Western Tamil Nadu

Tea gardens in Conoor

Western Tamil Nadu is in Tamil Nadu, India. It consist of Coimbatore, Salem, Namakkal, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Erode, Nilgiris and Tiruppur districts.

Cities

• 1 Annur
• 2 Aruvankadu
• 3 Coimbatore — largest city in the region; industrial and educational cluster; the textile capital of South India; also known as the Manchester of the South
• 4 Coonoor — Hill station
• 5 Devala — Hill town
• 6 Erode — center for turmeric and textile productions; known as textile city and turmeric city
• 7 Gobichettipalayam — also known as mini Kollywood; famous for white silk, turmeric and plantain
• 8 Gudalur — Hill town
• 9 Kotagiri — Hill station
• 10 Mettupalayam
• 11 Ooty — a popular hill station; reachable by heritage mountain railway from Mettupaalayam
• 12 Pollachi — Picture postcard views
• 13 Tiruppur — also known as an export city; largest exporter of textiles in the country
• 14 Topslip — Tourist destination
• 15 Udumalaippettai — Little cute town
• 16 Valparai — Small ethnic place

Other destinations

• 1 Mudumalai National Park — offers a variety of flora and fauna plus the opportunity to go on an elephant safari

Understand

Boats parked near the telescope house, Ooty.

Monkey Falls, on the Pollachi-Valparai road

Get in

From Karnataka via Mysore, Bangalore.

Eat

Traditional South Indian food on plantain leaf.

Drink

Hot piping coffee.

Stay safe

Be careful at waterfalls as rocks may be slippery. Do not enter forests without permission and proper things like a torch (flashlight), drinking water, magnetic compass, food, adequate clothing, and maps as mobile signals are not available within some forests. Do not litter plastic wrappers or bottles in forests. Do not start a campfire in the jungle.

Go next

• Bandipur National Park
• Nagarhole National Park
• Kodagu
• Chamarajanagar
• Melukote