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Kodaikanal
Often complimented as the “Princess of Hill Stations”, KodaiKanal or Kodai sits high on the southern peak of the Palani hills, around 2100 meters above the sea level. It is very popular among tourists for its tranquil panoramic beauty. The life and blood of the local economy is predominantly inclusive tourism and hospitality industry in general. The marvelous hill station was founded around 1845 by the American missionaries, as a safe haven from the local tropical epidemics and sultry heat of the plains.
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Munnar
Yet another world-class hill station at Kerala, Munnar mesmerizes tourists with its picturesque-ness beyond comparison. The verdant rolling hills in the backdrop of Munnar captivate tourists as they watch them all wrapped up with vast stretches of tea estates and tropical rain forests against the clear blue skyline. Indeed Munnar is a favored destination for tourists, as in addition, its location at 1600 meter height from sea level endows it with particularly pleasant climatic conditions and invigoratingly fresh air.
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Nilgiri Hills
An exotic assemblage of mountains comprising of at least 24 peaks crossing the 2000 meters mark, Niligiri or Blue Mountain is located in the western corner of Tamil Nadu coinciding with the intersecting edges of Karnataka and Kerala. The location of Nilgiri hills also marks the meeting point of the Western Ghats with the Eastern ghats. Its location and terrain features render it a very important biosphere.
While the Noyar river demarcates these exotic hills from the Karnataka plateau in the North, Palghat gap separates it from the famous Anaimalai hills and Palni hills in the south. The district of Nilgiri in TamilNadu is situated nestled in these blue lofty mountains only.
The popular tea from Niligiri is cultivated in the tea estates swathed on these hills. The location of the hills at 130 km latitude and 185 km longitude is ideal for high quality crop of tea consistently.
Interestingly, the entire stretch of 6000 km square area of Nilgiri hills, the Western Ghats and the Mukurthi National Park along the south-eastern border of Nilgiri may be selected as a World Heritage Site, the same being under consideration by UNESCO.
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Ooty
Nestled in the lofty Nilgiri Hills is a very pleasant hill station called Udhagamandalam, better known as Ooty. Such is the beauty of the place that it is often complimented as the “Queen of hill stations” by the tourists at large. Fittingly, the hill station is the capital of the picturesque Nilgiri district. The high hills at Ooty stand tall in the range of 2280 to 2290 meters, the highest of them all being Doddabetta with 2623 meters altitude. The city Coimbatore is about 105 km away from the hill station.
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Coonoor
Some 19 kms apart from the popular hill station Ooty sits another pretty tourism haven called Coonoor. It is the second largest peak in the Nilgiri ranges and sports an impressive height of 1,858 meters above the sea level.
One of the triplet hill stations in the Nilgiri ranges, besides Ooty and Kotagiri, Coonoor is a lovely small town with stretches of tea gardens complimented with grassy meadows with a wild cover of bright sunflowers, marigolds and Rhododendrons. To add on, the weather of the town remains enjoyably fresh round the year.
Coonoor is located on the eastern side of the southern most outline of Doddabetta peak and comes first of the trio when Southern plains conclude. Geographically marked as Upper and Lower Coonoor, the town once used to be inhabited by the Coon hill tribe.
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Mudumalai
A noted wild life sanctuary of India, Mudumalai is one of the many feathers in the cap of Niligiri range. The thick forest cover of Northern Niligirs, though situated in Tamil Nadu, is a constituent of the Niligiri Biosphere reserve. The Mudumalai shares its mountain ranges with another noteworthy sanctuary called Bandipur. However, the meandering Moyar River flowing by it and the haughty Nilgiri peaks in the neighborhood lend a niche edge to Mudumalai over Bandipur, which allows the verdant and dense woods to be home to a wider and rarer variety of flora, fauna and avifauna, including a good population of elephants and gaurs.
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Red Hills
Widely considered as a delicate natural region in the picturesquely famous Niligiri Biosphere reserve, the Red hills are anyone’s fantasy of vast stretches of verdant thick forest cover with refreshing breeze and captivating scenery. The beautiful hills are neighbors to the queen hill station Ooty, barely 28 kilometers away from it. The hills are often visited by tourists desiring clean air and quiet time in the woods for a healthier body and a calmer mind.
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Yelagiri
Still undisturbed by the man-created rat race for commercial gratifications, Yelagiri is a quiet and picturesque hill station that’s unfailingly a tourist’s haven for a fine time with nature. The panoramic vistas of the hill station click instantly with the visitors, as a beautiful lake in the vicinity enhances its appeal manifolds.
The hill station is conveniently located near the Chennai airport and just 14 km away from the Jolarpettai Junction in the Vellore District of Tamil Nadu. Tourists to Yelagiri find good food and comfortable accommodation in the neighboring Athnavur city. The hill station sports pleasantly moderate climate round the year.
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