Nilgiri Bus Stands

Ooty Bus Stand 

Ooty Bus Stand

Ooty (Ootacamund) the Queen of the Hill Stations, also known as Blue Mountains is one of the most beautiful hill stations in India. It is situated at an altitude of 2,240 meters (7,350 feet) above sea level.

Ooty Bus Stand

Ooty Bus Stand

Ooty Bus Depot

Ooty Bus Stand

Ooty Bus Stand

Ooty Bus Stand

Ooty Bus Stand

Ooty Bus Stand

Ooty Bus Stand

Coonoor Bus Stand

Coonoor Bus Stand

Coonoor is located at an altitude of 1,850 meters (6,070 feet) above sea level, and is the second largest hill station in the Nilgiri hills after Ooty.

Coonoor Bus Stand

Coonoor Bus Stand

Coonoor Bus Stand

Kotagiri Bus Stand

Kotagiri Bus Stand

Kotagiri is the oldest and the third largest hill stations in the Nilgiris. Kotagiri is situated at an altitude of 1,950 meters (6,397 feet) above sea level.

Kotagiri Bus Stand

Kotagiri Bus Stand

Kotagiri Bus Stand

Gudalur Bus Stand

Gudalur Bus Stand

Gudalur lies in lower plateau of Nilgiri Hills. Gudalur is situated at an altitude of  1,180 meters (3,800 feet) above sea level.

Gudalur Bus Stand

Gudalur Bus Stand

Gudalur Bus Stand

Gudalur Bus Stand

Gudalur Bus Stand

Gudalur Bus Stand

 

Always take the scenic route!

Unforgettable journeys in the Western Ghats on KSRTC (Kerala State Road Transport Corporation).

Misty rides, winding mountain roads, pristine rain forests, wildlife, grass lands, water falls, reservoirs, gorgeous valley views…

Pathanamthitta – Gavi – Kumily

Route: Chittar, Seethathodu, Angamuzhi, Kakkad Hydo Electric Project Area, Kakki Dam, Anathodu Dam, Pamba Dam, Gavi, Vallakadavu, Vandiperiyar
Travel Time: 04hrs 30mins
Districts: Pathanamthitta, Idukki
States: Kerala

KSRTC RNC 869 Ordinary Pathanamthitta – Gavi – Kumily (SWB – Short Wheel Base)

A travel through nature… 

to gavi…

KSRTC RNC 869 of Pathanamthitta Depot Ordinary Pathanamthitta – Gavi – Kumily

Kakki Dam

forest

Anathodu

narrow hairpin bends

Penstock

Elephant

Gavi Dam

to anathodu dam..

Kakki Reservoir

Anathodu Dam

Kakki Reservoir

short break…

Misty ride to Gavi

Kakkad – Moozhiyar

to kakki dam..

Anathodu Check Post

to kakki dam..

RNC 869’s Pair RAC 408 of Kumily depot heading Pathanamthitta from Kumily

Gavi

Inside deep jungle

the view

to gavi..

to gavi…

grass lands

Anathodu Dam

to kakki dam…

Kakkad Hydo Electric Project Area

Anathodu

Pathanamthitta – Gavi – Kumily Route

Coimbatore – Sulthan Bathery

Route: Mettupalayam, Coonoor, Ooty, Gudalur, Pattavayal
Travel Time: 07hrs 15mins
Districts: Coimbatore, Nilgiris, Wayanad
States: Tamil Nadu, Kerala

KSRTC  RSK 645 Super Fast Coimbatore – Sulthan Bathery (Interstate Rider)

Sulthan Of Nilgiris…

Eucalyptus Trees – Gudalur Ooty Road

Burliyar – Mettupalyam Coonoor Ghat Road

Tea Estates at Naduvattam – Gudalur

Mettupalayam – Coonoor Ghat Road

Gudalur View – Gudalur Ooty Ghat Raod

view from Coonoor

Misty ride

Kattery Park – Coonoor

a view from Marappalam

KSRTC RSK 645 at Ooty Bus stand

view from Coonoor

Waterfalls Coonoor Ghat Road

Railway Bridge and Waterfalls at Marappalam Coonoor Ghat Road

Entering Ooty town…

waterfalls coonoor road

Sulthan Bathery – Ooty – Coimbatore Route

Udumelpet – Munnar

Route: Chinnar, Maraiyur, Eravikulam National Park
Travel Time: 03hrs 45mins
Districts: Tirupur, Idukki
States: Tamil Nadu, Kerala

