How To Get There

Jungle Home Located off Bangalore Mysore to Ooty road via Gudalur.

Brief Route Map:
Bangalore - Mysore - Take Ooty road Mysore - Nanjungad - Gundelpet - Take Ooty road Gundelpet - Bandipur Forest Office - Karnataka Tamilnadu Border - Theppakadu (Mudumalai forest office) Junction Right (Gudalur road) - 10th KM Forest Border Check Post - RTO check post - left - cell phone tower - Jungle Home

From Ooty:
Ooty - Wenlock Downs - Pykara - Gudalur - Thorapalli - RTO check post - right - cell phone tower - Jungle Home.

Take a left turn into Allur road immediately after the Mudumalai forest check post in Thorapalli when you are coming from Mysore. The road is right opposite RTO Check Post. Follow the tar road to Jungle Home located immediately after the BSNL cell phone tower. It is only 100meters from the Mysore Ooty highway / Bangalore Ooty road.

Site Address: 12 / 464, Thorappalli, Gudalur, Nilgiris District
Wild Valley In Mudumalai



Coimbatore –Mettupalayam – Kotagiri - OOTY – Kalhatty - Masinagudi - Mudumalai Theppakadu Jn Left (or OOTY Gudalur) - Thorapalli - RTO Checkpost Opp - Left Allur Rd - 2nd Min Green Bldg - next to BSNL cell ph tower.

Kodaikanal - Palani - Tarapuram - Palladam - Somanur - Annur - Mettupalayam - Kotagiri - OOTY – Kalhatty - Masinagudi - Mudumalai Theppakadu Jn Left (or OOTY Gudalur) - Thorapalli - RTO Checkpost Opp - Left Allur Rd - 2nd Min Green Bldg - next to BSNL cell ph tower.

Chennai (Madras) - Vellore - Vaniyambadi - Tirupattur - Nattur - Pochampalli - Krishnapuram - Dharmapuri - Thoppur - Mecheri - Mettur - Ammapet - Anthiyur - Sathyamangalam - Sirumugai - Mettupalayam - Kotagiri - OOTY - Kalhatty - Masinagudi - Mudumalai Theppakadu Jn Left (or OOTY - Gudalur) - Thorapalli - RTO Checkpost Opp - Left Allur Rd - 2nd Min Green Bldg - Next to BSNL cell ph tower. Road: You can travel by bus or car from near by cities such as Bangalore, Mysore, Coimbatore, Calicut and Ooty.
There are frequent bus facilities available from Bangalore and Mysore.

You can board an Ooty Bus in Bangalore or Mysore, asks the bus driver to stop right after the Mudumalai forest check post / RTO check post at Thorappalli. From the check post the cottage is only a 2 minutes walk.


Air:
The nearest airport is at Coimbatore, 160-km away. Or Bangalore which is 220 km away or take a flight to Calicut (kozikode) which is just 140 km away and has recently been upgraded as a international airport.

From Coimbatore, Calicut or Bangalore you can hire a taxi to get there.

Rail: The cottage is located at a distance of 50-km from Udhagamandalam railway station and 95-km from Mysore station.

How to reach Jungle Home
At Theppakadu Junction take right (the road leading to Gudalur), pass through the forest border, at the RTO check post (Thorrapalli village) take left into Allur road, (the small tar road opposite hotel Haridagiri), follow the tar road, after the BSNL cell phone tower, you find the green gates of Jungle home (green building).

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