How to reach Ooty, Flights, Buses and Taxi to Ooty

How to Reach Ooty

The Coimbatore airport is the closest to the hills at 3.5 hours by road. The Mysore airport is about 4 hours away from Ooty by road and is serviced by a daily ATR service by Kingfisher Airlines and lies to the North of Ooty. The road trip is quite scenic from either airport.

The Nilgiri Express leaves from Chennai at night and reaches Mettupalayam (which Indian Rail spells Metupalaiyam), a small town at the foothills of the Nilgiris early the next morning. The train the Nilgiri Mountain Railway leaves Mettupalayam at 7.10 am.

The hills consequently can be reached from within Tamil Nadu by travelling up a heavily forested winding road, with many sharp hairpin beds. The road trip from any state is quite scenic, although the Coimbatore-Mettupalayam-Coonoor-Ooty road (i.e. the Tamil Nadu route) is the most travelled and well maintained. All roads to the Nilgiri hills are toll roads, although the tolls are quite nominal.

Route Name	Distance	Time	More Information
Coimbatore to Ooty	84.9 km	2 hours 46 mins	View Details
Bangalore to Ooty	274 km	6 hours 15 mins	View Details
Hyderabad to Ooty	847 km	13 hours 40 mins	View Details
Chennai to Ooty	558 km	9 hours 27 mins	View Details
Coorg to Ooty	224 km	5 hours 20 mins	View Details
Mumbai to Ooty	1,169 km	18 hours 39 mins	View Details
Pune to Ooty	1,025 km	16 hours 39 mins	View Details
Delhi to Ooty	2,445 km	1 day 13 hours	View Details
Kolkata to Ooty	2,180 km	1 day 11 hours	View Details
Goa to Ooty	749 km	13 hours 14 mins	View Details
Ahmedabad to Ooty	1,682 km	1 day 2 hours	View Details
Ernakulam to Ooty	292 km	6 hours 41 mins	View Details
Chandigarh to Ooty	2,673 km	1 day 16 hours	View Details
Varanasi to Ooty	2,098 km	1 day 12 hours	View Details
Jaipur to Ooty	2,193 km	1 day 12 hours	View Details
Amritsar to Ooty	2,877 km	1 day 19 hours	View Details
Jodhpur to Ooty	2,134 km	1 day 9 hours	View Details
Alleppey to Ooty	346 km	7 hours 51 mins	View Details
Agra to Ooty	2,201 km	1 day 10 hours	View Details

How to reach Ooty by flight

Coimbatore has the nearest airport at the distance of 100 km from Ooty. It offers domestic flights to various cities like Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru and Calicut and also has international flights to Singapore and few other places.

Nearest Airport: Coimbatore Airport (CJB) - 57 kms from Ooty

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How to reach Ooty by road

Ooty is at a 90 km from Coimbatore by road and 105 km from Tiruppur. Bus services and even taxi for hire are available easily from these places.

How to reach Ooty by train

Coimbatore and Tiruppur are the 2 nearest stations, which have connectivity to Mettupalayam from where you can get Ooty Toy Train which is an exclusive train service from Mettupalayam to Ooty and few other minor stations. Coimbatore is also very well connected to all the other major cities of parts of the country.

The Nilgiri Express leaves from Chennai at night and reaches Mettupalayam (which Indian Rail spells Metupalaiyam), a small town at the foothills of the Nilgiris early the next morning. The train the Nilgiri Mountain Railway leaves Mettupalayam at 7.10 pushed by a small steam powered historic locomotive that is a remnant of Swiss engineered trains imported in the late 1800s. The train journey will be a very good experience, but only 30 tickets are issued on the spot.

How to reach Ooty by bus

The hills consequently can be reached from within Tamil Nadu by travelling up a heavily forested winding road, with many sharp hairpin beds. The road trip from any state is quite scenic, although the Coimbatore-Mettupalayam-Coonoor-Ooty road (i.e. the Tamil Nadu route) is the most travelled and well maintained. All roads to the Nilgiri hills are toll roads, although the tolls are quite nominal.