Sri Lanka - A Land Like No Other
- Tropical paradise trekking and sightseeing
- The rock fortress of Sigiriya
- Spectacular views at World`s End
- Sunrise at the summit of Adam`s Peak
- Relax at the beach
In terms of sheer variety of landscape and culture, few places on earth can rival this teardrop-shaped island at the southern tip of India. The highest summits of the central ranges rise to 2500 metres, whilst on all sides the land falls away through emerald-green tea plantations and vast forest reserves to a tropical coastline. This popular itinerary includes many of Sri Lanka's historical and archaeological highlights, such as the natural rock fortress of Sigiriya and the former capital of Kandy. However, this is also a trekking holiday and we have incorporated a 2-day traverse of the Knuckles Range, as well as day-hikes on the Horton Plains, where we visit the dramatic 1000 metre drop-off at World's End. This is followed by the optional ascent of sacred Adam's Peak (2243m) which involves a midnight start for those hoping to catch the sunrise. A day at leisure on the coast brings this fantastically varied holiday to a close.
Is this holiday for you?
This is not a long or sustained trekking trip. The intention is simply to make the best of the varied hiking which Sri Lanka has to offer. To that end, we seek out a number of day-walks. The altitudes attained are never sufficiently high to cause problems and the underfoot conditions are generally good, on tracks and trails through tea plantations and forest and between villages. We may encounter some slippery conditions on forest trails. There are 6 days when we do a significant amount of walking, averaging 5 to 6 hours on each of these days. Probably the toughest of the days, because we do the hard bit at night and in the dark, is the ascent of Adam's Peak, involving 4 hours up and 2 hours down on an unrelenting series of more than 3000 steps. We have given the trip the EASY grade because of the low altitude and the non-continuous nature of the walking.
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