Disappointing.
We went up to Doddabetta Peak with great hopes of a visual treat. It is the highest peak in the Nilgiri Hills. But we were sorely disappointed with what we saw and experienced.
Doddabetta is a 9 km drive from the Botanical Gardens of Ooty. It was a scenic drive up to the peak with tea gardens along the way. But from where the road branches off the Kotagiri Road, the road condition deteriorates and you have to negotiate some dangerous hair-pin bends with huge pot-holes. On top of that you have to pay a toll of Rs.20 to use this road. Then you have to pay Rs.7 per head as entry tax, and Rs.12 if you are carrying a camera (nothing for mobile camera!). Parking is haphazard and always crowded on weekends, and there are a lot of stalls and eateries around the parking lot with garbage all around.
The views from the peak were good, but not good enough to compensate for the negatives. I would give this place a miss the next time around. There are better places to see in and around Ooty.
Doddabetta is a 9 km drive from the Botanical Gardens of Ooty. It was a scenic drive up to the peak with tea gardens along the way. But from where the road branches off the Kotagiri Road, the road condition deteriorates and you have to negotiate some dangerous hair-pin bends with huge pot-holes. On top of that you have to pay a toll of Rs.20 to use this road. Then you have to pay Rs.7 per head as entry tax, and Rs.12 if you are carrying a camera (nothing for mobile camera!). Parking is haphazard and always crowded on weekends, and there are a lot of stalls and eateries around the parking lot with garbage all around.
The views from the peak were good, but not good enough to compensate for the negatives. I would give this place a miss the next time around. There are better places to see in and around Ooty.
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