Distance --
181 Km - Distance from Colombo to Horton Plains National Park.
33 Km - Distance from Nuwara Eliya to Horton Plains National Park.
The Location --
Horton Plains National Park(3,160 hectares), a World Heritage Site perched on the southern edge of the Central highlands, midway between Nuwara Eliya & Haputale consists of montane forests, where the land rises to 2,500 meters above sea -level . The Horton Plains are the headwaters of three major Sri Lankan rivers, the Mahaweli, Kelani, and Walawe.
Some Information About - Horton Plains National Park
- beautiful, silent, strange & excellent for trekking & bird watching.
- Flora (Nearly 54 woody plant species)
- Montane forest
- Sri Lankan Sambar Deer (24 species of mammals)
- Reptiles (09 species of reptiles)
- Birds (87 species of birds)
- Amphibians (08 species of amphibians)
- Baker's Falls (20 meters (66 ft))
- The World's End (which is a 4000 feet straight vertical drop)
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