Coonoor Vacation, India

“Coonoor is also an ideal locale for filmmakers, both from India and abroad. It formed the backdrop for David Lean's movie A Passage to India (1984) based on E. M. Foster's novel.”

While just about hamlet in the Blue Mountains vies for the title of 'Queen of the Nilgiris', mist wrapped Coonoor in season, when the emerald green of the tea bushes is sharply offset by blood-red poinsettia, purple morning glory and golden sunflower is truly a regal sight. This really is a charming oor, that used to be home to home to the Coon tribe . The other story is that the mountains get their name from blue flowers 'Kurinji' that bloom once in twelve years.

Coonoor- An incomparable panorama
Once you are in upper Coonoor it is easy to chill out and take trips to the near gawk outs , trek to your heart's content in and around the sholas - the gallery forest of the blue mountains and the endless cups of Nilgiri grown area. Quiet the best thing Coonoor has to offer is the beautiful Sim's Park laid out in deep ravines, with winding foot path, pergolas, gazebos, a lily pond and a dense shola. Its marvelous trees-as many as 1000 species including the Burma teak, the rudraksh, mahogany, birch, Spanish Cherry-were brought from as far as Australia, the Canary Islands, Chile and many other places. An annual Fruit and Vegetable Show is held in Sim's Park. Lamb rock is 8 kms where as as Dolphin's Nose is a huge rock which resembles what else but a dolphin's nose . Ten Kilometer from Coonoor is a popular picnic spot and Catherine Falls, another waterfall atop the nose.