The Scotland of India is none other than Ooty-one of the most attractive and popular destinations in South India. Discover this place either in peak seasons, which are a hub of honey-moon lovers and film-shooting crews or during off-seasons, when it's convenient booking your tickets or easy reservations and of course which is 'a little quieter'. In case if you are from across the country, you will need an Indian visa!

The mysterious mist-laden beauty of Ooty is more of a series of piquant montages for the India tourist visa holder: the sun playing hide and seek along with its companion-hills, ponies seen grazing along the kerbside, the continuous stretch of Nilgiri and tea-plantations on either side of the roads, calla-lilies seen growing wildly around settlements and a lot more! Apart from seeking the pleasures of conventionally prepared aromatic coffee, orthodox tea, south Indian delicacies and shopping the exquisite range of 'Toda' jewellery, having a fulfilling adventure is one of the interesting activities which an India tourist visa holder should look forward to.

Get mesmerized by the beauty itself first!

Visit the 21/2 long artificial lake which was constructed by the first collector and virtual founder of Ooty, John Sullivan, in the year 1824. What more than if the India visa holder is accompanied by kids, this place also offers a charming lake garden, a jetty, snack bars, a toy-train and pony rides for kiddies. The India tourist visa holder can also visit some picnic spots such as Pykara Lake which is around 25 kms from Ooty and a happening one for adventure lovers. The Indian visa holders should not miss the Rose garden offering a splendid view of hundreds of colourful roses all grown under one single roof. The Government Botanical Garden too arranges for the "Annual Flower show" during May every year.

Some 'real' adventure

If the India tourist visa holder is an adventure freak, then he shouldn't miss the game climbing the highest peak in the Blue Mountains at 8,606 ft-Doda Betta, or Big Mountain- which commands the juncture of the Eastern and Western Ghats, offering incomparable vistas of beauty to him. The Hand-Gliding courses arranged by the Indian Tourism Department - from March to May every year- along with the scenic grandeur are surely the India tourist visa holder's delight, stocked with trout, carp and trench.

Towards the lower end of Dodabetta arrives a friendly spot for India tourist visa holder, especially if Indian visa holders are trekkers and hikers wanting to explore some more familiar hills like the former. Known as Tiger hills, this place is an add-on to what the India tourist visa holder experiences in Dodabetta.

Conoor comes some 10 km down of Ooty, a sizeably small town for India tourist visa holder to find local eating joints and delicacies such as the 'Chicken chettinad' served piping hot with crispy 'Kerala paranthas'. En route from Ooty to Conoor is' Wellington', a prestigious location and home to the Defence Services Staff College for Indian visa holders to explore.