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Kotagiri

Kotagiri, Tamil Nadu, India

4.3 (0)

Overview

The Nilgiris' oldest and mellowest hill station — Kota tribal country of tea slopes, Catherine Falls and colonial cottages without the Ooty crowds.

Why visit: The connoisseur's Nilgiri town, all tea and quiet.

Things to do

›Catherine Falls viewpoint
›Kodanad view point
›John Sullivan memorial

Tea WalksTrekking

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Jun

Entry fee

Free

Est. budget

₹1,000–2,500

Duration

1–2 days

Nearby attractions

Within

10 km

📍 Garden

4.3

Coonoor Sim's Park

Coonoor, Tamil Nadu

A 12-hectare Victorian garden-in-a-glen (1874) with a thousand plant species and the famous May fruit show — Coonoor's green heart.

Oct–Jun; fruit show (May)1–2 hrsExplore

11.5 km

🌄 Viewpoint

4.4

Dolphin's Nose Coonoor

Coonoor, Tamil Nadu

A nose-shaped rock jutting over a 1,000-ft gorge — Catherine Falls threading the far wall and tea estates rolling to the plains' haze.

Oct–Jun (before noon mist)2 hrsExplore

11.8 km

📍 Heritage

4.7

Nilgiri Mountain Railway

Ooty, Tamil Nadu

The UNESCO rack-railway of 1908 — a blue toy train hauling itself from Mettupalayam's palms to Ooty's tea, through 16 tunnels and 250 bridges.

Oct–Jun (book ahead)Half dayExplore

13.9 km

📍 Peak

4.4

Doddabetta Peak

Ooty, Tamil Nadu

The Nilgiris' highest point (2,637 m) — telescope house views over blue-haze ranges from the meeting point of the Eastern and Western Ghats.

Oct–Jun (clear mornings)2 hrsExplore

18.2 km

⛰️ Hill Station

4.5

The queen of Nilgiri hill stations — eucalyptus mists, tea-carpeted slopes, a boating lake and botanical gardens, best reached aboard the UNESCO-listed mountain railway that puffs up through 16 tunnels from Mettupalayam.

Oct–Jun2–3 daysExplore