Horton plains National Park

Horton plains, the highest plateau in Sri Lanka, was traditionally known as Mahaeliya until it was renamed Horton plains after Sir Robert Horton, a British governor.

It was gazetted as a Nature Reserve on 5th of December 1969 and was upgraded as a National park on 16th of March 1988.

Two escarpments falling from the Horton plains have contributed to it's awe inspiring physiognomy, " the small world end" and "the big world end".

The park is the home to Sambar, leopard, primates, a spectrum of flora and rare bird life like the Crested serpent Eagle, the Mountain Hawk Eagle, the Blue Flycatcher and the Whistling Thrust.