KSRTC RAK 964 Town to Town Ordinary Udumalpet – Munnar (Interstate Rider)

Magical Munnar…

maraiyur

Tea Estates

to munnar

waterfalls

Munnar

Bridge

landslides

Anaimudi Peak

Munnar

Munnar Tea Estates

waterfalls near Eravikulam

Udumalai – Maraiyur – Munnar Route

Erattupetta – Kattappana

Route: Vagamon, Kolahalamedu, Elappara, Upputhara
Travel Time: 03hrs
Districts: Kottayam, Idukki
States: Kerala

KSRTC RAE 59 Limited Stop Ordinary Erattupetta – Kattappana

Vagamon Meadows…

Vagamon Meadows

Elappara to kattappana

Elappara – Kattappana Road

heading vagamon

Vagamon Meadows

Vagamon Meadows

Elappara – Kattappana Road

heading vagamon..

Vagamon Meadows

heading vagamon…

Vagamon – Elappara Road

Elappara – Kattappana Road

Elappara to kattappana..

heading vagamon…

Vagamon

heading vagamon…

Vagamon Meadows..

KSRTC RAE 59 resting at Kattappana

heading Elappara..

heading vagamon…

heading vagamon…

at Elappara

Elappara – Kattappana Road

heading vagamon..

Vagamon Meadows

Vagamon Meadows

Erattupetta – Vagamon – Kattappana Route

Kattappana – Thodupuzha

Route: Vellayamkudi, Cheruthoni, Painavu, Kulamavu, Moolamattam
Travel Time: 03hrs 15mins
Districts: Idukki
States: Kerala

KSRTC RAC 710 Limited Stop Ordinary Kattappana – Thodupuzha

Irresistible Idukki…

Kulamavu Dam

Moolamattam to Thodupuzha

Cheruthoni to Kulamavu

Cheruthoni to Kulamavu

Moolamattam to Thodupuzha

Idukki

Cheruthoni to Kulamavu

Cheruthoni to Kulamavu

Cheruthoni to Kulamavu

Cheruthoni to Kulamavu

Kulamavu Dam

Cheruthoni to Kulamavu

Idukki Arch Dam

Moolamattam to Thodupuzha

Kulamavu to Moolamattam

Idukki Arch Dam

Cheruthoni to Kulamavu

Kulamavu to Moolamattam

Cheruthoni bus stand

Cheruthoni to Kulamavu

Kattappana – Cheruthoni road..

Cheruthoni to Kulamavu

Kulamavu Dam

Kulamavu to Moolamattam

Kattappana – Cheruthoni road..

Cheruthoni to Kulamavu

Kattappana – Painavu – Thodupuzha Route

Nilambur – Kakkadampoyil

Route: Akambadam
Travel Time: 01hrs 15mins
Districts: Malappuram, Kozhikode
States: Kerala

KSRTC RNC 956 Ordinary Nilambur – Thiruvambady (SWB – Short Wheel Base)

Western top of the Western Ghats… 

road to Kakkadampoyil

KSRTC RNC 956 Ordinary Nilambur – Thiruvambady

western ghats

western ghats

ghat road

at Kakkdampoyil…

rubber trees

hairpin bend

Nilambur – Kakkdampoyil Route

Kannur – Ooty

Route: Thalassery, Nedumpoyil, Thalappuzha, Mananthavady, Panamaram, Sulthan Bathery, Pattavayal, Gudalur
Travel Time: 08hrs 30mins
Districts: Kannur, Wayanad, Nilgiris
States: Kerala, Tamil Nadu

KSRTC RSC 974 Super Fast Kannur – Ooty (Interstate Rider)

