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

want to go to heaven before you die? visit Srilanka

Are you planning to spend your vacation some where you have never been before?In what kind of an environment do you like to spend it?should it be warm?should there be a beautiful beach?you like mountains?waterfalls? places with ancient values?rivers?forest?animal watching?you name it...Sri lanka has them all.

Sri lanka is an island which is situated just below India(if you look in a map).The beauty of Sri lanka is that its variation.different ethnic groups live in harmony in this beautiful island...after the war has been ended(it was really a humanitarian issue to rescue innocent civilians by Sri lankan Forces...cannot be called as a war) now there is no risk for anyone to visit this beautiful island.

want to visit places with ancient values?In Sri lanka you can go to Anuradhapura,Polonnaruwa,Seegiriya and many more places which are all ancient kingdoms with lots of ancient values....
if you want to see tea estates and want to spend your time without some hot sunshine you can go to Nuwaraeliya... you will come across many beautiful water falls as well, on the way to Nuwaraeliya from Colombo.
What is the use of your visit if you don't see some Elephants..so don't forget to visit Pinnawela as well where you will see the most number of elephants at one place in your life.
The most valuable advantage of visiting Sri lanka is that you don't have to spend much time to shift from one place to another.you can admire the most beautiful beach in the world at Nilaweli(i am pretty sure its the best beach)and see some tea estates and water falls or see the beauty of ancient Anuradhapura city after some 6to 8 hour of travel by a vehicle.its the beauty of it...
If you have decided to visit this beautiful island or even considering it, feel free to ask any thing regarding our country here..thank you.