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Adisham Bungalow Another beautiful traveling location in upcountry area is Adisham Bungalow. It is a beautiful bangalow situated in Haputhale, Badulla district. At present it is a  monastery of Christians and its owned by Chatholic Church Srilanka. This attractive Bungalow was made in 1931 according to the British architecture. The land size is about 10 acres. The finishing , the architectural designs, the garden, views around the garden and bungalow and the road to bungalow which runs through a jungle are the reason why tourists visit there. Views on the way to Bungalow..
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Sripadaya  (ශ්‍රී පාදය) Sri Padaya is also samanala Kanda(butterfly mountain) . And some people call it Adam's Peak. This is 2243 m high isolated mountain situated in Samabaragamuwa Province Srilanka. The sacred foot print of Lord Buddha is on the top of the mountain. Many pilgrims and travelers come to climb and worship Sripada. Many pilgrims follow some traditions that are unique to Sripada. The picture below is one of them. (a tradition belong with needle and tread) Buddhist Temple on the top of the mountain.. There are several paths from several towns to climb Sripada. (such as Rathnapura road, Hattern road, Kuruwita road) Four main rivers of Srilanka starts from this mountain. (Mahaweli, Kelani, Kalu, Walawe) It's worth to climb this Samanala Mountain because of following reasons...  to see the views around the mountain. to see sun rise and sun set view. to take the experience in hiking, mountain c...
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Horton Plain National Park Horton Plains National Park is a protected area in the central highlands of Sri Lanka and is covered by  grassland and forests. Its declared as a Srilankan national park in 1988. Fromthen this has become a popular destination for travelers. Its a area with a higher bio diversity and this national park become home for many endemic spices of animals and plants.  Horton plains situated at a elevation about 2300 m above sea level. Some birds, mammals and plants in here are not only endemic to Srilanka they are restricted only to Horton Plains. So it is highly important to protect this place for future. As seen in  the picture below there is hiking route through this national park. With the magnificent landscapes and cool temperature, this is one on the greatest hikes you will ever go in Srilanka. Below are some awesome places and landscapes in Horton plains National Park ...
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Nuwara Eliya Nuwara Eliya is a district situated in central province Srilanka. It is considered as the one of the most beautiful cities and the city with lowest temperature in Srilanka. Because of that travelers love Nuwara Eliya. The Elevation is about 1868 m above sea level.  In Nuwara eliya distric there are many tourist attracted places such as parks, botanic gardens ,waterfalls and awesome landscapes. With the awesome climate in the city many travelers tend to stay at Nuwara Eliya at least one night.  And also Nuwara Eliya is considered as a city with high density of endemic flora and fauna spices.
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Kandy Kandy (mahanuwara) is located in the central province of the Sriklanka. The Kandy  city  is the capital of the Kandy plateau. Normally Kandy has a balanced climate and temperature. And also Kandy is a city with good historical heritage. From the Srilankan antient kingdoms, the last kingdom was Kandy.  Kandy Kingdom ended after the british invation in 1815.  Many building in Kandy are has the impact of the British Architecture. See the picture below. In the middle of the kandy town there is Kandy Lake. There are several Kilometers around hte lake. Many tourist and travelers love to walk around the that beautiful lake. With the climate and the views.. it wold be a awesome journey. And also we have chance feed the fish in the lake. Temple of Tooth Kandy Sri Dalada Maligawa  or the  Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic  is a Buddhist  temple in the city of Kandy. This is th...
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Little Adam's peak Little Adam's peak or Punchi siri padaya is one of the most tourist attracted place in Ella. Its located in the 98 arch tea state. After few minutes walk from Ella town you can come to the entrance of it. This a great place for travelers who are interested in hiking and mountain climbing. little Adam's peak is a small mountain  in Ella. But we can see whole ella area when we reach the peak of this mountain. The main reason why people love here is these awesome views. The Little Adam`s Peak is about 1141 m high and its fairly easy to climb, with a good path and stair cases all the way up. Below are some photographs taken when we climb little Adam's Peak. Its not a difficult hike, but it's worth to climb here because of these fantastic landscapes.. Travelers love to climb little Adam's Peak because of these beautiful views. This is a best place to take photographs 😃 If you hope to stay in Ella 98 a...
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ELLA If you are traveling in Srilanka this is a place that you must go. Don't say you are a Srilankan traveler if you haven't travel in Ella. For now Ella is the most popular traveling location in Srilanka. You will realize the reason after reading this article. 😊 Ella is a small town in Badulla distric, Uva province. Situated at an evaluation more than 1000 meters above sea level.  There are plenty of tourist attractive location in Ella. Lets go through some places that I have visited in Ella.  Most common activities of travellers is the rail hiking between Ella and Demodara. Its because of the amazing views in the rail road and the tunnels and the bridges in the rail rood.  Here are some photos of Rail hike from Ella to Demodara.  (All of them were taken by either me or my team) 9 Arch Bridge Demodara When hiking from Ella to Demodara we reach to a special place called Nine arch bridge. This is famouse because of...