Kochi to Ooty Taxi

The car collects you from Kaloor, Kadavanthra, Fort Kochi or wherever you are staying. An Ernakulam to Ooty taxi starts north on NH 544, and a Cochin Airport to Ooty taxi joins that highway at Angamaly. The driver checks the ghat conditions and confirms your hotel before leaving. The Kochi to Ooty via Coimbatore route crosses into Tamil Nadu at Walayar and skirts Coimbatore on its northern side. Mettupalayam, at the foot of the hills, is where the plains end. A Kochi to Mettupalayam taxi stops here, near the station for the famous Nilgiri toy train. From Mettupalayam, the road climbs steeply through a series of hairpin bends. Teak gives way to eucalyptus, then to tea gardens as the air cools. A Kochi to Coonoor taxi ends at the quieter hill town about 30 km before Ooty. The final stretch rolls through Wellington's tree-lined cantonment and tea estates into Ooty. The Kochi to Ooty distance by road this way is close to 285 km. The last few kilometres can be slow on holiday weekends. Some travellers prefer the Kochi to Ooty via Gudalur road through Nilambur and the Nadukani ghat. It suits guests who want to see the Mudumalai forest on the way. Tell us when booking, as that ghat is steep and narrow.