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About ooty-kodaikanal: rated 4.2/5 (based on 862 reviews) | Packages starting from ₹8,539/-

Ooty and Kodaikanal, most preferred tourist places can be recollected because of its tranquility. They are also called the honeymoon destination as it not only shelters the immense beauty but also adorns the climate to snuggle up with your loved ones.

Both the places are known for their romantic weather, lush green hills and rolling clouds that make these places absolutely magical. Enjoy the best of these two lovely destinations with this Ooty Kodaikanal packages for friends that will take you around to all the major spots. Ooty and Kodaikanal are the most famous hill stations in India. A person looking for a refreshing and a soul calming vacation, then the Ooty Kodaikanal trip for friends, is highly recommended. Where in Ooty you can see and stroll in some of the most beautiful gardens and visit some tea plantations, in Kodaikanal one can see the perfect mix of culture. Take a break from your busy city life and treat yourself with this amazing tour.

Best Time To Visit

Visiting a location in a perfect weather condition is a likely experience. To enhance the experience of the Ooty Kodaikanal trip with friends, visiting the locations at their best weather conditions are recommended. Ooty Kodaikanal has the most pleasant weather conditions between the months of October and June. One can explore all the sites and visualize the best sceneries. On the other hand, Kodaikanal records good weather conditions throughout the year.

How To Reach

By Air

A person planning an Ooty Kodaikanal trip with friends by air, the nearest airport is the Coimbatore airport which is about 31/2 hours away from Ooty. At 4 hours road journey, Mysore airport is located. The airports that are nearest to Kodaikanal are Trichy and Madurai, which are around 150km and 120km away respectively. One can plan to fly to one of these airports and then hit the road from there.

By Train

Kodai Road Station is the station to reach Kodaikanal which is well connected with various trains departing from many major cities. Likewise, Mettupalayam railway station is nearest to reach Ooty.

By Road

There are well-connected roads from all over the country to Ooty and Kodaikanal. The best way to travel on the Ooty Kodaikanal trip holiday package for friends is by roads. Deeper parts of Kodaikanal can only be explored by roads. One must travel by taxis or buses on the Ooty Kodaikanal trip with friends to get the authentic local experience of the destination.

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Best-Ranked Ooty Package From Nagpur

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₹17,397/-

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₹25,010/-

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Raghavan Ganesan

Chennai

Raghavan's 2 days trip to Ooty

Nice hospitality provided. Overall nice experience.

Madhu B

Coimbatore

Madhu's 4 days trip to Ooty

Really planned well and economic. Thanks to my economy travels

Rahul Chowdhury

Kolkata

Rahul's 5 days trip to Ooty

Mysore -Ooty Trip:- Nothing Much Say Regarding this trip...............Its Good or Ok OK Type trip...After past relation we was expected that this Ooty trip is also a good memory and happiness.....Lets some point:- 1)Overall Trip Was good..... 2)Cab:-Blr to Mysr--Driver not even understand English

/hindi(Talking only local Language) and we are unable to said that we are very much hungry and need to stop for a luch...every time I said please stop in a decent place where we can et ..his only reply" yes sir...yes sir..5 mins only" ... 3)Mysore to Ooty Cab:-Awesome experience... Cordial/Supportive/funny/perfect tout guider for tourist.. 4)Ooty Cab:-Good human being but have some attitude problem in some cases...but it shouldn't be any more with a guest. 5)OOty to mysr and mysr to BLr Cab-Good experience 6)MOST IMPORTANT POINT FOR AGENCY:- First of all our agency coordinator its nice talking/polite but what happened during this trip I don't know really...how could he do such type of disgusting/worst/rudeness full behavior with a guest...such a shameless behavior....As a guest i except that did not know your policy or whom should I talk during my sight seen... Ek bat Haina... "Ant Bhala to Sab Bhala"----but bande ne wo hi nehi kiya.. Thanks for your help by the way :) :) :)

Hrishikesh Kulkarni

Pune

Hrishikesh's 4 days trip to Ooty

Hotel Silver oak at Ooty was awesome, But at Mysore it was okay . Driver Manju was good but he made stories and was not refusing to take us to Dodabetta the highest peak point of Ooty ,he took us till tea factory n told this is only Dodabetta , but forced him to go to Dodabetta so he agreed but was

disappointed for remaining trip Dodabetta peak point at Ooty even if telescope view is not available the weather is awesome.

