Victoria Park
A public park in the middle of Nuwara Eliya, next to the town's old post office. Its lawns, flower beds and stream are typical of the hill town the British built as a cool retreat, and it is a quiet place to watch birds.
- Where
- Nuwara Eliya, Central Province, Sri Lanka
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 6.9692, 80.7681
Get the Victoria Park stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Victoria Park. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Central Province volume with your photos and a note.
Near Victoria Park
Hakgala Botanical Garden 5.8 km
The second largest of Sri Lanka's five botanical gardens, laid out on the slopes below Hakgala rock outside Nuwara Eliya. Its cool terraces are planted with roses and temperate flowers, and its edge runs straight into the Hakgala Strict Nature Reserve.
Ramboda Falls 13 km
A 109 metre waterfall at the Ramboda Pass on the A5 road between Kandy and Nuwara Eliya. It is formed by the Panna Oya, a tributary of the Kothmale Oya, and falls from about 945 metres above sea level through tea country.
St. Clair's Falls 13 km
One of the widest waterfalls in Sri Lanka, falling in broad tiers through the tea estates near Talawakele. Its width has earned it the nickname the Little Niagara of Sri Lanka.
Horton Plains National Park 19 km
A high plateau of grassland and cloud forest at 2,100 to 2,300 metres, made a national park in 1988 and rich in species found nowhere else. Walkers cross it to Baker's Falls and to World's End, where the plateau drops away in a sheer cliff.
Bambarakanda Falls 23 km
The tallest waterfall in Sri Lanka, a 263 metre drop of the Kuda Oya, a tributary of the Walawe River. It falls through a forest of pine trees near Kalupahana, about 5 km off the A4 highway.
Haputale 30 km
A hill town at 1,431 metres on the ridge that marks the edge of the Uva basin, ringed by cloud forest and tea estates. Its altitude keeps it cooler than the land around it, and from the pass the view opens out across the southern plains of the island.
Ravana Falls 32 km
One of the widest waterfalls in Sri Lanka, tumbling down a rock face beside the road below Ella. It is named after Ravana, the king of the Ramayana, and local legend links the caves near it to the story of Sita.
Dunhinda Falls 33 km
A waterfall about 5 km from Badulla in the lower central hills, reached by a forest path. Its name is usually explained as smoky, after the fine mist of spray that hangs around its pool.
More hidden gems in Central Province
Questions
Where is Victoria Park?
Victoria Park is in Nuwara Eliya, Central Province, Sri Lanka. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Hakgala Botanical Garden (5.8 km), Ramboda Falls (13 km), St. Clair's Falls (13 km).
How do I get the Victoria Park stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Victoria Park and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Central Province volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Victoria Park before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Central Province volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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