Ooty is 90 km from Coimbatore, 301 km from Bangalore, 160 km from Mysore, 537 km from Chennai, and 567 km from Kanyakumari, 290 km from Bangalore, 842 km from Hyderabad, 485 km from Kanchipuram, 281 km from Kochi, 265 km from Kodaikanal, 326 km from Madurai, 401 km from Mangalore, 422 km from Pondicherry, 537 km from Rameswaram, 341 km from Thanjavur, 498 km from Thiruvananthapuram, 342 km from Tiruchirapalli, 534 km from Tiruupati.

Most visitors arrive in Ooty either by bus from Mysore in Karnataka or by the mountain railway from Coonoor and Mettupalayam. Between the lake and the racecourse are the bus stand and railway station.

Air: Nearest airport, Coimbatore is 98 kms away. Cochin airport is 250 kms away and Bangalore airport is 276 kms.

Rail: Ooty has a miniature railway connecting it with the lowlands. The railways starts at Mettupalayam (46 km from Ooty), north of Coimbatore, and goes via Coonoor to Ooty, where you will see some spectacular views of the precipitous eastern slopes of the rain-forested Nilgiris.

Road: There are frequent buses for Kotagiri and Coonoor. Ooty is connected by bus service to Coimbatore, Bangalore (via Mysore), Chennai, Kanyakumari, Thanjavur and Tirupati. Karanataka's state bus company (KSRTC) has daily bus services to Bangalore, Mysore and Hassan. Private bus companies offer super deluxe bus services to Bangalore, Chennai, Kodaikanal and Mysore.

Local transport consists of auto-rickshaws and taxis.