Shanthipura - Located at an altitude of 7339 ft on the
Kikiliyamana Mountain road from Nuwara Eliya. (the 5th highest) Shanthipura is the highest village in
the country. Started by T. William Fernando, Mayor of Nuwara Eliya in 1963,
this is one of the eighteen villages he set up in the hope of resettling the
Sinhalese community, where tea estates had previously claimed the community’s
land.
The view from the observation deck is spectacular and you are bound to
become envious of those who wake up to it every morning.
Once you reached the village there
is a view point to see the surrounding of the Nuwara Eliya town. You can see
Pidurutalagala, Kikiliyamana, Adams peak, Gregory’s Lake, Hakgala Mountain, Nuwara Eliya town
from this view point.
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