Yogesh Nandkumar Kale

Pune

Yogesh's 5 days trip to Ooty

Special thanks to Suchetha Madam for an excellent arrangement of the entire trip. Hotels were excellent.... Driver Mr. Santhosh was awesome and overall trip was very nice. Appreciate the behaviour of Driver Mr. Santhosh D. who was too good.

Anirban Banerjee

Bengaluru

Anirban's 3 days trip to Ooty

driver was very arogant and did bad driving. rash driving. hotels we're good but not very great.

Harshit Doshi

Mumbai

Harshit's 3 days trip to Ooty

Excellent trip and most importantly the service was well taken care of. Recommended

Vinay Tej

Hyderabad

Vinay's 4 days trip to Ooty

Hotels are very good... liked them very much. Apart from that, we got new driver every day who don't know what is the plan and need to explain them every time. Planning is not proper. Thanks to sameera who was helpful when required. But the person who is managing the things at ooty, he is not at all

good. He don't pick up phone when in need. He just ignore. He itself saying their drivers are idiots. Had problems with the driver. They will come very late which ruins all the plans of the day.

Varadharaj Pillai

Surya nagar

Varadharaj's 4 days trip to Ooty

Awesome Hotel... Amazing view.. Felt like we are staying in the clouds. Away from the hustle n bustle of commercial Ooty, i recommend this Hotel to everyone. If u lobe nature and want peace of mind, this is the place. The Cab driver - Shanmugam was very decent n courteous. He made sure we are comfo

rtable n didnt rush us. I wish i could say the same for our Travel Agent - Victory World.. I used to get calls from them frequently before the booking.. but once the booking n payment was done, i was the one who was calling them up for details. No initiative from them. I was promised Toy train tickets which i did not get due to their negligence. Overall the trip was amazing but it would have been even better if our Travel Agent's services was better.

Nshah

Navi mumbai

Nshah's 4 days trip to Ooty

It was very best trip It was most memorable trip to us All arrangement was superb

Sudipta Sengupta

Bengaluru

Sudipta's 3 days trip to Kodaikanal

Thanks travel Triangle for fine arrangement. Like my previous three tour this was also very nice. I will recommend my friends circle to travel Triangle.

Jainfamilykapil

Bangalore

Jainfamilykapil's 8 days trip to Kodaikanal

Enjoyed the trip. Hotels arranged by Sameera (68M Holidays) were nice, especially Hotel Rupa Spree Elite, Mysore was awesome. Driver Paul behaved nicely and answered each query politely.

Gana T

Rameswaram

Gana's 4 days trip to Kodaikanal

Happy and Memorable trip with gosthala tours.. Trip went very well and support from cab driver also good.iam very happy with gostala for memorable trip.

Rohan Kumar

Bangalore

Rohan's 3 days trip to Kodaikanal

Kodaikanal is amazing.. we had a great time .. Good : 1. lot of nice places to cover 2. driver was good, polite and helpful. Logesh - he got up early at 5 to drive us to Coimbatore airport. without him, we could have even missed our flight. 3. Hotel - room is good. Not good: 1. there's no network

at hotel, even WiFi was not working. 2. Hotel - Food is ok..price is little more. Service is very slow.

Darshan Ballal

Pune

Darshan's 6 days trip to Kodaikanal

It was nice experience with travel triangle n Victory World Tour. One suggestion - it would be better if you ask cab driver language preference.

