Silver Springs Accommodation

Silver Springs Facilities
Hiking
Hikes are arranged either with guides or with a route map for the visitor to go on his own. A hike through mountainous winding roads, Pine forests, tea estates and paddy fields is a joyful exercise. The clean fresh mountain air makes the out door fan wants it even more.

Trekking
Treks are organized with a guide and can be arranged as day treks or overnight camping treks. Day treks are generally six to eight kilometers and will be for about four to six hour. 'The guides will take the visitor to vantage points such as to the top of a water fall or to the top of a rock where the scenery is breathtaking. Also available are day treks with a train ride to a higher point and trek down though shrub jungle or on flat roads at 4000ft above sea level.

Mountain biking
For cycling fans, mountain bikes are available at the hotel and they can cycle on steep/ flat tarred roads or off the main road. For those interested in longer biking expeditions, can ride through Horton plains to nuwara-eliya via remote villages and back on the main road. The distance will be approx 125 kms.

High Altitude athletic training
Outdoor running expeditions can be arranged for athletes who are interested in training at 4000ft to 6000ft above sea level.

A paradise for bird watchers
At Silver Springs Lodge you can watch birds without leaving the comfort of your chair! Situated high above a steep-sided valley overlooking paddy fields, riverine forest and open woodlands, the birdlife is profuse. The life blood of the valley is the stream that runs through it, culminating in a waterfall. Hence a wide range of woodland and stream birds can be seen along with butterflies, dragonflies and damselflies. The roof terrace at Silver Springs acts as a natural hide from which most species of bird can be observed. There are also several walking and cycling routes that can be followed in pursuit of the more elusive species. To date over 50 species have been observed in the Silver Spring area.

Red Jungle Fowl (Resident), Yellow Crowned Woodpecker, Brown Headed Barbet, Scaly Breasted Munia (Mannikin), Red Rumped Swallow, Oriental Magpie Robin, Plum Headed Parakeet, Spotted Owlet (HNS), Spotted Dover, Red Vented Bulbul, Changeable Hawk Eagle, Indian House Crow, White Browed Fantail (Flycatcher), Black Eagle, Common Buzzard, Oriental White-eye, Hill Mynah, Common Mynah, Mountain Hawk Eagle, Black Hooded Oriole, Ashyprinia, Great Tit, Golden Throated Barbet, Coppersmith Barbet, Plain Prinia, Purple Rumped Sunbird, Jungle Babbler, Honey Buzzard, Large Billed Crow, Crested Serpent Eagle, Shikra, Greater Coucal, White Rumped Munia, Small Minivet, Loten’s Sunbird