Doddabetta Peak
The highest point in the Nilgiris at 2,637 m, with views across the hills when the mist lets you.
- Price
- A small entry and vehicle fee
- Time Needed
- 1–2 hours
- Best Time
- First thing in the morning, before cloud rolls in.
- Address
- Doddabetta Peak, Ooty, Tamil Nadu 643002Directions
- Getting There
- By taxi, on the Ooty–Kotagiri road.
Why Go
A road goes almost to the summit, 9 km from town, where a telescope house looks over the plateau and down toward the plains of Coimbatore and Mysore on a clear day.
Tips
- Bring a jacket: it's windy and colder than town.
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