Ooty Botanical Gardens Entry Fee
50 per person for Adults
20 per person for Children
50 for Still Camera
100 for Video Camera
Ooty Botanical Gardens Phone
0423 244 2545
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Ooty Botanical Gardens Address: Nilgiris, Vannarapettai, Ooty, Tamil Nadu, 643001, India
Spread over an area of 55 acres, the Government Botanical Gardens is undoubtedly one of the most sought after tourist attractions not just in Ooty but in the entire Tamil Nadu. No tourist will leave Ooty without a visit to the well organized, well maintained botanical gardens. It is a famous sightseeing place to visit in Ooty. Maintained by the Horticultural Department of Tamil Nadu, the present day Botanical Gardens is divided into 5 sections.
They are the Lower Garden, which has the fern house that harbors one hundred and twenty seven species of ferns; the New Garden, which contains the rose garden, a lot of natural floral carpets and natural ponds; the Italian Garden, laid down by Italian Prisoners of War from the First World War; the Conservatory, which has lots of groups of flowering plants; and the Nurseries, which contains a series of glass houses having innumerable varieties of exotic plants. The Flower show held as a part of the Summer Festival in Ooty is a must see if you happen to visit Ooty during that time.
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Another main attraction in the Botanical Garden, Ooty is the Fossil Tree trunk which is twenty million years old and the Toda mund or the Toda hill. On any day you will find an innumerable number of families just chilling and enjoying the warm sun and children playing around in the gardens. You are filled with a sense of inner peace when the cool summer breeze caresses your body bringing an unknown vigor within yourself. It is not an exaggeration if at that very moment you feel like you are in heaven.
Entry Fee and Timings of Government Botanical Garden, Ooty
The Government Botanical Garden in Ooty is open from 7 in the morning till 6:30 in the evening. It is open on all days of the week.
The entry ticket fee to visit Ooty Botanical Gardens is Rs. 50 for adults and Rs. 20 for Children. To take your cameras along with you, you need to pay an additional amount of Rs. 50 for a still camera and Rs. 100 for a video camera.