Hiking and Trekking
Horton Plains, Kirigalpottha and Thotupola Kanda are some great places to walk and Hike up in the Hills in the cooler Climate, through the Cloud Forests.
You get to see some Wildlife unique to these Hills such as Purple- Faced Monkey, Horned Lizard, Samba Deer and a lot of Birds including SriLankan White-Eye and the Black Eagle. The Knuckles Mountain range has so many different Climatic Zones and this isolated range of Majestic Mountains, is a Paradise for Hikers.
The Hantana Mountain range, close to Kandy is one of the most isolated, but one of the best hikes in the Country. The range has seven peaks. On a good clear Day, the beautiful city of Kandy can be seen from the first Peak. The Sinharaja Rain Forest is Unique to SriLanka with so many endemic species of Flora and Fauna. This one of the few virgin Rainforests in the Words and has been declared as a UNESCO Word Heritage Site.