[PHOTO — Hairpins above Coonoor, tea slopes]
Coonoor & the tea bends
- DISTANCE
- 19 km
- RIDE TIME
- 45 min
- SURFACE
- Good tar
- HAIRPINS
- 14
Easiest morning out. Busy with tourist cabs after 10am — leave by seven.
Rides from the gate
Day rides out of Ooty
Loops you can do and be back for dinner. Distances are from our gate, not from the bus stand. Road notes are written by whoever rode it last — tell us when they're wrong.
[PHOTO — Kotagiri ridge road, empty tarmac]
Kotagiri ridge
- DISTANCE
- 31 km
- RIDE TIME
- 1h 10
- SURFACE
- Mixed
- HAIRPINS
- 22
The quiet one. Broken edges in two places past the junction — stay off the rim.
[PHOTO — Bandipur forest road at dawn]
Bandipur run
- DISTANCE
- 82 km
- RIDE TIME
- 2h 30
- SURFACE
- Good tar
- GATE SHUTS
- 21:00
Through 36 hairpins to the forest. Elephants on the road at dusk — ride it in daylight.
Book a bed near the start
Free gated parking for every guest’s bike.