මුහුදු මට්ටමේ සිට අඩි 6,182ක උසින් පිහිටි නුවරඑළිය නගරය අවට ප‍්‍රදේශවල පවතින සාමාන්‍ය උෂ්ණත්වය සෙල්සියස් අංශක 4 – 5 දක්වා පහත වැටුණු විටක මල් තුහින දැකගත හැකිය. මෙසේ උෂ්ණත්වය පහත වැටීමත් සමඟ දැඩි ශීත දේශගුණයක් අළුයම් කාලයේදී නුවරඑළිය පුරා පවතින අවස්ථාවන් හීදී මෙම මල්තුහින පතිත වේ. මේ කාලය නුවරඑළිය පරිසරය ඇතැම් විට සාමාන්‍ය ජනතාවට ඉතා කටුක බවක් ගෙන දේ.

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.