Hakgala Botanical Garden
After the Royal Botanical Gardens at Peradeniya hakgala, 10km (6miles) south of Nuwara Eliya, is the second most important garden in Sri Lanka. Though on a smaller scale than those at peradeniya, Hakgala's Plantations of roses, shrubs, ferns and montane woodland are delightfully located, with scenic views. Open daily from 07.30to17.00

Above the gardens, a forest trail leads into Virgin Woodland - the home of a troop of purple-faced leaf monkeys, a species endemic to Sri Lanka, and to endemic bird species including the Sri lanka white -eye, Sri Lanka wood pigeon, and Sri Lanka whistling thrush.