Horton Plains National Park

Central Province · Sri Lanka

Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka
Photo: A.Savin, FAL via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
January to March
Budget
$$
Accessibility
not-accessible
Coordinates
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Horton Plains National Park is a high-altitude plateau in central Sri Lanka at roughly 2,100 metres, the island's largest montane ecosystem and a UNESCO World Heritage property as part of the Central Highlands designation. World's End, the park's principal feature, is a sheer escarpment dropping nearly 900 metres to the southern plains below, and on clear mornings before the cloud rises the view extends to the southern coastline. The plateau's cloud forest and grasslands support endemic species including the sambar deer, purple-faced langur, and Sri Lankan leopard.

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