Horton Plains Visitor Center
Horton Plains Visitor Center is a tourism office in Pattipola, Nuwara Eliya Divisional Secretariat, Central Province. Horton Plains Visitor Center is situated nearby to the pond Chimney Pool, as well as near the waterfall Slab Rock Falls.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Horton Plains and Baker’s Falls.
Horton Plains
Photo: Cherubino, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Horton Plains National Park is in central Sri Lanka. It is a forested highland plateau area with the most extensive area of cloud forest in Sri Lanka. Horton Plains is one of a group of three highland parks listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as Central Highlands of Sri Lanka; the others are the Knuckles Mountain Range and the Peak Wilderness Protected Area.
Baker’s Falls
Waterfall
Baker's Falls is a famous waterfall in Horton Plains National Park in the Nuwara Eliya District of Sri Lanka. Approximately 20 metres high, the waterfall is formed by the Belihul Oya, a major tributary of the Walawe River.
Totapolakanda
Peak
Photo: Buddhika.jm, CC BY 3.0.
Totapolakanda, is the third highest mountain in Sri Lanka situated in Nuwara Eliya district 2,357 m above mean sea level. The mountain is located within the Horton Plains National Park. Totapolakanda is situated 4 km northeast of Horton Plains Visitor Center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ohiya and Haldummulla.
Ohiya
Village
Photo: Kapidis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ohiya is a rural village located in Badulla District of Uva Province, Sri Lanka. It is located approximately 224 km southeast of Colombo. Ohiya is in the Welimada Divisional Secretariat Division and the Grama Niladhari Division number is 62A. Ohiya is situated 5 km northeast of Horton Plains Visitor Center.
Haldummulla
Town
Haldummulla is a town in the Badulla District, Uva Province, Sri Lanka. The town suffered significant damage from a landslide in 2014. Haldummulla is situated 9 km southeast of Horton Plains Visitor Center.
Belihuloya
Village
Belihuloya is a village in the Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka. It is approximately 150 kilometres south-east of Colombo and is situated at an elevation of 616 metres above sea level. Belihuloya is situated 10 km southwest of Horton Plains Visitor Center.
Horton Plains Visitor Center
- Type: Tourism office
- Also known as: “Farr Inn”
- Categories: information and tourism
- Location: Pattipola, Nuwara Eliya Divisional Secretariat, Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
6.80179° or 6° 48′ 6″ northLongitude
80.80658° or 80° 48′ 24″ eastOpen location code
6MR2RR24+PJOpenStreetMap ID
node 8666424739OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=information
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