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Trip Reports Archive » Trips Filed Under Nuwara Eliya Race Course

Today's Most Viewed

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 62 views
  2. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 51 views
  3. Narangala the second peak of Uva (1500m)! 39 views
  4. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 34 views
  5. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 33 views
  6. Cave Exploration Continues – Pic Journey 3… 33 views
  7. Knuckles Doowili Eli from Etanwala-Walpolamulla and return to Rambukoluwa. – Mapping the Dream Trek 32 views
  8. Back to Yahangala (1220m) 31 views
  9. A walk to Hanthana Mountain Range 26 views
  10. Learning the Tea History at Loolkandura and Hiking Kondagala (1450 M) 24 views

This Week's

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 315 views
  2. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 173 views
  3. Makulussa Mountain/මකුලුස්ස කන්ද (916m) 152 views
  4. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 145 views
  5. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 102 views
  6. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 101 views
  7. A walk to Hanthana Mountain Range 96 views
  8. Waterfalls of Colombo District 92 views
  9. Sensational Mandaram Nuwara – Tour de Waterfalls 15… 85 views
  10. Covering the longest distance between two railway stations in Sri Lanka (25.3Km) 82 views

This Month's

  1. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 1,151 views
  2. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 1,071 views
  3. Muthukeliyawa Lake : Moragolla, Kandy : The Sky View 588 views
  4. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 549 views
  5. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 525 views
  6. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 464 views
  7. Knuckles Doowili Eli from Etanwala-Walpolamulla and return to Rambukoluwa. – Mapping the Dream Trek 455 views
  8. Waterfalls of Colombo District 436 views
  9. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 430 views
  10. A walk to Hanthana Mountain Range 366 views

All-Time

  1. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 28,741 views
  2. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 18,789 views
  3. Waterfalls of Colombo District 16,926 views
  4. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 15,853 views
  5. Rarely visited places in Trincomalee 14,507 views
  6. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 14,442 views
  7. Heaven On Earth (Knuckles – Illukkumbura, Reverstan) 13,930 views
  8. Kebaliththa (Kebiliththa) Devalaya 13,726 views
  9. Memorable Pilgrimage to Kebiliththa (මහ සියඹලාව දේවාලය) 13,637 views
  10. Trip to Mahiyanganaya and Badulla visiting 5 reservoirs, 5 temples and 5 waterfalls 13,298 views

Fiery Gusts, Shrouding Mist & Freezing Cold – Nuwara Eliya & HP…

Just a brief word on HP, especially its buildings inside as most of you might not be aware of her past. Apart from the Farr Inn and the Anderson Lodge which were built by the English Planters during colonial era, all the other structures are results of the mega potato farm that saw HP lose most of her forest making it this grassy plain. Whether it was a good thing or a bad thing, well I’ll leave your capable thinking to decide. So these buildings had been used as storage for potatoes and fertilizers, staff quarters and other purposes. If you visit the Moon Plains where they still have a government-owned seed potato farm, you can get an idea what it must’ve been at HP before being named as a wildlife park.

So we planned alternative options to visit on the way and I was long overdue for a visit to Moon Plains and so was Hasi. We then planned to be there by 6.30am in order to get the best out of the morning rays. Hasi then came up with the idea of visiting Single Tree Hill aka One Tree Hill, the 10th highest mountain in SL with a height of 2100m. So that sealed the first day and we decided to reach HP afterwards. On the 25th Jun, we left home around 3am and having made excellent ground arrived at Nuwara Eliya by 6.10am.

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