LAKSAPANA FALLS CAVE

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A magnificent cave (COORAY 1967: 97) or, perhaps, gaping rock shelter (?), in Precambrian (Khondalite series) limestone, is an estimated 9 or 12 m high, and just about visible behind the 115 m (377 feet) high Laksapana Falls (Laxapana Falls) and, what can be seen of it is thirty to forty feet [9 to 12 m] in height (COORAY 1967: 97). SITUATION (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: 244; 1983: 246): Beyond the peak (note 1) or on the northern fringe of the Adam's Peak Wilderness Sanctuary and a short distance south-west of the village of Norton Bridge (note 2), the apparently magnificent cave entrance lies at the foot of Laxapana Falls or Laksapana Falls (note 3). APPROACH: To reach it involves a steep but rewarding descent (COORAY 1967: 97 quoted in CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: 244; 1983: 246).CAVE DESCRIPTION: COORAY (1967: 97 quoted in CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: 244, 1983: 246): This is a magnificent cave, partly occupied by a large pool, and what can be seen of it is thirty to forty feet [9 to 12 m] in heght. It is not possible to get into this cave, or even very near to it. One can only stand at a distance on the huge, rather slippery boulders that lie strewn about, and catch a glimpse through falling spray of a scene as awe-inspiring and silently majestic as something from a Rider Haggard story (note 4).A magnificent cave (COORAY 1967: 97) or, perhaps, gaping rock shelter (?), in Precambrian (Khondalite series) limestone, is an estimated 9 or 12 m high, and just about visible behind the 115 m (377 feet) high Laksapana Falls (Laxapana Falls) and, what can be seen of it is thirty to forty feet [9 to 12 m] in height (COORAY 1967: 97). SITUATION (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: 244; 1983: 246): Beyond the peak (note 1) or on the northern fringe of the Adam's Peak Wilderness Sanctuary and a short distance south-west of the village of Norton Bridge (note 2), the apparently magnificent cave entrance lies at the foot of Laxapana Falls or Laksapana Falls (note 3). APPROACH: To reach it involves a steep but rewarding descent (COORAY 1967: 97 quoted in CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: 244; 1983: 246).CAVE DESCRIPTION: COORAY (1967: 97 quoted in CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: 244, 1983: 246): This is a magnificent cave, partly occupied by a large pool, and what can be seen of it is thirty to forty feet [9 to 12 m] in heght. It is not possible to get into this cave, or even very near to it. One can only stand at a distance on the huge, rather slippery boulders that lie strewn about, and catch a glimpse through falling spray of a scene as awe-inspiring and silently majestic as something from a Rider Haggard story (note 4).