Nuwara Eliya Attractions, Tea Country | GoPlaces Sri Lanka

Tour Nuwara Eliya Tea Country | GoPlaces Sri Lanka Nuwara Eliya Attractions: Queen Victoria Park: The Victoria Park of Nuwara Eliya said to be named to comorate the 60th Jubilee Coronation of Queen Victoria in the year 1897. Originally the park was used as the research field of Haggala Botanical Garden which is located about 04 km away from the city centre. It is known that this park was established by planting an Oak tree by a German Princes who visited Nuwara Eliya at the latter part of the 19th Century. Gregory Lake: Lake Gregory is one of the significant tourist attractions in Nuwara Eliya. It was built by the Governor William Gregory during 1872 – 1877 periods by utilizing the water from the Nanuoya which runs across the town. It is about 91.2 hectares in extent. It was said to be used for water sports and for re-recreational activities during the British rule. Gregory Lake A boat yard now allows visitors to go boating and rowing. Nuwara Eliya Race Course: High in the mountains, dramatically framed by a landscape of tea plantations the town of Nuwara Eliya is the home to the Nuwara Eliya Race Course. These routes wind through tea estates, vegetable plantations and alongside the villages of the people who call this quaint town home. Find Us: http://www.goplacessrilanka.com https://www.facebook.com/goplaces.srilanka https://twitter.com/goplacessl https://www.linkedin.com/in/goplacessrilanka https://www.youtube.com/user/GoPlacesSriLanka http://youtu.be/X4_94ddDflU Music used: Winter Dawn by Jens Kiilstofte https://machinimasound.com/music/winter-dawn Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)