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Ooty Thirumoorthy Temple Coonoor
Siruvani Waterfalls and Dam Amaravathy Reservoir Kotagiri
Pollachi Mettuppallayam Monkey falls

Ooty
Ooty near Coimbatore

Udhagamandalam in English, Ootachamand is known to be the Queen of Hills. This is situated in an altitude of 7,500 ft. The extraordinary scenaries make Ooty a great tourist spot. The misty dense clouds, the chill weather and the evergreen ambiance make things much fantastic. The British collector of East India Company who ruled over Coimbatore district discovered Ooty in 1882. He was none other than John Sullivan. Some attractions to watch in Ooty are Botanical Gardens, Ooty Lake and Stone House.
The Botanical Garden is built exactly of that of the English Style. It is a series of terraced gardens, found by Marquis of Tweed Dale in to 47. Every year the agro-horticultural show is held here during April and May and many tourists visit the flower show.

There is a lake which was built between 1823 and 1825 by the then Collector John Sullivan. One can row the boats into the lake with joy to find the green tops alongside. To go with the boating there are Lake Garden and toy train tides which influence children and older people too.

The stone house in Ooty was also built by the collector, John Sullivan. This is the first ever bungalow constructed in Ooty. Apart from these three spots there are Government Muscums, Raj Bhavan Doddabetta, Mukurti Peak, Pykara Dam and Wenlock Donons. From Ooty it is just 60 km to travel to the Mudumalai animal's sanctuary.


Thirumoorthy Temple

This is also a sacred place where there is a holy shrine. This lays 20 km away from Udumalpet on the palani Coimbatore Highway. The temple is set on the foot of the Thirumoorthy Hills near the Dam which has the same name. A stream flows by the side of the temple and there are some waterfalls nearby. This is now being developed by the Tourism department to make it a good District Excusion centre.


Coonoor
Coonoor near Coimbatore

This is the second largest hill station next to Ooty in the Nilgris. It is 71 Km from Coimbatore and 19 km from Ooty. The altitude is 1839 meters above mean sea level. The climate in Coonoor is milder than Ooty. People can visit Sim's Park, Law's fall, Ketti Dolphin's Nose, Lamb's Rock, Lady Canning's seat, The Droog, Ralliah Dam, Catherine's fall, and some beverages plantations.


Siruvani Waterfalls and Dam
Siruvani Waterfalls and Dam near Coimbatore

This exciting place with waterfalls and Dam is about 37 km from Coimbatore Siruvani Supplies water to the entire Coimbatore district. The water is tastier and it is the second tastiest water in the world. It is a perfect picnic spot.



Amaravathy Reservoir
Amaravathy Reservoir near Coimbatore

This is in the Anamalai hills. This has a large number of crocodiles in it. There are many other places like Karainshola, Anaikurthi Shola, grass hills, water falls, groves of coconut and palm, teak forests, tea estates, dams and reservoirs that have to be visited.



Kotagiri

This hill station too lies in the Nilgris. This is 105 km from Coimbatore and 28 km from Ooty. This is the ancient and the oldest hill resort of the Nilgris hills. The British started their building activities early in 1819. This place too is surrounded by tea plantations.


Pollachi
Pollachi near Coimbatore

This lays 40 km away from Coimbatore. This is the second Commercial centre of the Coimbatore District. The Mariamman Temples and Surbramanya temples are famous here. The five-hooded cobra, Chain from yali month and the Zodiac signs are some of the sculptures in the temple stones.


Mettuppallayam

This small town is just placed at the foot hills of the Nilgiris. It is about 52 km from Coimbatore. The unique railway line between Mettuppalaiyam and Ooty is adventurous and joyous as it passes through green hills tea plantations and forests.


Valparai

Anamalai range has 56 estates of which Valparai is the head of the 50 estates. This hill station is 102 kilometers from Coimbatore. The main plantation here is tea. The place looks green all over. There are many waterfalls, stream, dams and many dense forests in the Anamalai range. One can travel to Kerala from Valparai through the mountain route. It is also a fine picnic spot of exhuberance place of Interest in the city.


Monkey falls
Monkey Falls near Coimbatore

This is a wonderful waterfall that is located just some km on the hill enroute to Valparai. Many tourists visit this falls on the way to Valparai, the queen of Anamalai Hills.




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