We had booked our trip for the first week of October but due to personal reasons we need to postpone our plan.Our agent promised us to keep our money after cutting some thousands which they must have used for our hotel bookings.
So we replaned our trip on 20th Nov to 24th Nov.
Day1:-
We landed at Banglore airport and directly headed towards Mysuru.Being a midnight journey it took exactly 4hours to reach to mysuru. After taking some rest we started exploring the city of Maharaja.Visited mysore palace followed by Chamundi Hills and Vrindavan Garden.If time permits you can visit sand museum and glass museum.
Tips:-
1.Mysuru zoo is closed on Tuesday but it is worth visiting.
2.When you are in Mysuru have your delicious meals at "Adyar Anand Bhavan".You can pack some stuffs for your way back home.
Day2:-
As zoo was closed on tuesday; before heading towards bandipur we visited zoo.After an hour journey we entered lush greenery of Bandipur where a Barshinga on road welcomed us.It was a wow moment.We had booked our accommodation and safari in advance through online mode.Though we could not spot Tiger during our safari but got to see elephants whole family,serpant eagle,Horbill,deers,bear,Wild cat and many peacocks.
Spending a night in jungle was a lifetime experience.Next morning we woke up with chirping of birds.
To our surprise a hoard of deers was grazing just beside our cottage.Peacocks and peahens were searching for their food hidden in a greenery.Saying bye bye to splendid beauty of jungle we headed towards ooty.
Tips:-
1.Book your accommodation well in advance.Though we booked government cottages you can book resorts in a jungle.
2.Keep a torch,Matchbox and candles with you.
3.Mosquito repellent gel or cream is must
Day 3:-
Enroute ooty we visited pykara waterfall,needle hill view point and shooting point. Ooty is just awesome with cozy winter and greenery all around.We checked into hotel.
Tips:-
1.If you are prone to motion sickness then keep medicines handy.
2.If you are travelling with kids and elder people then book your hotel with heater facility.
Day 4:-
Started our city tour with visit to Tea and chocolate factory followed by dodabetta peak, botanical garden and ooty lake. Road to dodabetta peak is just awesome with rare flowers blossomed in nilgiri forests.
Tips:-
1.Keep cash with you as many shops and entry points do not accept cards
2.You can get good deal of travel bags.
Day 5:-
Post breakfast we headed for our return flight to Mumbai from coimbtore airport. Ooty to coimbatore is hilly road with almost 14 hairpin turns. So if you are prone to motion sickness; take your medicine in advance.
Overall the trip experience was nice and refreshing. Our travel agent just helped ur going out of the way. We would surely consider them for our next trip.
Ooty garden and dodabetta peak was the most memorable experience of the trip.
Shraddha P booked a trip to Ooty for 5 days in a group of 2 adults on TravelTriangle website from CustomizetripCom and submitted a review on May 06, 2019