CHARIOT PATH

 (According to legends, this place is known as the road where King Ravana's chariot traveled.)

The Chariot Path area is considered to be the area with the coldest weather in Sri Lanka.  Its weather is milder than the weather in Nuwara Eliya.  Due to that extreme winter weather, a visitor to the Chariot Path area has the chance to see "flower frost" every morning.

To reach the Chariot Path, one has to come to Pussellawa town on the Kandy Nuwara Eliya road.  After that, you can reach that beautiful place by taking the PERETTASI bus from Pussellawa. After traveling about 12 kilometers in the bus, you can reach the manager's bungalow of Perettasi Estate.  You have to get down from that place and walk on the concrete road in front of it.  After traveling a short distance there, the road enters a tea estate and one has to walk about a kilometer there. After a short distance, the road splits into three.  From there, you have to go to the Chariot Path through the road in the middle. After going a little further on that road, you will find a footpath on the right side.  We have to follow those footsteps. After a short distance from there, you will find a big stone to the left.  After passing that stone and going a little further, you will find another footpath to the left.  Not a straight path. After going a long way along the road from there, you will find a footpath up the hill on the left side.  Not on the straight road.  When you come a long way on that road, you will see CHARIOT PATH.

A very beautiful valley, a land like a field without tall trees. It is correct to say that it is a land that is very similar to Horton. This mountain range where Ravana's cart road is located is located in Nuwara Eliya district. More than 2100 meters above sea level. On one side you can see Piduruthalagala Reserve, Kothmale Oya on the other side, Hewaheta Hunguranketa area, Sri Padaya, Piduruthalagala, Kikiliyamana, Single Tree, Peacock Hill, Kothmale, Greatweston, Rikilagaskada, Kukulagala Randenigala Reservoir, Dolosbage hills and many other areas. Chariot path is a place with such a wide scene. In this area, which belongs to the dense tropical rain forest of the humid zone, you can see several types of plants that are not found in any other part of Sri Lanka. This area is like a big road surrounded by bushes that have decreased in height and is empty in the middle. Maybe that's why Chari also goes here. According to legends, this place is known as the road where King Ravana's chariot traveled. Like a road, trees do not grow in only one region.  There are only trees like small bushes around. Some people also consider this place to be the airport where King Ravana's flightless plane landed. Another legend mentions that it is a place where King Ravana brought Sita to show the beauty of Lanka Pura. There is one corner of this plain.  A ditch filled with water.  This is also related to history.  This is called Sita Pond.  Some people believe that it was created from Sita's tears.  The villagers also say that this pond does not sit in any dry season.

The wide and beautiful scenery that can be seen from below, the coolness that you can feel when the clouds are coming from far away, the valley that is full of blue, and the sky that is full of blue color, create a kind of beauty that you can't take your eyes off.  When you look from a little below, you can see a scene as if the green grass field and the blue sky have come together, all this brings to the eyes a beauty that cannot be described in words.