Air :
The nearest airport is in Coimbatore,
100 km away. You can catch a direct
flight to Coimbatore from Chennai, Kozhikode,
Bangalore and Mumbai.
Rail
:
One can take a train up to Coimbatore
and then the enchanting Nilgiri Mountain
Railway, better known as the Toy train.
It is one of the few remaining diesel
engine trains and although it spits
up huge dark clouds of pollution,
it is a major tourist attraction and
a reminder of the Indian railways'
glorious beginning. The nearest broad-gauge
railway head from Udhagamandalam is
in the minor Mettupalayam, which is
46 km away. Mettupalayam is connected
to Udhagamandalam by a four-hour journey
on the Mountain Railway.
Road
:
25km. from Ooty on the Gudalur Road.
Ooty is well connected by good roads.
It is 535 km from Chennai (via Salem),
89 km from Coimbatore, 18 km from
Coonoor (via Gudalur), 155 km from
Mysore, 187 km from Calicut, 290 km
from Bangalore, 281 km from Kochi
(via Coimbatore and Palakkad), 236
km from Kodaikanal (via Coimbatore
and Palani). There is a regular bus
service from Bangalore, Mysore, Coimbatore,
Calicut, Kanyakumari, Tanjavur, Tirupati
and Cochin. Buses ply regularly to
Mudhumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Kotagiri,
Coonoor and Doddabeta.
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