Ooty Lake is a synthetic lake located within the lovely hill station of Ooty. At a distance of 1 km from Ooty Bus Station & Railway Station, It is among the most visited vacationer locations in Ooty and likewise one of many widespread locations to signify Ooty Tourism. It is usually one of many prime sights you will need to embrace in Ooty packages.
Ooty Lake was constructed by John Sullivan in 1824 AD, the then Collector of Coimbatore. Covers an space of 65 acres with a median depth of 40 ft, the lake is fed by the mountain streams within the Ooty valley. The lake was initially meant for use for fishing with ferries getting used to journey throughout the lake. It steadily shrunk from its unique measurement giving place to the present bus stand race course, and the lake park.
The lake is surrounded by groves of Eucalyptus bushes with a railway line working alongside one shore. Located amidst lovely valleys, Ooty Lake is a serious landmark within the city and is the prime attraction in Ooty. The Tamil Nadu Tourism Improvement Company on behalf of the Tourism Division took the possession of the lake in 1973, for offering boating amenities as a vacationer attraction.
The lake additionally has a ship home connected to it which makes boating one of the widespread issues to do in Ooty. The Ooty Boat Home provides varied boating amenities embrace row boats, pedal boats, motor boats and so forth. Within the month of Could, boat races and different entertaining occasions are organized for 2 days as part of Summer season Competition in Ooty. There’s a Mini Backyard with an amusement park for youngsters with a toy prepare subsequent to the Lake.
There’s a giant parking space with a number of outlets promoting woolen cloths and toys. Horse race is offered exterior the lake. There’s a flower backyard close to the exit that additionally sells number of flowers and seeds.
Boat Membership Timings: eight AM to five.30 PM.
Entry Payment: Rs. 10 for Individual, Rs. 560 for Foreigners, Rs. 30 for Digicam, and Rs. 125 for Video
Boating (30 Minutes): Rs. 160 for two seater Pedal Boat, Rs. 200 for four seater Pedal Boat, Rs. 180 for two seater Row Boat, Rs. 450 for eight seater Motor Boat