Tea Tour
A combination package of a visit to the green shop, a tea factory with an option to add on a tea tasting experience followed by a tea-menu lunch at tea nest.
Description
This is a quick tour of a very charming factory located in Kotagiri
Experience
Experience Embark on an interactive tour where you get to see the entire tea making process with all the detailing that goes into it.
Tea factory timings – 9 am to 6 pm
Cost: Rs 100 worth of tea must be purchased
Round off the tour with the tea tasting / tea-menu with tea pairing option at tea nest
A combination package of a visit to the green shop, a tea factory with an option to add on a tea tasting experience followed by a tea-menu lunch at tea nest.
Tea factory tour
Description
This is a quick tour of a very charming factory located in Kotagiri
Experience
Experience Embark on an interactive tour where you get to see the entire tea making process with all the detailing that goes into it.
Tea factory timings – 9 am to 6 pm
Cost: Rs 100 worth of tea must be purchased
Round off the tour with the tea tasting / tea-menu with tea pairing option at tea nest
Tea tasting / Tea menu lunch
Experience tea, in and out of the tea cup… at tea nest
Description
This tour is all about tea and appreciating the finer nuances of the cup that cheers
Experience
- This unique in-depth tea tasting session explores the myriad colours and flavours of the world’s most popular beverage. The tasting focuses on a selection of speciality teas of the nilgiris.
- This is then followed by a 7 course tea menu lunch at tea nest, the tea lunch is a unique meal created by our master chefs. Every course is flavoured with some element of tea. For example, the main course in the vegetarian tea menu is tea braised spaghettetti aglio e olio – paired with frost tea
Duration – 2 hours
Cost
- Tea menu lunch Rs. 892 (including taxes) per person.
- Tea menu Dinner Rs. 892 (including taxes) per person.
- Tea tasting Rs. 315 (including taxes) per person.
Combo Tour
(Including green shop, tea factory, tea tasting and tea-menu lunch)
- Depart Time from the tea nest at 10:00 am
- Green Shop 10:30 am to 11:00 am
- Tea factory 11:00 am to 11:30 am
- Tea tasting at tea nest 11:45 am to 12:15 pm
- Total cost per person Rs.1,207
Guests who do not have their own car/vehicle need to hire a car. Our Help Desk will make the necessary arrangements.
(Including green shop, tea factory, tea tasting and tea-menu lunch)
- Depart Time from the tea nest at 10:00 am
- Green Shop 10:30 am to 11:00 am
- Tea factory 11:00 am to 11:30 am
- Tea tasting at tea nest 11:45 am to 12:15 pm
- Total cost per person Rs.1,207
Guests who do not have their own car/vehicle need to hire a car. Our Help Desk will make the necessary arrangements.
Heritage train
Guests board the train in the evening at Coonoor and alight at Mettupalayam. From here vehicle will drive guests back to the Sleeping Beauty resort.
Depart from the property at 2.30 pm
The train leaves Coonoor at 3.00 pm
It reaches Mettupalayam at 5.35 pm
From here a car/vehicle will drive you back to the resort
1st Class Rs 600 per head 2nd Class Rs 300 per head
Guests who do not have their own car/vehicle need to hire a car. Our Help Desk will make the necessary arrangements.
NOTE : The train tickets may be purchased online on the link https://www.irctc.co.in or else the guest may reach 1 hour prior to the Train departure and there is good chance of getting the tickets.
Natures Filmy Chakkar
Re-visit some of your favourite silver screen cameo. Take a film tour of Ooty or the Filmy Chakkar as it is popularly known. The tour is sprinkled with star dust and is one of the best ways to experience the magic of Ooty. From Shah Rukh’s iconic chaiyyachaiyya on the roof of a toy train to kabootarja from MainePyarKiya which was shot inOoty’s botanical garden to the Shimla summer camp from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai that was filmed on Ooty’s Wenlock Downs… here’s your chance to role play being a star yourself.
A half day tour takes in soaring pine forests, gushing waterfalls, Kamraj and Pykara Dams, boating, and the golf course links at the gymkhana club Ooty. The delectable finale is an a la carte lunch at Willow Hill or Rosewood by Nature Resorts. Lunch is on a chargeable basis.
Guests who do not have their own car/vehicle need to hire a car. Our Help Desk will make the necessary arrangements.
The charms of coonoor
Explore coonoor, colonial India jostling modern India… upper coonoor, wrapped in the glistening green of tea plantations and, waterfall-streaked valleys and misty mountains… evocative of another un-spoilt world. Still the frenetic heart beat of the present,and slip into a world of secret delights!
Popular must-see sights here are
The rock is named after captain lamb who walked an extra mile to literally create a path to this spot, some 6 km from coonoor. This popular picnic spot has a breathtaking view of the yawning burliar ravine in the valley below.
A unique rock of enormous proportion that resembles a dolphin’s nose; and hence the name. The outcrop, about 12 km from coonoor, offers a panoramic view of tea estates and thundering waterfalls.
A botanical garden that is located in the upper part of this hill station on the kotagiri road. The garden was named in honour of j.d. sim who created the park in the 1870s.
The park is open from 8 am to 6 pm and charges an entrance fee of Rs 20 per adult and Rs 10 per child.
The shop, located in coonoor, sells organic products made by local tribes like the kurumbas. These include eucalyptus oil, ginger honey, organic spices, organic cosmetic products, wooden toys, shawls, bags etc. The products you get here are not available anywhere else and are all locally produced.
This is a quick tour of a very charming factory set by the son of the maharajah of cochin.
Here you get to see the entire tea making process with all the detailing that goes into it.
Every person on the factory tour must buy a 250 gm packet of tea for Rs 100.
This is a quick guided tour of a very charming factory located in Kotagiri.
Here you get to see the entire tea making process with all the detailing that goes into it.
Cost: – Rs 100. (Guests who do not have their own car/vehicle need to hire a car. Our Help Desk will make the necessary arrangements.
Cost: In addition to the vehicle charge of Rs 1,080 (non a/c indica – 4 to a car) there is a nominal entrance fee to sim’s park and an expense of Rs 100 per person at the tea factory for which guests receive a 250 gm packet of tea in return.
Guests who do not have their own car/vehicle need to hire a car. Our executives will make necessary arrangements. (Rs 850 non a/c indica – 4 to a car).
Honeymoon Package
Special occasions like anniversaries are to be treasured. We have a few tailor-made packages that are designed to make them truly memorable occasions.The Anniversary Package includes a cake, flower and special menu lunch or dinner.
Rs. 2,835 (for 2 adults).
Birthday Package
Special occasions like anniversaries are to be treasured. We have a few tailor-made packages that are designed to make them truly memorable occasions.The Anniversary Package includes a cake, flower and special menu lunch or dinner.
Rs. 2,835 (for 2 adults).
Anniversary Package
Special occasions like anniversaries are to be treasured. We have a few tailor-made packages that are designed to make them truly memorable occasions.The Anniversary Package includes a cake, flower and special menu lunch or dinner.
Rs. 2,835 (for 2 adults).