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Itinerary Adventure Holidays - Option VII - Winter
Duration Info DAY - 5 (Belihuloya - Nuwara Eliya)
Accommodation Info
Location NUWARA ELIYA
Meals Info Bed & Breakfast
Hotel Oak Ray Summer Hill Breeze
Image DEVIL-OHIYA1.jpg
Id 239
Created 4/24/20, 5:39 AM

Description

<ul><li>Early morning start the journey from Belihuloya to Horton plains National Park through Ohiya – Kalupahana Jeep track via Devil’s staircase. Picnic meals and refreshments will be provided.</li><li>You will enjoy every moment of the track and be able to find a lot of breathtaking places where you would like to stay for a while. </li><li>Horton Plains national park, a world heritage site has a fantastic trekking trail through the park. You will be able to explore Mini world’s end, World’s end and Baker’s falls<br></li><li>After trekking transfer you to Nuwara Eliya</li><li>Dinner & Overnight stay at Oak Ray Summer Hill Breeze, Nuwara Eliya</li></ul>

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36 8 1 Horton plains national park, World heritage site Horton plains national park, World heritage site <ul>Horton plains national park is situated 2,300 m above sea level, spreading across Badulla, Nuwara Eliya, and Ratnapura districts, and 190 km away from Colombo, 29 km away from Nuwara Eliya, and 50 km away from Ella.<br> <br>Maha Eliya Thenna, literary meaning in Sinhala “the great open plain,” was the original name of the area and it was renamed after Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton, the British Governor of Ceylon from 1831 to 1837.<br> <br>It was nominated as a wildlife sanctuary in 1969 and upgraded to a national park in 1988. Peak wilderness sanctuary adjoining the west with Horton plains national park together with Knuckles mountain range has called “the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka” is a World Heritage Site. </ul> 1 B.jpg 2/4/19, 12:26 AM View Edit
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349 56 4 Hiking trail, Kalupahana to Ohiya Hiking trail, Kalupahana to Ohiya <ul><p>The track through the Devil's Staircase to Horton Plains National Park is one of the most popular hiking and jeep track in Sri Lanka. It started at Kalupahana on the Colombo – Badulla road and ended at the 26th-milepost at Horton Plains – Ohiya road (B508).</p><p><br> Though this is a hiker’s paradise only the most ardent hikers will undertake this 14 km hike. This trail goes over old dilapidated estate roads through many tea estates. It will take approximately 5 hours for the complete hiking.<br> <br>The two most popular points on the route are the “V cut” and "Devils Staircase". "V cut" is a channel cut through the hill to allow the road to pass through. The Devils Staircase is man-made formations on the road extremely steep and difficult. The road will go across a stream which creates the Bambarakanda Falls. You will enjoy every moment of hiking and able to find a lot of breathtaking places where you would like to stay for a while.</p></ul> 1 kALU-TO-OHIYA---B.jpg 5/3/20, 3:17 PM View Edit
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