If anyone is in the look
for incursions from Ooty, a good choice will be a trip from Ooty to
Pykara. This is just a drive of 21 km from Ooty. On the way you can also see
the following tourist spots.
1.
Ooty Golf
club / course.
This club was established in 1896 and set
at an altitude of 7600 feet.
This is owned by Gymkhana club. This course
extends over 193.56 acres
And comprises 18 holes.
2.
9th Mile – Shooting Medu
This lies about nine miles from the Ooty
city. This is green and very lengthy shooting spot, which is surrounded by
forest and mountains.
Very calm place and very good for sight
seeing.
3.
Kamaraja Sagar Dam
This is also known as Sandynalla reservoir
and about 10 km from Ooty bus stand.
4.
Pine Forest
This situated between Ooty and Thalakunda,
where pine trees are arranged in an orderly style. Several Tamil cinema movie
songs have been shot in this place.
5.
Pykara Lake
This lake is magnificient example of
nature’s beauty on earth. A boat house with a restaurant is available , where
you may enjoy boating on various types of boats. Speed boating is really a remarkable one.
This boat house is maintained by Tamil Nadu Tourist
Development Corporation.
Pykara is the largest river in Nilgris
district. This rises in muhurthi peak.
When this river passes through hills,
generally keeping to North
And turns to West after reaching the
Pleateau’s edge. When this runs down the pleateau two beautiful falls ranging
from 55m to 60 m are seen.
These two falls are called Pykara falls.
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