The Botanical garden is maintained by the Tamilnadu horticultural society and covers an area of 22 hectares. It is located on the slope of the Doddabetta peak, The garden has a terraced layout. It ascends the slopes of the hill at an elevation of 2250–2500 meters above Mean Sea Level. The Government Botanical Garden, Udhagamandalm was established in 1848. At the Botanical Garden we can see thousands of species both exotic and indigenous of plants, shrubs, ferns, trees, herbs and bonsai plants. In the center of the Gardens lie a fossilized tree trunk estimated to be 20 million years old. it is one of the undeniable and most popular places to see in ooty wayanad coorg tour package. The present Botanical Gardens are divided into 6 sections, namely Lower Garden, New Garden, Italian Garden, Conservatory, Fountain Terrace and Nurseries. The flower show conducted here as a part of the Ooty Summer festival is a major attraction. Another popular attraction of Botanical Garden is the Fossil Tree Trunk that is said to be around 20 million years old. The wide variations of plants here are worth exploring.
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Ooty Sightseeing Places
Botanical Garden
Rose Garden
Rose garden in Ooty is one of the important place to visit in ooty wayanad coorg tour package. The world famous Ooty Summer Festival held annually in the Queen of Hills – Ooty during the month of May. The Summer Festival includes flower show and rose show, attracts a huge number of tourists to Ooty. Different verities of flowers and several images of animals and birds decorated with flowers are displayed during the Summer Festival to provide a visual treat to the tourists through ooty wayanad coorg tour package at rose garden.
Doddabetta Peak
Doddabetta is the highest mountain in the Nilgiri Hills at 2,637 meters. There is a reserved forest area around the peak. It is 9 km from Ooty, on the Ooty-Kotagiri Road. There is a reserved forest area around the peak. Doddabetta is the fourth highest peak in south India. There is an observatory at the top of Doddabetta with two telescopes available for the public It was opened on June 18, 1983. You can enjoy the eye view of the entire area and all that you see is green, In the middle of all the green you find the beautiful city of Ooty miniaturized by the grandeur of nature. Doddabetta is one of the trekking spots so you can enjoy the climate with trekking through this ooty wayanad coorg tour package.
Ooty Lake
One of the most important parts of every Ooty tour package, Ooty It covers an area of 65 acres. The Boathouse situated by the lake, which offers boating facilities to tourists, Ooty lake is an artificial lake constructed by John Sullivan in 1824, for fishing purposes and for boating. Tourists can be seen enjoying a refreshing ride on its serene waters. There is boating house located near the lake offering a wide array of boats for hire. Cycling by the side of the lake is also worth experiencing. The lake is surrounded by groves of Eucalyptus trees with a railway line running along one shore. There are also a few shops located around the lake, selling various locally made items. Ooty Lake is one of our visiting place in ooty wayanad coorg tour package.
Flower show
The first Flower Show was organized in the year 1896, The flower show attracts about 150,000 tourists each year from all over the world. The flower show is held for two days. About 250 exhibitors participate in different categories on the day of the flower show. At the flower show, more than 50 varieties of plants ,150 varieties of cut flowers, various kinds of tropical and temperate vegetables and tropical and temperate fruits are exhibited by the competitors. The Floral decorations, Indian and Japanese flower arrangements, Vegetable carving, Flower Rangoli, Bonsai etc., are the major attractions during the flower show days.
Pykara River
Pykara is a village situated nearly 19 km away from Ooty Gudalur road. Pykara is one of the important picnic spots in ooty wayanad coorg tour package. This place is ideal to come and relax while admiring the scenic beauty of the waterfall and greenery around. There is a boat house and a restaurant can be found also near the waterfall. The surrounding area is also popular for Toda settlements. The Pykara River is considered very sacred by the Todas. The river in Pykara flows through Murkurti, Pykara and Glenmorgan dams, and reaches the Moyar dam which is located in Masinagudi. This river plays an important role in producing hydroelectric power project in Singara and Moyar power house which is located in Masinagudi.
