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Deraniyagala – Ihala maliboda trail is one of the least traveled trails leading to Adam’s peak. It is one of the toughest out of the trails leading to Sripada as well, simply because most of the trail is a though walk through the dense forest of peak wilderness sanctuary on a narrow footpath with rough underfoot conditions. It also involves crossing several waterways, with the risk of flash floods. The first 8km is no where close to any human presence and this remoteness also adds to its difficulty. |
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Deraniyagala, Udamaliboda (Ihala-Maliboda) Trail to Sri Pada (Adam’s Peak) |
Kuruwita Erathna Trail to Sri Pada (Adam’s Peak) |
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Kuruwita – Erathna trail to Sri Pada is the third most popular trail leading to Adam’s peak. This trail is much difficult to tackle than the most popular Hatton-Nallathanni route. While this trail is about 3km longer than the second most popular Rathnapura – Palabathgala route, the trail conditions and the surrounding environment is very much similar to the Palabathgala trail. In fact these two trails meet 2km before the summit |
Kabbale Mountain and Anagimale Falls Circular Trail – Kanneliya Rain Forest |
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Kanneliya Forest Reserve located in the Galle district is the largest of the KDN, or Kanneliya-Dediyagala-Nakiyadeniya, forest complex. This trail starts off from the Kanneliya Conservation Centre. It first climbs up to the Kabbale Mountain Peak where a panoramic view of the KDN complex can be seen. The trail completes the circle climbing down to the “Anagimale” water fall back to the conservation centre. |
Narangas Ella Nature Trail – Kanneliya Rain Forest |
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Hidden deep in the Kanneliya rain forest, Narangas Ella is a small but an attractive waterfall. The trail leading to this waterfall is not at all difficult to tackle, even though it’s a walk slightly more that 5km. Also the trail covers three other of Kanneliya which are the cave, the Giant Navada tree and the giant creeper |
Trail to Horton Plains from Dayagama (Diyagama) Estate |
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Agarapatha, Dayagama road to Horton Plains was a motorable access road. Several years back, the stretch of this road which goes through the protected area of Horton Plains was closed for motor traffic. Therefore at present you can only drive up to the HP boarder of the Dayagama Estate and walk 5.6km from this point to reach the visitor center of Horton Plains. |
Maningala Nature Trail from Etanwala to Illukkumbura – Knuckles Range |
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Climbing Maningala is a rewarding exercise. It lets you enjoy the true beauty of the Knuckles range. The beautiful “Thelgamu-Oya” river, paddy fields with the mountains in the backdrop at the traditional villages, the panoramic view of the Knuckles range from the top of Maningala, the unique flat area on the top of the mountain which resembles the spine of the elephant and the interesting diversity of vegetation are few highlights worth mentioning. |
Hatton, Nallathanni Trail to Sri Pada (Adam’s Peak) |
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Hatton – Nallathanni route is the most popular trail to the summit of Sri Pada or Adam’s peak. This trail is the shortest amongst the conventional trails leading to Sripada. Not only it is short, it is also the trail that starts off from the highest elevation which makes it the trail with lowest elevation gain |
Baker’s Falls, World’s End & Mini-world’s End circular trail – Horton Plains National Park |
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Baker’s fall, World’s End & Mini-world’s End circular trail is the most traveled trail in the Horton Plains National Park as it covers the three most popular attractions of this National park namely, the Baker’s fall – A beautiful Cascade of water, the world’s end – a 2000 meters deep escarpment and the mini-world’s end which is a smaller drop compared to the main escarpment |
Kirigalpoththa Nature Trail – Horton Plains National Park |
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Kirigalpothatha is the second highest peak in Sri Lanka after Piduruthalagala. Trail to summit of Kirigalpoththa is arguably the best nature trail in Horton Plains. It is not too though (but not easy either) and will let you experience all aspects of the unique and fragile eco-system of Horton plains. The trail goes through areas of wet grass land, cloud forests and scrubs at the summit. A wide variety of beautiful wild flowers can also be seen during the hike. |
Thotupola Kanda Nature Trail – Horton Plains National Park |
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Trail to Thotupola kanda will let you experience the unique montane forest ecosystem of Horton plains with minimum difficulty. On a clear day, you will be able to enjoy the breath-taking view of the surrounding savanna and forest patches of Horton Plains from the summit. Even though Thotupola kanda is the third highest peak in Sri Lanka, this trail is easy to tackle since the elevation gain from trail head to the peak is quite small |
