The Trip I Went On

 

    

The amazing Adam's peak is sri Lanka's fourth highest mountain at 2,244m and is located 40km northeast of Ratnapura.

Adam's peak or the sri pada is an important pilgrim site. Buddhist believe the impression on the summit is the footprint of lord Buddha himself. Though it takes around 5 hours to reach the peak by foot,devotees of many religions climb the mountain daily to invoke blessings.The mountain is also named as samanala kanda or Butterfly mountain.

RICH BIODIVERSITY 

Adam's peak is surrounded, largely by the forested hills, with no mountain of comparable size anywhere near 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 recognised as a World heritage site in the year 2011.

REACHING THE PEAK

Once you reach a final node (Nallathanni or palabaddala or Erathna) there begins the difficult journey through the jungle on foot.Most of the pilgrims use the Hatton route as the journey can be reduced by more than five kilometres even though the slop of this route is much greater than the others.