Batalagala or Bible Rock – BY Stefan D’ Silva
A popular landmark for thousands of travellers as they made their way through the Kadugannawa Pass. Over the past years not many have made it to the top of this landmark . However, it is fast becoming a popular trek for many young Sri Lankans. The British named it Bible Rock as it apparently looked like an open book or a lectern. TO THE TOP OF BATALA GALA BY Stefan D’ Silva
Batalagala or Bible Rock
A popular landmark for thousands of travellers as they made their way through the Kadugannawa Pass.
Over the past years not many have made it to the top of this landmark . However, it is fast becoming a
popular trek for many young Sri Lankans. The British named it Bible Rock as it apparently looked like an open
book or a lectern.
TO THE TOP OF BATALA GALA
BY
Stefan D’ Silva
Also on this climb were three of my close friends Ananda, Shiyana and Fritz.
The climb was guided Danushka from Little Adventures Sri Lanka http://www.littleadventuressrilanka.com/.
Without expert knowledge we would not have found the trail to the top.
ON THE WAY TO THE TOP
Batalagala or Bible Rock is 798 metres in height and can be accessed through Mawanella town and the smaller township of Aranayake. This particular trek took us through the Ambadeniya rubber estate and the second half of the climb was steep. The dense ‘steaming’ vegetation was damp and slippery after the recent rains. Coming down was more challenging due to the slippery ground cover. This cute kid was either laughing at our madness to climb the rock in her back garden or was welcoming us with one of those brilliant smiles the rural folk in the area display to visitors A very welcome cool water spout. Great for ‘dunking’ the head – very refreshing.
