Hike to Horton Plains from Belihul-oya (Ihalagalagama)
It's too late. The hiking-mania has already carved itself into our minds and this hike was like one of our dreams come true, so without any goofing off, here's our next hike, to Horton Plains from Belihuloya, Ihalagalagama. With a crew of 4, we arrived at the Colombo Fort bus station to catch the Badulla bus (route no. 99). It was around 1.00 am and the bus left at 1.45 am from Fort. After a journey of 4 hours, we got off right in front of Belihuloya Rest and you can see the road to Ihalagalagama running uphill. It was exactly 5.58 am when our hike began. The plan was to go across Nonperial Estate-Nagarak division to Horton Plains through World's End observation point to Ohiya and catch the night mail train back to Colombo. This hike is considered to be one of the toughest in Sri Lanka, so we had be more cautious than our previous ones and also this trail is prohibited after 2006 and a special permit must be obtained from the department of wildlife to do this hike and also