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 MUDUMALAI WILD SANTUARY
  
The most prominent of the wildlife sanctuaries in the state, as well as one of the most important in the southern region, thickly forested Mudumalai borders the Bandipur National Park in Karnataka and the Wyanad Sanctuary in Kerala. Apart from the wide range of animal and bird life, the rich fauna of this sanctuary has made Mudumalai very popular with wildlife enthusiasts.
The Madumalai Wildlife Sanctuary is located at a distance of 67km from Ooty. If you are in town for a couple of days, then a visit to the Wildlife sanctuary would be a great way to spend a day.The Sanctuary is also a great place to see many kinds of birds, including colorful parakeets, black woodpecker, Malabar trogon and crested hawk eagle
Mudumalai has the distinction of being the first sanctuary to be set up in India. It is a part of eh Jawaharlal Nehru National Park and is located 36 km from Udhagamandalam via Kalhatty and 67 km via Gudalur. It is spread over a vast area of 321 sq. km and at an elevation of 1,140 metres. Elephants,tigers, panthers, spotted deer, barking deer, wild boar, minivets, horbills and jungle fowl co - exist within Mudumalai's embrace. Wild - life enthusiasts can ride into the jungle on elephant back or in a vehicle along the designated visitor?s route inside the jungle.
How To Get There
Bus: Lots of buses from Ooty and Mysore. It takes between an hour-and-a-half to three hours, depending on what route they take.Jeep
  MUSEUM

The government museum, Mysore Road, Ooty has items of tribal objects, district's ecological details and representative sculptural arts and crafts of Tamil Nadu. It was set up in 1989, with a view to provide education benefits to the residing and visiting population of Nilgiris district.
Tourist Information Admission: Free Timings: 10.00 am to 1.00 pm and 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm Closed On: Fridays, Second Saturdays and National Holidays Ooty The nearest airport is at Coimbatore (100-km). Ooty on the narrow gauge railway is connected to Mettupalayam, which is directly connected to Coimbatore and Chennai on the broad gauge. There are regular bus services connecting Ooty to Coimbatore, Trichy, Bangalore, Madurai, Kanyakumari, Mysore, Calicut, Tirupati etc.

The Government Museum, on Mysore Road, has an interesting collection of tribal artifacts, flora and fauna of the Nilgiris and handicrafts of Tamil Nadu.
The Government Museum is located on the Mysore Road. Items on display here include tribal objects, ecological details of the district and a miscellany of the sculptural arts and crafts of Tamil Nadu.

It exhibits various tribal objects, representative sculptural arts and crafts of Tamil Nadu and the ecological details of the Nilgiri district.
 

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