 20 km apart on the same hill, so the real question is where to sleep. Ooty town has the lake, the gardens, the restaurants and the crowds; Coonoor, 400 m lower, has the tea estates, Sim's Park and the valley viewpoints, and is quieter and warmer at night. Most trips stay in Ooty and go down to Coonoor for a day — the toy train between them takes an hour and is worth doing in that direction.
Every Ooty trip we run
This page answers one question. The hub lists the whole Ooty catalogue — every length, every departure city, group departures and private trips — with the same prices.