Pykara Boathouse
Boathouse on the Pykara reservoir is an added attraction for tourists. Pykara boasts well-protected, fenced sholas, Toda settlements, large grassy meadows and good wildlife habitat. The Pykara Dam, falls and the reservoir attracts many tourists. It consists of several boats and has motor boats which are allowed for 20 minutes and speed boats which are allowed for 10 minutes. Tourists can enjoy the pykara boathousing through our ooty wayanad coorg tour package.
Shooting Spot in Ooty
Shooting point is one of the most popular destinations in ooty wayanad coorg tour package, it is located 7 km from Ooty. This place is also known as the 9th mile since it is located at a distance of 9 miles from Ooty. It is known for its landscape these days. Many cine shoots have been done here and hence it got its name and popularity. This place highly crowded nowadays. Shooting Spot is one of the best picnic spots in Ooty trip. We need to trek for about 500 meters to reach the top. Here you can use the horse riding activity in the tribal village. Most of the 90s Bollywood movies have been shot here. Lot of Bollywood, Tamil and Malayalam movies were shot across these places. Incredible forest on 1 side and then just plain green grass on the other. The forest is full of pine trees and very surreal. The whole site (360 degree view) is amazing. This place is on the way from Ooty to Gudalur and also a wonderful Ooty tour package, Gudalur tour package, Wayanad tour package.
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Banasura Sagar Dam
The Banasura Sagar Dam is located 21 km from Kalpetta, in Wayanad District, It is the largest earthen dam in India and the second largest in Asia. Banasura Sagar Dam is located in the foot of the Banasura hill. The Banasura Sagar Dam is named after Banasura, the son of Mahabali who was a very respected king of Kerala. If you are willing to go for a trekking then Banasura Hill is one of the important place in Wayanad. Many visitors enjoy the trekking in Banasura hill and also speed boats at Banasura Sagar Dam.Banasura Hill Resort, located about 20 km from the dam was rated as Asia’s largest Earthen Resort. Speed & pedal boats are available at this dam. Banasura Sagar Dam is one of the adventurous place you can visit in ooty wayanad coorg tour package.
Muthanga Wildlife Sanctuary
Muthanga Wildlife Sanctuary is an animal sanctuary in Wayanad,Kerala. It has an extent of 344.44 km2 with four ranges, namely Sulthan Bathery, Muthanga, Kurichiat and Tholpetty. A variety of large wild animals such as Indian bison, elephant, deer and tiger are found there. Established in 1973, the sanctuary is now an integral part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. It is bounded by a protected area network of Nagarhole and Bandipur of Karnataka on the northeast, and on the southeast by Mudumalai. Elephants, tigers, panthers, jungle cats, civet cats, monkeys, wild dogs, bisons, deer, bears, monitor lizards and a variety of snakes are seen. And also Peacocks, babblers, cuckoos, owls, woodpeckers, jungle fowls are a few of the various types of birds seen here.
Pookode Lake
Pookode Lake is a scenic freshwater lake in the Wayanad district in Kerala, South India. Pookode is a natural fresh water lake nestling amid evergreen forests and mountain slopes at an altitude of 770 meters above sea level. It is 15 km away from Kalpetta.
Kuruva Island
Kuruvadweep is the only island surrounded with naturally purified water source in Kerala. The Kuruva island, 950 acres of ever green forest on the tributaries of east flowing river Kabani, is an ideal picnic spot, far away from the disturbances of city life. Its 16.7 km from the nearest town itself and thus it has become a place of attraction. Kuruva Islands is 17 km east of Mananthavady and 10 km northwest of Pulpally, nearby towns in Wayanad District. Recently, it has been named as the most visited place in the district by tourists from all over the globe. The island, surrounded by streams and river is accessible by rafts or fiber boats run by the Kerala Tourism Department.