Muniraj Kumar

Bengaluru

Muniraj's 3 days trip to Kodaikanal

Great and awesome trip with everything as expected.Very friendly driver made my trip cool and enjoyable.I would like to thank Victory World and Travel Triangle for their service. Each and every moment

Piku

Chennai

Piku's 3 days trip to Kodaikanal

Please make sure next time when we are going to a hill station particularly during winter tile the druver also gets some decent accomodation. The hotel rooms were ok but not perfect as the bathrooms were not cleaned kindly make sure good resort was choosen. The climate was damn good and food was v

ery nice at sterling

Abhishek Lingamallu

Bengaluru south

Abhishek's 4 days trip to Kodaikanal

The trip plan and resort choice is good. But the driver is very very bad. Had worst experience with cab driver from the start of the trip. Where ever we start he’ll tells that that will be closed. The worst thing is even for dinner and lunch also if we ask for a certain place he finds many reasons n

ot to go there. At start only we understood and requested travel agent to change the driver, they convinced and sent us. We had a very bad and worst memories where our entire happiest trip mood changed to hit discussions and fight with the driver. Entire spoiler of the trip The best thing travel agent did is booking the resorts. The resorts are really awesome and the service is excellent. The eagles dare is one good option we chose in ooty

Vaibhav Dubey

Bangalore

Vaibhav's 3 days trip to Kodaikanal

It was a pleasurable experience on our hassle free trip to Kodaikanal! We would surely prefer Travel Triangle for our next holiday trips!

Ravi Thakker

Mumbai

Ravi's 7 days trip to Kodaikanal

There were some initial hitches with my bookings as the agreed itenary were sold out once the payment was made but post that it was a smooth ride with Carlo travels. Only recommendation would be to be more careful and confirm about property avialbility before final bookings. A special mention for th

e cab service that they had provided 'South Tourism'. They were absolutely professional, disciplined and had a amazing fleet. Our driver Mr.Sridhar was very nice, he had hands on knowledge of all roads and and was very courteous. Would recommend Carlo travels to provide services from South Tourism to all their clients.

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Which are the best places to visit in Kodaikanal?

These are the top places to visit in Kodaikanal:

Kodai Lake
Ear Shola Rocks
Pillar Rocks
Devil’s Kitchen
Bejiram’s Lake
Coakers Walk

What is the best time to visit Ooty?

To witness the unparalleled beauty of Ooty, you can plan a trip during the months between October to June. The temperature remains around 25°C which makes sightseeing all the more enjoyable.

Can travelers customize this package?

Yes, you can customize this package at your convenience. You just need to connect with your tour agent and let him know all your requirements.

How many days are sufficient for Kodaikanal & Ooty?

A trip of about 5 days is enough to explore both destinations. You can visit almost all the major tourist attractions and engage in various entertaining experiences.

What are the opening and closing hours of the Botanical Garden?

The Botanical Garden in Ooty opens at 7 AM and closes at 7 PM.

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Tips

Cautious driving in Ooty is advisable as it has sharp curves and also prefer to advent with an experienced driver only.
Book your tickets of the Nilgiri railway beforehand as it isn't available on the spot.
Food in Ooty Kodaikanal is just excellent, so don't forget to try their traditional delicacies.
Every Ooty Kodaikanal trip package for friends members must taste the local food and local unique spiced chocolates as it is worth an abstract souvenir.
Public transport is the easiest way to travel around Ooty and Kodaikanal.
The most used means of transport from Ooty to Kodaikanal are cabs and buses.

Ooty Kodaikanal trip for friends is the best trip a person can ever plan. Its heritage and food is just a mind-blowing experience. The flower festival and Pongal festival are the highlights of Ooty. In the same way, the tea festival is the most prestigious event in Kodaikanal. Both Ooty and Kodaikanal are perfect for a quick escape from your hectic schedule where you can just relax and rejuvenate yourself amidst the best of nature.