| Year and Month | April, 2014 |
| Number of Days | 1 |
| Crew | 5 (between 24-27 years of age) |
| Accommodation | Nuwara Eliya Town |
| Transport | Van |
| Activities | Wildlife, Photography, Hiking, climbing |
| Weather | Excellent |
| Route | Kandy -> Nuwara Eliya -> Horton Plains and return on the same route. |
| Tips, Notes and Special remark |
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| Author | wolfgang |
| Comments | Discuss this trip report, provide feedback or make suggestions at Lakdasun Forum on the thread |
We were planning for this adventure since few months back and fixed the dates for the best time to go that was April 13, the weather was excellent.
Early in the morning we started our Journey from Kandy town to Nuwara Eliya by a van and reached Hortan Plains around 0930. We are a team with 5 crew, all packed with 45L /20L back packs.
Started the hike at 1030 and was enjoying the beautiful scenery of Hortan Plains and we could clearly see the Kirigalapoththa in distance.
When we were crossing stream Belihul Oya we mixed-up with the trail and then identified the correct right turn from this point as the left is another connecting trial.
Full length video
![This is part of the first segment of Belihul Oya [Turn right from here to connect with the Kirigalpoththa trail]](http://trips.lakdasun.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image0059.jpg) This is part of the first segment of Belihul Oya [Turn right from here to connect with the Kirigalpoththa trail] |
From this point the trail moves in to thick forest patch.
Fill your water bottles in this stream, it’s good to drink without treatment, even though there were few other small streams there was no water when we were crossing and could get only at the last water source.
 Horton Plains Entrance |
 Waypoint K04 |
 At the summit of Kirigalpoththa – reached the summit at 1400hrs |
 At the summit of Kirigalpoththa |