Endowed with many scenic locales including quaint valleys, green meadows, magnificent mountains and historic monuments, Nuwara Eliya, also known as 'Little' England' is an enchanting city that no visitor will have the heart to leave. Nuwara Eliya was the most favored hill station of the British who converted Nuwara Eliya into a typical English Village and that effect can still be felt. The old brick structure housing the Post office, the modest hill club, with rare collections, the 18-hole golf course, the sprawling race course etc all make you believe you are in England. The Gregory lake has a boat yard and visitors are allowed to go boating and rowing. The Hakgala Botanical Gardens that lies between 5000 - 6000 feet in elevation is the highest set Botanic Gardens in the world. The garden boasts of a 100 year old Monetary Cypress trees from California, Japanese Cedars, Himalayan Pines and English Oak

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