13 July 2013

Lakegala



This is a super destination for hikers. Lakegala is situated in Knuckles Mountain Range close to a very remote village called Meemure. The above picture was taken from that village. As per the legend, Ravana, a mythical king of Sri Lanka used this mountain as a landing strip for his aircraft.

Once I tried this with a bunch of friends but failed just below 200 feet from the top. The last bit has an incline of around 70-80 degrees and climbing that stretch is really tricky.

You can read about that adventure through the blogs of Halik, Indi, Meg and Jerry.

6 comments:

eileeninmd said...

Very pretty, a beautiful place for a hike! Lovely photo.

rainfield61 said...

That is a real sharp point.

Betsy Banks Adams said...

Glad to see that you are still hiking. So are we!!! Beautiful photo --and that looks like a rugged top to have to climb. Yipes!!!!

Betsy

sumedha Obeysekera said...

I too failed same thing long time ago.. in deed its difficult, specially with the wind. Nice photo..

Anjana Gunawardena said...

Beautiful capture and yes, this is one of the best place for a hike.

btw good to see you back K :)

samith said...

I'm glad I found your blog. There are only a few of us who blog about this wonderful country and its beauty. Keep traveling!