 Soil conditions, elevation, and climatic conditions give flavour to the tea grown here.Ooty is well connected to the road network.It is 260 km from Bengaluru (via Mysore, Bandipur, Mudumalai, Masinagudi and Kallatti), 124 km from Mysuru, from Chennai (via Salem, Erode, and Coimbatore), from Coimbatore and from Mysore (Via Gudalur), 135 km from Malappuram, 221 km from Kannur, 157 km from Calicut and nearly 110 km from Wayanad.