If it’s an adventures trek you are looking for in Sri Lanka
the right place would be Devils Staircase just below the Worlds End in the
famous Horton Plains. You’d have to be a little unlucky if you don’t make it up
this hostile drive, but a skillful driver can see you through to the top and
back with not much sweat. Take the upper road to reach it travelling down off
the Boralanda-Horton Plains road via Udaveriya Plantation. Turning off at
Kalupahana on the Colombo – Badulla Road this point could be reached passing
the premier waterfall, Bambarakanda, also driving or trekking up.
Only a good
4-wheel vehicle can negotiate this sharp road and the drive is up a track gets
very badly muddied up due to constant rain in the region and the route has to
be trekked. A few sign boards still remain along the trek, heavy survivals which
are a reminder of the reliability trials conducted by the British riders who
dared to drive up.
The entire stretch has to be negotiated in one breath. On
miscalculation could bring life to a sudden finish. One feels that one is
within touching distance of heaven here. This is an experience that is really
off the beaten track and a challenge every tourist pleasures.
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