Wonderful Wayanad…

periya ghat road

periya ghat road

gudalur view

thalassery to periya

gudalur to ooty…

thalassery to periya

thalassery to periya

thalassery to periya

RSC 974 KSRTC kannur ooty at kannur bus stand

to mananthavady…

the view

sulthan bathery bus stand

gudalur to ooty…

inside forest …

early morning ride

kannur to thalassery

to sulthan bathery…

gudalur to ooty…

periya ghat road

kannur to thalassery

gudalur to ooty…

Kannur – Mananthavady – Sulthan Bathery – Ooty Route

Mannarkkad – Anaikatty

Route: Thenkara, Attapadi, Thavalam, Agaly, Sholaiyur
Travel Time: 02hrs 15mins
Districts: Palakkad
States: Kerala

KSRTC RNM 189 Ordinary Mannarkkad – Anaikatty

Gateway to Silent valley…

hair pin bend…

western ghats

bhavani river…

forest road…

forest road…

hairpin bends..

western ghats

anaikatty road…

mountains…

western ghats…

to anaikatty…

ksrtc anaivandi heading anaikatty

western ghats

manarkkad anaikaty road

to anaikatty…

forest road…

forest road…

Mannarkkad – Anaikatty Route…

Thiruvananthapuram – Ponmudi

Route: Nedumangadu, Chullimanoor, Vithura, Kallar
Travel Time: 02hrs 40mins
Districts: Thiruvananthapuram
States: Kerala

KSRTC RSC 283 Ordinary Thiruvananthapuram – Ponmudi (SWB – Short Wheel Base)

A Walk in the Clouds…

green

road to pomudi ponmudi sanatorium

road to pomudi ponmudi sanatorium

visibility is very less…

road to ponmudi…

jungle road…

ponmudi upper sanatorium

beautiful roads…

road to pomudi ponmudi sanatorium

ponmudi road..

into the clouds…

road to ponmudi…

awesome views…

to ponmudi…

into the clouds…

to ponmudi upper sanatorium

hairpin bend…

KSRTC bus going Thiruvananthapuram…

green.. green.. green..

ponmudi road..

into the clouds…

Thiruvananthapuram – Ponmudi Route

Bangalore – Nilambur

Route: Mandya, Mysore, Gundalpet, Bandhipur, Mudumalai, Gudalur, Nadukani, Vazhikadavu
Travel Time: 07hrs 15mins
Districts: Bangaluru, Mandya, Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Nilgiris, Malappuram
States: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala

KSRTC RSC 698 Super Deluxe Bangalore – Kottayam (Interstate Rider) ** On Bangalore – Nilambur Super Deluxe Schedule

A Night Safari…

RSC 698 Bangalore – Kottayam at Mysore Bus stand

An awesome night ride though Bandhipur and Mudumalai Tiger Reserves. There is a night traffic ban (21:00 – 06:00) on this road. But, this bus has a night pass. It passes through three forests ranges of there different states. Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (Tamil Nadu), Bandhipur National Park (Karnataka) and Amarambalam Reserve Forest (Kerela).

*Two buses each of KSRTC (Kerala), TNSTC (Tamil Nadu) and KSRTC (Karnataka) have night passes on Mudumalai, Bandhipur route .

Bangalore – Mysore – Nilambur Route

 

Connecting the Plains

Kaikatty, Melur, Nilgiris, 643221.

Bus timings at Kaikatty towards Mettupalayam and Coimbatore.

