After Breakfast spend the Day at leisure
or do the below excursions available
Horton Plains / Hagalla Gardens / Playing
Golf / Boat Ride at Gregory Lake / Climbing Siripada
[During season time] / Hiking through Tea plantation /
Single tree Mountain Climbing.
Horton Plains
- The highest plateau at
7000ft (2134 meters) is a National Park, visited by
tourists and a large number of Sri Lanka tourists The
Patnas in the lower parts, rising from the Marshes and
streams extends upto the tree-line. The trees, stunted
by the wind and mist, covered with ‘Spagnum moss ‘ or
old man’s beard, and the jungle is full of rare and
endemic plants. The red flowered Rhododendrons, or the
‘Niloos’ that blooms once in 12 years, and the
Butterflies, Birds, found only in the hill areas, the
‘Bear Monkey,’ large herds of Sambhur, Leopard and other
animals are found in the plains.
The ‘World End’
and ‘Little World End” with sheer drops of 3000ft to the
plantation below and the beautiful scenery, are not
found anywhere else in the country.
Hakgala Botanical Gardens
- 9 kilometers from Nuwara
Eliya, below the Hakgala Peak and Strict Nature Reserve,
in a 55-acre land, is the Hakgala Botanical Gardens. It
is well laid with temperate and semi- temperate trees
and plants, at an elevation of 5600ft. This gardens was
opened as an experimental station for Cinchona in 1860,
for the production of quinine for Malaria. Famous for
the well - laid garden of Roses, and Tree ferns, with a
beautiful summerhouse.
Over night stay
in – Nuwara Eliya
