Bengaluru · Mysore · Ooty · Kodaikanal · 6 nights / 7 days · honeymoon
Ooty & Kodaikanal Hills — 6 Nights
The two Nilgiri hill stations people have been honeymooning in for a century, and they've earned it. Ooty for the tea and the toy train, Kodaikanal for the lake and the cliff walks, Mysore for the palace on the way in. Your own car and driver for all seven days.
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Highlights
- Mysore Palace and Srirangapatna on the way from Bengaluru
- Two nights in Ooty — botanical gardens, Doddabetta, and the tea estates at Coonoor
- The drive through Bandipur and Mudumalai, and thirty-six hairpin bends into the Nilgiris
- Two nights in Kodaikanal — the star-shaped lake, Coaker's Walk, Pillar Rocks
- Guna Cave, Bear Shola falls, and the Berijam Lake forest road if permits are open
- Private air-conditioned car and driver for all seven days
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1 — Arrive Bengaluru
Land, check in, and keep the afternoon light.
Day 2 — Bengaluru to Mysore
Srirangapatna on the road, Mysore Palace in the afternoon, Chamundi Hill for the view.
Day 3 — Mysore to Ooty
Five or six hours through Bandipur and Mudumalai, then up the bends. Arrive mid-afternoon; the evening is for the lake and doing nothing.
Day 4 — Ooty and Coonoor
Botanical gardens, Doddabetta, Ooty lake, then down to Coonoor — Sim's Park, Dolphin's Nose, and the tea estates that most people end up preferring to Ooty itself.
Day 5 — Ooty to Kodaikanal
The long one: seven or eight hours down out of the Nilgiris, across the plains and back up into the Palanis. It's a full day in the car, and it's why this trip is seven days rather than six.
Day 6 — Kodaikanal, all day
Coaker's Walk in the morning while the valley is still clear, then Pillar Rocks, Guna Cave, Bryant Park, and the lake — where renting a bicycle is unironically the right way to spend an hour. Bear Shola falls if there's been rain.
Day 7 — Home
Down to Madurai for your flight, about four hours. If you have time in the city, the Meenakshi temple is worth stopping for.
Included
- Hotels for every night of the trip, on twin sharing, with breakfast each morning
- A private air-conditioned car with a driver for the whole trip — every transfer and every sightseeing stop
- Your driver is with you 8am to 8pm each day
- All toll charges, interstate permits, parking fees and driver allowance
- All applicable taxes on the above
- A single point of contact in Delhi before, during and after the trip
Not included
- Flights or trains to and from the start and end points
- Lunches, dinners and snacks, unless a meal is listed in the inclusions
- Entrance fees at monuments, parks, boat jetties and viewpoints — these are paid at the gate
- Personal expenses: tips, laundry, phone calls, room service, porterage
- Optional activities, and any upgrade you decide to take on the day
- Travel insurance
- Anything not written into the inclusions list above
Best time to go: October to May. Kodaikanal is at its clearest between October and December
Things to carry
- · Photo ID for every traveller, including children — hotels ask for it at check-in
- · A light rain jacket or a compact umbrella
- · One warm layer: hill station evenings drop to 12–15°C even in summer
- · Walking shoes with grip, not new ones
- · Mosquito repellent
- · Any regular medication, plus motion-sickness tablets if you are prone to them — the ghat roads have a lot of bends
- · A power bank — long drive days and few charging points at the viewpoints
Cancellation policy
More than 30 days before departure: we retain ₹3,000 per person and refund the rest. 30 to 15 days before departure: 25% of the package cost. 14 to 8 days before departure: 50% of the package cost. 7 days or less, or no show: 100%.
Festival dates and a few resorts carry stricter terms of their own. If any part of your booking is on non-refundable terms, we tell you in writing before you pay anything — it will never be a surprise at the cancellation stage.
Refunds go back to the account you paid from, within 7 to 10 working days of the cancellation being confirmed.
Flight tickets, once issued, follow the airline's own rules and are refunded only to the extent the airline refunds us.
More questions, answered
- Are flights included?
- No. The price covers everything on the ground from the moment you land to the moment we drop you back. We can book your flights alongside the package if you'd rather have one invoice — just say so when you enquire.
- Is the car ours for the whole trip?
- Yes. Same car, same driver, from arrival to departure. It isn't a shared coach and it isn't a series of separate transfers. Your driver is with you 8am to 8pm each day.
- What if there are four or six of us?
- The price drops per head, and not by a little. The car and the driver cost the same whether two people are in it or six, so a group of six pays roughly a third less each than a couple does for exactly the same trip. Tell us your group size and we'll send the real number.
- Can we change the hotels?
- Yes, within reason. Tell us what you want and we'll price it. The categories on this page are the ones we hold rates in, but we're not locked to a fixed list.
- How do we pay?
- Part now to confirm the booking, the balance before you travel. You get a proper GST invoice, not a WhatsApp message with a UPI ID.
- Day 5 sounds brutal. Is there a shorter way?
- There isn't — the two hill stations are on separate massifs with the plains in between. We start early, break it properly for lunch, and you arrive at Kodaikanal in daylight. If you'd rather not do it at all, take Ooty and Coorg instead and skip Kodaikanal.
- Which airport for the way home?
- Madurai, four hours from Kodaikanal. Coimbatore also works and is about five.