It was a clear morning, without the mist, rain and strong wind, and we arrived to the entrance of the national park around 7.30 AM.
Horton Plains is popular for a few things, "world's end", "Baker's falls", large plain and bio diversity. When the British period, they were renamed this plateau to Horton Plains which was originally named as "Maha Eliya Thenna". According to some ancient books, this area was forbidden and no one ever lived close to here, and the reason remains a mystery. Furthermore, if you search the time before the written history, there are some mythical stories about this place, which reminds me, that every myth has a hidden real story.
However, our first destination was the "world's end". I cannot find a good reason for that name with the clear weather, but if there are mist, then someone can be mistakenly identified it as the world's end if they have no idea about the globe.
I was very lucky to capture the bottom of this sheer precipice, with my amateur photography skills.
Baker's falls is one of the famous waterfall in Sri Lanka which is located in Horton Plains. It is not huge compared to other popular waterfalls, but eye catch-able .
While I was gratifying my eyes from the beauty of the plateau, I have got to know some major threats for this environment. Mainly the behavior of tourists and alien species such as Ulex europaeus and Brackens. Fortunately, there are some programs for reduce these threats, but I am not sure how much effective they are.
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