Horton Plains National Park As I Saw Last Sunday

I  visited Horton Plains National Park with  two of my colleagues and our families last Sunday, traveling from  Kurnegala to Kandy, then Nuwaraeliya and Horton Plains.

These are some glimpses of what you  can see on the way to the park's entrance.


Mount Sri Pada(Adam's Peak) viewed from distance
 

                                                       Kande Ela Lake

Inside the park, you get mainly get to see "pathana" grassland and montane rain forest , with a variety of interesting plants and animals.

                         

                                                        Chimney Pool

                                               

                                                         Baker's Falls

                                            


Flora And Fauna  

 

 

This plant is the endemic Maha-rath-mal (Rododendron arboreum ssp.zeylanicum)











And here are the animals I happened to  observe during this trip.

                   Sambar Deer(Rusa unicolor)

This particular fella used walk right up to the    travelers, looking for tidbits. I'm personally against feeding these wild animals. 

 

 

                                                                     These I couldn't identify

 

I'll try my best to pin identifications  on the plants and critters that I didn't name in this post, and be grateful if any of you folks could help me with it. Enjoy this video till then!


 

Jerdon's Bull Frog (Hoplobatrachus crassus)

I saw this frog in  Shan's garden about two weeks ago, and got him to take a few snaps for me. I had never seen one of those before, so I uploaded this photo here and requested an identification. My friend  Ruchira then confirmed it was a  Jerdon's Bull Frog (Hoplobatrachus crassus).
Shan, Ruchira, Thank you Guys!

Another Beautiful Flutterer

It feels so good to make a post after along time! This Yellow Orange-Tip(Ixias pyrene cingalensis) was photographed my good buddy Shan, who told me I could post it here.  I have news for you guys, very soon I'll have a new camera(nothing fancy though) and be back to posting all the interesting critters I see around! :-)