ADAMS PEAK

Overview

Pick up after lunch by the Let’s See Asia tour guide.    

Proceed to Nallathaniya.

Approximately it will take 5 hours to drive from Colombo to Nallathanniya. Around 6 evening we have to be in Nallathaniya. And around 8 evening will start to climb.

Best period to climb- December to May. Other months of the year are off season. Best time start to climb evening.

Hatton Adam’s Peak or Sri Pada is an important pilgrim site. The devotees of many religions climb the mountain to invoke blessings. Buddhist believes the impression on the summit is the footprint of the Buddha. Sripada is the 4th highest mountain in Sri Lanka and it takes 4-5 hours to reach the peak by foot. The mountain is also named as Samanala Kanda or Butterfly Mountain. The area is rich in biodiversity and surrounded by the Peak Wilderness Sanctuary. The pilgrimage season starts on Unduwap Poya. (December)

Adam’s Peak, Sri Lanka’s fourth highest mountain (2244m) is located 40km northeast of the city of Ratnapura. Distance from Colombo to Ratnapura is 94km

Adam’s Peak is surrounded, largely by the forested hills, with no mountain of comparable size anywhere round in the vicinity. The region of Peak Wilderness Sanctuary that encompass the Adam’s Peak together with Horton Plains National Park and Knuckles Range, all in the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka is recognized as a World Heritage Site in the year 2011.

 Transfer back to Colombo.