Edakkal Cave
Edakkal Cave are two natural caves at a remote location at Edakkal, 25 km from Kalpetta in the Wayanad. The name ‘Edakkal’ literally means ‘a stone in between’. Here you can see a cave formed by a heavy boulder straddling a fissure in the rock. The caves contain drawings that range over periods from the Neolithic as early as 5,000 BC to 1,000 BCE. Inside the caves are pictorial writings believed to date to at least 6,000 BCE. The caves were discovered by Fred Fawcett, the then Superintendent of Police of the Malabar district in 1890, during his hunting trip to Wayanad.
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Bylukuppe Tibettian Settlement
Bylakuppe is situated 90 kilometers from Mysore on State Highway 88. This region comprises of two Tibetan settlements. These refugee settlements, set up in 1961 and 1969, have now grown into the largest town housing for Tibetans outside of Dharamsala (H.P.) in India.
Kaveri Nisargadhama
Kaveri Nisargadhama is an island formed by the Kaveri River. This is picnic spot has enjoyed huge popularity by both local and international visitors. This is an important place to visit in our ooty wayanad coorg tour package.Located near Kushalnagar, this place is an island that spans an area of 64 km. The foliage on this island is varied. Bamboo groves are packed densely in certain pockets of the island.
Dubare Elephant Camp
On the banks of the river Kaveri, you will find Dubare Elephant Camp. As the name suggests, this is the camp where elephants are trained to participate in the Mysore Dussehra Festival.
Apart from the camp, Dubare also attracts trekkers from all over India and is an amazing place for naturalists. Thanks to its surrounding forests, a variety of birds and animals can also be spotted here. Coorg Tour considers Dubare Elephant Camp to be a must see region.
Namdroling Nyingmapa Tibetan Monastery (The Golden Temple)
Golden Temple or the Padmasambhava Buddhist Vihara of Coorg is among the must visiting places while visiting Coorg Trip. Located in the Namdroling Nyingmapa Monastery, this temple is the largest Nyingmapa lineage teaching destination in the world. More than 5000 monks and nuns live here. The temple also houses college for Buddhist studies and hospital.
Tala Kaveri
At an altitude of 1350 meters on the eastern slopes of the Brahmagiri peak, Tala Kaveri is the origin of the river Kaveri. A small pond is connected to a small spring called Gundige. This place is considered sacred to those who have to perform last rituals of their deceased parents or spouse. Water from this spring is considered to very holy and pilgrims carry this water home on their return.
For other tourists, who visit the place only for sight seeing purposes can also take home the holy water as it is believed to keep evil spirits away. You can’t go to a place like this and not carry a bottle of holy water home. Kaveri is as sacred to this region as Ganga is to North Indians.
Bhagamandala
The temple here is built in Kerala style architecture, and thus has many small shrines to different gods. Bhagamandala is situated at the confluence (Sangam) of two rivers, Kaveri and Kanika. Just like the north India region’s famous Sangam of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati, where the Saraswati river joins the other two from underground, here, a third river, Sujyothi also does the same. In Sanskrit, this type of confluence is called Triveni, meaning three rivers. Such a confluence is considered very sacred.
Omkareshwar Temple
The Omkareshwara Temple was built by Linga Rajendra the second as an homage to Lord Shiva in the year 1820. The architecture of this temple is interestingly a beautiful combination of Hindu and Mohammedan style. The temple has a central dome while four turrets don the four corners.
According to the locals, the king killed a Brahmin saint to fulfill a political ambition. To repent and appease the deceased’s spirit, the king got this temple constructed. It is said that the spirit haunted the king and this urged him to bring a Shiva Linga from Kashi and install it here.
We think we don’t even need to mention how dear, we consider Lord Shiva and how much we love to bow to the Lord.
Abbey Falls
In the mountains of the Western Ghats lies one of the top 25 waterfalls of India. The Abbey Falls, Or the Abbi Falls is around 8 km from Madikeri. When you visit the coffee and spice plantations, you’ll surely get to see these beautiful falls through our ooty wayanad coorg tour package.
Keeping the above destinations in mind, we want you to visit Coorg Trip and enjoy breath taking sceneries and watch a huge variety of Animals and birds of numerous species. Aptly called the Scotland of India, ooty wayanad coorg tour package surely offers a trip of a lifetime.
