Hortan Plains Tour From Kandy

From $190 • 10 hours • Ceylon Travel Dream • Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Ohiya • Meet on location or pickup • Free until 1 day before

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Why we love it?

The Hortan Plains Tour from Kandy offers a full-day exploration of Sri Lanka's stunning highlands, including visits to the picturesque towns of Nuwara Eliya and Ohiya. This 10-hour experience is ideal for nature enthusiasts and those seeking a serene escape, featuring a guided trek through the breathtaking landscapes of Horton Plains National Park. Participants can expect comfortable transportation in an air-conditioned vehicle, along with the convenience of an English-speaking guide and complimentary mineral water. The tour's distinctive focus on both natural beauty and cultural insights makes it a memorable journey for travelers looking to immerse themselves in Sri Lanka's diverse environment.

Inclusions

English Speaking Guide
Comfirtable A/C Vehical
Mineral Water Bottle
All Government Tax and Charges

Exclusions

Entrance Fees
Any other service or tour not mentioned above

Itinerary

Step 1

Horton Plains in Sri Lanka is the coldest and windiest location in the country. It consists of ecosystems such as Montane evergreen forests, grasslands, marshy lands, and aquatic ecosystems. At an altitude of 2,100 meters above sea level, Horton Plains spreads across over 3,169 hectares of the highest tableland of the island. In view of a large number of endemic flora and fauna species, Horton Plains has declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 30th July 2010.
Horton Plains, its surroundings, forests and the adjoining Peak Wilderness constitute Sri Lanka’s most important catchment area of almost all major rivers. The plains are also of outstanding scenic beauty and conservation importance, containing most of the habitats and endemic plants and animals representative of the country’s wet and Montane zones. The western slopes support the most extensive area of Montane cloud forest surviving in the island. Horton Plains is not merely a destination for nature tourists. Since the rich biodiversity of Horton Plains is still grossly underexplored, it affords invaluable opportunities to those engaged on educational and research activities. Protecting Horton Plains is a call of duty for all Sri Lankans.

Step 2

Often referred to as ‘Little England’, this genteel highland community does have a rose-tinted, vaguely British-country-village feel to it, with its colonial-era bungalows, Tudor-style hotels, well-tended hedgerows and pretty gardens. Indeed, Nuwara Eliya was once was the favoured cool-climate escape for the hard-working and hard-drinking English and Scottish pioneers of Sri Lanka’s tea industry.

A recent construction boom has blighted the scene to a degree, and the dusty and bustling centre is a thoroughly Sri Lankan urban tangle, but Nuwara Eliya still makes a fine base for a few days' relaxation. The verdant surrounding countryside of tea plantations, carefully tended vegetable plots and craggy hills is highly scenic. Treat yourself to a night in one of Nuwara Eliya’s colonial hotels, play a round of golf or a few frames of billiards, and soak up the town’s unique bygone heritage.