3,Days Trekking Through the Misty Mountain & Horton Plaine from Ella,Haputale

ic benefits for our body, mind and spirit. Scientific studies have shown that natural environments can have remarkable benefits for human health. Natural environments are more likely to promote positive emotions; walking in nature has been associated with heightened physical and mental energy. Walking through various types of forests, not experienced by everyday tourists, we walk on a road for about a half hour and come to a panoramic view point in the tea plantation and walk about a 30 minute in the tea plantation and the Remote tea estate villages where the tea plantation workers live you will meet the family’s and the children’s, if you happen to have any sweets you can shire with them and they are happy to see a visitor pass by them because always they see the same Faces of the people who live there, and we see the lady’s pick tea in the plantation and we can also join them about 10 or 15 minutes to pick the tea and experience the tea picking that we drink tea all our life than go in to the forest and Pine Forest & Natural Forest also in the Eucalyptus Forest, Rain Forest, walk through the Tea Plantations of this Beautiful hill country and see Sri Lanka at its best. And one of the most beautiful Views of north and south can be seen in this walk. Also, we have the chance to walk in the railway line for an about half an hour also to go true a tunnel on the railway line, in this trekking we will have a picnic stop with a panoramic view and enjoy our picnic, The forest walk is Considered one of the most beautiful treks in the country by the tourist who did the trek on the trek you will see some wild life like toque macaques, purple-faced langurs (Black Bear Monkey), wild boars, stripe-necked mongooses, Sri Lankan spotted chevrotains, and grizzled giant squirrels. and birds like Yellow-eared bulbul, crested serpent eagle, Sri Lanka junglefowl, Sri Lanka white-eye also you will see lizards like ,Rhino horn lizard, Black-lipped Lizard The 6-hour trek You will be enjoying every bit of the journey with the mind-blowing beauty of the surroundings.

After early breakfast, we track an hour to whir we meet our transport to Horton’s plane the drive is about 30 minutes and we track in the park about 3 hours and back to the entrance and take back the transport about 15 minutes and track to the lodge in a forest and tea plantation with panoramic view Horton Plains National Park is a protected area in the central highlands of Sri Lanka and is covered by Montana grassland and cloud forest. This plateau at an altitude of 2,100–2,300 metres (6,900–7,500 ft) is rich in biodiversity and many species found here are endemic to the region. This region was designated a national park in 1988. It is also a popular tourist destination. The Horton Plains are the headwaters of three major Sri Lankan rivers, the Mahaweli, Kelani, and Walawe. In Sinhala the plains are known as Maha Eliya Plains. Stone tools dating back to Balangoda culture have been found here. The plains’ vegetation is grasslands interspersed with montane forest, and includes many endemic woody plants. Large herds of Sri Lankan sambar deer feature as typical mammals, and the park is also an Important Bird Area with many species not only endemic to Sri Lanka but restricted to the Horton Plains. Forest dieback is one of the major threats to the park and some studies suggest that it is caused by a natural phenomenon. The sheer precipice of World’s End and Baker’s Falls are among the tourist attractions of the park. Horton Plains is located on the southern plateau of the central highlands of Sri Lanka. The peaks of Kirigalpoththa (2,389 metres (7,838 ft)) and Thotupola Kanda (2,357 metres (7,733 ft)), the second and the third highest of Sri Lanka, are situated to the west and north respectively. The park’s elevation ranges from 2,100–2,300 metres (6,900–7,500 ft). The rocks found in the park belong to the Archaean age and belong to the high series of the Precambrian era and are made up of Khondalites, Charnockites and granitic gneisses. The soil type is of the red-yellow podsolic group and the surface layer is covered with decayed organic matter

After breakfast in the lodge we start the trek This tour offers you the opportunity to hike on one of the most famous hiking in Sri Lanka the water fall trekking to babarakanda falls the highest fall in Sri Lanka through a path in the mountain with panoramic view in the tea plantation and tea plantation villages and we will meet the family’s live in the village and also we can visit the little school in the village and if you are happy with the children you can shire some sweets or a school pens with them and they are happy to see a visitor pass by them because always they see the same Faces of the people who live there, and we see the lady’s picking tea in the plantation and we can also join them for 10 or 15 minutes to pick some tea and experience the tea picking that we drink tea all our life A harsh 18 km trail from Ohiya to Bambarakanda Falls near the Horton Plains. All hikes start at 8:30am. Enjoy lunch on the trail. You will be spending approximately 7 hours of solid hiking over rough terrain in the hills. Bambarakanda Waterfalls is the tallest in Sri Lanka, falling down a height of 263m. The trail will pass by abandoned estates, beautiful rolling hills covered in fields of green tea, bubbling streams you will also come across some awe-striking views as you hike along the broken roads, and barely visible trails. You will pass by a village where tea plantation workers live also you can visit the schools of the village in the hike Then you will be passing through an area called “Devil’s staircase” a very narrow with three hair pin bends and at the end of this the tea estate the scenery come more fascinating. After from a tea plantation village you will be going dwon to a forest and reach to a waterfall called “Lanka Falls” lankafall is one of the most beautiful waterfall in the hidden forest not many people visit this fall so most of the time the all waterfall just for you to enjoy, and where you would be able to swim and have a cold bath in the natural pool at the base of the waterfall. You will be having you’re picnic lunch Your lunch will consist of Sandwiches of two kinds pancake with coconut sugar, along with some seasonal fruits for dessert. After swim, picnic and a nice rest we continue our trek further down where you will come to see Sri Lanka’s highest waterfall “Bambarakanda”. And we will go to the foot of the waterfall to enjoy the big water falling down Then you will be descending further with the view of Bambarakanda waterfall view. Here too if you wish you can have a swim at the base of the waterfall but some time they will be lot of people You will be enjoying every bit of the journey with the mind-blowing beauty of the surroundings.