06:45 Edakkadu – Coimbatore (via Manjoor, Kaikatty, Coonoor, Mettupalayam)
07:00 Kanneri Mandhanai – Mettupalayam (via Oranalli, Thangadu, B.Manihatty, Meekkeri, Kaikatty, Coonoor)
07:30 Manjokombai – Coimbatore (via Kaikatty, Coonoor, Mettupalayam)
07:45 Mulligur – Mettupalayam (via Manjoor, Kaikatty, Coonoor)
09:00 Thangadu – Mettupalayam (Kechahatty, Gandhipuram, Manjoor, Kaikatty, Selas, Coonoor)
10:30 Mulligur – Mettupalayam (via Manjoor, Kaikatty, Coonoor)
13:30 Melur Hosahatty – Coimbatore (via Kaikatty, Coonoor, Mettupalayam)
15:30 Melkundah – Mettupalayam (via Manjoor, Kaikatty, Coonoor)
18:20 Mulligur – Mettupalayam (via Manjoor, Kaikatty, Coonoor)
* 12:00 Ooty – Coimbatore (via Lovedale, Kaikatty, Manjoor, Kizhkundah, Geddai, Mulli, Karamadai)

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Bus timings at Coimbatore  to Kaikatty

16:10 Coimbatore – Mulligur (via Mettupalayam, Coonoor, Kaikatty, Manjoor)
16:30 Coimbatore – Edakkadu (via Mettupalayam, Coonoor, Kaikatty, Manjoor)
17:20 Coimbatore – Melur Hosahatty (via Mettupalayam, Coonoor, Kaikatty)
19:20 Coimbatore – Manjakombai  (via Mettupalayam, Coonoor, Kaikatty)

Bus timings at Mettupalayam  to Kaikatty

16:00 Mettupalayam – Thangadu (via Coonoor, Kaikatty, Manjoor, Gandhipuram, Kechahatty)
05:45 Mettupalayam – Mulligur (via Coonoor, Kaikatty, Manjoor)
13:30 Mettupalayam – Mulligur (via Coonoor, Kaikatty, Manjoor)
17:45 Mettupalayam – Kanneri Mandhanai (via Coonoor, Kaikatty, Meekkeri, B.Manihatty, Thangadu, Oranalli)
18:45 Mettupalayam – Melkundah (via Mettupalayam, Coonoor, Kaikatty, Manjoor)

 

Ooty Bus Stand – Bus Timings

Ooty Bus Stand

Chennai
16.30, 17.45

Bangalore
09.30, 10.30, 12.30
19.30, 20.30, 21.30, 22.00

Coimbatore
05.30, 05.50
06.10, 06.30, 06.50, 07.25, 07.40, 08.10, 08.35, 08.45, 09.00, 09.20, 09.40
10.05, 10.20, 10.40, 11.00, 11.35, 12.00, 12.20, 12.40, 12.55
13.05, 13.15, 13.25, 13.45, 14.00, 14.20, 14.40
15.00, 15.30, 15.45, 16.00, 16.05, 16.15, 16.55
17.10, 17.20, 17.35, 17.45, 18.00, 18.15, 1830, 18.40, 18.50
19.00, 19.15, 19.35, 19.55
20.20, 20.30, 20.40

Mettupalayam
05.30
06.00, 06.40, 06.45, 07.10, 07.45, 07.55
08.15, 08.25, 09.55, 10.15, 10.25, 10.55
11.45, 12.30, 12.55, 13.10, 13.45, 13.55
14.15, 14.45, 15.00, 15.10, 17.00, 18.10
19.20, 19.40, 19.45, 20.30
21.40

Mysore
08.00, 11.00, 15.30, 16.50

Madurai
09.00, 18.45

Gundalpet
08.30, 09.50, 16.00

Palaghat
07.00, 08.00, 13.45, 14.45

Kannanur
09.15

Calicut
06.30, 14.15 (via Meppadi)
07.45, 15.15 (via Nilampur)

Duraiyur
10.45, 18.30

Selam
13.45, 13.55, 15.20

Erode
07.15, 08.40, 09.30
10.00, 10.20, 11.05, 11.20, 11.50
12.10, 12.50, 13.40, 14.05, 14.30, 14.50
15.55, 16.20, 16.30, 16.50, 17.10, 17.25
19.40

Tirupur
09.50, 11.55
13.20, 13.45, 16.55, 18.20

Karur
08.05, 13.15, 17.20

Gobi
09.15, 10.50, 14.35, 17.50

Sathi
08.55, 12.25

Udumalai
12.35, 16.45

Palani
07.35, 14.10 (via Tirupur)
13.40 (via Coimbatore)

Pollachi
08.20
16.25

 

Kovai Kutralam Falls

Kovai Kutralam Falls located in Siruvani amidst a protected forest area, about 37 km from Coimbatore. The Siruvani River, which flows in the Siruvani Hills, which makes the Kovai Kutralam waterfalls. It is famous for its tasty water and it is marked to be the second tastiest lake in the world.

