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Trip Itinerary:
- Ooty Bus Stand (Pickup:6.30am/Drop:5pm)
- Homestay near Ooty : Day 1 and 2 (2 nights)
- Bungalow in Kotagiri : Day 3 and 4 (1 night)
Dates: Oct 29th to Nov 1st, 2026
Travelling: 15 seater van on tar roads.
Facilities: This was a managed trip by Unexplored India(UI) team, an offshoot of India Hikes. We stayed for 2 nights in a basic homestay near Ooty in the middle of a tea estate and 1 night in an old British barracks/bungalow like building again in the middle of the tea estate. All logistics including food was taken care of by UIs guide who was with us the whole trip.
When we first read about this concept of Unexplored India(UI) : Nilgiris, it was very intriguing. Nilgiris and Ooty are practically our backyard where we grew up and have explored... so to speak. So, what is this unexplored then? Turns out, it is doing things that are not in the usual exploring agenda for a region. So, exploring what is not usually explored becomes the unexplored! Perplexing, isn't it? 😀. We were certainly game to check it out and understand it. So, we signed up for it... and explored the area or did we unexplore? .. wait.. oh well.. let me just describe what we did and you can decide for yourself.
