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Hello Fam, me and my wife are visiting Ooty from 24th till 27th May.

Wanted to check a few things out:

1. How's the weather rn, what kind of clothes we need to bring?

2. Anything to keep in mind, any EPass to book online?

3. What all to avoid?

Anything that would help us this close to the trip.

Its our 6 month anniversary, wanted to make this as smooth as possible.

Thanks.

I'm planning to book a toy train to coonoor from otty and ..the timing is from 5.30pm to 6.30pm ..so is this a good time to experience the ride?

Hi guys I live in ooty and i am curious about to know mysterious and interesting stories related to ooty , also any folklores from the indigenous like badaga ,todas , kurumbas etc ... Drop down the tale !

Hi folks, single and childfree woman this side who is planning to run away from city life. I seek a small piece of land ~1/2-1 acre to live a quiet life. Anywhere close to Ooty is fine with me. How does one go about finding this in a smaller budget 10-25L range? Haunted properties are also okay with me 😄

How crowded is Ooty these days especially in weekends? Planning to visit May 23rd weekend from Bangalore. Will it be too problematic in terms of traffic, parking, etc?
Thanks!

Yeah I don't care about the dust , the cold water , small room or anything..I want somewhere to stay near bustand for 500 rupees or under per night , I just want a room where i can lock my door and have a working fan with a working plug point ..any recommendations?

Hey folks we have booked a trip to Ooty for 4 days from 21-25th May of this month. I see some flash flood warnings displayed on Google. Is it safe to travel - if so can someone local please share a nice itinerary please and how often does heavy rain occur?

We are planning a 4 day trip to Coonoor Ooty and Kotagiri. We will fly in to Coimbatore and drive to Coonoor. Wanted to know if there are any trusted leads for renting a self drive car or scooty from Coimbatore or in Coonoor itself. We do not want to go around in a cab.

Also is a self drive car recommended there or are cabs safer? Please let us know if anyone has been to Coonoor and how did you manage the intercity travel!

I am traveling to the Ooty next week from 23-27 with my wife and two years kid. Any precautions, suggestions to aid my travel are welcome. I also planning to not to take toy train as this will be more of headache to handle my kid during the journey with that much of crowd of weekend. Please suggest self drive car or scooty or rental services in OOty! First two days we might be staying at silent retreat farm stay and then Western vally resort!
We would love for dine out suggestions as well for lunch or dinner if something special there for vegetarians!

Going to ooty for the first time from Kochi. Pls suggest some underrated gems and what to do ?

Hi all, is Pykara lake closed for maintenance? I am planning to visit next week but heard the lake is closed for 2 months. Is this true? Can any one please verify this? Thanks in advance

I have planned a 4 day trip, overall cab charges are approx. INR 13,300 for ~380KM which comes to ~INR 35 / KM. Which looks too high, will appreciate if you can take a look and advise per your experience and share suggestions.

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Hi,

We are family of a couple and two kids planning to visit ooty from 18 to 21 may. Online stays I am seeing from 4k to 10 k per night. Booked an hotel for 4 days for 10000 from agoda but they cancelled at the last moment. Can you pls suggest a good budget and safe stay for 4 persons for 3 days in ooty... Budget from 2k to 5k per night...

Also any trip planner or tour packages for ooty siteseeing, pls let me know

Are there uber and MakeMyTrip cabs which can be booked from ooty to Coimbatore

Kindly let me know

Stay - Mountain Trails Ooty

So this happened and I need people to know before they make the same mistake.

We booked a stay in Ooty for 2 nights at ₹10,500/night through MakeMyTrip. What we got was genuinely shocking.

The room:

• Bedsheets and pillows had weird stains
• Found 4 bugs ON THE BED
• Entire property crawling with insects, zero maintenance
• Extra bedding = a dirty torn mattress dumped on the floor
• Sheets, towels and quilts were smelly and had holes in them
• Requested housekeeping for dust. Nobody showed up.

The property:

• Pool was visibly dirty. Uncleaned.
• Food was bad quality, barely any options

We couldn't stay the second night. Checked out and had to spend MORE money booking another hotel last minute.

The checkout experience: Staff were completely uncooperative. Asked to speak to the manager — they said he was busy. He was literally on call with them at that moment, coaching them on what to say to us.

MakeMyTrip's response: Raised a formal complaint with photos. Waited 10 days. Got ₹1,500 added to wallet. Ticket closed. That's it.

This is not okay. ₹21,357 for a property with bugs in the bed and torn smelly sheets is not acceptable. I have photos for everything.

Has anyone else faced this? And has anyone successfully gotten a proper refund from MMT in situations like this? Would really appreciate advice.

looking for a good cab driver in ooty as our experice in pervious citys of TN was not quite good i hope yall can help us (lang is telugu english hindi)

Hi,

I'm planning a 5 day solo trip to Isha, ooty, coonoor. Could you please tell which is safer to stay , ooty or coonoor? Suggest safe stays for female solo traveller, suggest transportation. Thanks!