Itinerary advice

How many days
in Horton Plains?

Short answer: 1 night (as a day-trip from Nuwara Eliya).

The luxury answer: 1 night (as a day-trip from Nuwara Eliya).

Horton Plains is a wind-swept 2,100-metre plateau in the central highlands — UNESCO-listed cloud forest, montane grassland and the dramatic 870-metre cliff known as World's End. It is best walked at first light, before the cloud rolls in.

  1. Day 1Arrival in Nuwara Eliya. Private transfer in, afternoon high tea.
  2. Day 2World's End. Pre-dawn drive, 3-hour circular walk, late breakfast, slow afternoon.
  3. Day 3Onward. Train to Ella or transfer back to Kandy.