Nuwara Eliya & Horton Plains

Things to see in Sri Lanka: Nuwara Eliya & Horton Plains

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Nuwara Eliya was once a popular British hill station, situated in the heart of 'tea country', and is now a quaint and charming resort town. The lower mountain temperatures mean that the birdlife is startlingly different with a number of interesting species including two endemics, the handsome yellow-eared bulbul and Sri Lanka hill white-eye. Nearby Horton Plains is Sri Lanka's highest plateau, and where you'll find the sheer precipice of World's End. A cool and bracing climate plays host to distinctive flora, colourful butterflies, wild orchids and many rare highland birds including almost all of the country's endemics.

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