Adam's Peak, Sri Lanka.

Location of the Adam's Peak

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.

The setting: the significance in nature

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.

Reaching the base of Adam's Peak

Main roads connect the final nodes of Nallanthanni to the city of Hatton, Palabaddala to the city of Ratnapura & Erathna to the city of Kuruwita. While the city of Hatton can be reached by Highland railway line as well as by the main motor roads, the cities of Ratnapura and Kuruwita can be reached only by main motor roads.

Access to the mountain is possible by 6 trails: Hatton-Nallathanni; Ratnapura-Palabaddala; Kuruwita-Erathna; Murraywatte; Mookuwatte; Malimboda.
The most popular routes out of these are the Hatton-Nallathanni & Ratnapura-Palabaddala.
The less popular route: Kuruwita-Erathna
The least used routes: Murraywatte, Mookuwatte & Malimboda. These routes join Palabaddala road midway through the ascent.

The favorite ascent and descent

In the ancient times the only way to approach Sri Pada was from the city of Ratnapura. Following the construction of highland roads in the 19th century by the British colonial rulers of Sri Lanka, the city of Hatton on the Colombo-Kandy-Nuwara Eliya became the most popular starting point Those with a bit of adventure, prefer the ascent by the Hatton path and the descent by the Ratnapura path.

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