Horton plains - The Heaven's branch on earth!

Horton plains is one of the most enchanted places you can find in Sri lanka and is the only park in the country that visitors are allowed to walk.As mentioned in the post on Nuwaraeliya it is located in the Nuwaraeliya district and is one of the places someone should visit at the hill country.It is also one of the most popular places among the foreigners as it has a very comfortable,cold weather through out the year,thus most Europeans and Americans prefer to stay at Horton plains.

It is a well known fact that most of the rivers(main 3 rivers other than the Kalu river) in Sri lanka are started at the Horton plains as it is a very pure,cold and well preserved untouched part of the Hill country(to get an idea about Sri lankan rivers please read the post on Mahaweli river).The green untouched nature of the Horton plains plays a major role in attracting visitors towards it and it competes with all the other beautiful locations in the world for the most beautiful scenes.Watch a video

Though every where your eye catches at Horton plains make you feel like walking in the heaven,
there are few places you should not miss,like

• the worlds end(the most acute angle and the gap between two locations within Sri lanka that makes you to think you have come to the end of the world!)
• Bakers water fall (one of the most enchanted water falls you will find even you travel all around the world)watch a video on Bakers falls
  
• Kirigalpoththa and thotupola the 2nd and 3rd highest mountains in Sri lanka respectively.

The park is one of the places in Sri lanka with the most varied bio diversities and is consist of various beautiful species of animals and trees.While leopard,Sambhur and wild boar are the most common large mammals in the park,black napped hare,giant squirrel,endemic bear,monkey and otter are not uncommon.Due to the wetness within the Horton plains throughout the year by the northeast,southwest monsoons and the inter monsoonal rains,various types of ferns and orchids and reptiles and amphibians are remarkably high that leads to bring a lot of scientists to the park from various parts of the world.It is also a well known fact that Horton plains is filled with different varieties of beautiful and colourful flowers throughout the year.

Things which will bring joy to you at Horton plains would be

1. beautiful landscapes
2. camping
3. Hiking
4. birds and other flora

NuwaraEliya - A landscape filled with pure elegance

If you are someone with a hunger for very good scenes of nature,you are more than welcome to the city NuwaraEliya.It is one of Sri lanka's most beautiful cities.NuwaraEliya is situated in the hill country and is around 2000m above from the sea level.

If you get tired by the rough sunrays and the hot climate of Sri lanka's costal areas and wishing to have some cool breeze for sometime,NuwaraEliya is the place for you.The temperature of NuwaraEliya ranges from 14-21 Celsius throughout the year.
Architecture of NuwaraEliya mimics of an English town made with some red brick walls country house like hill club and mock -Tudor half timberline.

As once Exportation of tea was the main source of income of the country(you may have enjoyed a Sri lankan tea)NuwaraEliya gave a great amount of income to Sri lanka as it is the heart of the tea industry as it is filled with many tea estates.It is very difficult to give a list of places where you should visit at NuwaraEliya as there is a lot.Some very important ones would be

• Hakgala park
• NuwaraEliya Victoria park
• Ramboda falls
• Devon falls
• Hortan plains
  
• Mepilimana lake

During the April season,the whole NuwaraEliya town becomes a carnival city as it fills with lots and lots of various coloured beautiful flowers.So most locals and foreigners prefer visiting NuwaraEliya during this season.Know more.....

Resplendency - Dunhinda Waterfalls

Dunhinda is another large and beautiful waterfall situated in Sri lanka.It is located about 10km from the Badulla town which is the head city of Uva province.Though the water fall is not as tall as other waterfalls in Sri lanka like Aberdeen or Diyaluma,beauty wise it gives a good competition to any waterfall.

On the way to watch Dunhinda you will get a bonus because you will encounter another beautiful waterfall similar to Dunhinda but smallet than it so is called "kudaa Dunhinda"('kudaa' means small in sinhala).

Unlike most of the other waterfalls dunhinda makes its water to spread wide which makes the surrounding envirounment misty.Because of this phenomenon you "feel" the waterfall than any other falls you might have visited.This vapour or mist is the meaning of "Dun" in sinhala so you can see how the name of this waterfall has been made.

Do you know that there are more than 40 waterfalls in Sri lanka? visit
Sri lankan Waterfalls