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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Horton plains - Nuwara Eliya

The Horton Plains is located at 2200 m above sea level. Horton plains or Mahaeliya Thenna in Sinhalese is the great plains of the central hills of Sri Lanka, located approximately 30 km from the town of Nuwara Eliya. This is the only national park in Sri Lanka where visitors are permitted to walk on their own. World's end and Baker's falls located in Horton plains. The walk to World’s End is 4km, but the trail loops back to Baker’s Falls (2km) and continues back to the entrance (another 3.5km). The round trip is 9.5km and takes a leisurely three hours. 

Horton Plains can be reached by any of the following roads:

  • Via Nuwara Eliya, Ambewela and Pattipola.
  • Via Haputale or Welimada, Boralanda, Ohiya.
  • Via Nuwara Eliya, Hakgala, Rendapola, Ambewela, Pattipola.
World's end

The southern edge of the Horton Plains is famous World’s End. On a clear morning the World’s End affords the view running to the southern coast of Sri Lanka. Stand 2,000 m high, at the edge of the cold, frosted grassland and lower your eyes towards the next landmark the tea plantations of 'Nagrac', some 900 m below. Gaze onward beyond the waves of mountains, filigree waterfalls, hazy lakes and paddy fields to the pink salter of "Hambanthota" and the shimmering sea, in a horizon less sweep.

Baker's falls

Baker's Falls derives its name from Sir Samuel Baker, a British man who discovered it in 1845. Baker's waterfall is one of the very beautiful waterfalls in Sri Lanka. This waterfalls is height about 22 meters. The Fall is very beautiful because various corners and various views shows various beautiful scenery. Its looks like a  step view. In top side of the fall like a long pool. There is a point at fall which divides more than thousand of parts and made beautiful scenery in middle of the fall.

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