Coonoor:

Places of interest

Pomological Station is one of the three experimental fruit gardens in the Nilgiris.

Wedlock Bridge - this is the most beautiful area in the Nilgiris. The sunset seen from the Golf Links is indeed glorious. It is 8kms on Ooty -Mysore road.

Sims park - the botanical garden.

PASTEUR Institute is a famous institute. The most important projects taken recently are the manufacture of Polio vaccine.

Loz falls this is a pretty cascade near the junction 7kms away from Coonoor.

Lamb's rock -a perfect precipice that commands grand view of the Coimbatore plains.

Lady Canning Seat - is marked by a small house and commands a panoramic view of the tea estates and the plains.

Dolphin's nose - a favorite picnic spot.

Rallia Dam - the source of water supply to Coonoor.

The Drook - is a picnic spot, an old ruined fort is there. Tippu Sultan used this as an outpost.

Wellington - is a military town. The Head Quarters of the Madras Regimental Center and the Defence Services Staff College are located here.

OOTY
Ooty is a hill-station of Tamil Nadu and is described as the Queen of Hill Stations. The rolling hills and valleys frilled with the lakes are the best escape from the hub of city life.

Places of interest:

The botanical garden is a major attraction variety of exotic and ornamental plants are grown in this garden.

The Lake an artificial lake is a tourist attraction as one can go boating too.

Doddabetta is the highest peak in the Nilgiris; it offers beautiful vistas of the hill ranges, plateaus and plains around.

The gorgeous Kalhatti Waterfalls are a beautiful picnic spot. The height of the falls is about 120 feet. It is ideal for hiking and trekking. This place is about 13kms from Ooty.

The Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary -this is the biggest wildlife sanctuary of the state.

Tiger Hill here there is a reservoir and is a beautiful picnic spot.

St.Stephen's Church is the oldest building of the Nilgiris and was built in 1830. The wooden arches from here are said to be taken from Tippu Sultan's Palace at Mysore.

Race Course -this is the only hill station in India where races are held on the turf course.

Marimund Lake - a source of water supply for Ooty is a good picnic spot. It is 5kms from the Railway Station.

Mukurthi Peak -this peak is 2600metres, it is a beautiful area for its dam, the waters of its rivers and more renowned for its peak.

Kandal Cross - is the Roman Catholic shrine of Jesus, it is the only place of pilgrimage.