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Do Hiking at the Sri Pada’s peak in Sri Lanka

Sri Pada in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka

Enjoy the beautiful and mystical mountains of Sri Pada in Nuwara Eliya

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About Sri Pada in Nuwara Eliya

Adam’s Peak alias Sri Pada is the popular mountain peak located in Sri Lanka at a height of 7,359 feet above the sea level.

The top of the mountain has a huge “footprint”-like hollow, also known as Adam’s peak footprint.

Sri Pada is famous amongst not only tourists but Sri Lankans too for its importance as a pilgrimage site. However, different communities have different perceptions regarding the origin and reality of these footprints. While Buddhists believe these mark Buddha’s left footprint, Hindus maintain that they belong to Lord Shiva. And at the same time, Muslims and Christians claim it for it to be the first step of Adam after being exiled from the Eden Gardens.

Facts About Sri Pada

Located 7 kilometers from Dalhousie Village, the visitors need to climb 5000 stairs to reach the peak. With usual pace, it takes around 4 hours for the entire inclined trekking and to climb up these stairs and reach the top. But the experience altogether is an ecstatic one at dawn with mesmerizing views from the top. Little Adam’s peak or Adam’s peak in Sri Lanka is amongst the most famous places to visit that you surely cannot miss out on!

The area beside the mountain is essentially a wildlife reserve that has a range of species varying from elephants to leopards, along with many endemic species. Travelers usually hike this mountain between the months of December and May as it is hard to climb it during the other months owing to extremely heavy downpour, strong winds, as well as thick mist. This region is mostly surrounded by forested hills and there isn’t any other mountain as big as this in the vicinity!

There are plenty of hotels in Sri Pada. The prices of these vary from INR 800 (guesthouses) to INR 1500 per 2 people. There is no need to make any kind of advance bookings. Since the village draws its livelihood mostly from tourism, there will always be someone ready to offer you a good room or two.

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    Singapore

    Richardtan's 8 days trip to Nuwara Eliya

    First off, for those of you who have not visit Sri Lanka, you should make plans to do so. Despite my family and I having vacationed in places like Japan, Switzerland and China where the landscapes can be breathe taking, Sri Lanka's took us by surprise. It's a beautiful country with incredible natura
    l beauty filled with picturesque mountains, rivers and lakes and a people who are friendly and helpful. The tourism industry though, is still in its infancy, and standard of service has some ways to go. Despite paying for top-end hotels, we were shocked to find that many of them do not even have air-conditioning in the rooms. Although we made a conscious decision to select our own hotels, the tour agency was not even aware of the lack of air-conditioning in those facilities and did not advise us on it. So although TravelTriangle was useful in recommending several tour agencies for us to secure proposals from, the agencies themselves do little more than just provide barebone service focused on pricing. You will have to do a lot more homework on your own if you want to ensure an enjoyable visit and avoid surprises.
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    Subhash Bansal

    Delhi

    Subhash's 6 days trip to Nuwara Eliya

    Very well organized trip. Clean and neat country. Wonderful sea beaches and tea garden. Tea leaves plucking
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    New delhi

    Saket's 6 days trip to Nuwara Eliya

    The booking experience with Trip Travel Hub was good, but i recommend people to get activity included properly in the itinerary as driver cum guide follow that only. Our Chauffeur Mr.Sugath was punctual & polite through the trip. I recommend people to search & get activity included in the itinerar
    y. You need to push them for covering your activity else they will cover the default activity. Kandy was boring for us as tooth relic temple , spice garden all were boring according to our taste. As requested trip travel hub were unable to arrange train ticket which was spoiler. But drive towards Nuwara eliya was good & Sita Amma temple visit was also good. Drive towards bentota was very hectic as it took 7hours or whole day. Best part of our trip was at Benota, Beaches were awesome , clean & relaxing. There are many hotel on beaches you can search yourself & dont include dinner with hotel. You can stay near Hikkaduwa beach & then there are many eateries to explore for local fish cuisine. There are many beaches so you can plan 3 night stay at benota also. Turtle Hatchery was worth the cost. Madu river safari was also good. All in all good experience. If you like beaches more you can stay in benota area for your whole 4 or 5 night trip. Mr.Kavindu was good with our booking & answering our query. Only issue we faced was getting itinerary modified as per our requirement.
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    Bangalore

    Urmi's 5 days trip to Nuwara Eliya

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    thing. We are extremely satisfied with the service and guidance we got from Prabudda in Sri Lanka, while Minoshaa was constantly available over WhatsApp whenever we needed anything. We have covered 5 places - Sigiriya, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Mirissa and Bentota. Very nice hotels were chosen, Minoshaa understood our choice and requirements perfectly. One must experience the train ride in Sri Lanka, it's truly the most beautiful! We planned the trip only with 2 weeks in hand, still Minoshaa took care of all our requirements and managed the whole trip so nicely! Thanks a lot Romano Lanka and team to take care of everything and make our anniversary trip so memorable. The train ride from Nuwara Eliya to Mirissa. And Nuwara Eliya day tour.
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    Jayesh's 6 days trip to Nuwara Eliya

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    local level anytime of the day. Our Anniversary surprise
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    Shubham Goyal

    New delhi

    Shubham's 6 days trip to Nuwara Eliya

    The agent Discover Ceylon was really great and provided a very comfortable stay in Srilanka
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    Hitesh Kapoor

    Mumbai

    Hitesh's 8 days trip to Nuwara Eliya

    It was a delightful experience overall, as each of the four hotels provided an additional bed for our child. Among them, the hotel in Kandy stood out as exceptional. Our driver, named Ateek, was excellent, displaying a courteous and amiable demeanor throughout the trip. Upon arrival, we were prompt
    ly provided with a SIM card, greatly facilitating our communication needs. The drivers were consistently punctual and offered valuable assistance throughout our journey.
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    Akshay Mundra

    Mumbai

    Akshay's 4 days trip to Nuwara Eliya

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    Delhi

    Sudhisingh's 10 days trip to Nuwara Eliya

    Overall good trip and arrangements done by Steeple Tour. Our driver was very helpful and kind.
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    Mumbai

    Prathamesh's 5 days trip to Nuwara Eliya

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    How many steps are there to get to Sri Pada’s top?

    There are 5,500 steps approximately from the base to the top of the Sri Pada’s peak, better known as “Adam’s Peak”.

    Why is Sri Pada peak called “Adam’s Peak”?

    The word ‘Sri Pada’ translates to "holy footprint". Just as the name suggests, this town is a holy sanctum for four prime religions. For Christians and Muslims, this town acts as the footprints of Adam to recall the time when he was sent to earth. On the other hand, it is the footprints of Lord Buddha for Buddhists and the "Shivas Peak" for Hindus.

    How hard is it to climb Sri Pada’s peak?

    There are more than 5,000 steps to climb here, which tends to be quite strenuous for some people owing to various ailments and knee-problems. However, it’s easy to reach the summit for most people with high to moderate fitness levels.

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