Kovai Kutralam

It is located on the western ghat mountain range that lies to the west of this city. Limited bus service is available from the city and this area is out of bounds after 5 pm. Government busses stop at the first check post (Sadivayal). Beyond this no vehicles are allowed as it is a protected forest area. Only the forest department vechicals are allowed. Those vechiles will stop at second check post. From the second check post, a 1 KM walk takes you right to the falls.The way to the falls is surrounded by thick forests, and teak gardens.

Kovai Kutralam Falls Timings:
10.00 am TO 3.30 pm
Holidays:
Every Monday- [Maintenance Day]

Photo Gallery – Kovai Kutralam

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Devarsholai

Devarsholai a small village, which is located on the main Ooty to Kundha road. Its about 4 km from Melur Kaikatty and around 16 km from Ooty.  Its fully surrounded by tea plantations.

Devarsholai 4 Number

If we travel 3 – 4 km through the Tea Plantations from Devarsholai Bazaar we will find small settlements  They called this place “4 number”. Its a beautiful place. The Tea Plantation workers are living there.

Photo Gallery (Devarsholai)

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Trip to Ooty, Coonoor, Ketti Valley, Pine Forest, 6th and 9th Mile

Coonoor

5616 ft (1711.8 m)  main intermediate station on the line at site of the locomotive workshops as well as the top end of the rack rail.

The Coonoor ghat road rapidly supplemented all other routes to the Nilgiris, and Coonoor at the head of this ghat which possessed essential advantages gained its importance.

Coonoor Railway Station on the Mettupalayam – Udhagamandalam route.

Coonoor Stands on a lower ridge of the plateau at an altitude of 1,858 mts. and has a railway station on the Mettupalayam – Udhagamandalam route.

Coonoor is an important trade centre for tea and the Tea Board of India, has a branch office here.

Around and near Coonoor, the tourists could enjoy the beautiful places of interest like Sim’s Park, the Lady Canning’s Seat. Lamb’s rock. Dolphine’s Nose, the Law’s Falls, the Droog.

Ketti Valley View

Ketti Valley View is located on the Ooty-Coonoor road, around 7 km away from the main city of Ooty. It is the second largest valley in the world, which comprises different villages that are part of Coimbatore and Mysore. It covers a wide area, extending from the plains of Coimbatore to the Mysore plateau.

The valley is home to several tribes, such as Todas and Badagas. These tribal people are experts in cultivating fresh vegetables and fruits in the valley. There are over 14 villages in this valley that belong to the tribes of Badagas. The tribes living these villages wake up before the sunrise and sleep after sunset, representing perfect rural lifestyle.

Residents of this valley mainly speak Tamil and Badaga, but most of them can understand Malayalam, English and Kannada as well. Apart from the strong influences of Christian Missionaries, many residents practise Hinduism. The only engineering college in the district, CSI College of Engineering is located in this Ketti Valley.

This valley is also known as the ‘Switzerland of Southern India’ and has a pleasant climate all around the year. In summers, the temperature is around 25° Celsius and in winters it drops down to 5° Celsius.

Pine Forest, 6th and 9th Mile

After pine forest in the same road to Mysore comes both 6th and 9th mile. they both are small green hill like places. a very beautiful sight to look at. especially 9th mile. its a place that everyone must see when you go to Ooty same road leads to Pykara.

6th Mile, also known as the Shooting Spot, is located just 6 miles from the city centre. This tourist spot is green, extensive and replete with dense forest. Most of the Indian movies feature this shooting spot owing to its natural beauty.

Photo Gallery – Coonoor, Ketti Valley, Pine Forest, 6th and 9th Mile

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