Nadugani Gene Pool Garden, Gudalur, Nilgiris
Nadugani Gene Pool Garden is a Tropical Garden, located
in Nadugani Village near Gudalur Town near Ooty Hill Station in Gudalur Taluk in
Nilgiris District of Tamilnadu. The Gene Pool Garden is a repository
for highly endangered species of flora. The facility has been run by the
research wing of the forest department.
Tourists could learn about the varieties of natural
flora in the Nilgiris from a fern garden, an orchid centre, an interpretation
centre and a medicinal plant garden. Tourists will be charged Rs. 30 as entry
fees to visit the gene pool tropical garden. Tourists from Kerala who enter the
Nilgiris through Gudalur visits this garden frequently.
Nadugani Gene Pool Garden is
located at about 200 meters from Nadugani Bus Stand, 12 Kms from Gudalur, 13
Kms from Gudalur Bus Stand, 37 Kms from Nilambur Railway Station, 62 Kms from
Ooty, 62 Kms from Ooty Bus Stand, 62 Kms from Ooty Railway Station, 75 Kms from
Malappuram, 81 Kms from Coonoor, 91 Kms from Kotagiri, 112 Kms from
Mettupalayam Railway Station, 145 Kms from Coimbatore and 157 Kms from
Coimbatore Airport. Gudalur is well connected to Ooty, Coonoor, Kotagiri and
Kerala by Bus and private taxis.
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