Event of the season - Spiritual trek

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 recognized as a World Heritage Site in the year 2011.

The annual Sri Pada (Adam’s peak) Pilgrim season will begin on Poya day on December 24, 2015. The pilgrimage season runs from Unduwap poya (December) to Wesak poya Festival (May), reaching its peak mid-season at Medin poya. At this time, there is a constant stream of pilgrims & the top can get very crowded. The busiest period is during January to February.

The three routes taken by the pilgrims who climb the Peak today are Ratnapura route, Kuruwita route and Hatton route.